I think I may actually lay claim to the worst shelf ever posted on this board, if you have worse taste than me feel free to mount a challenge, otherwise please bully me I deserve to feel bad
There's no /shelf/ thread in the catalogue or the archive rn, are they banned or something? Is this immediately going to get struck down after I post it? Uhoh......

>>149434358 (OP)
Quite bad, but I've seen worse.

>>149434358 (OP)
ok is ok, but needs more DC and dark horse books.

Comics are dead.

>>149434358 (OP)
I like the Howard the Duck outlier amongst the marvel stuff.

Could be worse

1/5

Not on pictured;
Batman: Hush.
Hellblazer Omni by Delano

Book coming tomorrow;
Hellblazer Omni 2 by Delano

>>149435268
2/5

>>149435281

>>149434358 (OP)
We had a little /shelf/ thread last weekend.
Fact is, we don't need super regular /shelf/ threads. Once a month is probably best, otherwise there's not much to discuss. Most anons aren't buying new comic books every single week, especially not if you're collecting trades and omnibuses. Once you've got that out of the way, there's not much else to talk about asides from whatever new modern slop Marvel's announced is getting the dee-luxe oversized hardcover omnibus format (base retail price: $175.00)

>>149435298

Final one.

As for books I'm interested in, but have never read;
Grell's Warlord
Tintin (have read a few of those though)

Give me (you)r opinions on those

>>149435340
Tintin, every time. That's some damn good comics.

>>149435309
Yeah, there hasn't been anything new I wanted to get for a good while. I do plan on grabbing some new Superman books at the end of this month but at the moment I've been saving my money

>>149435340
Warlord is the one I'm most hyped for. I wasn't expecting them to put that out in a million years.

>>149435309
We need constant comic threads if we want to maintain a foothold on this board. Otherwise, eventually you will drop by after a long absence and find there's no one to talk comics with you. Kinda like how good comics need the crappy but well-selling comics to keep them afloat.
Maybe it shouldn't be a /shelf/ thread, but we absolutely need constant comics discussion. If we had our own board, this wouldn't be an issue, but everything is currently getting drowned out by cartoon and off-topic shit. There'll be nothing left for comics at this rate.

>>149435353
As Dutchfag, I can buy it in it's original language. However for some inane reason the Belgium soft cover collection is about 100 euros more expensive than the english translated HC box set
>>149435380
Sell me on it, brother.

>>149435432
>Sell me on it, brother.
US Airforce Chad crash lands in a lost world full of magic, fantasy sword and sorcery and women in fur bikinis.

>>149435418
Agreed that we need way more comics discussion on this board, but a general thread wouldn't work. Generals almost always turn to cancer, especially if there's no concrete subject and personalities are allowed to fester.
/shelf/ is probably the closest you could get to a general comics thread. I wouldn't want a formal, permanent comics general. That's what the board as a whole is for.

>>149434358 (OP)
I honestly think this is better than umpteen shelves full of a bunch of bland capeshit slop omnibuses, like >>149435268, part 4 is slightly redemptive though.

I've ordered Corben's Dimwood, waiting on it to ship.
>>149435517
You seem bitter

>>149435418
I wouldn't mind sharing a board so much but cartoon fags have no restraint or filter and will just make the same pointless thread, hollow repetition of quotes and generally act autistic so hard it's difficult to see any thread.

>>149435517
I do admit I've been trying to rid myself of the 'only cape' stuff. The realization came when I told my brother that Geoff Johns is like the Michael Bay of comic books and him replying that I own over 6 of his books.
And that's why I come here to be honest! So I see what you guys have and do some research or ask for your /co/pinions

>>149435736
Read what you like. There's a lot of good non cape books out there but don't read, and more importantly buy them because you want to impress. Anyways read Conan

>>149435772
Well I do read what I like. I only have like two books I think are shit in my collection. And I used to like both of them before I expanded my horizons.

I just realized I dont have anything from the Bronze Age in mind here or in my list, I always saw it as forgotten period, nothing much attracts me from there. Any good recs?

>>149435817
I think Watchmen is one of those comics that's only good if you've read at least 50 cape slop.

/shelf/ threads are dangerous. Now I'm thinking of getting the Plastic Man and Gorilla World DC Finest, and maybe the Suicide Squad Omnibus too.
I want my apes most of all

>>149435817
Bronze age Batman is my favorite batman

does anyone have any of those DC Compact Comics? They any good?

>>149434358 (OP)
Collect what you like. I'd recommend some early Spider-Man but that's it. At least you don't have the same ten recs everyone has

>>149436815
I grabbed the Golden Age Superman one. Instocktrades has them cheap. Basically the same as the Marvel Epic collections. Hopefully they don't go out of print

>>149435772
I got Howard's Conan books recently, trying to read a bit of that and Sherlock Holmes between old Marvel/DC stuff. Never read the Conan comics, the Epic collections I think are incomplete and also at scalper prices on ebay. Is there only new hardcovers being printed?

>>149436380
Favorite stories/runs?

>>149435772
I might try Busiek Conan, but I really can't get into Thomas Conan. I tried both Barbarian and Savage, I love the art, but it's just not holding up for me. I liked Red Nails, though.

>>149436912
That's DC Finest.

>>149437059
Denny Oneil was my fav

Current look of the shelves

>>149434358 (OP)
>Attack of the Flickering Skeletons

Fellow Ashens enjoyer I see.

