In 2016 I hope to…

1. finish reading (or rereading) the following runs
-Master of Kung Fu (completed 1/12/16)
-Jon Sable, Freelance (completed 1/7/16)
-Warlord (only up through issue 84 as of 9/12/16)
-Micronauts (completed 2/21)
-Bone (completed 1/5/16)
-The black and white Zot! (no progress as of 9/12/16)
-Bendis Daredevil (on Unlimited)(completed 1/10/16)
-Priest’s Black Panther (on Unlimited)(completed 2/15)
-A Distant Soil (no progress as of 9/12/16)
-Finder (up through issue 7 as of 9/12/16)
-Saga of the Swamp Thing (up through #4 as of 9/12/16)
-Sandman (up through #11 as of 9/12/16)

2. continue reading/rereading through the following runs/series
-Conan the Barbarian (read through #42 as of 9/12/16)
-Dr. Strange Vol. 2 (no progress as of 9/12/16)
-Claremont’s X-Men (no progress as of 9/12/16)
-Tales of Suspense featuring Iron Man (and Captain America) (read through #83 as of 9/12/16)
-Lee/Kirby Fantastic Four (read through #50 and Annual #3 as of 9/12/16)
-Lee/Kirby Thor (no progress as of 9/12/16)
-Silver Age Hawkman (read through Hawkman #6 as of 9/12/16)
-Silver Age Martian Manhunter (read through 'Tec #258 as of 9/12/16)
-Silver Age Blackhawk (no progress as of 9/12/16)
-Dreadstar (no progress as of 9/12/16)
-Hellboy/Mignolaverse (read Hellboy Vol. 5-9, BPRD 1946, 1947, 1948; Hellboy and the BPRD 1952)as of 9/13/16

3. continue my chronological read through of individual (not collected in trade) comics I own from 1970-onwards (currently in 1972)
completed 1972 (4/6) mostly abandoned after April

4. continue my read/reread through of Howard prose and pastiches I own

5. continue to read as much Golden Age material I can get access to via trades or Unlimited
(read the following GA material: Batman #3, Batman from New York World's Fair #2, Batman from Detective Comics #42-46) as of 9/12/16

6. start reading/rereading through the following runs I have completed and awaiting reads
-Grell’s Green Arrow (read Longbow Hunters #1-3 and #1-4 as of 9/12/16)
-Nexus (read magazine issues #1-10 as of 9/12/16)
-Ms. Tree (no progress as of 9/12/16)
-Starslayer (no progress as of 9/12/16)
-Moench’s Spectre (no progress as of 9/12/16)
-Ostrander’s Spectre (no progress as of 9/12/16)
-the recent Zatanna series (2010-2011)(completed 3/11)
-the 70s Phantom Stranger series (no progress as of 9/12/16)
-the 70s Ka-Zar series (no progress as of 9/12/16)
-Further Adventures of Indiana Jones (read #1-12 as of 9/12/16)
-Arion, Lord of Atlantis (no progress as of 9/12/16)
-Secret History (no progress as of 9/12/16)

7. continue to acquire issues of Savage Sword of Conan and Heavy Metal (in particular the 1977-1985 era) with an eye towards eventually completing runs
started the year needing over 100 issues of SSOC, need only 16 issues as of 9/12/16
on Heavy Metal have filled in all issues for 1977 and 1978, need only 2 for 1979, and 2 for 1980. Still need 6 or '81, 8 for '82, 7 for '83, 10 for '84 and 10 for '85 as of 9/12/16

8. work towards completing runs of the following series with an eye towards reading the runs…
-Sandman Mystery Theatre (acquired 17/27 needed issues as of 9/12/16-need only 61-70)
-Tellos (completed)
-Grimjack (minor progress, 5-10 issues acquired as of 9/12/16)
-American Flagg! (acquired b/w 10-20 issues as of 9/12/16)
-Ostrander’s Suicide Squad (acquired 6/13 needed issues as of 9/12/162)
-Cheval Noir (little to no progress >5 issue acquired as of 9/12/16)
-Epic Illustrated (little to no progress >5 issue acquired as of 9/12/16)
-Dark Horse Presents (minor progress, 5-10 issues acquired as of 9/12/16)
-Kubert’s DC Tarzan run (acquired b/w 10-20 issues as of 9/12/16)

9. continue to acquire trade collections to complete/work towards completing the following series:
-Criminal
-The Sixth Gun (completed all 8 trades of the main series, still need 3 spinoff series as of 9/12/16)
-Fear Agent (acquired 1/2 needed trades as of 9/12/16)
-Hellboy/BPRD/Mignolaverse completed the run of Hellboy trades as of 9/12/16
-Usagi Yojimbo (acquired 1 Saga volume)
-Rachel Rising (no progress as of 9/12/16)
-First Kingdom (acquired 1 volume as of 9/12/16)

10. continue to acquire works by the following creators: Moebius, Druillet, Eisner, Steranko, Kirby, Kubert, Frazetta, Pratt
as of 9/12/16...
Kubert-acquired b/w 20-30 issues of Kubert work including Tarzan, Tor, The Bible and others)
Druillet acquired Delirius
Frazetta-acquired Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated #1-3, The Comic Art of Frank Frazatta plus a handful of paperbacks w/Frazetta covers
Pratt acquired Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capicorn
Steranko-added Hulk annual cover reproduction
Moebius added Vol. 1-4 of Epic Moebius collections
Kirby-added a handful of Kirby covers, collections and issues


11. begin getting Cerebus, Strangers in Paradise and Love and Rockets in trade (no progress, likely abandoned for 2016)

12 acquire 1 piece of original art or prints (either sketch or page)
as of 9/12/16 acquired...
Sandman original water color
Mark A. Nelson print
Walt Simonson LAW print
Sam Glanzaman 2 Attu prints
Earl Norem Conan print
3 sketch cover commissions from Justin Wasson (Space Ghost, Ming & Green Arrow)

13. continue to expand comic horizons exploring European books, new books, etc.


-M