Has the DCAU gotten you interested in other comics...?

[DisneyBoy]

Sorry, I just saw the title of the "voice actors" thread, thought "comics" and had to ask.

Part of me was/is bitter than too much of JLU (imho) felt like it was honoring characters from the comics without really integrating them into the show as important players. Vixen is someone I now like, because she was actually developped. Waverider and Goldface? Not so much.

I wonder if this was done to some extent to get us interested in characters from DC's many comics, past and present. So...was that the case? Are you now trying to find old issues of Blackhawks or Warlord?

[Joker1238]

relly it was the other way for me. I been a big fan, Before, BTAS ever got started.

I had the comics, and the killing Joke, and some other comics. Than the Movie came out, and I got my Jack Nicklsion Joker action finger. And Keaton Batman. oh yeah and Bob the Goon. Geez.

Once I heard BTAS was going to be on TV, I gave it a try and I like it.

[Anthonynotes]

Was already reading comics when B:TAS came along; also already was a DC comics reader in particular, so don't think any of the DCAU shows made me more interested in any of the comics...

[batmanosaurus]

The first comics I remember reading were Elfquest. Then Dark Knight Returns. One summer, I got into the Uncanny X-men (in their second encounter with the Brood, I had issues 234-238) but dropped collecting cold turkey because I got annoyed that in order to follow the story I had to keep buying issues, and not just X-Men but X-Factor, etc. I didn't pick comics up again until a few years ago, maybe around 2000 I guess, when I started buying a few of the animated tie-ins to fill the gap left by no more BTAS. Great stories, btw. Then a pal recommended I pick up Hush. After that, it was a slippery slope. Though I hardly read anymore superhero comics, favouring instead a lot of creator owned titles like The Walking Dead and Strange Girl. With stuff like House of M and Infinite Crossovers keeping me away, I guess I haven't changed much from kid to adult--I still like contained stories (okay, continuing stories, I've bought into, but crossovers, not so much). My favourite superhero stories, bar none, are still the DCAU!

[Crow]

No, but I do remember something from ages ago on here that called a Kevin Smith quote to task. He said that comic shops are built so that they're closed off from the outside world 'so comic fans can get away from it' but then it was said that that actually turns off potential comic book readers who get bamboozled. I do feel the same way, I did recently get the DC Comics Encyclopaedia, and it's great. A couple of Wizard magazines to read about Superman Returns stuff, the Ross Justice series info caught my eye - but again, there's a lot of stuff that as I said - bamboozes you.

Reference material is the way to go for me right now!

[DisneyBoy]

For me The Batman Adventures #2 revitalized my interest in Batman and comics in general. Knightfall pretty much turned me off both, but that single Catwoman issue brought me back for more every month. And now I've got all of B:TAS to enjoy.

As for JL/JLU though, it did nothing to get me interested in any new characters enough to pick up their mainstream comics, other than Wonder Woman, whom I've been keeping an eye on since even before JL began.

For me, the DCAU was always the best of what the mainstream DCU had to offer, so why go read the lesser stuff? Now I see that's a bit of a narrow point of view, seeing as how there's good stuff everywhere if you're willing to look for it. I guess I know how easy it is for me to devote myself to something before knowing what I'm getting into, which is why I've kept from digging up old issues of Martain Manhunter, despite how much I've come to enjoy the character.

[melibell21]

i wouldn't be reading comics right now if it werent for the animated dc universe. that's what got me hooked on these character, so i decided to pick up comics. and i love em. thank you dcau!

[DisneyBoy]

Cool. Which ones? The only comic that almost got me buying monthly again was Birds of Prey, as I got a free issue at a con. Good stuff there...

[Sue]

It's because of Justice League that I became interested in DC's comics, and this was before JLU.

[DeathscytheVII]

It was the Cadmus Arc that got me into comics, so im a late bloomer ;). I've read some of the hush comics, Tower of babel, along with Villains United and some pre-crisis storylines.

I may be one of the few, but i find the 'crisis' storylines kinda overrated. Merging all continuities into one kinda makes the DCU continuity one big headache. I've given up on trying to understand it.

I also find the comics too chokingly dark and gloomy. The DCAU had its funny moments and serious moments. That prlly what turned me off some of the Crisis (identity crisis for instance) storylines, even though it was well written.


So im into some comics, but im not going to be starting a collection anytime soon.