And a zoom in on the actual /co/ parts

I really liked the Mighty Masterworks
And then they got canceled

>>149437655
I only had a few spider-man ones. I like them but they were expensive. My big issue with them getting canned is less how much I was into them and more me dreading their next line to be effectively the same but starting from scratch

>>149437741
>they were expensive
?
They we 20 bucks a pop, Canadian even
So that's probably, like, 8.95 USD

>>149437771
I was thinking about the regular Master Works. Which are also "on hiatus"

transformers compendium
conan chronical 1 and 2
that's all i can afford right now
thankfully didn't buy anymore stuff...
have FF500-580 pretty much too

>>149434358 (OP)
>Had the HTD Essentials
>Lent it to a college friend
>ask for it back
>sorry anon, guess it got lost in the mail

Say what you want about GOTG, but I'm at the very least happy that Marvel finally fucking reprinted the HTD omni (snagged it early for 35 bux)

I buy lots of floppies still.

I need to get more bookshelves. I would just have pictures of boxes.

How do you guys read an Omnibus? Using a book support?

>>149439655
just my lap. Or a table.

I think I just about collected everything I want to collect

>>149434358 (OP)
I'll contribute with some updated pics
My DC shelves

>>149440755
Marvel shelves

>>149439655
Usually like other anon said, my lap or laying on my bed to read them.

>>149440770
My shelf of infinite power and might

>>149440776
And my spillover shelves, complete with new big bois keeping watch

>>149434358 (OP)
im suprised that one retard hasnt come to this thread and claimed that if your comics dont look like you got them in 1975 then youre just a rich person who buys comics and doesnt read them

Is the Superman by PKJ omni worth blind buying when it drops at the end of july? I'm looking to avoid any superboy and his boyfriend garbage.

>>149441363
Iic Jon only shows up in the back ups

>>149434358 (OP)

>>149441363
There's a compendium version of you want to save some cash. They're not exactly the same content wise but it's a pretty huge difference.

>>149441363
No, it's not that good.

>>149438100
I wish they'd reprint this now, too. Howard needs more love.

Which are the choicest picks from this line so far?

Everyone with Scrooge gets a free pass for the capeshit and powerscaling manga.

>>149440834
Im glad /shelf/ doesn't have many weird personalities. I remember there being a few aggressive namefags back in the day.

>>149443264
Gee, thanks!

>>149434358 (OP)
>There's no /shelf/ thread in the catalogue or the archive rn, are they banned or something?
No, there's just literally no point in making a new thread constantly since the people who post in them won't have anything new to post so the threads just die empty

>>149439655
I usually just read mine in my bed. Thankfully I only own two (Howard and Man-Thing)
>>149442742
We've been blessed with ton of Howard lately (Omni, Classic Collection, and Masterworks). Personally, I'd love to see them reprint HTD MAX, but it probably ain't gonna happen

>>149443731
and yet, here we are.

>>149444475
>Zorro with a ray gun
Da fug is this?

>>149444502
Yeah well I can't keep away

What what comics have you bozos been reading? I've been slowly making my way through Miller's Daredevil.

>>149444707
Lately? Absolute Batman.

>>149444475
>read mine in bed
How do you do that without a support and without fucking up your back

>>149444707
I've been reading what I posted here>>149443673
>Vinland Saga (pacifism and the tranny giant are stupid but Injun on Norse warfare is cool)
>Don Rosa library (it's just as good now as it was 20+ years ago when I first read these stories)
>Eniale & Dewiela (pretty fun so far, Kamome Shirahama draws really soft, fluffy girls)

>>149444749
Laying on your stomach and resting it on the bed itself

>>149445051
Teeheehee, like a little girl writing in her diary!

>>149444707
Finished Vol 1 of Busiek & Pérez Avengers the other day. Currently re-reading 60s Dr Strange before going onto his 70s era.
I wish Dan Adkins did more penciling. I really think he could have been something.

>>149434358 (OP)
Your Spider-Man collection is shit, sorry

>>149444707
A lotta Superman because... well, you can probably guess why. I'm flip flopping between Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told and Birthright currently.

>>149445051
I did that for years while using my notebook and completely destroyed my back

Death to /shelf/.

>>149444749
I put a pillow on my chest.

>>149444707
Rereading Triangle Superman

>>149444707
Just finished my Metal Men silver age readthrough, only the teamups left

I succumbed to the Prime day sales again and bought a bunch of shit I'm waiting on, like 4 volumes of the Love and Rockets collection and a bunch of other stuff
Meanwhile some stuff already arrived
>>149444707
Currently re-reading the first book of Showa, really interesting historical anecdotes, might buy the other 3 books if I get the motivation
Also I read a couple savage sword of Conan stories every day, I pace myself with those old Conan stories to not get burnt out
Also I already read the entirety of Tower Dungeon(that's currently translated) twice, just bought the book to show my support
All of you should read it, currently my second favorite Nihei manga after Blame!

>>149446940
Forgot pic

>>149446940
I've never gotten into Nihei, what's a good place to start? Do I just go into Blame?

Just arrived

Anyone got Legion of Superheroes recs?
>>149447184
Nice, I need to complete my collection but I only find later volumes in store, gotta start going for Amazon for the earlier onrs

>>149447184
>>>/a/

I need to buy physical copies of Thieves & Kings.

>>149447095
Just read Blame!
It really is an excellent sci-fi comic, after that read Tower Dungeon
Only read the first few chapters of Knights of Sidonia and continue if you like, that one is really hit and miss
also you can miss Biomega

>>149446954
Potatoes

What's a good way to learn about comic history?

>>149448599
Read through the blogs of old pros.
Off the top of my head:
>Jim Shooter
>Steve Gerber
>Christopher Priest
>Tom Brevoort
>PAD
all have/had blogs.

>>149448662
Thanks

>>149446954
>buying Tom King garbage
What the fuck are you doing?

>>149443264
Everyone with Scrooge is a hipster

>>149449637
These pocket/compact editions are really fucking cheap I've been buying the whole lot even if I'm not sure I'll like it, besides I don't think I've ever read a single Tom King book, I haven't kept up with most batman stuff for the last decade
This also arrived just now, never read it but have enjoyed some things by Brubaker and pretty much everything Cooke ever drew

>>149435817
Batman: Strange Apparitions

>>149450161
You're in for a real treat.

