the emotional comic book reader

🐾 Hello! I'm MJ, he/they, queer, overly dramatic, slightly evil, b. 1994 / Expect lots of comics: DC, Marvel, manga, independent, alternative etc / Also cartoons & sci-fi shows / I enjoy old media & learning new things / The heartwarming & the bizarre are equally appreciated / English is not my first language / This is a freak friendly space 🐾

[kryptonbabe]

This blog's futile attempt at coherence is once more crumbling on my shaking hands, slipping through my feeble fingers

[jetslay]

Superman & Lois by Alexandre Pham.

[tomfoolerytotality]

Do you know what happens to a toad when it’s struck by lightning?

I finally built up the courage to start an instagram for my art. Tumblr is still going to be my primary home, but I’ll be crossposting to instagram. You can find me @themuskrater.

[dailydamnation]

A lot of absolutely fantastic artists have drawn Illyana, but honestly none draw/paint her like Bill Sienkiewicz does.

[kryptonbabe]

It's funny because I'm slightly judgemental of the people around Bruce Banner who are so obsessed with the Hulk, becoming a Hulk-like being, possessing that kind of strength, they seem to mostly ignore the fact that Bruce's personal life is chaotic, how that power isolates him – and that's actually interesting because it demonstrates the flaws of idealization, the feeling of how despite having plenty of evidence of how bad a decision you're making, you're still invested in it, the feeling of how you'd be an exception, things would be different with you, and no, they probably would not, but you just can't be convinced otherwise... Anyway, every time I take time to reflect upon the Hulk I always find something new to enjoy in his stories, I'm still getting used to how special this character is for me, also I'd totally obsess over him in real life as well because I would risk everything to become green

[kryptonbabe]

I already knew I was going to like Marrina for her design –I have a soft spot for green characters– but now that I know she came from a green egg found in the bottle of the ocean and was three apples tall when she came out of it??? I'm her most loyal supporter

From Alpha Flight #2 (1983)

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This man was never straight and I love how mischievous the twins look together

From Alpha Flight #1 (1983)

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My headcanons for DC characters who love to read and their preferred books and writers

Clark Kent: Biographies, alien physiology papers, history books from other planets and contemporary literary fiction on diasporic experiences like Pachinko and Ocean Vuong books

Pamela Isley: Research papers on botany and biochemistry, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, Against Civilization: Readings and Reflections and other eco-anarchist works

Lois Lane: Journalism, non-fiction like Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and other classic true crime books, Joe Sacco and Gay Talese, dark romantasy, Anne Rice

Klarion (the Witch Boy): Occultism, Weird fiction like Ahston Clark Smith and Algernon Blackwood

Diana Prince: World mythology, international law, Madeline Miller and Umberto Eco

Jo Mullein: Seinen and Josei manga (occasional shonen), contemporary fantasy and sci-fi like N.K. Jemisin and Liu Cixin, fanfiction

Bobo (Detective Chimp): Noir novels by Raymond Chandler and biology / philosophy books on the evolution of consciousness

Selina Kyle: Spy thrillers, The Thin Man, Venus in furs by Masoch, Anaïs Nin, Jane Eyre

[zephyrprince8]

Alpha Flight, #1

[rcwaffles]

Is there anything I should read before Alpha flight or am I good to just jump in?

[defythesky01]

Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #109 and #120-121 definetely

Uncanny X-Men #139, Incredible Hulk Annual vol 1 8, and Machine Man #18 if you want to be super nerdy

Happy reading

[kryptonbabe]

For some reason I've read all of these! It feels like the universe is trying to make me read Alpha flight...

[darkphoenix]

“i met a red headed girl, and the universe forever shifted slightly to her presence”

[fujikosouvenir]

Osamu Tezuka's 鉄腕アトム Astro Boy. Page from Kobunsha's 少年 Shōnen, September 1966

[cosmonautroger]

Osamu Tezuka

[littleeyesofpallas]

Today(02/13) I sat down to Michael Deforge's Holy Lacrimony. A man named Jackie is abducted by aliens for study because they have determined that he is the saddest living person on earth and the aliens want to learn how to experience sadness from him. They explore the specific nature of sadness in a series of fun surreal "performances" with an alien named Kara before the encounter suddenly ends and he is deposited back on Earth. In a sick irony he finds he felt the most fulfilled in his time with the aliens and longs after Kara and wonders why they no longer wanted him.

[Feb2026]

[tarakany]

Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction

[pierppasolini]

Calvin and Hobbes (July 20, 1993) by Bill Watterson

[pierppasolini]

Peanuts (April 4, 1960) by Charles M. Schulz