Buyfag, Shelve, Collections

recent acquisitions include

fear agent library eds. vol 1+2
flash (geoff johns) omnibus vol 1
punisher omnibus (remender)
tomb of dracula omnibus vol 3
infinity gauntlet omnibus

so jealous in these threads cause my collection is small

>>64593326
Post your small collection and I'll post mine for the first time

>>64593326
Confucius say: it doesn't matter it's a small collection it matters that the collection is full of win.

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>>64593344
see
>>64593345

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and this box full of floppies
>>64593373

>>64593105
If I already have the trades would you say the Animal Man omnibus is worth trading up for?

Also
In the mail
Plastic Man: On the Lamb

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I splurged a little as a birthday present to myself

Wednesday Comics is to the left, oddly enough the cover is slightly sticky and it smells really weird

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>>64593373
>>64593344
You don't understand; it's smaller than your haul

>>64593571
depends how much you like it. i'd do it.. it's an extremely nice omnibus

>>64593690

Yeah, but it has antigravity going for it by the looks of it.

>>64593748
Yup. I'm not Australian, but that Tower of Fate really fucks with everything

Bought the first trade of Quantum and Woody today. It was solid and I laughed a lot. Will probably pick up the remaining trades when I have the cash for it.

>>64593608
Fuck yes I have Fury Max coming in the mail tomorrow along with

>Propeht vol.2
>One Trick Rip Off
>Black Science
>Deadly Class
>Lazarus vol.2
>East of West vol.1

>Captcha is a pic of a cat

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Recent trade purchases:

Requiem: Vampire Knight Vol. 1&2
Deadly Class
Black Science
Punisher: Born

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>>64593105

Sure, why not.

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Picked this color test for Defenders up today. Thought it was pretty cool. Also, any one know which issue this is? Just has a page number.

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Great mini series.

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My last haul.

>>64593690
>shield by steranko
Is that recolored?

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My latest haul.
Got witzend for birthday, got Essential Dr. Strange v.1 (which is OOP), Battler Britton, and Tarnished Angel half price, got Atomic Knights quarter price (it was originally $40, fuck that).

>>64593105
I have that kyrios as well!! Still havent opened it because I wouldn't know what o do...

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I've recently added some more B.P.R.D and Hellboy, and maybe a walking dead or two.

I'm about to buy my first comics, the first two JLA deluxe editions. Are these good picks?

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>>64597781
I also like my Cerebus but the penultimate two volumes are OOP and expensive as fuck.`

>>64597986
yes

>>64597986
Yes. JLA is how I got into comics. Also how I got into Morrison. The main story of vol. 2 is one of the best stories featuring that villain ever written.
You'll want to pirate or buy DC 1,000,000 though, one of the issues (forget if it's in vol. 2 or vol. 3) is a plot-important tie-in, so it basically reads
>synopsis of DC1M
>that issue
>summary of rest of DC1M

>>64598109
One of the issues of JLA is a plot-important tie-in the DC1M, is what I mean.

>>64597880
they are insanely easy to put together. that said it isn't put together. gonna put it together soon though!

>>64597666
Nice hardcover Luthor. I have an older tpb that still has the Luthor: Man of Steel title.

Buy this, thank me later..

http://www.amazon.com/Invincible-Compendium-One-Robert-Kirkman/dp/1607064111/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407988907&sr=8-1&keywords=invincible+omnibus

Picked up a copy of 300 today for a buck. Only issue is that the binding is nearly completely destroyed. It looks like it's all there, so I'm going to try and use some wood glue or something to rebind it. It's worked before, so it should work in this case. If not it was still just a buck.

>>64599024
post pics?

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So my recent purchases are as follows. I'm going to get the rest of Empowered and Invincible Compendium 1 with my next paycheck but I'm lost as to what I should start next. I'm thinking about Savage Dragon.
Chew Omnivore 4
Deadly Class Volume 1
Invincible Compendium 2
Nowhere Men Volume 1
Rat Queens Volume 1

>>64593105
What is that Stephen King box set of? Haven't seen it before.

>>64599223
Dark Tower comic, illustrated by Jae Lee.

>>64593373
Is the Runaways a good series? I've been looking at it for ages.

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Haven't bought anything since Gundam. Need to finish it and look into getting more. I have so many series that I actually need to complete or get caught up on.

>>64599254
Thanks

>>64593608
>Batman vs Robin
>Batman & Robin Must Die
>Green Lantern and <insert derivative bullshit here>

God Damn. Is this it? Nothing but endless retreads of the same old shit? So much good out there and this is what the mindless masses buy. You losers remind me of the guys I see in black leather riding harleys. They lack imagination or fear individuality so they buy a limited lifestyle that keeps them safe with it's predigested boundaries.
Fuck. Please, before you die, try to think beyond the same old shit. It was great when I was twelve. I'm not twelve anymore. You aren't either.

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>>64599363

Fuck off and let the guy enjoy his capeshit. Don't you have an indie book that you need to go pretend to read or something?

>>64599347
It really is very good.

>>64599363
Nice to see people still finding new ways to be assholes to others.

>>64599363
man, what crawled up your ass

>>64599363
This nigga bought Nibelung, this alone saves him from being as bad as those Harleyfags.

Is Irredeemable worth buying?

>>64599444
I enjoyed the few issues I got last year but haven't read any of it since. Have they done The Drawing of The Three yet? Or have they stopped the project?

>>64599556
ehhh, I dunno

The first 12 issues or so are gold, then it flops around doing dumb shit for like 20 more issues and then it kinda ends decently I guess?

>>64599580
I don't know, I stopped reading before they got to the first book.

>>64599363

Never read Morrison's Batman, huh?

>>64599556
ending made me tear up. how they ended the threat of the plutonian is the most unexpected ending i have ever read. it gets soft around issue 12 or thirteen but picks up in the twenties.

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>>64599154
Here you go. The stitching is literally holding on by a thread. But as I said. I think all the pages are still there. Just a little glue should due to fix this.

>>64593105

What's that massive Star Wars book next to Dark Tower?