>>149450723
Nice.

>>149450161
I'm confused about DC's strategy here. Are they going to keep doing the AND reprinting major collection in DC Finest? Seems a bit redundant

>>149451922
Let me try that again without being a retard:

I'm confused about DC's strategy here. Are they going to keep doing the compact collections AND reprinting major collections in DC Finest? Seems a bit redundant

>>149450161
I wanted to pick up some of these but I don't know how I'd like the smaller format. How's the size? It seems like they're slightly larger than a manga volume.

>>149451952
>Are they going to keep doing the compact collections AND reprinting major collections in DC Finest? Seems a bit redundant

There's different audiences for different formats. Not everyone might want to drop 30 dollars on a finest or 70-100 on a fucking omnibus but if you see a compact for 10 or less you might impulse buy it. It seems like these are more intended for casuals or new readers.

>>149451954
I've had no problem with any of the ones I've bought, but I did see a watchman in a bookstore and it's really painful whenever there's news articles or documents or lots of text on the panel
I also ordered Batwoman Elegy and from what I remember that one has a bunch of high detail lots of text pages that might not be ideal in this format, I'll see
But otherwise they're pretty good

>>149439655
By laying it flat on my table or by hands whenever I use my stationary bike.

How do you deal with pages peeling away from spine, espcially when omnis and Absolutes are expensive? Inb4 watch youtube using pva glue.

>>149453133
Nta, but I have a lot of experience omnis and I’ve never had this happen. I’ve read a lot of them many times. I don’t even know how many times I’ve read Werewolf by Night for example and it shows signs of wear, but the beginning binding is fine.

>>149448599
I started from DC then went to EC era then went backwards to Sunday Comics/ really early illustrations from Gustav Dore to Simplicisimus/ Pulp then jump to Franco-Belgian and I'm in 2000ad stuff now.

>>149453252
>experience
I have no idea why I typed that word.

>>149449637
I like King when he was new in DC like Seeley/King's Grayson run and Sheriff of Babylon.

>>149450161
I'm waiting for reprint of Absolute New Frontier and The Spirit Connoisseur.

I missed out on his Parker Martini books.

>>149453252
Lucky.

Some of my Absolutes and Dark Horse's Library Editions are starting to sag. Maybe, I should squeeze my books tightly in the shelf.

>>149453323
>The Spirit Connoisseur
>$100 price tag for 300 pages
jeez that's kinda steep, will they also release a softcover edition later on for us plebeians or do we just get fucked like always?
that sucks

I haven't been here for a while with no fault to anyone. I'm a Dad now and I rarely have time for anything, reading included. Currently waiting on three Kickstarter books. The art of Andy Kuburt, the Art of Jason Pearson , and a /v book of the electronic gaming monthly collection.

>>149446954
Can Opener's Daughter looks cool. What's it like?

1/2

>>149454313
2/2

>>149453953
very bri'ish, it's a somewhat standard story about teenage angst set in a weird weird weird alternative world were parents are objects made by the children, really strange charming story
It also has two sequels that are much harder to get, seems like it suffered from the usual "only the first volume gets enough printing" disease

>>149443661
its a shame the threads just become retards not actually posting their shelfs, which im going to assume is because they dont have one and just come here to shit on people for being able to afford them.
thats just my theory though, and i always yarhar and readcomiconline.whatever comics all the time but i still buy them and read them

>>149454423
At least we talk shop. Go to Reddit and it's just people asking which omnis of series they never read to buy in order to fit in better and photos of books still in plastic.

>>149453953
>>149454390
I thought it was kinda dull. Half-heartedly trying to be odd but lacking actual weirdness and charm.

>>149444707
Skybound Transformers but I struggle to stay engaged with monthly chapter releases

>>149453503
Maybe the publisher will release a softcover edition in a lower price like the Complete Parker with Swiss binding.

>>149454313
I can't trust a Green Arrow fan

>>149455445
That's Grell's Green Arrow, he's cool.

>>149454882
I'm reading it too
But given the pace I reckon it'll be better to (re)read in trades

>>149444707
I was reading Punisher War Journal and it's not edgy enough for my liking

>>149445128
>Currently re-reading 60s Dr Strange
I've read the first half dozen or so stories so far
I can honestly say I was mesmerized by the first story, all 5 pages of it
The way it drops you into an already lived-in world and then blasts you with Dr Strange visuals is great

>>149444707
I really wish you made a new thread for this. This could have been its own thread. Fuck are you doing, man?

>>149443673
>Shitland Saga
Pass revoked.

Why is marvel so bad at choosing covers for their omnibus editions. I swear their last few big reveals have chosen the dullest covers possible for their releases. They don't even have something like an Alex Ross painted alternative.

>>149454313
>Dredd
6 volumes, 3 different bindings, why do they do this

>>149456187
Near as I can tell publishers are looking to harvest the collective OCD outrage of comic fans to power some nefarious doomsday device.

>>149456117
I'm just so glad we're getting an Avengers Vol 6 that I don't even mind.
There's always that Jack Kirby variant at least.

>>149456304
That ones nicer but it's not even really just the volume of Avengers. Spider-man vol 6 was equally dull, and considering the contents of that book it's shocking they didn't got with something more iconic and important. Even the Epic Collection covers have just been weird. Almost random.

Speaking of Avengers Omnibuses. How was the Geoff Johns run? I got back in for a while with the Busiek run but never read these.

>>149456334
Yeah, we've talked about it a little in past threads.
Obviously Marvel isn't doing new modern artwork for standard edition covers any more, presumably because it costs too much to commission, but I think it's also partly because because there just isn't a great deal of iconic covers from the 70s onwards. Even considering that, though, they're definitely choosing strange picks. The two recent FF volumes also suffer from that.
>>149456357
I've not read it myself, but I'm mildly tempted. What are the odds on the Hank/Jan sex scene being censored out again?

