I'll admit to wearing a top hat and twirling my mustache, heh.
Speaking as a lifelong fan, if you're looking for the definitive EQ experience, read through the "original" series (Volumes 1 through 4, though I forget the issue numbers; either way, it covers the title quest), then go through the Siege at Blue Mountain arc if you want more, but I recommend stopping shortly after that. (Don't go past Kings of the Broken Wheel.) Wendy and Richard did their best work when they were married and she was the artist. After they split, it was never the same. But that first long stretch? It's the single best thing I've read in any medium, IMO.
Sadly, the online version doesn't quite capture the beauty of the artwork, but at least they were able to get the (absolutely gorgeous) full-color version, rather than the black-and-whites that were in circulation for much of the comic's history.
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Speaking as a lifelong fan, if you're looking for the definitive EQ experience, read through the "original" series (Volumes 1 through 4, though I forget the issue numbers; either way, it covers the title quest), then go through the Siege at Blue Mountain arc if you want more, but I recommend stopping shortly after that. (Don't go past Kings of the Broken Wheel.) Wendy and Richard did their best work when they were married and she was the artist. After they split, it was never the same. But that first long stretch? It's the single best thing I've read in any medium, IMO.
Sadly, the online version doesn't quite capture the beauty of the artwork, but at least they were able to get the (absolutely gorgeous) full-color version, rather than the black-and-whites that were in circulation for much of the comic's history.