The first comic you ever read + the ones which inspired you to write/draw one

[reddinggray]

I've read a lot of manga that I can't even remember what I read first so I can't say anything about that.

What inspired me to draw, though, is not a manga. It's a mangaka! His name is Boichi, the mangaka of Dr. Stone. I'm a fan of Dr. Stone and I really liked the artstlye so I tried searching about him. Then, I saw that he has a YouTube Channel! (Boichibetoon) He posts videos of him drawing while giving advices to some of his viewers. The way he draw is really amazing! It's almost hypnotising. I watched all his videos, grabbed a pen and paper, and started practicing drawing. Then boom! The next thing I know, I'm creating a comic.

[Lady_T_Musings]

The first comic I read was probably Garfield, but the one that got me into comics was the X-Men comics in the 90's! I felt a bond with these mutant folks being outcasts and still trying to be heroes. The comic that made the biggest impact on me and kickstarted a shift in how and what I make was Sophie Campbell's the Abandoned comic. I was captivated from the start with the simple but bombastic cover alone. Really changed how I thought about who should or could be the leads of a story and what they could look like.

[strawbisci]

my first comic was naruto in middle school and I guess it was my inspiration too because I've wanted to make comics ever since. as far as comics that inspire me these days though it's stuff like one piece, zatch bell, chainsaw man, and jujutsu kaisen, I'm a sucker for a well done shonen.

[TedGravesArt]

Calvin and Hobbes is one of my firsts too, and still one of my favorites. The art, in addition to his razor wit. Looking at Bill Watterson's art now, I'm still just as impressed by it as when I was 10. It wasn't some formulaic cartoon character drawing, his strips with dinosaurs for example were testaments to his high level of skill with a brush.

For my inspiration I've gotta cite Hellboy (of course), and The Adventure Zone podcast, which later got turned into a comic so it still counts heheheh.

[Llyrel]

Pretty sure my first comic was Topolino... which would be the Italian name for Mickey Mouse XD (one thing that will never cease to amaze me is how apparently Mickey comics are waaaaaaaay bigger here in Italy than they are in the US? No, seriously, we have a TON of Mickey/Donald themed comic books and series, Topolino being just the most famous and longest running one).

Both Topolino and the W.i.t.c.h. comics were my biggest inspirations to draw and write my own comics. My favorite artists were Giorgio Cavazzano and Paolo Campinoti for Mickey comics and Alessandro Barbucci and Daniela Vetro for W.i.t.c.h.. I was also a big fan of series such as X Mickey (...did I mention that we have a ton of Mickey-inspired series? XD) and Monster Allergy, also by Disney.
I already mentioned it once, but I actually did try to get hired by Disney Italy... alas, it didn't go well, but that still didn't stop me from making comics (and, in a way, I prefer it that way: I get to tell the stories I want at the pace that I want, which... wouldn't have really been possible when working for such a big company).

[migxmeg]

Boichi has a youtube channel???? Excuse me while I get absolutely nothing done today!

[bluejamtoast]

I cannot remember the first I read but Kishimoto's Naruto is the earliest series I remember deeply getting into

Todd Allison and the Petunia Violet by Nozmo really made me want to write one instead of just consume, mainly cos it introduced me to the indie self publishing scene

[Rocksteady_Comics]

The first comics I remember really reading were the ones that came in issues of Ranger Rick. Also Far Side, since my parents are big fans of it.

The ones that inspired me to make my own were probably Girl Genius and +Anima.

[Stargazer31]

First comics I ever read were The Bash Street Kids, Minnie the Minx, Pup Parade, Magic Knight Rayearth, Melusine and Sailor Moon.

[MeltingCORE]

The first comic I remember reading was the manga Yotsuba! Man, I loved that series to bits. What inspired me to sart making my own was the .hack series in 5th grade!