I have most my comics in plastic boxes, and i don't wanna get them out, so this is the only pic i'll take. Ther3's also more stuff in the back, like Scott Pilgrim and Blacksad

>>149456357
>Geoff Johns run?
I like it, but is controversal, she-hulk search and the one with the invaders I love those tales.

MORE MUTIE SLOP!
https://youtu.be/Z-XLiEV8bqw?si=oKeBuN8BIPd6q0q3
>Daken: Dark Wolverine Omnibus
>Wolverine: Not Dead Yet Omnibus, i.e. Wolverine Vol 7

>>149456757
So, the ones i qhve on ky shelf qre
Scott Pilgrim
Y The Last Man
A bunch of single issues of marvel shit i didn't bother on buying anymore
Watchmen on individual issues
Hellboy In Hell
Hellboy Wake the devil
Kick Ass 2 and 3
WE3
American Vampire
Fables
Joe the Barbarian
The Wake
Preacher
Wizard of Oz by Skottie Young
Some Invader Zim comics
Old Man Logan
Old Man Logan, the "new" series
Spider-Man Blue
Flaspoint
DC: The New Frontier
A Deadpool compilation
Daytripper
Civil War

The rest is just manga

>>149456900
Oh, there was also Invincible Vol. 3, the one where shit hits the fan

>>149437595
Where's One Piece you silly billy?

>>149456940
Behind One Punch Man

LIVE!

Name your TOP 5 OMNIS from this year (both those that are out and those that are yet to release)
For me, it's:

1. The Spectre by Ostrander & Mandrake omnibus 1
2. X-Factor by Peter David Omnibus 4
3. Shade the Changing Man by Peter Milligan Omnibus 1
4. Spectacular Spider-Man by DeMatteis & Buscema
5. Aquaman by Peter David

>>149456217
>Near as I can tell publishers are looking to harvest the collective OCD outrage of comic fans to power some nefarious doomsday device.
Look, I'll admit I have OCD, but this shit is outrageous sometimes. How does this happen? Four DC trades that came out the same year, and they can't manage to use a single blue logo? Like, you almost have to try to make it look this jacked up. How hard could it be to have a single image to copy/past when designing the spines?

>>149458397
Only Shade for me.

>>149458918
Only one omnibus all year? I can't imagine having your self control

>>149459166
Here's the crazy part, I'll unwrap the plastic and actually (re)read it.

>>149459188
DOWNVOTED

>>149459188
Get this hothead out of here, he's messing up my Feng Shui

>>149451922
>>149451952
Casuals will buy Batman: Year One in a small paperback format for $10 - $15

Casuals are much less interested in paying $40 for a trade sized collection of post-Crisis Batman which includes Year One but also includes Year Two and all the chronological issues from that time

>>149453771
Congrats on the child! May I ask: boy or girl? Its a busy time and it will always stay busy but look at this way: you have a family! and your shelf will always be there waiting for you whenever you can steal a few minutes for peaceful solitude. And maybe one day, you can share it with you kid!

>>149456940
Would you believe I haven't read One Piece?

>>149451952
I don't see how that's redundant at all. There's little crossover between the stories so far. Year One doesn't even have a compact comic yet.

>>149435313
How are "The books of magic" ?

>>149459166
Omnis are fucking awful

>>149456757
>>149456900
All this good art on your shelf and you can't draw to save your life.

I have so much shit to taste and see if I actually want to keep. Part of me misses the years I had more money than sense, but that's also what got me into this mess.
At least a lot of it tends to hold its value.

>>149443051
Go buy Plastic Man. Now.

>>149456480
the only thing I've ever seen get censored out was Claremonts use of the word "nigger" in the x-men books

bump

>>149460031
Done.
I only ever make purchases on command of /co/ btw.
>>149460100
There's a tasty sizechanging sex scene between Hank and Jan in Johns' Avengers which has been left out of the most recent reprints. Time will tell whether the "offending" page shows up in the omnibus.

>>149460692
Not the guy you replied to by Plastic Man is such a fun fucking read. Funny as shit too

Here's hoping DC also reprints the Kyle Baker run, it's what got me into the character as a teen

>>149459824
Man, get a fucking life

>>149460692
Based.
I bought Sweet Tooth years ago because I was drunk at a bar and asked /shelf/ to choose from a pool of comics I was interested in. It's fun to do as you're told!

>>149454318
I enjoyed those Savage Dragon collections. the third one is good too. the Hellboy crossover is surprisingly cool.

>>149460949
>immediately distracted by pizza and radio shows.

bump

live

>>149462199
>>149463717
No!
/shelf/ will DIE! DIE, /shelf/ DIE!

>>149461325
What pissed me off is that the 3rd kept getting delayed constantly. Otherwise, I was very happy to see the book get a higher quality treatment. It's a very fun series

>>149458397
4. Spectacular Spider-Man by DeMatteis & Buscema

that's a really impressive omni to have
so is micheline bagely vol 2

>>149461315
I also have the first 3 volumes of Rumble and can't get the other 3 lol
Seems liek every publisher is always so shit when it comes to printing later volumes

>>149460949
>Whee!!
>I'm a killer!!
My fucking sides

>>149461315
>>149465289
also jelly of those Maxx books
'member when Image promised all the Maxximized issus in a single 800 page compendium? I 'member, still have it in my Amazon wishlist
https://www.amazon.com/Maxx-Compendium-Sam-Kieth/dp/1684050286

With the JLI paper back collections getting reprinted I really hope they continue the series in a similar format.

>>149465443
I'm shocked it hasn't happened. I would buy it in a second.

>>149465472
I'm surprised they aren't doing JLI as a DC's Finest

>>149465499
They're doing the Detroit era weirdly enough.

