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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 19, 2014 20:09:03 GMT -5
So many great books and only 12 choices.  |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Dec 21, 2014 20:27:24 GMT -5
The vast majority of my choices come from about a 2-3 year period. In fact most are from about a one year period. It's nostalgia zone. Yeah, almost all of mine come from the same 57 year period.  (I'm not really wired for nostalgia, and I think you all are weird. My # 1 is a comic from 1964 I first read when I was 28.) |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2014 15:47:18 GMT -5
Managed to create an initial list of 15, all more that 5 years old (that was the conditions for inclusion in the old classics board, I think?). Check conditions. "Must be before 2005". Aaargh! I now have a list of 7, and I've lost my 11th day choice  Back to drawing board.... I at least know what day 12 will be, and that's definitely in the right range! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2014 13:28:58 GMT -5
Been too damned distracted for various depression-inducing reasons to participate, but I'm gonna try to whip out #s 2-12 by the end of the day. (Got to meet someone for lunch, not that I can afford such a frivolity, in a few.)
Dunno if what I normally generate for these is worth reading, but at the very least my entries are almost always genuinely verbose ... but under these & other circumstances I have a feeling that's not going to be the case this year.
Lucky y'all.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Dec 23, 2014 15:39:45 GMT -5
Been too damned distracted for various depression-inducing reasons to participate, but I'm gonna try to whip out #s 2-12 by the end of the day. (Got to meet someone for lunch, not that I can afford such a frivolity, in a few.) Dunno if what I normally generate for these is worth reading, but at the very least my entries are almost always genuinely verbose ... but under these & other circumstances I have a feeling that's not going to be the case this year. Lucky y'all. Let the curmudging begin...been missing your ... unique... voice here lately. |
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Post by paulie on Dec 23, 2014 21:16:22 GMT -5
I'll be catching up tomorrow. I've been reading all your posts. Fantastic. A pretty good hobby, no?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2014 15:04:07 GMT -5
(I'm not really wired for nostalgia, and I think you all are weird. And I'm the opposite. Take away the nostalgia factor, & I seriously doubt I'd be here. I limited my picks to mostly 1967 & 1968, with a couple from 1969 & one from 1970; I encountered them all from ages 7-10, which is pretty much my personal Golden Age. Basically, if a comic hasn't had 40+ years to marinate in my heart & mind, as it were, it doesn't qualify. That meant hardening my heart & excluding two of my 2005 picks that came out in '76, alas. |
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Post by shaxper on Dec 24, 2014 15:24:31 GMT -5
Been too damned distracted for various depression-inducing reasons to participate, but I'm gonna try to whip out #s 2-12 by the end of the day. (Got to meet someone for lunch, not that I can afford such a frivolity, in a few.) Dunno if what I normally generate for these is worth reading, but at the very least my entries are almost always genuinely verbose ... but under these & other circumstances I have a feeling that's not going to be the case this year. Lucky y'all. Sorry you've been having such a rough time, Dan, but I'm very glad you'll be participating. |
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Post by Action Ace on Dec 24, 2014 20:08:51 GMT -5
Some stats on my list...
again the decade spread was
1960s: 2
1970s: 3
1980s: 2
1990s: 3
2000s: 2
publisher split
DC: 10
Image: 2
Superman stats
comics with Superman: 8
comics with a Superboy cameo: 1
comics with a Superman knock off: 2
comics with my second favorite hero Batman: 7
comics I read as they came out: 9 (4 as a kid, 5 as an adult)
comics that came out before I started reading: 2
comics that came out when I wasn't reading them (1984-1990): 1
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2014 0:24:51 GMT -5
So my twelve are up and posted. Most came from the 70s with a few dalliances into the 80s and 60s. I tried to pick the 12 that had the most meaning and personal impact on me as a comic reader, books that either caused my preferences or echoed them in later years, and that I first encountered in single issue form, not in trades and that caveat shaped a lot of choices that might not have made it if stuff I encountered in trade were included, and excluded a lot of stuff I didn't first encounter in individual form. My first draft was a list of favorite stories no matter how I encountered them and I was going to find formats I had read them in that made them eligible, but after stepping away for a while and taking some time to reflect on what comics mean to me and why I read them still at this point in my life, I started from scratch looking at my favorite actual comics that lead me to where I am today.
So happy holidays all, enjoy life, enjoy comics, and I will see you when I see you next time I come around.
-M
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Post by shaxper on Dec 25, 2014 0:37:05 GMT -5
I suspect I'm one of the few people for who the majority of my list was published before I was even born (1979).
1940s: 1
1950s: 1
1960s: 3
1970s: 2
1980s: 3
1990s: 2
DC: 5
Marvel: 5
Gold Key: 1
Comics that I read when they were new: 3
Comics that I read long after they'd been published: 9
Comics starring Batman and/or Robin: 3
Comics starring (any members of) the X-Men: 3
Comics that mattered to me because of the memories attached to them: 7
Comics that mattered to me because of their historic significance: 7
Comics that mattered to me because they were just plain awesome: 5
Comics published before I was born: 7
Comics published after I was born: 5
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Post by Crimebuster on Dec 25, 2014 1:07:47 GMT -5
1940s: 1
1960s: 2
1970s: 4
1980s: 3
1990s: 2
Marvel: 6
DC: 3
Lev Gleason: 1
Antarctic: 1
Image: 1
Comics I read new: 5
Comics I read as back issues : 7
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Post by coke & comics on Dec 25, 2014 1:55:39 GMT -5
Marvel: 7
DC/Wildstorm: 2
Other: 3
1970s: 1
1980s: 1
1990s: 6
2000s: 4
Read when (relatively) new: 8
Comics read later: 4
Superhero: 10
Other: 2
Within the superhero heaviness, diversity was artificially imposed. I allowed 2 Spider-Man stories, 2 Thanos stories, 2 Avengers stories
Strangest omissions given my tastes: Usagi Yojimbo, Alan Moore, Steve Ditko. Rules kicked them all out.
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Post by Calamas on Dec 26, 2014 19:10:29 GMT -5
1970s: 4
1980s: 8
DC: 8
Marvel: 3
First: 1
Read as Released: 12 (That would change from the 90s on)
Personal Impact: 1
Nostalgia: 3
Quality: 8
Superhero: 10 (I’m going to call Jon Sable adventure and Swamp Thing “Sophisticated Suspense”)
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 26, 2014 20:30:40 GMT -5
1960’s -2
1970’s-7
1980’s-2
2000’s-1
Marvel-7
Dc-4
DC/Marvel crossover-1
I realized That my Comic reading focus was mainly with the Big 2.
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