Right, I needed to gaffle this from Joe's page, because he is so right that it's making my head hurt. Read, and be enlightened:

If you're not reading comic books, you are missing out on one of the most enriching and enjoyable activities a human being can indulge in, will eventually be unable to communicate with your children (or me) about anything because you don't know what "Skrull" means, and -most importantly- you'll be less likely to hand over your money when I publish my own comic.

So here's what you do:

1: Go to Barnes and Noble, or Borders, or any large corperate type bookstore, and head for the sci-fi section (follow the smell of virginity).

*Do not, under ANY circumstances go to a comic shop!
Even Robert Downey Jr had a couple of toilet seat lines before he graduated to crack houses, so take your time
2: Take a look at the Graphic Novels (elitest word for funnybooks) and the Trade Paperbacks. They're single issues of a particular storyline collected into one volume. They aren't littered with ads for sea monkeys and gum, which is nice, and they can run you anywhere from six to forty bucks, depending on their size, and whether or not it's a hard cover.
No idea what to look for? Here are some suggestions:

If you like movies like Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction and Memento, I recomend:
DAREDEVIL:UNDERBOSS by Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev
Any STRAY BULLETS tradepaperback by David Lapham

Did you like The Last Samurai, or Road To Perdition?
Check out all 28 little volumes of LONE WOLF AND CUB.
MOST CERTAINLY ONE OF THE BEST THINGS OF ANY KIND, EVER!

Read lots of 19th century english literature?
LEAGUE OF EXTRAODINARY GENTLEMEN has almost nothing to do with the movie of the same name (which may have been a high-school play) and will make your brain hurt from its extraordinary combination of wit and evicerated chinamen.

Scary movie fan? Like Satan? Want to know the plot of the upcoming, possibly kick-ass movie?
HELLBOY, HELLBOY, HELLBOY!
Try volume one: SEED OF DISTRUCTION.

.....Oooooor, would you just like to read the one book that turns everyone who picks it up into a beliver? (just ask Howard Stern) Would you like to pick up a comic that is funny, sad, intense, emotional, suprising, hip, quirky, riveting and most of all, enjoyable?

I recomend Ultimate Spider-Man Volume one, By Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagely. It has been, and continues to be the best thing in comics, and in fact better than any single tv program in existance today. Go drop the $17 on the book and see what I mean. You won't be dissapointed.

See? Don't you feel like a better person now that you've read that? I know I do!