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Post by Trevor on Nov 16, 2015 17:28:27 GMT -5
My problems, among many others, is that I both have a low threshold for enjoyment, and am a completest. I probably won't stop buying comics until I own all of them. Obviously, I'm not the Library of Congress, and I'm not rich; so price and space considerations are key, and lead me to digital and waiting for sales in physical and digital cases.
Someday, I wish that I could prioritize my comic life, maybe getting rid of everything except for my top ten sub-genres or speciality collections. As it is, I'll probably never have time to read what I own once, let alone re-read the great stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2015 18:56:42 GMT -5
Not really interested in trades. As a collector, I want the original comics, whether new or old (and I have an illogical but passionate hatred of the term 'floppies'). If they weren't floppy they wouldn't develop spine dings. Or need backing boards to keep them from keeling over when not placed flat in a pile. I say floppy most adoringly of course. But I do share your sentiment about wanting original comics. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 16, 2015 20:41:37 GMT -5
Also, I HATE the term floppies... seems very degrogatory to me. How about funnybooks? |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Nov 16, 2015 22:26:37 GMT -5
Depends on context.  |
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 17, 2015 3:08:17 GMT -5
Also, I HATE the term floppies... seems very degrogatory to me. How about funnybooks? Never understood that term. Most comics aren't meant to be funny. Or at least, that's not their primary purpose. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2015 4:03:44 GMT -5
Never understood that term. Most comics aren't meant to be funny. Or at least, that's not their primary purpose. Early American comic books were collections of comic strip reprints, and the page in the newspaper (or the Sunday section more likely) was called the funny pages, so when they were collected into a book they became funny books. It was a term of convenience, referring tot he format not the content, but since many of the early strips reprinted in the first comic books were gag strips, it had some link to the content as well. It's actually no different than comic book as most comic books don't contain comic (i.e. comedic) material but its come to have a meaning that refers to the format, not the content. -M |
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 17, 2015 4:52:27 GMT -5
Never understood that term. Most comics aren't meant to be funny. Or at least, that's not their primary purpose. Early American comic books were collections of comic strip reprints, and the page in the newspaper (or the Sunday section more likely) was called the funny pages, so when they were collected into a book they became funny books. It was a term of convenience, referring tot he format not the content, but since many of the early strips reprinted in the first comic books were gag strips, it had some link to the content as well. It's actually no different than comic book as most comic books don't contain comic (i.e. comedic) material but its come to have a meaning that refers to the format, not the content. -M Ah, right. British comics (we don't use the term 'comic book', generally) started out in the 19th century as satirical swipes at current events or politicians, so they were comedic. By about 1890, they were mostly juvenile humour for younger readers, adventure comics didn't really appear until the 1940s (an outgrowth of the illustrated story papers of the 30s) but accounted for about 60% of the market within 20 years. |
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Post by wickedmountain on Nov 20, 2015 0:24:52 GMT -5
*gasp* The collector in me still wants the actual comics, especially if there's a variant of interest. But I'll still pick up a HC of the series if I get a good deal on it. Like all those Batman New 52 HCs I got. If I collected for the same reason you do, I'd get all floppies as well. But I just want to read the stories, but if they are in collection, I try to get the nicest collection I can get in hardcover. But if HC is not available, I'll settle for TPB. OR, if it IS collected in HC, but entirely too expensive, I'll settle for TPB. Some of the DC Archives books that are out of print are going for prices I am not willing to pay. Coldwater  <3 |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2015 7:29:20 GMT -5
If I collected for the same reason you do, I'd get all floppies as well. But I just want to read the stories, but if they are in collection, I try to get the nicest collection I can get in hardcover. But if HC is not available, I'll settle for TPB. OR, if it IS collected in HC, but entirely too expensive, I'll settle for TPB. Some of the DC Archives books that are out of print are going for prices I am not willing to pay. Coldwater <3 Wicked Mountain!  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2015 18:24:42 GMT -5
Both...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2015 18:33:45 GMT -5
Although I have all 22 issues of the Aaron PunisherMAX run, which was fantastic, I'm still trying to get the Omnibus although it's always over $60.
I'm going to ask Santa to put it in my stocking.
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Post by wickedmountain on Nov 21, 2015 8:34:18 GMT -5
Coldwater <3 Wicked Mountain! lol that's me |
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Post by wickedmountain on Dec 15, 2016 0:10:59 GMT -5
Sure.. I call them 'comics' generally The Image thing is interesting... while I very much like their 1st trade is $9.99 (which through DCBS is usually $5.99), it does seem to beg people to trade wait...especially with their penchant for lateness. I mean, you're talking over twice as much for the comics than the trade.. that's really kinda crazy... I wonder if at some point they'll just make everything graphic novels. This was a very interesting point man |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2016 19:28:17 GMT -5
I'll buy floppies if I can get most/all of a run all at once for $1 a book or less and it isn't collected. I like going to comic shops and looking around, but I have lost all interest in "the hunt".
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Post by Wild Card on Dec 16, 2016 3:02:54 GMT -5
Mix. If I know I can keep up on the newer stuff, I go for floppies. Like Harley and Her Gang of Harleys I have in floppy form. (Except the last two, they haven't arrived yet) but with the Harley Quinn series in working on I just wait for the tradebacks. I can't catch up or keep up. I avoided them until they were like on issue 50 and I didn't feel like tracking down 50 individual issues. I kinda couldn't at the time, so I bought the first trade back and have been keeping up that way ever since. I have a Darth Maul comic set and they're floppies. So it just depends.
But I do have a bunch of individual floppies from random sets. I haven't opened them yet because life is hectic but I have a bunch of those packs of five or so mystery comics.
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