>>149465289
Are you NA? 4 and 5 are on IST. I just don’t have them due to glacial book buying.

>>149465026
I'm probably going to grab that

Maybe next pay cheque tho, wallet's hurting from vacation

>>149465026
>so is micheline bagely vol 2

I'm really on the fence about this one. I was collecting Spidey through the epic collection line but I missed out on the Lifetheft volume which is scalped to high hell these days. It's more expensive than the omnibus. But I don't want to double dip just for the chunk of issues that's missing. So I'll probably wait for a reprint but I imagine this era is pretty low priority.

>>149465499
>I'm surprised they aren't doing JLI as a DC's Finest
>>149465531
>They're doing the Detroit era weirdly enough.
I'd feel a lot better about investing in the DC Finest line if I felt they had a more coherent plan, but it's DC so we know it'll end up a hot mess. If they said they were going to work through major characters full runs or even pre-crisis runs, in a somewhat completish way, I'd be really excited.

>>149466437
I like them a lot. And I already have a good amount of them. It sort of does feel pretty scatter shot right now because it's in the early stages and only a handful of series have continuations so it does kind of feel like it's a bit aimless. But even marvels epics seem to come out pretty randomly. They've just been going for much longer. I do really wish DC got it's ass in gear sooner though. I mean better late than never but I'm just finishing up what I care about collecting marvel and I feel like DC's only just begin.

>>149466529
I like them a lot. And I already have a good amount of them. It sort of does feel pretty scatter shot right now because it's in the early stages and only a handful of series have continuations so it does kind of feel like it's a bit aimless. But even marvels epics seem to come out pretty randomly. They've just been going for much longer. I do really wish DC got it's ass in gear sooner though. I mean better late than never but I'm just finishing up what I care about collecting marvel and I feel like DC's only just begin and honestly I don't know how much longer I want to keep doing this.

>>149465026
>>149466437
JLI has been released in recent past and needs restoration before it gets reissued as the Born Again trade was dire with dialogue text faded to the point of being impossible to read.

Also JLA Detroit sold well ironically enough as an Omnibus

Do you ever look at your shelf and feel glad to have so much of the eras you love but then remember how bad things have been for decades and while you can still get enjoyment from your old collections you can't help but worry if you'll ever feel the same excitement you once had for looking forward to something new and as you put your current book down you can only stand there looking at your rows of book and sigh as if in defeat?

>>149461092
I have a life. You fuck off from drawfagging until you no longer draw like a preschooler. Come back when you're a bonafide draughtsman.

Hickman Avengers worth getting? I liked his F4 but I don't really get why he's so hyped up.

>>149467262
As a manga reader I'm always excited for something new. American stuff is much, much better available from throughout the decades though. There's always something of quality waiting to be discovered.

>>149468850
I always have a hard time keeping up with manga. There's a few series I follow with interest but I don't know that I say I feel the same hype.

>>149467262
No, I'm easily pleased and there are plenty of new comics that I love

>>149461092
>Man, get a fucking life
this is thinly veild joke isnt it? i dont believe a name fag would say with such a shelf.

>>149468808
I don't know which ones I read but most of the avengers stuff I've read was overhyped, I'd only consider avengers 200-330 at this point

>>149465903
it's an excellent choice if you didn't get venomni vol 1 or spiderman vs venom omni

>>149437611
>wargreymon and metalgarurumon figures
Based

>>149465472
I fucking wish.

>>149460692
The sex scene/page in question has NEVER EVER been included in any reprint of the issue. Tom Brevoort has openly stated he will never allow the missing page see the light of day ever again so long as he is employed by Marvel.

>>149461315
Sweet Tooth is about the clown from Twisted Metal right?

>>149470184
Can have Hank and Jan being a loving couple. No siree.

>>149470184
Well that's lame. Kind of makes me not want to pick up the book. Not for express "coomer" reasons as it might seem but I just hate knowingly buying something so harshly censored. It's like the Ghost in the Shell rereleases. The sex stuff may not seem like it has a narrative importance but it's important because it's there and it should be allowed to be there if it was ever allowed in the first place.

Some quality Marvel announcements at last:
https://youtu.be/mezXPZwGjEc?si=h476QUMZfaFYTwJ3
>Captain America by Mark Gruenwald Vol 3
>Captain America Vol 5 (i.e., #215-260)

>>149434358 (OP)
>The Disaster Artist
Based Wiseauisseur.
Terrible taste in comics tho. Very generic, soilennial, SOVLLESS, bland. Also, 10 volumes of Slott??? Did you have nothing better to spend your money on?

Hi sisters!!! I ran out of money sorta so i slowed down on my custom library room all my books are on the floor like a common trailer whore. It breaks my heart seeing them like this. Man fucking sucks building a house. I am so fucking happy we finally got new 52 red lantern, omnibus and new 52 Supergirl omnibus. I have been waiting for those books for so long.

>>149467262
All I'm interested in now from Marvel and DC are Moon Knight, Green Lantern, and Aquaman sadly

But yeah, most of my shelf is comprised solely of pre-00's material with the only outlier being Tom Taylor's Nightwing. And that's a "fuck you I liked it!"

>>149470744
I still have never gotten the hype behind Gruenwald's run. It was decent in the beginning, but once the John Walker stuff ended, it was grasping for ideas.

I'm mainly pissed off about it because Gruenwald completely got rid of Steve's civilian identity and ditched Bernie and Jack. IDK man, I really liked DeMatties' run, like a lot and Gruenwald (while attempting to continue on in that style) felt almost like a step back

>>149471642
Greenwald has gotten some weird praise in the past several years or so, maybe some faggot influencers hyping him up or something but he was always a B- player at best, more like C+ to be honest.

