Pro tip: I tried two ways to get my friend into comics last month

Patricia Schmidt · 2026-04-02T15:10:06.831186+00:00

First, I gave him a huge list of classic storylines and told him to start at the beginning... he got overwhelmed and quit. Then, I just handed him a single trade paperback, 'Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon', and said 'read this'. He finished it in a weekend and asked for more. The difference was giving him one complete, fun story instead of homework. How do you guys introduce new people to comics?

the_casey6mo ago

It's not that deep, just hand them a book.

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miam756mo ago

My cousin got into manga after finding a single stray volume of Yotsuba in a coffee shop (it was that easy).

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andrew_gonzalez886mo ago

Yeah, that's the only way that works. I tried to get my sister into X-Men with a whole reading order and she just stared at me. Handed her the first volume of the new Ms. Marvel run and she was hooked.

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