Is this site the #1 comic book message board?

[Mutant 77]

I was noticing that there are tons of comic book message boards out there, but with few active members anyway. Not many people inhabit those, or so it seems.

Is this site the most popular one? Frankly, I guess so.

[CSTowle]

It's the only one I'm familiar with. There's a comics subreddit, but it's comics as a whole and doesn't have a breakdown by company/hero/line/topic like CBR does. Also, I was drawn here to talk about comics but find I have little to say on comics themselves other than recommendations, the occasional opinion on current events (though I tend to just buy trades now, so woefully behind the "current" storylines") and the like so instead just come to Community/misc. because I enjoy talking about politics, football, or nonsense more than my favorite Batman run on a daily basis and choose to do so with a small enough community with some connecting factor (in this case, love of nerdy s##t in the form of comic books). Love me some comics, but hard to have continuous conversations about them.

[The Gold Stream]

in my eyes

[trokanmariel33]

I enjoy the longevity, of this site, so perhaps yes, it is the number one comic book forum

[achilles]

Yep, I'd say it is. There are a couple of others, but this is by far the largest, highest post volume one still around AFAIK. Probably the oldest one still around too.

[CaptCleghorn]

Speaking without a knowledge of what else is out there, I can say I am very satisfied with CBR. It has a wide variety of posters who both agree and disagree with me. The knowledge base present is extraordinary AND there's usually someone who gets even the most esoteric of my "jokes" and references.

[seismic-2]

Probably the oldest one still around too.

Is rec.arts.comics still around? Heck, is Usenet itself still around?

[TheRay]

There's a comics subreddit, but it's comics as a whole and doesn't have a breakdown by company/hero/line/topic like CBR does.

Perhaps, but CBR could still stand to have more topics. Not that that takes anything away from it.

[Surf]

Psshh, all these responses and no mention of the Hype! yet? Some of those folks are still here. Back in the mid 00's SHH! Forums was the bigger dog, like Coke and this place was Pepsi. Their forums had nearly identical content but this place was always more uhh, detailed, I guess. The major discussion boards I felt were more inside baseball vs. the Hype! was a little more casual but still there was a ton of diehards. Their numbers used to be really high pre-myspace days and when the MCU was getting off of the ground they did some crazy numbers of members and visitors. It did here too but less so.

There are always a ton of sub-forums at any board and if those places are the only place you go, you tend to think the behaviors of those contributors is a reflection on the board as a whole. This can be correct and incorrect at the same time, that said this place seemed to be the more, matureish place vs. the Hype! but of course then too this place got real immature and shit got reset. Hype! had those issues too but just banned mofos like it was going out of style for a time.

Forums too were always different than the front page. The front page here has clearly gotten closer to what the other place was doing back when with all the clicky stuff. Both of them prolly look a lot like the last days of Wizard magazine out front.

[Rob Allen]

Fans who are primarily interested in older comics (but not exclusively) might like http://classiccomics.org, which was created after the CBR forum reboot in 2014.

[BeastieRunner]

Psshh, all these responses and no mention of the Hype! yet? Some of those folks are still here. Back in the mid 00's SHH! Forums was the bigger dog, like Coke and this place was Pepsi. Their forums had nearly identical content but this place was always more uhh, detailed, I guess. The major discussion boards I felt were more inside baseball vs. the Hype! was a little more casual but still there was a ton of diehards. Their numbers used to be really high pre-myspace days and when the MCU was getting off of the ground they did some crazy numbers of members and visitors. It did here too but less so.

There are always a ton of sub-forums at any board and if those places are the only place you go, you tend to think the behaviors of those contributors is a reflection on the board as a whole. This can be correct and incorrect at the same time, that said this place seemed to be the more, matureish place vs. the Hype! but of course then too this place got real immature and shit got reset. Hype! had those issues too but just banned mofos like it was going out of style for a time.

Forums too were always different than the front page. The front page here has clearly gotten closer to what the other place was doing back when with all the clicky stuff. Both of them prolly look a lot like the last days of Wizard magazine out front.

This place was more open, too, than SHH.

You might have seen more legitimate rumors come from SHH but the CBR community has always been the best.

Lots more niche forums here, too.

Marvel's Annihilation board (with creator camoes!) run by ED and the wrestling community here are/were my favorite aspects.

[DanMad1977]

I hope this forum will live on, because you can't have a good discussion on Facebook or any social media site. Its just posting your opinion there and then gone. Thread will dissolve in no time and another one takes its place. Here there is a certain longevity thats very interesting to have.

[Iron Maiden]

I hope this forum will live on, because you can't have a good discussion on Facebook or any social media site. Its just posting your opinion there and then gone. Thread will dissolve in no time and another one takes its place. Here there is a certain longevity thats very interesting to have.

I agree with you about Facebook. Twitter is even worse and it's too bad that many comic pros are on it. I hate the character limit. It's very clunky to post something in multiple parts. We have our ongoing appreciation threads in the comics forums that have lasted for many years. The same can be said about the ongoing political discussions on the Community board. The thread gets so large they end up closing it down once a year and starting with a new name.

CBR's forums have had a few bumps over the years but it always bounces back. It's a shame that the front page has turned mostly into click bait and they constantly post new articles so that even if there was an interesting one it gets pushed off the page pretty quicky. The only columnist left from former site owner Jonah Weiland's days is Brian Cronin. His stuff is worth reading and his research is usually more accurate than the new writers. He does fun things like The Line is Drawn.

We still get Kurt Busiek posting on the Marvel Comics forums and he is pretty prompt at answering fans' questions. Walt Simonson posts every so often but he seems to have drifted over to Twitter.

[TheRay]

It's number one in how many topics it offers up for discussion.

[Iron Maiden]

Psshh, all these responses and no mention of the Hype! yet? Some of those folks are still here. Back in the mid 00's SHH! Forums was the bigger dog, like Coke and this place was Pepsi. Their forums had nearly identical content but this place was always more uhh, detailed, I guess. The major discussion boards I felt were more inside baseball vs. the Hype! was a little more casual but still there was a ton of diehards. Their numbers used to be really high pre-myspace days and when the MCU was getting off of the ground they did some crazy numbers of members and visitors. It did here too but less so.

There are always a ton of sub-forums at any board and if those places are the only place you go, you tend to think the behaviors of those contributors is a reflection on the board as a whole. This can be correct and incorrect at the same time, that said this place seemed to be the more, matureish place vs. the Hype! but of course then too this place got real immature and shit got reset. Hype! had those issues too but just banned mofos like it was going out of style for a time.

Forums too were always different than the front page. The front page here has clearly gotten closer to what the other place was doing back when with all the clicky stuff. Both of them prolly look a lot like the last days of Wizard magazine out front.

I disagree.....I used to post at SHH and I don't think it had more posts than this forum had back in those days. And it's gone anyway so why even bring it up? I think this forum had more comic book pros posting. IIRC Gail Simone started here as a columnits and posted here in an ongoing discussion thread in the Community forum as I recall.