>>149471891
And he's not a bad writer, he just clearly just wanted to make Cap a style over substance action-adventure book for preteens (probably understanding where the market was heading with Liefeld and McFarlane)

I will say this though, Gruenwald's Red Skull was easy the best written out of any other version

>>149471628
Not to sound like an asshole, but what did you like about that boring snorefest

>>149472047
Just that it felt like a throw back with a lot of heart to it. I also liked Bite-Wing a lot

>randomly decide to go Clash
>search for team cause no friends ofc
>20 fucking minutes to find one
>join their discord, anyone barely talks
>one of them is afk from level one
>quits 7minutes into the game
>we ff and forfeit the bracket and cant play anymore
Nice.

>>149472047
He seems to like boring snoozefests in general.

>>149471628
Moon Knight fucking stinks.

>>149471449
Might aswell bump with my old pics

>>149474592

>>149474607

>>149474625
The only thing iv gotten since hear has been red lantern omnibus, another commer book and couple of art books

>>149467431
You seem to be here 24/7 and stalk me on every thread i post, so i doubt that you have one
>>149469770
If you think mine is "bad", you're blind and stupid

>>149473766
I like Moon Knight, especially post-Warren Ellis, because he's a supernatural crime fighter that isn't afraid to beat the shit out of bad guys. Jed McKay has made this character his own and has probably had the best run so far, but that's just my opinion anon and I'm entitled to have it

>>149470744
I already have most of that in Epic format. In fact going over the wiki page if they just release epic vol 8 I will have, in some form or another, an entire run of Captain America up until and Including Heroes Return

>>149476001
>capple.jpg poster is actually a proper Cap fan
Based

>>149476001
I'm personally excited for them putting out stuff after "The Swine". The weird years after Kirby left the second time is one of my favorite periods of the book as they were just trying in vain to keep the title alive

>>149476125

>>149476145

>>149476161

>>149476177

>>149475757
>but that's just my opinion anon and I'm entitled to have it
Actually, you're not allowed to have an opinion unless it aligns with my own opinion. It's in the Rules, check em. I told moot to put it in.

>>149446954
This is all the capeslop I ordered except batwoman elegy
Just missing my Love and Rocket books and a couple Creepy and Eerie atchives

>>149477017
Also it bothers me how Panini!s pocket editions are the same size and format as the mighty marvel masterworks but DCs compact editions are smaller than that but still bigger than average manga tanks

>>149475757
I don't think it pulls it off that well. It's very boring about it.

>>149475757
>because he's a supernatural crime fighter that isn't afraid to beat the shit out of bad guys.

You have to be 18 to post here , kid

>>149474763
That's what happens when you namefag AND act entitled AND plague the board with your dogshit art.

Purchases over the last couple of months.
I don't own a bookshelf.

Sunday Mail-Call! Very excited to dive in! Read the mini-series several times over, but haven't really touched the on-going that much. But I'm excited to read it.

Certainly one of those books that I never thought was ever going to get a collected edition

total shelf restoration

>>149480148
been debating getting this. Haven't read it before but compendiums are cheap enough to wear I can feel like taking riskier purchases

>>149476001
They need to rerelease so many of those Cap Epics Jesus

>>149481224
I really wish I picked up more Conan Chronicles epics as they were coming out.

>>149481239
Epic and Finest feel like they should be evergreen. At least for the mainline characters anyways. I need a couple to fill out my Spidey and F4 collection.

>>149481505
Seriously. The fact that Spider-men epic 1 and 3 are out of print, the last two Fantastic Four of the Kirby run, like half of all Captain America, all of the Punisher but that's because things are gay, and fucking Ghost Rider 1, are all out of print, is fucking bullshit. Finest isn't an issue YET, but these should all be made to order at least.

>>149481740
>the last two Fantastic Four

The only reason I even want the final volume is for completion, this is just the line before Onslaught so we're not really looking at the best stuff here writing wise. I wouldn't even spend these after market prices on books I like.

>>149481505
Reprint it you bastards

>>149481759
>I wouldn't even spend these after market prices on books I like.
It kinda fucks me up, I was trying to buy vol 1 of Spider-man Epic for months and the thing that disturbed me the most is CONSTANTLY people on ebay would be paying up to $80 for it.
Someone put up a good copy on Amazon for $40 a week ago though so now I have it but it's depressing how scalpers actually get their blood money for Epics.
This is the last New Mutants Epic I need but I will NOT pay over retail for it

>>149481980
I wouldn't even complain the dropped the glossy paper and went with something more newprinty. Hell I imagine a lot of readers might even prefer that.

Are all Year One comics worth buying?

>>149482653
Just Batman Year One.

>>149482916
I have a soft spot for Teen Titans year one

I really need to prioritize getting Kirby FF and Thor epics when they reprint them

>>149482653
>>149482916
>>149483220

Green Arrow's isn't bad either iirc

You're a bunch of worthless shitdicks.

I bought a shelf and just finished putting it together

>>149485195
I am somewhat but not really bothered that Triangle Era 2 will be dipping into the Death and Return of Superman. I only have the trades from a bit ago but it does make the book heavier than it needed to be.

>>149435432
>the Belgium soft cover collection is about 100 euros more expensive than the english translated HC box set
I told you before, you were comparing full size soft covers with pocket sized books.

The comics bugle sale ruined me
>Clone Saga Vol. 1 and 2
>Ben Reilly Vol. 1 and 2
>Absolute Preacher 1 and 2
>Absolute Swamp Thing 1,2 and 3
I gotta hit the brakes for a while. Well, I still have to get the Michelinie/Bagley vol. 2

>>149487341
I can't read! Thanks bruv, I'll be doing the Belgium one since I became an uncle not to long ago and I'd give them to him later. Better indoctrinate those little fuckers fast.

>>149487407
Nice. I have noticed that Amazon regularly has the Tintin softcover box set on sale, but unfortunately prime day just ended, so it might be black friday before they are again.

