A Guide to Getting Started With Comics for Non-Computer Geeks
This video was first posted on 3/13/19. We’ll be reviving it today ahead of the release of Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame .
So, you want to get into comics but don’t know where to start.
Should you buy a tom or an omnibus? Should you take a look at the classic superhero from the very first installment? What can you read if you don’t even like superheroes? Are graphic novels inherently cooler?
Well, those are all the right questions, dear comic book newbie, so our very own PC computer fan, Lifehacker (and video producer) Abu Zafar, went straight to the source: the actual comic shop.
Brooklyn-based At Anyone Comics owner Dimitrios Fragiskatos explains the difference between release and volume, how to start a 50-year-old series, and more. It also offers some recommendations for some new releases, even if they are not fans, that you should try.