Also, you gotta step up your indie game. Focus less on long running series; you're missing out on a old of good one-offs.

Marvel stuff is pretty solid looking though.

>>64599165
If you're looking for series, I'd recommend Manhattan Projects, based on what you've got. All the zaniness of Chew but in a completely different way.

On the subject of Chew, I love - LOVE - that boo, but man those Omnivores really aren't that great looking. Glad I stuck with the trades.

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>>64595403
>Requiem
Mah nigga

>>64599363
autism/10

>>64600906
it's a mix of all sorts of star wars stories focusing on luke skywalker. it's pretty neat stuff.

i don't really buy much anymore except series that are currently running or trades that are getting put into print like hellblazer. i have plenty of indie comics on my tablets

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>>64593105

Already posted my shelf in here, but these are my buys from this week.

>>64601197
i've still not read any wonder woman yet

so much to read, so little time. i'm about to go start the 10th tpb of invincible right now on my tablet, such comfy reading while watching sc2 streams via plex in my family room.

going to buy the compendiums probably... really want to support it, really fun book so far

>>64599363
>Ignores The Ring of the Nibelung, ignores Chew, hell even ignores Fury MAX, and either didn't read or comprehend anything going on in Morrison's Batman that makes it stand out from typical capeshit

If you're going to nerd rage like a faggot, don't be so goddamn retarded.

Why do you guys buy this stuff. You can read/watch any of it for free at the library.

>>64593105
Jesus Christ, you are fucking loaded.

>>64601343
He could very easily afford that with a middle-middle class income, especially if he's good at finding deals (regarding comics and in general) and torrents movies (you will not believe how much money plebs spend on dvds and blur-rays).

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I feel like a douche posting the exact same thing as I did in the last /co/llection thread, but you asked...
1. Whedon Stuff
2. Independents/Young Marvel

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>>64601415
3. Valiant/Marvel/DC
4. Ultimate Marvel

I also have about 300 floppies.

>>64601334
my library doesn't have shit for comics

I can and do download scans of stuff but sometimes it's nice to just pull a book off a shelf

>>64601415
>I feel like a douche posting the exact same thing as I did in the last /co/llection thread
that will pass

>>64601362
>He could very easily afford that with a middle-middle class income
Well yea, but it would take quite a big chunk out of each paycheck.
>torrents movies (you will not believe how much money plebs spend on dvds and blur-rays).
Look, I torrent movies a lot, but I don't know why it's considered plebian to buy Blu-ray's. I try to buy the shit I really like. It's just nice to have them.

>>64601512

This. It's just easier to buy in bulk every few weeks or months, but it's also fun to participate in shelf threads.

Also, I doubt anybody pays enough attention to other people's shelves to notice that nothing's changed.

Recent purchases:
Translucid #1-4
Age of Ultron
A bunch of random Marvel variant covers with cool art

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>>64601618
>Age of Ultron
Come on man...

>>64601686
It wasn't great, but I bought it anyways. Fuck you.

>>64601686
>It wasn't great, but I bought it anyways.
Hey, to each his own, but...
1. No, it's not great. It's not even good. I've read a LOT of Bendis and this is easily his worst work ever. This is straight-up shit-tier at its lowest. AoU is the epitome of everything that's wrong with Marvel comics right now.
2. Why would you buy something that's not great?

>>64593105
Why do these threads always happen when I'm in bed? I have a ton of TFs I could share with these threads.

>>64600974
I like the omnivore editions but I want to get the smorgasbord edition but I've never seen one before outside of promo shots.

>>64601930
Dude me too.

Get up. Show us your shit.

>>64601829
My LCS was having a sale and I decided I wanted it. Everything I picked up, except Translucid, was an impulse buy.

>>64601975
Ok... I'm just saying, that shit's awful.

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>picked up a new bookshelf for like 16 bucks
>got it home and put my small collection of trades and manga on it
>picked up Ms Marvel vol 8 as well
>get done reading it, place it on the shelf
>leave the house for like 10 minutes
>the shelf has collapsed in on itself
fuckin Carol "Thunderthighs" Danvers strikes again!

thinking of picking up something else next week.

>>64602149
A little to much marvel for me but not bad.

>>64603561
there are a few more things that I want to get from DC
Lex Luthor Man of Steel
Gotham City Sirens
Superman / Cap Marvel First Thunder
Ostrander's Suicide Squad
Red Lanterns
Kingdom Come

want to finish other collections I got goin' on first though. Vol 5 of WW doesnt come out till October, which sucks for me

>>64601618
>Age of Ultron
Holy shit, dude

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haven't added much since I last posted here, shame. thing is, i find less and less comics that i like enough to buy.
...any advice?

>>64605498
Pretty much everyone on /co/ liked Hellboy, give that a try!

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My latest order. I'm really looking forward to reading Fury Max.

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>>64605673
And shelves.

1/2

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>>64605678
2/2

>>64605597
I've been thinking about it, tried the first 8 issues, but i found the artstyle a bit jarring. Thanks for the reccomandation tho, I'll give it another shot.

>>64605673
First 5 are really good choices.

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My collection was finally in one place for the first time in several months, so I've finally got up-to-date pics. 1/5.

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2/5

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3/5

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4/5

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5/5.

Question for the thread, what upcoming release are you most looking forward to?

>New Blacksad
>Uncle Scrooge US releases
>Absolute Batman Inc.
>FF by Hickman Omnibus vol. 2
>Thor: GoT Oversized HC

>>64606151
looking foward to

>green arrow vol 4
>uncanny avengers vol 3 tp
>forever evil tp

>>64606151
>Moon Knight Bad Moon Rising
>Moon Knight From The Dead
>Green Arrow The Outsiders War
>Animal Man Evolve or Die
>Hellblazer 9
>Phantom Stranger The Crack in Creation
>The Spectre: Wrath of God

>>64593105
>All that wasted money

Fucking autism man.

>>64606127

I would be embarrassed if someone saw that. Such a waste of money.

>>64607775
What are you some kind of pussy who is ashamed of their hobby?