[Kelheor]

The first comic ever ever was Bamse! I still love how the art looks, it's ridiculously cute ^^

But that was when I was really small, after that I picked up comic reading upon finding W.I.T.C.H. in 2003 and it was the only comic I've read before getting a PC two years later and getting some scanned manga from my friends.
When it comes to comics that made me "I want to draw comics", they definitely were Angel Sanctuary and RG Veda, damn they looked amazing

[VibrantFox]

@SourLemons90 ah man seeing AKOW dragged me back to when Tapas was Tapastic and the "hoodie gang" was like the it squad lol

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Earliest comics that I can remember reading as a kid were like peanuts in the sunday funnies but the driving inspiration wound up being the sonic comics, official and fanmade, that I'd read online. Others that played a part would probably be the arina tanemura manga volumes my high school library had (gentlemen's alliance and full moon) and a handful of webcomics I'd read during my early years on Tapas(tic). I could go into a long long list of inspirations from Tapas alone but it'd be easier to just link my reading list and point to some of the pages way in the back (40s-50s)

I will say my list of inspos is ever growing so while there's a lot I have just here on Tapas there's like tons more I could go on and on about for ages

[vothnthorvaldson]

First I read is probably Asterix but that was 35 years ago so I could be wrong.
My favorite in the early comics I read is Corto Maltese.

I was not inspired to draw a comic by comics. I've not been a big comic reader at all before starting mine. I started it because I thought this kind of storytelling would fit my needs. So that question I cannot answer.

[Kaydreamer]

I used to have old a pile of old Harvey Comics stories; Richie Rich, Little Dot, Casper the Friendly Ghost. I loved those, and I liked reading the Archie comics as a kid, too. None of them are what inspired me to make my own, though.

I think the comic which really made me want to write one, and opened my eyes to how much depth and tone they could convey, was Sandman. It was the first comic which really made me sit back and go "Wow, this medium is magical." That, and the Kid Loki 'Journey Into Mystery' comics by Kieron Gillen. I really enjoyed those.

[irene_addler]

I read Sunday comics as a kid, but the first one I read in volume, cover-to-cover, was Calvin and Hobbes! I love that comic so much.

The one that inspired me to make my own was Lore Olympus. I had never heard of a webtoon or webcomic before and it was the first one I ever read, and I loved it, and it made me want to make my own!

[Caro]

I didn’t really have access to comics for a long time but I remember the very first manga I ever bought and it was this issue of Zodiac PI with zero regard for going in order because I liked the cover the best and liked how much it reminded me of Sailor Moon. I think I bought it in 2003-4 with my birthday money so I would’ve been 9 or 10.

Definitely not a title that stuck around from the early 00s manga boom.

And then after this was probably Tokyo Mew Mew so I definitely had a genre preference at this age.

Even before I bought any manga or had any idea of anything at all I was drawing comics.

[Frenemy]

It wasn’t the first I ever read but it was definitively my favorite no what inspired me at a young age to draw and try making my own comics. I loved the weird story telling that was so different than the normal super hero comics I had read before it, the art style as well.

[NickRowler]

I am not sure what the first was. It might have been something in Boy's Life, like the Wacky Adventures of Pedro. The first comicbook I remember reading was either The True Story of Smokey the Bear or that one anti-smoking Spiderman comic

Most of my first inspiration to draw came more from illustrations like in Madeline, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Lane Smith's art in Time Warp Trio, and Sonic the Hedgehog. It wasn't until I started reading manga like Dragon Ball Z, Astroboy, and Ramna 1/2 that I got inspired to create comics.

[thel3tterm]

Like many here, I grew up on Garfield, Calvin and Hobbes, and the Far Side!

Once I got a bit older, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Johnny the Homicidal Maniac became huge inspirations to me.
(I was a bit of an edgelord teenager, though Fullmetal Alchemist remains one of my favorites to this day.)

In the case of FMA, I appreciated the expressiveness and quality of writing for the entire series. It blended comedy, fantasy, horror, and science fiction elements almost seamlessly.
In the case of JTHM, I was drawn to the visually unique angular artwork and heavy inking. For a while, I found myself trying to emulate aspects of it, even. (I've mostly moved on from this style, but I still enjoy heavy inking in some of my work.)

While I've always enjoyed writing and making comics, those were some of the first comics to really inspire me to pursue comic making as a more serious hobby. (And, maybe someday as I continue to learn and get better, a full time job. Dream big I guess hahaha.)

[gmaximin]

Gaston Lagaffe from Franquin...

http://www.gastonlagaffe.com/albums.html

My parents also had some Astérix, Tintin or Spirou around, so I just picked some and try to figure out the story until I was able to actually read them...

The two that make me want to make some myself:
Miller’s A Dame To Kill For (visually striking and yet somewhat looked easy to do... in a sense that I thought, hey? I could do that...!)
McKean’s Cages (for the potential of the medium, the diversity and ability to tell multi layered story in a way other medium could)