>>149488038
>have comics you dont even like
Surely no one does this...

>>149488425
I've started reading things as TPs were released and realised as it went that I was starting to hate it.

Got rid of the first 6 books of DMZ last month because I never read past that and realised I never would. Might do the same with Saga soon. I stopped reading when it started with the tranny shit and shitting on the dad, and never went back. Probably never will. It's a shame because the art in the first couple of books was great, even if that also got lazy as it went on.

>>149488456
>Might do the same with Saga soon
Saga is basically the poster child for that scenario.

>>149487541
Dutchfag, so I'll be using the Dutch version of Amazon. Which never does comics in sale :(

>>149489023
I'm an Ausfag and we still get it in sales here. Not really omnis and stuff like that, but box sets, yes.

>>149488456
Saga was never good.

I have the first two Saga hardcovers that I have yet to read and these posts are giving me buyfag remorse. The high scores on goodreads (4.6/5) were bullshit huh?

His name is bigger than Batman.
You can't make this up.

>>149491032
Read for yourself. Never trust Goodreads, especially when it comes to comics.

>>149491224
>having all those Tom King books
Shit taste.

>>149491032
Blind buying a 1 volume tpb? Perfectly normal. I kinda get blind buying a vol 1 tpb in a series. I think blind buying a deluxe hardcover vol 1 is silly. Blind buying two deluxe hardcover volumes is just stupid as fuck.

>>149491249
Why yes, Tom King DOES have shit taste.

Current shelf + junk. Overflow and normal books on a smaller shelf

>>149488456
People should have learned their lesson with Y the last man, Vaughn is a hack.

Any of you guys still buy floppies?

>>149491671
Whats that?

>>149491671
I was buying Ultimate Spider-Man for a while just to try and show Marble this is what I want instead of Wellsshit, but it's 5 quid a month for an issue I'll get through in 5 minutes, so I cancelled it recently.
Floppies ain't worth it.

>>149488425
I've had some. Call it a combination of nostalgia blindness and completionist ocd. I ended up eventually flipping the stuff I really didn't care for eventually though.

>>149491267
You know the meme that "/co/ doesn't read comics"? Well it's extra true for shelf.

>>149491267
I blind bought both Books of Magic omnibi, Batman:Murderer Fugitive and more. I'm thinking about buying the Warlord Omni

The only one I kind of regret is Murderer Fugitive.

>>149491960
I see a lot of newer reads complain about how wordy old books were but you sure got your 12 cents worth.

>>149491671
>Any of you guys still buy floppies?
I bought the action comics 775 cause its like one of the first comics I went out of my way to read, I might also buy the Absolute Martian Manhunter ones once theyre released in my country

>>149491343
What's the box on the bottom left?

>>149492769
I don't trust any redditor who complains about old comic books being "wordy". Complaining about too many words is incredibly childish in the first place, but then on top of that, these old comics were LITERALLY primarily written for children in the first place. So it's doubly retarded and in almost contradictory ways, which is an impressive level of retardation.

>>149493533
It's honestly pretty hilarious. Comics were what helped me grow to like reading in the first place and because of them I ended up with a higher reading level than most of my class. I loved it when Beast or some villain would speak in grand Shakespearean prose. It made the whole things feel huge and genuinely epic. Now comics are decompressed to fuck and grown characters speak like absolute idiots.

>>149493492
the entirety* of Fables, not sure if it's the 1000 page compendiums or all the trades inside the box

*not actually the entirety of Fables since all of book sixteen(issues 151-162) was published after this box set

>>149493533
tbf, some comics really are too wordy, Like parts of Blake and Mortimer, for example, they don't use the pictures part of the medium well, it's just expository wordswordswords with a little talking head in the panel.

>>149493533
>Complaining about too many words is incredibly childish
At this point you're aware that when people say this they refer to the fact that the words are mostly superfluous, either explaining what's actually drawn on the page, repeating things already said a few pages ago or doing recaps of what happened a few pages ago or in the previous issue or how the characters' powers work. Let's be real, you do know this because you heard it before and you have participated in discussions with other people, but you still think you're highly intelligent because you "read more words", I would honestly recommend you read some actual books, and I mean books, for adults, not trashy fantasy garbage for "da WoRLdBuiLdiNg". Stop acting like a damn bot.

>>149494131
Holy kek

>>149493533
"If I'd had more time, I'd have written a shorter letter."
"Brevity is the soul of wit."

It's not about the quantity, it's the quality. A lot of older books are flooded with needless bloat that actively worsens the experience. You can't honestly look at material like early Fantastic Four and say, "Yes, Stan Lee needed fucking all of this."

There's tons of older material that is appropriately brisk, or leans into the 'need' for extra words; the fantasy adaptations of Roy Thomas for one, like his Elric and Conan. His narration actively contributed to the atmosphere and world building in ways that weren't appropriate for dialogue. Unlike shit by Stan Lee and others who will just describe what you can already see in the visuals.

Cunts say, 'They wrote so much to give kids the illusion of quality/quantity.' You do realise that's bad, right? That's an explanation, not an excuse. You're saying it's okay that the story was made worse because it was intentional.

If I'm looking for endless words, I can go to my bookshelf and pull out any of dozens of the 1,000 page fantasy books I've got sitting there. When I come to a visual medium, I'm there for visual storytelling. A movie that's just a text crawl would be a bad movie for the same reason.

If you're too much of a gormless faggot to tell what content is actually relevant to a story, your opinion is worthless. If you're an author, and can't tell what content is actually necessary, you're a failure as a writer.

>>149471642
Cap was in dire straits (DeMatties wanted to replace Steve with Nomad and Cap's Rogue gallery was such a joke that writers were having to borrow other books villains).