>>64607562
>>64607775
Poorfag pls go

>>64606151
Jim, which I think actually just came out.
Moon Knight
Tales of an Imperfect Future
The Walking Man, if it ever actually comes out.
Opus
Master Keaton

>>64607816
>my hobby is to spend thousands of dollars on collected editions of cape comics.

I'm not him, but I get what he's saying. Having 1-3 shelves of your favorite comics is one thing, but 3-4 bookshelves? It's madness.

>>64606151
Everything this guy said >>64606306
Plus more Grell Green Arrow, Justice League 3000 tpb and Forever Evil

>>64607869

Yeah, all these collections start to look the same too, especially if you go to CBR, that place is full of this autism.

I honestly respect a guy more who has one shelf of comics that are personal to him, than a guy who has 50 Marvel Omnibuses.

>>64607869
>It's madness
Why? What difference does it make if somebody has one bookcase full of comics or two?

Do you get mad at people who own an xbone and a ps4 too?

>>64607922

CBR is autism central. 40 year old men who circlejerk over comic-book collections that all look the same.

>>64607924

/v/ fag here.

An Xbox One costs about $500 depending on some factos. Some of these shelves have like $5000 worth of stuff on them, and they probably are used less than a video-game console.

So, yeah, its kinda crazy.

>>64608008
you're ignoring the games
inb4 >implying ps4 has games

>>64606151
Spawn of Mars and Other Stories
Judge Dredd: Mega-City Two
All-New Ghost Rider Volume 1: Engines of Vengeance
DC: The New Frontier Deluxe Edition
The Spectre Vol. 2: Wrath of God
Showcase Presents: Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew

>>64608066
>A game is $60 has atleast 10 hours of gameplay

>Graphic Novel ranges from $10 - $100 probably takes less than 2hrs to read.


Even then, my library of video-games always hovered around 20, with me selling what I didn't like/never played on EBAY.

There's no reason to have that many comics, other than being a hoarding autistic. its a fact.

>>64608097

Most video-games are like ten bucks if you wait a year. But, yeah, comparing /v/ fags to these retards who let their comics collect dust on shellfs is stupid.

>>64608097
I loan them out to friends and use them for drawing reference material.

>>64608097
I reread a lot of the books I buy and the ones I know I won't touch again go to the library or onto eBay

Why are you so worked up over people spending money on comics?

>>64607775

Tbh, these guys should be embarrassed in some way. They make these threads here (and on CBR) for dick-measuring and lauding by idiots like them.

Any casual person would think of this as hoarding or some disease. There are people in here with perfectly reasonable shelves though, but there will always be that autist who thinks spending 10000 on comics is cool.

>>64608219
He used the word autist and he's form /v/. He just wants to get a reaction out of people

>>64608219
>Why are you so worked up

I was agreeing with these guys
>>64607965
>>64607869

>>64608245
Who gives a fuck what casuals think?

>>64608245

For the record, I come into these threads wondering:
>I wonder what /co/'s taste in comics are like
>What do people read

Which these threads are interesting barometers of.

My thoughts when I guy posts five shelves worth of comics:
>He probably doesn't like/read half the comics he owns
>There are people in this world who could spend his money better than him.

>>64608097
For some people the collection is part of the hobby. This happens for video games, comics, records, blu-rays, and whatever else people buy. It's just a different mindset from what you're trying to make a comparison too. You said you're hovering around 20 but their are people that keep every game they ever buy and they're probably proud of their collection of Atari Lynx games and have a special bag just for carrying them. Medium doesn't matter here.

>>64593608
Awful lot of Green Lantern, I respect it.

>>64608354

Yes, these people have a mental illness.

>>64593690
Yours may be smaller, but I am super jelly of your Earth 2 and Steranko Fury Complete Collection

dammit

>>64606151
Waiting for some crazy BD stuff
>Shamanism by Baranko
>The Hero and Beowulf with art of David Rubin
>Chimera Brigade
>Beauty by Hubert and Kerascoet
>Corto Maltese
And some mongo
>Satoshi Kon's OPUS

>>64608435
When is IDW supposed to be releasing Corto?

>>64608097
>There's no reason to have that many comics
>less than 2hrs to read.

You just gave a reason.

>>64608352
Besides those 3x3 threads this is where I pick up most of my comic recommendations. It's also nice to get to see what a collection actually looks like and sometimes things like the binding , paper quality, or ugly recoloring. Honestly things like comixology are a god send because I don't have to buy a physical copy of a trade in a long running series like Hellblazer. I can stick to one shot graphic novels or short runs for my shelf without just pirating everything else.

>>64608472
Early or mid December

>>64608472
December

>>64608352
I'm this guy. >>64606127

For me, I collect because I enjoy the stories, because (for the non-mainstream books) I want to support the creators, and because it's much easier to share with friends. Most people don't like reading comics digitally, and I lend my books out a shitton.

The bitching about shelves is pretty silly. Most of these collections are fine.

>>64593105
>>64606127
Unhealthy

>>64597899
>>64599326
Borderline Unhealthy

Of those four, the only annoying autistic is Johnny Walker, who posts in everyone of these threads, so you get the sense that he's proud of wasting his money.

>>64601039
I just wish that getting my hands on chapters 7 and on wasn't such a pain in the ass! Heavy Metal has 2 volumes out that collect 3 chapters each, but that's it. The only way to get the remaining chapters is by buying the Panini Press books which only have two chapters per book. For fuck's sake, Heavy Metal, step up.

>>64608435
I forgot about Corto Maltese, im excite

>>64608548
yeah I don't like reading comics digitally, but I put up with it because I just don't have the shelf room to spare for longer series. Those Hellblazer trades are really nice, but I just don't want to have 8 volumes of it physically

>>64597986
YES

>>64608602

I disagree with your borderline unhealthy choices. Those are pretty nice collections, both in size and as showcases of their taste.

>>64608667

Borderline as in, if they double their collection in the next year, that's unhealthy. They're good.

>>64608602
Yo, mr.Troll! What are You doing on /co/? Do You even like art? Do You enjoy fun? Can You read? Because I think You don't. At all.

