Comics 101

Comic Books. There are a LOT of them.

The most common question we get asked when people come into The 4th Wall is “What’s going on with ‘Character X’?” followed quickly by, “Where do I start?”

The purpose of this column is to help people who are new to comics, or have always wanted to get into comics, but were turned off by the sheer number of comics and characters there are to get into.

Well, we’re here to help. Any questions that you want answered, or suggestions of things to cover can be sent to Moss!

Chapter 1: Terminology and Comics

Chapter 2: Continuity Part 1

Chapter 3: Continuity Part 2

Chapter 4: Evolution

Chapter 5: Collecting

Jeff Moss is the General Manager of The 4th Wall in Pointe-Claire, PQ. He is also the writer of No Reason Comics, and Assistant Editor of Gutters. For more news and discussion, listen to Jeff and Donnie Coulter on The Watchtower Podcast.



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