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Post by james on Jul 27, 2022 17:02:52 GMT -5
I think there is already a thread to this affect but today I went to my LCS and picked up 3 new issues. Now the last time I picked up more than 1 new comic, that being Peter David’s Maestro, has got to be 2-5 years ago. But today I picked up New FF 1 and 2 and Genis-vell all be Peter David by the way and it brought back a time when I would bring back 10-15 new comics and then spend a few minutes arranging them in the order I was going to read them. That’s what I miss. Having enough new comics , all that I was excited about, that I had to take time to organize how they would be read.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2022 18:38:41 GMT -5
I don't arrange mine in an order to be read if they are random pick-ups. Sometimes I wait until I have the whole series, or story-line and then binge them in that order. In which case, I read nothing new and just go back to unread back-issues.
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Post by james on Jul 27, 2022 19:01:09 GMT -5
I don't arrange mine in an order to be read if they are random pick-ups. Sometimes I wait until I have the whole series, or story-line and then binge them in that order. In which case, I read nothing new and just go back to unread back-issues.
I mainly read epic collections of issues I have collected but since I enjoyed Maestro so much and David was writing again for Marvel is thought I’d try them.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 28, 2022 5:13:51 GMT -5
I sympathize. I, too, get nostalgic for the days when I had 40-45 titles on my pull list at O'Leary's Books, at least until I recall how miserable every other aspect of my life was back then. All things considered, I prefer the present.
Cei-U! I take off my rose-colored glasses!
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Post by MWGallaher on Jul 28, 2022 6:28:07 GMT -5
I (would) miss surprise. In the modern environment, most dedicated comics fans are going to know what's on the stands today, what's coming in the next few months, who the creative teams are. There's no replicating an experience like suddenly finding a new feature called "War of the Worlds" appearing in AMAZING ADVENTURES with nothing to set your expectations besides a short Bullpen Bulletins blurb and tiny cover reproductions in house ads, compensating somewhat for the disappointment you had two months earlier when learning that "The Beast" feature had been concluded. Anticipating who would be Batman's next BRAVE AND THE BOLD co-star. Discovering a reprint of a feature you never knew had been published in the back of a 100-PAGE SUPER-SPECTACULAR.
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Post by james on Jul 28, 2022 8:17:57 GMT -5
I (would) miss surprise. In the modern environment, most dedicated comics fans are going to know what's on the stands today, what's coming in the next few months, who the creative teams are. There's no replicating an experience like suddenly finding a new feature called "War of the Worlds" appearing in AMAZING ADVENTURES with nothing to set your expectations besides a short Bullpen Bulletins blurb and tiny cover reproductions in house ads, compensating somewhat for the disappointment you had two months earlier when learning that "The Beast" feature had been concluded. Anticipating who would be Batman's next BRAVE AND THE BOLD co-star. Discovering a reprint of a feature you never knew had been published in the back of a 100-PAGE SUPER-SPECTACULAR. That's a really good point. Now that I think back there really was nothing like going to Foulk's pharmacy in West Chester Pa in the 70's and just looking a the spinner rack and choosing comics based solely on how the cover wowed me. THen to go home and find out that it was a great read as well. The other end of that was seeing a George Perez or John Byrne, cover only to not have them doing the interior art. At 14 that was always a huge bummer.