>>64608602
>>>64599326
>Borderline Unhealthy

Dang. I have way less than the other borderline unhealthy guy though.

>>64608717
That's a weird standard. But I doubt it'll double so maybe I won't die of owning comics.

>>64599297
Yes, read it

so starting a collection, it's small as hell right now obviously. What are some custom items I can buy/make for it like bookends, figures and anything else cool I guess. I need ideas!

What is the BEST way to collect Ultimate Spider-Man?

even if its kind of expensive

>>64597502
Is that Sal Buscema's art?

>wake up
>51 new posts
>oooo neat can't wait to see what people... wow 100% autism

>mental illness
>there's no reason to have that many comics
>what a waste of money
>i could spend your money better than you

Autism/10

>>64609724

Hahaha, oh the irony.

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Splurged a bit

Glory complete collection
Like a velvet glove cast in iron
Sigfeid 2
Epileptic
Nova war of kings
Nova realm of kings
The question five books of blood
Solomon Grundy
Red Robin hit list
Punisher born
Howard the duck max
XO manowar deluxe
Bloodshot deluxe
Archer and Armstrong deluxe


And thinking about getting more because addiction.

>>64609724
>>wake up
>>decide to check /co/ first thins so that
>>"neat can't wait to see what people have"

You are autism.

>>64609759
>And thinking about getting more because addiction.

atta boy my fellow mentally ill autistic person devoid of reasonable spending :^)

i'll have you know these poor people in this thread could spend your money better than you :^)

we all know how good the poor are at money management :^)

>>64609855
>this butthurt

The anon splurged a bit, and admits it. Nothing wrong with him. Meanwhile, you should be seeing a psychiatrist.

>>64609892
i'd love to argue with you about what other people do with their disposable income but i've got to run, i have an appointment with my psychiatrist and can't be late :^)

You have $170 to spend on non DC and Marvel comics (not including their imprints like Vertigo) from instocktrades, what do you buy?

>>64609967
both invincible compendiums, or if $ allows all the invincible hardcovers

Is Kirby Genesis worth picking?

It looks interesting in a messy, cosmic way, but I feel a bit weird reading a homage without ever reading Kirby's work... I intent to start his Fourth World stuff as soon as I get the time.

>>64609995
>reading a homage without ever reading Kirby's work

Yeah, you're a moron. At least do Godland.

>>64609967
Hellboy libraries, those BPRD HCs, maybe some image stuff like Chew or Fear Agent, some valiant stuff like Bloodshot or Archer & Armstrong

Out of curiosity, how much would you say it becomes unhealthy?
Because right now i have about 110 TPBs on my shelf, and I've been reading comics for about 5-6 years

>>64610175
You're very very ill sir. Schedule an appointment with local mental health professional ASAP!

>>64610175
It becomes unhealthy when you are using money that should be spent on necessities on comics instead.

>>64610517

But what if you've already paid for all of your necessities? After that, it's really just another hobby.

>>64610517
>>64610570
quit using logic, just call everyone who buys more stuff than you mentally ill. after all we can safely assume someones income and what they have in life, right :^)

>>64610589

You can tell this guy is legitimately offended by this, which I just love. Like the other anons, I pop in here to see what anons enjoy.

It feels good knowing that these autists with large collections are just as insecure as I think they are.

>>64610175

That seems perfectly reasonable tbh. I Just sold half my collection, I had around 300 trades, because it was way too much.

>>64610736
>legitimately offended

giving yourself a bit too much credit there le epic trawl master

>>64610736
>i'll just shit up the thread and anyone who defends themselves is insecure

To be fair you're all just shit posting anyways. These threads are usually devoid of negativity but since we already spotted /v/ earlier we can safely assume this is all just spillover from memeland. Enjoy your stay.

>>64609967

Our average purchase order from customers is actually around $270, its crazy.

And, yes, most of our customers are autistic and spend way too much money on this shit. It's one of the reasons the warehouse is moving from Fort Wayne to Tennessee (and I'll be losing my job, yay).

>>64611163
>Our average purchase order from customers is actually around $270, its crazy.
Holy shit really? And here I thought $50-80 every other month was a lot

>>64611163
> average order is $270
I don't think I've spent that on comics in a single year. Sorry to hear about the job

>>64611163
Sucks you lost your job. Did they at least not offer you a job down in TN?

>>64611163
>and I'll be losing my job

Good. You seem like a douche bag who only cares about his paycheck anyways. I'd tell you not to bite the hand that feeds you but you clearly already have other ways you'd be retained at your position in some way or another.

Another disposable worker. Scurry back to the fast food restaurant. I'll be over here with all the other autists with a salaried position, job security, benefits and spending my money how I see fit. Good luck paying your rent.

>>64611163
What a nice way to treat your customers, calling them autistic. Shocking to see you're going to be unemployed in the near future.

There's some much hate in this tread

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>>64611163
I get my comics a lot of different places but here is my instocktrades (assuming that's where you're from). I never ordered that much at one time but I guess I probably bought more frequently than most.. Here's my first page

>>64611406
>>64610876
Meh, just ignore it. Never happens anyways. I guess if one thread out of 100 gets shitted up that's still pretty good odds you're gonna have a good time.

>>64608980
amazon i guess

>>64609759
good shit

Does InStockTrades allow for paypal payment?

>>64611216
Same, I buy one average 1 TPB every two weeks and i thought that was a lot; rather, I buy more comics than any of my friends with except for one But still, that's pretty insane

>>64611293

No, but its only part-time while I go to school.

>>64611422

Don't worry about it, your definitely not the problem. You should see some of the e-mails the girl gets at Customer Service though.

>>64611521
Thank you sir I'm stoked to read them. Especially those nova books I have been trying complete that series for awhile

>>64611537
you betchur butt they do. i really need to make another other, i just got infinity gauntlet omnibus in mail saturday but i need manhattan projects vol 4, guardians of the galaxy 20$ ultimate collection and some other bits

>>64611501
I meant which editions to go for, hardcover, omnibus etc

>>64611163
>Average order is $270
Jesus Christ, I've never even spent that much in a single order, let alone enough to make it an average.

