Comic medium: what makes a good comic and overall thoughts about it.

[CinPunk]

  Overall, the subject is pretty explicative from the start : what makes a comic good? (graphics and dialogues). What made you want more out of a story, what you find engaging and what you think new generations of comics lacks in? (With comics I mean webcomics and mangas too ). Examples are welcome too .

Also, are you more on the "classic" part of the medium or you search for something more experimental and new?  .  I'm more on the experimental side and I really like when people put a bit of themselves in their works. (E.G. An artist uses a particular/personal style and the topics are something I never heard about before). .   

[devils]

I could go on and on about comics... for me, a good one needs to have some «soul» to it. Doesn't matter how it's drawn or if there even is a story. I need to feel something. That's why I'm such a big fan of experimental and indie comics- a lot of them are based on deeply personal feelings. This goes for manga too, of course.

I think what's why I can't really get into mainstream superhero comics... Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of good superhero stories (Watchmen, need I say more?), but the amount of stories from Marvel or DC I care about are very small compared to the amount of stuff that they publish.

As for webcomics, I'm not too familiar with them (I just prefer physical books), but I imagine the same can be said about them. Bonus points if they fully utilize the Internet to tell their story! Say what you will about Homestuck, it excelled the medium in this regard.

[larvapuppy]

I was a big webcomics and manga fan when I was a teenager. It was my dream to have a popular webcomic in those days. Comics still hold a special place in my heart, but I don't have as much time to delve deep into them anymore.

For me, it's hard to place what makes a good comic for me. I think the artwork has a lot to do with it; I need to at least like the art (this doesn't necessarily mean that it needs to be made by a master artist, just that the style needs to be interesting to me in some way). If there is a lot to look at in each panel, if the characters' clothing is to my liking, pretty colours... These details hold my attention, as someone who draws.

I'd like to echo user devils' thoughts on superhero comics and Homestuck 

This doesn't really apply to more experimental comics, but one comics pet peeve that I have is when more straightforward narrative-style comics don't place their text boxes and word bubbles in a clearly defined and flowing order. As in, (for most Western comics) left-to-right, top-to-bottom. It's made even worse when the panels are not in this order and they choose to use arrows between the panels to correct this. I just personally find it confusing and that it doesn't add anything positive to the reading experience.

That said, I'd appreciate any comic recommendations! 

[urgellx]

i feel like what makes a comic good for me is mainly the art style, the story comes later. now it's
a bit complicated to explain what makes an artstyle good for comics, but i feel like it's doing
enough to make every page interesting to take apart. i dislike older traditional styles of comics
just because they want to tell their story and the art comes later (i'll take rahan or any really
old dc comics), i feel like the art should be able to speak by itself and then, if the reader is
interested, the story should come. not that older artists aren't as good, it's just a different
style that doesn't seem to stand out to me. if i take those points for granted, what i read nowadays
online is horrible. but i feel like it's mainly being done as an illustrated story, not as a comic,
so, just like i could with rahan, i'll read them. they're just not good comics in my eyes though.

have a good day !