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Post by badwolf on Jul 28, 2022 9:39:52 GMT -5
I (would) miss surprise. In the modern environment, most dedicated comics fans are going to know what's on the stands today, what's coming in the next few months, who the creative teams are. There's no replicating an experience like suddenly finding a new feature called "War of the Worlds" appearing in AMAZING ADVENTURES with nothing to set your expectations besides a short Bullpen Bulletins blurb and tiny cover reproductions in house ads, compensating somewhat for the disappointment you had two months earlier when learning that "The Beast" feature had been concluded. Anticipating who would be Batman's next BRAVE AND THE BOLD co-star. Discovering a reprint of a feature you never knew had been published in the back of a 100-PAGE SUPER-SPECTACULAR. Yes, I miss this in every form of media.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 28, 2022 9:44:34 GMT -5
I (would) miss surprise. In the modern environment, most dedicated comics fans are going to know what's on the stands today, what's coming in the next few months, who the creative teams are. There's no replicating an experience like suddenly finding a new feature called "War of the Worlds" appearing in AMAZING ADVENTURES with nothing to set your expectations besides a short Bullpen Bulletins blurb and tiny cover reproductions in house ads, compensating somewhat for the disappointment you had two months earlier when learning that "The Beast" feature had been concluded. Anticipating who would be Batman's next BRAVE AND THE BOLD co-star. Discovering a reprint of a feature you never knew had been published in the back of a 100-PAGE SUPER-SPECTACULAR. The thrill of finding out that you missed something that came out a couple months ago and the chances of ever being able to get it in the tiny town you live in are somewhere between zero and none. That was great.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 28, 2022 10:23:49 GMT -5
I can remember when I was about 11 or 12 and finally figured out that new comics came in on Tuesdays and Thursdays and then going to the candy store expecting to find them... and then seeing them bound up in bundles held together by wire (yes, it tore into many a comic...) instead of on the rack. So frustrating. And you didn't dare ask the guy if he could open them up becuase he barked at you if you did. Sometimes it'd be another day or so before they made it to the spinner or shelf. And you really felt even more like a geek popping inot the store every half-hour or so to see if the bundles had been opened.
Which was terrible in those days because of course you didn't "subscribe" and there would only be a couple of copies of what you might be looking for or it might not be there at all.
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Post by MWGallaher on Jul 28, 2022 10:54:26 GMT -5
I can remember when I was about 11 or 12 and finally figured out that new comics came in on Tuesdays and Thursdays and then going to the candy store expecting to find them... and then seeing them bound up in bundles held together by wire (yes, it tore into many a comic...) instead of on the rack. So frustrating. And you didn't dare ask the guy if he could open them up because he barked at you if you did. Sometimes it'd be another day or so before they made it to the spinner or shelf. And you really felt even more like a geek popping into the store every half-hour or so to see if the bundles had been opened. Which was terrible in those days because of course you didn't "subscribe" and there would only be a couple of copies of what you might be looking for or it might not be there at all. I was doing just that in early July, 1973, in the Walgreens at Northgate Shopping Center in Memphis, with the cover of PHANTOM STRANGER #27 teasing me from the top of a shopping cart full of comics strapped up and unable to be browsed.
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Post by impulse on Jul 28, 2022 11:02:24 GMT -5
I also miss having free time to read comics, not being jaded, and having no responsibilities.
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Post by tonebone on Jul 28, 2022 15:29:58 GMT -5
I miss standing in front of the spinner rack and trying to figure out how many 35 cent comics I can buy with $11 mowing-the-lawn money. (I was told there would be no math.)
I miss them being affordable. Sure, the coloring and paper is nicer, in most cases, but they are still, in my opinion, a disposable art form, and 5 bucks for a 10 minute experience is just too much. And, honestly, is that flimsy, nasty, ink-rubs-off-on-your-fingers paper that Marvel uses really any better than newsprint?
I miss the smell of new newsprint comics.
I miss riding my bike down to the Mom and Pop store in my (population 207) hometown to buy the latest DC's.
I miss getting the Comics Buyer's Guide every week.
I miss the cohesiveness and accessibility of Shooter's Marvel.
I miss laying on my stomach, in my grandpa's living room, reading the Captain America's Bicentennial Battles treasury. This was a one-time thing, of course, but I miss it.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 28, 2022 15:48:28 GMT -5
tonebone, I hear you, about the smell, the cost, the reading on the floor, all of it, really. The titles and the prices are different, but the experience is/was very much the same. Starting in late 1971, I worked about 32 hours a week at a gas station while going to college. Started at minimun wage, a dollar-sixty, equivalent to eleven bucks and change today. Sorry to force you, but do that math. An hour's pay bought me eight Marvels or six DC's. It also bought me four gallons of gas, and with my nickel-a-gallon discount, almost five. Dem wuz da days...
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 28, 2022 16:11:45 GMT -5
I also miss having free time to read comics, not being jaded, and having no responsibilities. I usually read comics on my phone on my break at work. I'm usually able to read maybe an issue or two on my 30 min lunch
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Post by Calidore on Jul 28, 2022 17:54:40 GMT -5
I miss seeing ¢ after the price instead of $ in front.
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