>>64611886
It isn't true, I just called and asked for a manager. I said "Hey out of curiosity what is your average order dollar amount."

He said About $70 to $80.

>>64611771
omnibus to save shelf space

or

tp if you don't want to spend a lot

>>64609967
Epic Collections
Daredevil before Moon Knight before Thor

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I was recently given these 80s comics for free.

>>64613127
they look great for being that old

>>64613178

I know right, except for the Daredevil one which has some water damage on the cover. My cousin said he bought them, never read them and just kept them in a drawer for years.

>>64613127
>Warlord
I'm jelly

>>64593345
Nice

>>64613390
thanks!

>>64608403
No people who fuck kids have a mental illness. These guys just have their life together and have expendable money.

>>64609841
>Wake up
>Decides to check /co/ to tell people they're autism
>Neat can't wait to be a faggot
>Being rude to C.R.E.A.M.

You're a faggot

Bumping because I want to see more autistic nerds' shelves.

>>64605498
>all dose wh40k
Try Heavy Metal and 2000 AD collections, Shakara especially.

>>64607869
I spent I budget myself $20 a week for comics.
Over the course of four years that adds up, and it's only like an hour of work for most people a week, if even that. People can be responsible with their money and still have large collections, especially if they keep at it long enough.

>>64599326
>Dylan Dog
How is Dylan Dog? Is it the Internationale stories translated or are they new American Stories? How much was it?

>>64620443
Dylan Dog's good stuff. It's translated, there are some legal issues with Groucho so they erase his mustache and call him Felix. It's not ideal but it's all that's available. Like $20 and worth it for the size.

>>64605498
time to flip you shelfs, son

>>64615401
Yeah he';s a faggot but you shouldn't have dropped your trip to tell him this, OP.

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droped $50 today, need to go back and get a bunch of judge dredd

>>64620645
Sweet! Gonna get dat shit along with Bone. Bone has been sitting in the shelves at Barnes and Nobles for a year or two. I always forget to pick it up.

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>>64605498
If you like Warhammer 40k, check out this crazy vampire comic that Heavy Metal does called Requiem: Vampire Knight. Vol 2 is pictured here >>64595403

It's a hyper-violent undead fantasy/sci fi series, and the art is equal parts gorgeous, brutal, and totally fucking bonkers. Pic related.

>>64621092
Is there trades for this that aren't a thousand dollars?

>>64621092
Yeah. I mentioned here >>64608603 that Heavy Metal has published the first six chapters in 2 tpbs that run about $20 each. Amazon, ebay, etc sell 'em.

After that it gets more complicated...Heavy Metal hasn't published any trades past those. Panini Press has published up to Ch. 10 or so, but their trades are only 2 chapters per book. So you can either wait to see if Heavy Metal will step their shit up or mix and match.

>>64621319
Oops, meant to reply to >>64621125

So I have an interesting question that's kind of related to this thread. How much do you spend on comics a month
My purchases vary, because I don't have a LCS. Sometimes I go months without buying, but it's 15-40 every 3 month, and I make a big 80-100 dollar purchase about once a year.

>>64621688
20-35/month. No big purchases.

I forgot i ordered some tpbs on Monday until I saw this thread. They won't be here for another week at the earliest

>>64620847
Lol im not C.R.E.A.M.

>>64621688
100ish a month. I splurge when I find a good sale. Up to 200 for those.

>>64621688
60-70 on single issues and then 50 or so per month on collections

I should really cut back on the number of books I pull monthly but it's hard

>>64602149
just ordered Batman: Under the Hood volumes one and two and No Need for Tenchi volume 12, less than 21 bucks.

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Also just ordered

>Animal Man Omnibus
>Infinite Kung Fu

boop

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here are some recent pulls

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>Putting stupid toys in front of your books so you can't pull them out, to show everybody that you obviously don't read, and will never read the material
>Having shelves full of wrapped books that you will never read, but are merely a prestige decoration

I hate you people

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I can't buy anything cause I bought a car.

>>64626275
That GA a shit

>>64626288
>>Putting stupid toys in front of your books so you can't pull them out, to show everybody that you obviously don't read, and will never read the material
Do you think they superglue the figure to the shelf? If you need a book that's behind the toy you move the toy ding dong

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>>64593105
>>64598008
>>64605678
>>64606127
why do you people spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on fucking paper?

thats all this shit is, paper, you can read any of this material online without owning your own private copy

autism overload

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>>64626496
sorry I disagree with you Anon, I like the feel of my comics in my hands.

>>64626496
What is it with people sperging out over paying for comics today?

>>64626496
>autism overload
Indeed. Stop spamming this thread with your autism, please.

>>64626496
Why do people spend money on any hobby?

>>64626615
>people
It's the same guy.

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>>64626496
The internet doesn't smell as good.
This isn't even all of it, last month I spent $80 on witzend.

Just came back from the local Half-Price Books and snagged the first trade for Agent Venom. Now I'm looking online and see that the next two trades are OOP, unless I get the giant hardcover for Circle Of Four. What's the deal with that?

If I can't get the rest of the series at a reasonable price, I may just go back and exchange it for the first trade of Pak's Xtreme X-Men.

>>64626496
Disposable income.
A lot of collections here are someone spending $20 a week for years. If you can't afford $20 a week, you should focus on your career instead of reading comics on your stolen laptop anyway.

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>>64626288

... You know that toys move, right? They're not even heavy.

Has anybody else noticed that /co/'s started going overboard with 'YOU DON'T READ COMICS?' I've been noticing it a lot lately, but it's more than a little bit worrisome when that's the first reaction to seeing shelves full of comics.

>>64626714
>Sweet Tooth
>SCUD
Noice. How are the Jim Henson books? I've seen them around, and they look interesting.

