Originally Posted by fujishig

I just think the Walking Dead had much broader appeal while Invincible, while good, was still "just another" superhero comic. Even Image itself, especially under Hickman's direction, had become the home of basically every other genre. But WD gave Hickman so much leeway that it didn't matter that much. It helped a ton that it was kept in print in various ways throughout the entire run just like WD.

Originally Posted by Red Hood

I finally decided to read this series after many of being in my pile of "to read". For some reason, never had the interest of reading the book and it was never a popular seller in my former store or in the ones I visit regularly. I knew about the twist of the story and some other things here and there, but so far I'm really liking it with a couple of minor things here and there. Really like Kirkman using his superhero universe in the book (Tech Jacket, Brit, Wolf-Man, Capes etc.) and some of Image long-time superheroes (Savage Dragon, Spawn, Youngblood, Pitt, Cyberforce, Witchblade, ShadowHawk, etc). I imagine that this was the way Image United was supposed to before the whole debacle came to an end.

Several things about this book and why it wasn't as popular as Walking Dead caught my attention.

- During the Invincible War, Youngblood appears. Is their appearance still there in the compendiums and collections? I'm wondering about this since Image no longer has the right to use Youngblood after Rob Liefeld lost the rights to the characters completely several years ago. I know the guy from Terrific Productions, the new Youngblood owner, is a complete dick and wouldn't be surprised if he makes a fuzz about Youngblood being in the book.

- While Walking Dead was consistently selling over 35K copies after issue 15 or so, Invincible never sold that well at stores. The series was one of those people online said it was good but I never saw people at shows or at stores looking for it until the past year. If I remember correctly, I only had one person at the store subscribing to it and he sold us the early issues (1-50) for $1 each.

- I always loved that Erik Larsen and Mike Alldred have always been there for anyone who wants to use their characters in a crossover story. They both had Dragon and Madman appear in several issues and still today they continue to help other creators by lending their characters.

- The TV show has streamlined some of the storylines better than what the book presented. Feel the writing on the show is tighter than the book so far.

Originally Posted by Red Hood

You mean Kirkman, right?

Originally Posted by whotony

Is this the Invincible discussion topic too or is there one besides this?

Originally Posted by Red Hood

This is the place to discuss the book at least.

Originally Posted by whotony

Yes. That’s what I meant.

Anyhow I’m up too issue 12 and it’s great.
The show expands it to be even greater.

With the book I think it’s great at building this world and I can’t wait to read more.

Im not a huge fan of that loose artistic style.
Looks unfinished and a little sloppy to me but it looks like a purposeful choice.

I really dislike the sound fx words used.
Every page has some variation on a sound
with ..OOM at the end and it’s seriously distracting. Krak-OOOM. CHOOOM
GOOM.

Does that eventually go away?