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air_n_darkness) wrote2005-10-11 12:07 pm
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Hoody Hoo!!!! I scored one of the coolest (but still affordable) finds in comicdom while we were in Little Rock a few weeks ago! The Uncanny X-men #134- first appearance of Dark Phoenix! It's in Excellent condition, no rips, tight spine. The pages are slightly yellowed, but considering everything from that period was printed on newsprint, that's not suprising. I got it from the owner of the game shop where we had day 2 of the Pre-release. He's not dealing in comics anymore since he moved his store into LR, and he gave me a great deal. I not too nuts about collecting the older books, but there are a few issues I've always wanted to get and the Dark Phoenix saga are in that group.
I've been assessing my extensive collection recently. I say "my" because while Lynson does read many of the titles, and some, like the Star Wars comics, we get pretty much exclusively for him, I am the one who stays on top of the collection. I am the one who reads everything. And I am the one who makes the decision to get rid of the "mistakes," stop collecting a series, or to pick up a new one. It's my highly organized and obsessive compulsive mess, and I've realized that it's getting a little ridiculous. I actively collect roughly anywhere between 75 & 100 titles, depending on how many mini-series are running at any given time. This does not include the trade paperbacks, graphic novels, mangas, and the like that I order from the same company.
At which point whoever's reading this goes, "You can't possibly READ all those! What's the point?!" Well, actually, I do read them all. At least, pior to moving back to Memphis from Jackson I read them all, every month. There was a point where things just kinda piled up on both me and Lyson after we got here, so we fell behind on a several titles. Now, I'm back up to reading at least 75% of each month's haul as it comes in. At least as far as the monthlies are concerned. I'm sitting across from a bookshelf which is mostly full of manga and trades that I HAVEN'T read yet. And ANOTHER book shelf full of novels and non-fiction that we've bought over the years that haven't been read. *Sigh*
So I'm getting ready to take the hatchet to the order sheet. Time to seriously consider each book on the list and determine if I'm still getting it because I truly enjoy the title, or because I've been getting it for a year(or more) and the OCD part of my brain is terrified of missing an issue. Any "new" title that I've picked up gets 5 issues or one storyline (whichever comes first) to prove itself worthy or it's gone.
I've also been purging the backstock. I'll be putting some lots on Ebay soon.
As far as the books and such, I've decided to start a weekly book review here on LJ. Each Sunday I'll pick something off the shelf that I haven't read yet, read it, and on Friday evening post a synopsis review. It may be a Graphic Novel, some random fiction, or a historical text. In the case of Manga, I'll review up to what every volume I own. Regardless of subject, I'll post what I'm reading for the week on Sunday, on the off chance that one of you has an interest in reading the same. The Friday review will be behind a cut, so you can skip it easily if you like. But I hope a few of you will actually read the review and spark some interesting discussions.
I've been assessing my extensive collection recently. I say "my" because while Lynson does read many of the titles, and some, like the Star Wars comics, we get pretty much exclusively for him, I am the one who stays on top of the collection. I am the one who reads everything. And I am the one who makes the decision to get rid of the "mistakes," stop collecting a series, or to pick up a new one. It's my highly organized and obsessive compulsive mess, and I've realized that it's getting a little ridiculous. I actively collect roughly anywhere between 75 & 100 titles, depending on how many mini-series are running at any given time. This does not include the trade paperbacks, graphic novels, mangas, and the like that I order from the same company.
At which point whoever's reading this goes, "You can't possibly READ all those! What's the point?!" Well, actually, I do read them all. At least, pior to moving back to Memphis from Jackson I read them all, every month. There was a point where things just kinda piled up on both me and Lyson after we got here, so we fell behind on a several titles. Now, I'm back up to reading at least 75% of each month's haul as it comes in. At least as far as the monthlies are concerned. I'm sitting across from a bookshelf which is mostly full of manga and trades that I HAVEN'T read yet. And ANOTHER book shelf full of novels and non-fiction that we've bought over the years that haven't been read. *Sigh*
So I'm getting ready to take the hatchet to the order sheet. Time to seriously consider each book on the list and determine if I'm still getting it because I truly enjoy the title, or because I've been getting it for a year(or more) and the OCD part of my brain is terrified of missing an issue. Any "new" title that I've picked up gets 5 issues or one storyline (whichever comes first) to prove itself worthy or it's gone.
I've also been purging the backstock. I'll be putting some lots on Ebay soon.
As far as the books and such, I've decided to start a weekly book review here on LJ. Each Sunday I'll pick something off the shelf that I haven't read yet, read it, and on Friday evening post a synopsis review. It may be a Graphic Novel, some random fiction, or a historical text. In the case of Manga, I'll review up to what every volume I own. Regardless of subject, I'll post what I'm reading for the week on Sunday, on the off chance that one of you has an interest in reading the same. The Friday review will be behind a cut, so you can skip it easily if you like. But I hope a few of you will actually read the review and spark some interesting discussions.