>>64626842
>YOU DON'T READ COMICS
I think it's comic readers lashing out in response to there being so many goddamn movie threads, if somebody doesn't read every current comic then clearly they're a filthy casual who's only there to shitpost

>>64626864
The Jim Henson books are awesome, I'm still reading Dark Crystal and it's great. In The Labyrinth they expanded on a ton of stuff, like there's a whole chapter of Sarah looking for the castle with The Fireys. And in the back there are copies of Jim's idea book of everything he was thinking of putting in. The Dark Crystal has Brian Froud's sketches of the Skeksis that look really cool.

>>64626909

You're pretty much right, but it's totally out of hand. Sometimes people miss details when they read, and some of the stuff people talk about came out years ago. It's nonsense then, but it's twice as ridiculous when you're literally using the fact that somebody has a large collection of comics as proof that they don't read comics. Like, how do you even get that twisted logic?

>>64593220
>flash (geoff johns) omnibus vol 1
>punisher omnibus (remender)
>tomb of dracula omnibus vol 3
>infinity gauntlet omnibus
All of these are excellent. The Remender Punisher omni includes Franken-Castle, right?

I need to get the last Tomb Of Dracula omni myself.

>>64593608
Flash & Green Lantern is a really fun book. I hope you enjoy it.

And regardless of what >>64599363 says, Morrison's B&R and Johns' GL are good reads too.

>>64601197
I really want to pick up some Perez Wonder Woman for my wife. She's been wanting to read some of the older stuff, but all we've managed to find so far are the trades for Straczynski's run, the first volume of Rucka's, the second volume of Diana Prince: Wonder Woman, and JLA: A League Of One.

>>64627058
>Flash & Green Lantern
I love the issue where Barry and Hal go on a camping trip with Jay and Alan.

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>>64627058
>Flash & Green Lantern is a really fun book
I've read it half a dozen times, but I didn't realize it had a trade so while I was GL binging I bought it. I love it

>>64627118
Me too!

>>64626496
Librarians have convinced people that physical paper literature is "superior" because you can feel/smell it.

That said, you're right, and it's a huge unnecessary waste of tree pulp.

>>64626615
What is it with people sperging out showing the same comic collections over and over in and out day by day?

You've obviously incited this reaction yourselves by consistently trying to show off

>>64626714
>all dat wasted money
>probably stored in a dark basement room

thanks mom !

>>64627254
I own my house, and my room is well lit?
>>64626304

>>64627118
Yeah. Good times. I considered getting Mark Waid to sign my copy back in April, but opted to have him sign my oversized hardcover of Daredevil instead. He complimented my Metal Men shirt with Mercury's emblem on it when I met him.

>>64627220

I don't think the guys here at /co/ are as bad as the guys at CBR, who buy EVERYTHING, and then end up having homogenized collections.

I have maybe 100 or so trades, don't really need much more. What makes it cool is that I don't feel the need to have everything, and everything on my shelf I can think of something special to say about it.

>>64627306
I got Kingdom Come signed by him last year and he complimented my Superman necklace, he was pretty nice

>>64621688

$100 bi-monthly

>>64626338
I don't know. He was pretty badass in there. And being a Batfag/Deathstrokefag it was pretty entertaining.

>>64607816
>my hobby is spending money

Do you autists at least climate control your library-sized collections to prevent them from rotting/moisture damage/fading/color runs?

Or do you just buy shit and throw it on a cheap shelf and let it sit and rot there?

>>64608097
>buy used games and Game of the Year Editions for $10
>buy quality games with 60+ hours of play

thats how you really do it

>>64621688

Depends. I don't buy that regularly, but every now and then I'll go on IST and blow through $60 or so. I don't do it very often. A couple of times a year usually. Although, I've done it twice in the last two months.

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yes, i know there's alot of Bendis (please stop reminding me) also superman redson is hidden

>>64627385
I met him the year before as well and had him sign my Absolute Kingdom Come. It was at a local college and he was actually wandering the dealer room with several people following him around, but when he saw me at his empty booth, he excused himself from the crowd and came to chat with me for a bit while signing my book. He was overly cautious about signing it too, claiming he didn't want to ruin such an awesome (and expensive) copy of his book.

I didn't have the heart to tell him that I actually got it from a friend for about $15 after he scuffed the bottom of the spine and didn't want it anymore.

>>64626909
I rhink it's more that they ask questions about things they can find and read for themselves is what gets people angry.

>>64627543
Why do your trades go from highest to lowest?

>>64621688
150 a month before I bought my house and car, like 20 now.

>>64627562
>$15 after he scuffed the bottom of the spine and didn't want it anymore.
Jesus Christ.

>>64626496
same autism that drove people to spend thousands of dollars on fucking DVDs, that are now worthless...

its funny because most people here buy new comics, but within 1-2 years they will already lose half their value (as all comics do)

so these collectors (who dont even invest in worthwhile/timeless editions) are just throwing away money

>>64627742
I doubt they're treating their collections as an investment.

>>64626818
All of that money you could be investing in your future.

Or wasting on toys and comics, your call.

>>64627742

Are you the same guy who was blaming omnibuses for you losing your job in this thread and a few others?

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>>64627742
Perhaps they buy it because--now bear with me for a sec, I know this is crazy--they like it and not because they think they can sell it for more money in a few years? who the fuck buys trades to make money off of them?

>>64627791
Do you seriously only spend money on absolute necessities?

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>>64626496
Same autism as Pokemon

>We print out paper with fahnny cartoons on it, and sperglords will pay $80 DOLLARS for it
>kek kek kek

top kek

>>64627742

I was one of those people who spent TONS on DVDs back in the day. I had 1000+.

I cut back to about 300 now. I only buy stuff that I love or that's never available.

>>64627825

I mean, on some level, the guy is right. No one needs 1000+ trades, but there's a healthy medium about collecting what you like.

>>64627834

Are we being raided by /v/ or something?

>>64627805
no, but please tell me more

i could use a laugh

>>64627875
No one needs any trades. It's a fucking hobby.

>>64627839
Why not upgrade them to DVDs, or better yet, just get a digital collection?

I can see some excuse for paper comic collections, if people want to smell them or whatever, but there's literally 0 reason to own a physical movie collection anymore.

>>64627939

Collecting for the sake of collecting is retarded. Collecting because you like a specific character or author is cool.

