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Post by Trevor on Jan 6, 2022 19:30:36 GMT -5
I apologize, but my main goal in this thread is to motivate me to read my comics. I’m not sure how much anyone else will get out of this thread. I hope to include commentary, and welcome input and discussion, but there will undoubtably be days or even weeks where I do nothing put post a simple list of what I’ve read.
I’m a lifelong comic reader and collector, but in recent years I’m worried that I’ve veered more into hoarding and read too little. I’m very checklist motivated, and have tried various lists, goals, and resolutions in the past. Of all the forum-based options to help me read more, I’ve decided that a separate thread that I update daily may work best to keep me on track.
Plus this will get me to check the forum more often.
My main goal for the year is to read an issue/appearance of Swamp Thing every day. He’s my favorite character, was my gateway into both superhero books, and into actually collecting comics, as opposed to just buying and reading them. Plan is to go chronologically and not skip any appearance. Pretty sure there are over 400 appearance by now, so this is a multi-year project.
Secondary goal is to read one fairly current physical issue per day, outside of Swamp Thing. I’m a current collector, so need to read at least one a day to keep up with my purchases.
Both of these goals I’ll likely often get a day or three behind or ahead in my goals, although I’m going to try to read daily.
Tertiary goals are a silly monthly checklist I have of each genre/format I somewhat collect, but that isn’t a priority and I may drop it.
Daily template:
day of week month date physical single issue, then Swamp Thing full reading order, then any others
issue and # - notes
issue and # - notes
issue and # - notes
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Post by Trevor on Jan 6, 2022 19:40:39 GMT -5
Saturday January 1st
physical - Beyond the Breach #1 Swamp Thing - House of Mystery 195 - issue released after HoS 92, but was done a few years earlier; contains a Bernie Wrightson story with a Swamp Thing prototype, later brilliantly brought into continuity by Alan Moore Adventures of Superman 474 - New Year’s story Action 810 - New Year’s story World’s Greatest Super-Heroes Holiday Special - this 2018 Walmart 100-pager had one new Flash story and then several Rebirth-era reprints
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Post by Trevor on Jan 6, 2022 20:07:48 GMT -5
Sunday January 2nd
physical - - can see this gimmick bothering me in time, but for at least one issue, I had a ton of fun with this book written in iambic pentameter, No Holds Bard #1. Shakespeare and his page have secret superhero identities and must rescue the Queen. Behemoth has been mostly a miss as a publisher for me, but I enjoyed this one and will check out at least one more issue. Swamp Thing - - House of Secrets 92, C
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Post by Trevor on Jan 6, 2022 20:08:34 GMT -5
Monday January 3rd
physical - Black Manta #1 - not completely sure what’s going on, and think I regret buying the first five issues without reading the first Swamp Thing - Swamp Thing #1 -
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Post by Trevor on Jan 6, 2022 21:50:01 GMT -5
Tuesday January 4th
physical - Shadow Doctor #1 - Swamp Thing - Swamp Thing #2 -
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Post by Trevor on Jan 6, 2022 22:04:33 GMT -5
Wednesday January 5th
physical - Shadow Doctor #2 - Swamp Thing - Swamp Thing #3 -
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Post by Trevor on Jan 6, 2022 22:19:33 GMT -5
Thursday January 6th
physical - The Me You Love in the Dark #1 - Swamp Thing - Swamp Thing #4 -
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Post by Trevor on Jan 8, 2022 11:16:28 GMT -5
Friday January 7th
physical - Strange Attractors #1 - Swamp Thing - Swamp Thing #5 -
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Post by Trevor on Jan 8, 2022 11:16:52 GMT -5
Saturday January 8th
physical - Almost American #1 - Swamp Thing - Swamp Thing (1972) #6 -
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 8, 2022 18:47:28 GMT -5
Shadow Doctor is great! Really enjoyed the series!
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Post by Trevor on Jan 9, 2022 20:23:51 GMT -5
Sunday January 9th
physical - Beyond the Breach #2 - Swamp Thing - Swamp Thing #7 -
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Post by Trevor on Jan 9, 2022 20:24:16 GMT -5
Monday January 10th
physical - Elvira Meets Vincent Price #1 - Swamp Thing - Swamp Thing #8 -
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Post by Trevor on Jan 15, 2022 20:11:06 GMT -5
Tuesday January 11th
physical - Dark Ages #1 - not sure why I bought this Marvel event book, but it was alright Swamp Thing - Swamp Thing #9 -
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Post by Trevor on Jan 15, 2022 20:13:41 GMT -5
Wednesday January 12th
physical - The Last Book You’ll Ever Read #1 - Swamp Thing - Swamp Thing #10 -
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Post by Trevor on Jan 15, 2022 20:17:35 GMT -5
Thursday January 13th
physical - Lucky Devil #1 - Cullen Bunn writes a lot of books. Swamp Thing - Swamp Thing #11 -
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