Fuzzy Birds
Well-Known Member
In an attempt to enhance my joy of reading comics, I'm going to conduct a year long experiment. A couple months back, when my internet server was down, I found myself reading Ultimates 2 #7 without any idea what would happen within. And it was one of the best reads I've had, because each page was a surprise.
Basically, I've realised that reading spoilers, reviews, speculation threads and even solicitations have ruined the unexpected surprise that used to come with comics. OK, spoilers and reviews are obvious, and easy to avoid, but another problem lies in speculation threads. With a hundred people each giving their own speculation as to what happens in the next issue, one of them is bound to hit close to the mark, and many of them are going to guess something that I myself would never think of, again, ruining the surprise when it eventually comes.
So, what I propose to do, is for the whole of 2006, to allow myself to be completely at the mercy of each comic. I will not read any spoilers, commenting only on an issue after I've read it and I will avoid speculation threads. The only thing I will allow myself to look at is the solicitation pages, and then, I think I'll only look at the order list to avoid reading even the merest hint of what the story is about i.e 'someone dies this issue', 'the traitor is revealed' etc etc, which only serve to inform me of upcoming plot points.
Anyway, does anyone care? Unlikely.
Will I have the will power to succeed? Unlikely.
Will I even try? Unlikely.
Basically, I've realised that reading spoilers, reviews, speculation threads and even solicitations have ruined the unexpected surprise that used to come with comics. OK, spoilers and reviews are obvious, and easy to avoid, but another problem lies in speculation threads. With a hundred people each giving their own speculation as to what happens in the next issue, one of them is bound to hit close to the mark, and many of them are going to guess something that I myself would never think of, again, ruining the surprise when it eventually comes.
So, what I propose to do, is for the whole of 2006, to allow myself to be completely at the mercy of each comic. I will not read any spoilers, commenting only on an issue after I've read it and I will avoid speculation threads. The only thing I will allow myself to look at is the solicitation pages, and then, I think I'll only look at the order list to avoid reading even the merest hint of what the story is about i.e 'someone dies this issue', 'the traitor is revealed' etc etc, which only serve to inform me of upcoming plot points.
Anyway, does anyone care? Unlikely.
Will I have the will power to succeed? Unlikely.
Will I even try? Unlikely.