Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1949272)

They're just comic book files. They're fine. PDF comic files are pretty rare actually. The vast majority of them are in .cbr or .cbz. I assure you, I have downloaded that link and it's fine.

Originally Posted by MicShazam (Post 1949275)

any recommendations for a good, spam free program to open them with?

A quick Google search suggests CBR Reader - the most popular comic book reader.

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1949276)

Don't you have a Chromebook though?

Chromebooks immune to 98% of malicious software | Reuters

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1949278)

I've always used this program but they're both probably fine. Comic Rack used to be the top Google search for "comic book reader" so I used that cause I was too lazy to compare them.

ComicRack - The best Comic Reader in the World

Oh yeah though I keep forgetting about this site that has all it's comics readable in your browser. It'll save you on hard drive space if you're not a weirdo like me who wants to collect all the comics and have them for forever.

http://readcomiconline.to/Comic/Deadpool-1997



For the moment, but I have a legit laptop that can get penetrated by viruses that's made sweet, disease-free love to that site countless times in the past.

And I didn't click on your fascist link either. I quoted you before I did so I saw your plot.

Originally Posted by MicShazam (Post 1949286)

Thanks. The "in-browser" site works fine for me. I don't need to feel like I "own it" until I find something I really love, at which points I'd prefer a printed volume.

Those Deadpool comics look kinda new-ish? I checked out what was labeled as volume 1, but it looked pretty 90's or 2000's-ish in the way it was colorized. I guess Deadpool isn't that old a character?

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1949292)

Deadpool originated in the early 90s. That series is from 1997 so the art was definitely of the time period, which is one of my least favorite comic art periods. It's like they went so far in the other direction from grim and gritty early/mid-90s art that they went too far and ended up with lame, cartoonish designs and garish coloring. I put up with it in that series though cause it's... fine, and the story is so good that it would be petty to hold the art against it.

Originally Posted by MicShazam (Post 1949298)

Definitely not great artwork, but story comes first.

I'm not as into this kind of thing as you are, but man, I still remember a lot of 90's super hero stuff that was really tasteless. I remember reading some of those Lobo comics back in the 90's... pointless, tastelss, "grimdark" violence and no story to speak of. And garish artwork. Not to mention that Rob Liefeld actually earned a lot of money back in the 90's... what the **** was anyone thinking?

To be fair though, good things were of course made too in the 90's.

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1949303)

Never read any Lobo comics but from what I understand that was the point. He was supposed to be a satire of that era. I have love for Liefeld though. He's awful in just about every respect (though he does admittedly have an eye for making a panel pop) but it's so much fun playing "find the feet" and looking for every single thing possible you can make fun of that he somehow ends up being one of your favorite artists for all the wrong reasons. Have you seen this? It's one of the best things on the internet.

The 40 Worst Rob Liefeld Drawings

Originally Posted by MicShazam (Post 1949305)

Oh yes, I've read that list more than once. Laughed way too hard for some of those entries. Find the feet indeed - and somehow they all look like neckties when they do appear. He's so bad it's almost impressive.

Never thought of Lobo as a satire. I guess it's obvious if I think about it. In my defence, I read that crap back when I was a teen. I don't think I had any concept of what satire was back then.