[DisneyBoy]

You're not alone. I thought Knightfall was a headache, so when I found out about Crisis, I was like "what?" Crisis in the writer's room clearly...

[JAG]

I didn't start reading comics until last February, when I found some Godzilla graphic novels at a library. Those were pretty good, so I started getting superhero graphic novels when I came across them at libraries. The first ones I read 'Astro City' and 'Marvels'.

I've been watching Teen Titans since 2004, so, last July, I decided to try Teen Titans Go!, and was immediately hooked. The next month, I bought a Teen Titans graphic novel (Beast Boy and Girls), with the same results. Since then, I've been getting both Titans comics every month, and various graphic novels and regular superhero novels every chance I get. My collection currently has 41 books (I'm pretty sure, anyway), and it's steadily growing.

This Crisis is annoying, though. You have to be reading like ten different books to get the whole story, which I haven't been doing. I can't wait until this stupid thing is over.

[Antiyonder]

Until Justice League, my only DC Universe exposures were:
The Filmation Toons
Super Friends
Batman The Animated Series
Superman
Batman Beyond

As well as their comic adaptation, and Marvel/DC Crossovers


Comics/Trades I got because of said show:
Crisis On Multiple Earths Volume 1-3 and Team Up as well
Crisis On Infinite Earths
Green Lantern/Green Arrow Volumes 1-2
Showcase: Justice League Of America
Random Green Lantern issues from 80s and 90s
Booster Gold #1, 3-5, 10-14 and 23-25

[MR.MXYZPTLK]

Not exactly. I've loved comics since I've been little. I used to read my brothers X-men comics. However it was only when I was introduced to B.Ts shows that I became interested in DC. Other than spawn, I now only collect DC.

[BlackoutCreature]

Well when i was a kid (im 26 now) i collected comics a little. Mostly Marvel/X-Men stuff (i was a fan of the X-Men cartoon). Sometime around junior high i stopped collecting them. It wasnt even for any of the usually reasons, like growing up or discovering girls or anything, i just didnt like X-Men much anymore. The last thing i really remember reading was parts of the Infinity Gauntlet. I didnt touch comics again until college.

In college I was watching Superman: The Animated Series. Now id already seen the episodes of Superman with Flash and Green Lantern, and while not big fans or even being that familiar with them, i atleast knew who they were. Then i watched the episode "The Hand of Fate". Who the heck was Dr. Fate? Id never heard of him, and got curious. Did a little digging on the internet, found out about his history. Also found out about the James Robinson (taken over by Geoff Johns shortly thereafter) JSA revival. I started picking up JSA comics. From there i picked up some old Hourman and Starman comics (they were finishing up there runs when i started getting back into it), and the animated tie-in comics. Eventually i started reading Hawkman when it started back up, and even Young Justice (damn you Teen Titans!!!) and PAD's Supergirl (damn you Kara Zor-El!!!). So the DCAU got me back interested in comics again.

[MilkManX]

I have always been into comics since I was a kid. It was mostly Marvel then though and Batman. I always loved Batman. The DCAU got me into JL and a whole generation of stuff I never read. I have been picking up the DC Showcase TPB's to catch up!

[S.C.B]

I was a Marvel Comics guy before I saw Justice League. That show got me into the Flash, since he had a cool design and voice. From there I started buying The Flash graphic novels, and I haven't really stopped.

[Sr.Infierno]

Oh, believe me. I've tried getting into JLA comics, but the trades arent accesible at all to newbies.

[Crash]

Well, thanks to the episode 'Greatest Story Never Told' and some heresay that Booster Gold and Blue Beetle were the Abbot and Costello of the DCU, I recently picked up the Formerly Known as the Justice League and I Can't Believe its Not the Justice League trades. (Great stuff, those.) ...Oh, and way back when JL first premiered--back when it was all 2-parters--I bought the JLA: Year One and Kingdom Come trades. (And JLA: World War III, but I prefer to forget about that one...)

[Crow]

Completely forgot, the trade paperback of No Man's Land is great!

[Harley_Quinn]

I had no intrest in comics before BTAS, it totally changed my view and I've read tons of stuff since then as I've followed the different Timm shows

[Antiyonder]

The Death Of Superman
World Without A Superman
The Return Of Superman
Superman The Wedding Alblum
Secret Origins Featuring The JLA

[Wade Kruse]

Infinite Crisis has been AWESOME. Well-written, epic, and lots of b-listers have gotten to shine. And this one year later stuff is very interesting.