>>64627684
Yeah. He got it during a local shop's storewide 75% off anniversary sale, read it, was carrying it to our friend's apartment and dropped it in the parking lot, then almost immediately told me he'd sell it to me because it was damaged.

>>64627939
yes, we've established both of those things

I'm still not sure why buying a trade is suddenly the worst thing ever

>>64627825
Look bro, I could see owning like 10-20 of your favorite all-time comics, and a couple toys/posters.

but regularly dishing out 100s of dollars on editions just for the sake of hoarding is some kinda autism.

At some point you will collect enough reading material that you will NEVER be able to re-read it all (if you are working as you claim) so whats the point?

>>64627967
>0 reason to own a physical movie collection anymore.

I don't pirate because I'm on a college campus' connection. Stuff like Kaiju movies or old Brian De Palma films aren't readily available on streaming sites. I like having physical copies of my favorite films available.

>>64628035
>just for the sake of hoarding

Who's doing this?

>>64628035
>Look bro, I could see owning like 10-20 of your favorite all-time comics, and a couple toys/posters.
>but regularly dishing out 100s of dollars on editions just for the sake of hoarding is some kinda autism.
Why, though? What's the difference? Why is owning 20 books acceptable but owning 100 is mental illness?

>>64627825
>Do you seriously only spend money on absolute necessities?
Mostly, yeah. There's always ways to better your situation, I don't think anybody on /co/ is such a millionaire that they can flagrantly throw away all this money on fucking comics.

It's a cool hobby, but at the end of the day it's unhealthy, expensive hoarding.

If you want a buddy to go outside and do things with, let someone know.

>>64627967
>0 reason to own a physical movie collection anymore.

This only works if you can readily pirate films.

>>64627058
>I really want to pick up some Perez Wonder Woman for my wife

Good luck. Amazon has them listed at crazy prices, and Ebay's inconsistent. I got lucky and got them both in a lot pretty close to cover price while I was looking for Azz Vol 1, so there's hope.

You'll probably have to go digital at some point, though. There are only four trades printed, collecting 24 issues of a five and a half year run. But yeah, WW trades are tricky to come by sometimes. A League of One is a pretty good find, though. The art is gorgeous.

>>64626496
if you earn good money like me, you can spend all the cash you want on comics, wife, sons, car and other stuff. Besides, tecnically you don't own a shit when you "buy" online, or when you pirate comics.

>>64628078

There's no specific number, but you can usually tell when people collect for the sake of collecting. Go to the CBR forums, for example.

>>64628035
>just for the sake of hoarding
It's for the sake of reading, idiot. And after I read them, I have no real reason to get rid of them unless I didn't like them. I'm not hurting for money or storage space, so getting rid of them serves no purpose. I can always go back to them if I like them or lend them out to friends or whatever.

>>64628078
chances are you will never reread those 100 in your lifetime, and are just owning them for hoard-reasons

>>64628126
>I don't think anybody on /co/ is such a millionaire that they can flagrantly throw away all this money on fucking comics.
Do you seriously thing spending a hundred bucks a month on books is some kind of ridiculously extravagant spending? I pay my bills, buy necessities, put some money in savings and investments, and then I have leftover that I can put towards entertainment and hobbies, it's not like I'm starving myself and letting the electricity go out so I can buy comics

>>64628175
>and are just owning them for hoard-reasons
what does this even mean? you think people are buying books and not reading them because ___?

>>64628155
>technically you down own a shit

why do you need to own a shit, to read a shit?

whats the point of owning a shit?

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>>64628391

>>64628406
sweep your floor sometime, holy shit dude

nice collection though

>>64628436
its a closet though, a closet in a place i'm only gonna visit on breaks...
and thank you

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first time posting in one of these.

a bunch of my D&Q stuff is signed too

missing: my love and rockets books that i let someone borrow

What's better, Kurt Busiek's Conan or Northlanders?

>>64627967
>but there's literally 0 reason to own a physical movie collection anymore.

I have hoarding issues. I have to own these things. Can't helpit.

>>64628502

Ant-Colony is great. I've been trying to get more into indies. Going to order Old City Blues soon, and waiting for COPRA to be pre-order-able.

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>>64628502
also, the copy of duke nukem: glorious bastard is signed by kate beaton who drew a little hitler in it

long story

>>64627967
>0 reason to own a physical movie collection anymore.
There's a reason anon. You'll find out when you're older.

>>64626288
There is one guy here that buys one Omnibus to read and one of the same copy to sit on his shelf

>>64627967
>watching a movie with more than just one person so you don't want to crowd around a tiny-ass computer screen
>wanting to use your computer while watching the movie at the same time
>don't want to buy an external hard drive just for movies

>>64627967
except legally you own a dvd and have legal protection from it being taken from you. with digital they can take it from you at any time without having to give your money back and if the service ends/closes your shit out of luck.

>>64611163
Damn son, I once binged and spent $90 on IST over christmas, and considered that to be "way too much"

>>64628769
Not them, but I built a HTPC with XBMC. So everyone can watch things but I still don't have to buy things. That said, I still spend a lot on comics already.

>all this insecurity over owning movies comics

Ok /co/, here's a rule its totally fine to own shit, but if you have over 300 dvds/book/comics whatever you probably have too much.

>>64628126
I'm trying to get a copy of every comic Morrison and Moore ever wrote. Then I'll arrange them in concentric counter-circles with a stack of Niel Gaiman's Sandman in the center and invoke the name of mighty Dormammu whaile accessing my Kermit chakra to fix the hole in the center of the universe.

>>64628844
If you look at the responses you'll see people say they called IST and asked, and the average seems to be $70.

>>64627885
Yes, that is how this started.

>>64628941
>called IST, asked for manager

They run out of DCBS, so that doesn't make any-sense. I'll trust the guy who's losing his job. Besides, look at CBR forums, those guys look like they spend $200+

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>>64627967
KELLY SAVES THE DAY ONCE AGAIN

>read thread
>if you buy comics, you are autistic and don't read them

wow, /co/ has changed. I don't remember summer ever being this bad.

Anyway I just bought/ordered the following this week: Absolute All-Star Superman, Final Crisis, and Batman & Robin; 52 vol. 1, and Seven Soldiers vol. 1.

>>64629327
Are you gonna have a Morrison shelf like this guy (>>64601415) does with Whedon?

>>64629443
Eventually. I've got the Invisibles and Animal Man omnibuses, and most of his Batman run. I got into his stuff a few months ago and basically went full Morrisonfag

>>64629443
Not that guy but I just realized just under a quarter of my books are Morrison, I really need to stop riding that guy's hyper-dick

>>64629327
it's kind of silly. i personally buy comics because i love the feel of them in my hands as i read them, and i'm more likely to reread them if i have a physical copy

also i'm >>64628502 >>64628730, and a lot of the books that i do have, i've met the creators in person - deforge, beaton, brown, santoro, kc green, north, alabaster, etc. i've met in person. i like to support the artists

>>64611163
i thought it was because if you promise jobs to the gov in Tennessee they will fucking give you enough money and tax credits that your making a profit moving there.

>>64629599
I haven't read the Invisibles yet, but omnibus excites and terrifies me when I think about it

>>64629707
I went with buying the deluxe editions instead

>>64629767
What kind of extras are in it?

>>64629327
/co/ didn't change it had a visitor >>64608008

>>64629608
Chester Brown seems like he would be strange in person

>>64629707
Before I had bought it, I had previously read the first 16 issues. But man that book is good. More complicated than anything else I've ever read, and much more of a trip. Despite that, it is not incomprehensible, as a lot of people say (unless you're not willing to reflect on it). I couldn't bring myself to read any other comics for 2 months, because it was such a high standard for me. It's about everything, and the attention to detail is staggering.

Having it all in one volume also helps to better understand the time-travel related bits.

>>64629966
he looked pretty weird before i talked to him, but he turned out to be a super friendly and genuinely nice guy when i did

>>64630009
I found a copy of Louis Riel for $5 in a second hand store and have been meaning to read more from him. How was I Never Liked You?

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>>64629443
>>64629604
>Invisibles omni and issues
>Animal man trades and issues
>Doom patrol issues
>Batman including ASHOSE and Gothic in trades
>Joe the Barbarian DX HC
>WE3 DX HC
>Flex Mentallo DX HC (fucking coloring sucks but the issues ond original trade are so fucking expensive)
>Filth trade
>Seven Soldiers HC's
>ASS trades (got the two ones b/c got them as they came out instead of waiting for the single edition, on the bright side I have that Waid intro calling ASS the best Superman story he ever read because of this)
>Final Crisis trade
>DC One Million trade
>52 trades
>JLA DX HC's
I'd say more than half my collection is just Moore, Morrison, and Dave Sim (I bought Judenhass as well as Cerebus).

>>64629858
unfortunately none, its just a well made hardcover of the first two TPBs so 12 issues

>>64630139
Does anyone have that Frank edit?

>>64630139
>JLA HC
nigga im hella jealous

>>64630152
Now I'm glad I bought the omni.

>>64630121
it was alright. kind of slow at times, but the ending is absolutely heartwrenching. if you can find it for cheap like that copy of louis riel, go for it

he seems to have had a fairly normal childhood for someone who later went on to write things like paying for it and ed the happy clown

speaking of which, if you're into REALLY weird comics, check out ed the happy clown

>>64630212
does the omni have anything? i thought about getting it but decided on buying the cheaper books when i could instead of one big purchase

>>64630256
It's been a while since I read it, but I remember it had an intro by Gerard Way, a few essays by Morrison that were in original issues/trades, and the normal omni fare (sketches, designs, covers)

>>64630397
I would like to have read those essays but the rest I'm pretty sure I can live without...

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>>64630199
First comics I ever bought, actually. Even four years ago it was impossible to find volume two, but I lucked out at my local B&N.

>>64630778
How is Solo, overall?
Kinda interested just from Paul Pope

>>64630807
Absolutely terrific, but it's probably far cheaper for you just to buy the individual issues. My favorites were Paul Pope, Richard Corben, Teddy Kristiansen, Damian Scott, Sergio Aragones, and Brendan McCarthy.
But I suppose it must be worth the buy if half the volume can be described as favorite.

>>64630807
A lot of good issues in that book. I never read it, but I got it as partial payment for a commission and don't regret it at all. Some really great pieces throughout the book. Some great art, too.

Wish DC would revive the idea seeing how many people seem to have it and give some artists that outlet again. Some real interesting work came from it.

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>>64627058
Yes it includes Franken-Castle, so funny you mention that as I pulled that omnibus off the shelf earlier today just to read that! Fell asleep super early due to drinking too much so now I'm about to start reading some more invincible on my tablet! Man I'm loving invincible.

Nice to see someone else with love for Tomb of Dracula.. man it's great fucking stuff... Are the first 2 omnis in color? I don't think I could ever get rid of the first three trades as they are in color. Black and white is so nice as well though...

>>64628595
I own both. Have since sold bother simply becuase I'd rather make room for something else (I think I'm going to end up getting Invincible hardcovers...)

They are both extremely good but I'd give the edge to conan..

So many things I want to buy right now it's crazy
Annihilation omnibus
Guardians of the galaxy complete collection
manhattan projects vol 4
Doom Patrol Omnibus
Invincible compendiums or hardcovers

Must. Fight. Urge.

>>64634085
Only one of those things is worth owning and then it isn't in the format listed becuase Omnibuses are not worth the effort to read them comfortably.

>>64634113
There's always some guy in these threads saying how omnibuses are difficult to read, but I've never had a problem with them

>>64634113
They are less comfortable to read but sometimes it's the easiest way to collect or cheapest way. A lot of times for omnibuses I will read them at my desk sitting in a chair and let the omnibus sit on the desk in front of me. This way comfortability isn't an issue.

I read comics on my tablet in my family room in a recliner. I read comics in my office in my recliner with the lights on.

Depending on what I'm reading, depends on where I read it. Kind of weird but some things are more comfortably read in certain conditions/places.