He rebuilt Cap's Rogue gallery, did a good job making them a bipartisan reflection of America, plus listened to fans (as DismondCap, the writing out of Falcon and Nomad, and Walker surviving 350/becoming USAgent was due to Mark listening to fans).

Most of the hate for him was due to Mark Waif having his friends at Wizard shit on Gruenwald because he was an insecure bitch about his dog shit Cap run and how it did so badly that he got fired and replaced with Rob fucking Liefeld

>>149494472
>plus listened to fans
Worst thing a writer can do.

>>149436815
Honestly they're a little harder to read compared to an actual comic especially if it's like Watchmen, but I love them because I 100% view them as disposable since they're so cheap. Want to carry Kingdom Come with you to read on the train? I'm not lugging my Absolute around but hell yeah I'll throw that cheap Compact Comic in my bag even if it gets beat up. So I wouldn't get them as my only version of that book but I would get them as reader copies or gifts for others to get them into comics.

>>149494402
Mucho texto

>>149480796
It's sort of in-between a compendium and a finest (I think it's roughly 700+ pages?)

Still though, good deal for the money. Quite happy with it

>>149494566
Shut up, Brevoort.

>>149493533
It is funny, the text was mostly superflous (e.g. narration just echoing exactly what the dialogue was saying or describing the art or the same descriptions of powers). A lot of kids weren't reading the text back then and a lot of young adults were buying the comics, not just children.

That being said, when Redditors complain about old comics the truth is simply that a lot of people cannot deal with older media and come up with excuses for why. Some of this is a matter of taste but some of this is simply that people have a thin slither of stuff they can accept and they just find old stuff hokey.

I do sometimes worry that part of the problem is the rec list hype machine mentality, particularly with collected editions, that overhypes some comics and doesn't put them in proper context of disposable low margin entertainment. Just telling people to go and read FF because Jack Kirby is the best thing ever and then people bounce off of it instead of trying to tailor recommendations or build taste. I've met people who harp on about this or that series being the best but deep down they don't enjoy it, they are just repeating the recommended lists.

I feel like a heck of a lot of those Reddit comments are "people said x was best comic ever and I didn't like it". Which speaks for the shitty way people discuss this hobby.

>>149495552
Shut up, Quesada.

>>149493533
You could make the argument that the very basis of comic books is the art of "showing, not telling"

It's funny. I can easily digest a 500+ comic book collection, but most of the time struggle with a regular novel (I think the last one that I read was Michael Moorcock's Sailor On The Seas Of Fate?)

>>149495753
Hype itself is honestly a huge part of the problem. For some reason too many people always look at things in absolute extremes. Something is either the most amazing thing ever or it's hard garbage. Nobody really seems to be able to process the idea of something just being "reliably good." I hate saying stuff like this because it sounds really dismissive but not every comic is THAT good. Very few are. That's not that they're bad or even, as the zoomies like to say "mid" but something can just be good and enjoyable for a read and that's enough. Part of what makes the big stuff BIG was how you had issues and issues of NORMAL stories to establish the status quo that was about to be changed forever. But people see THIS COMIC WAS GOOD and think "oh boy head is going to explode from the epic."

>>149496102
Comics were a disposable form of entertainment with very low profit margins. It is a literal miracle that any of them turned out to be good with decent creators who cared. I feel like this context is important. Reliably good is what good runs of comics are like, but a lot of it is still forgettable entertainment with occasional enjoyable stuff on average.

People need their entertainment to matter, now more than ever, fitting into some grand narrative paradigm about things (e.g. culture wars), mostly because that fits the consumerism being pushed by companies or ideas being formulated online. People don't speak to you with genuine conviction about their tastes, they talk in narratives which is why things so easily fit into extremes. Talking about what you like, especially on the Internet, is akin to circling the wagons and preparing to be attacked. So people only say they like certain things that are beyond reproach (rec lists) but they can't explain why they liked something. I don't care if you liked something because of nostalgia, that is still a valid reason to like something, but people are reticent to explain why they liked things, let alone do deep dives into it.

Comic book conversation can devolve into rec list, this is good, that is bad, no real cutting your teeth in conversations. It makes the hobby a rather solitary pursuit. So many debates on /co/ end up half remembered readings of a run or outrage tourists rather than actual people really getting into why they liked or hated something. And this hobby is a journey. A book might not appeal to you now but in time it might appeal to you. But just saying to someone, read Kirby FF because it is the best thing ever when maybe older books don't appeal to them won't make them a reader. You might have to evolve their taste and get them into different things, different paths and maybe they will circle back around, maybe not.

>>149434358 (OP)
>Scott Shitgrim
shit taste, leave.

>>149496327
>I don't care if you liked something because of nostalgia, that is still a valid reason to like something
It's at least HONEST in any case. But yeah that's pretty much it. It's really strange when I see so many new readers struggle to get into stuff. Not that I don't understand that sometimes someone might need a bit of direction but when people are only looking for pre approval it just begs the question of why are you even hear. You see redditors showing off their (sealed) omnis that they bought on recommendation but they're just looking for acceptance not enjoyment. I feel like fandom itself has become part of the problem now. It's great to talk about your interests with like minded people but the hobby itself should come first not seeking acceptance in strangers online. A recommendation should only be a starting point and "fans" should be more incline to try stuff. to figure out what they like and don't like. I'm not saying you have to read EVERYTHING but if you avoid stuff you might have thought looked cool because someone online said to or if you only read something you don't want because they said you had to it's just a game of follow the leader.

>>149496473
Nostalgia is not honesty.

>>149496473
>You see redditors showing off their (sealed) omnis that they bought on recommendation but they're just looking for acceptance not enjoyment. I feel like fandom itself has become part of the problem now.
For years people moaned about fake nerds, usually along culture war lines, but the fake nerds tend to be the consumerists attempting to buy into an identity or fandom. A person with a shelf of 10 books they have read is more of a fan than a person with 100 unread books. All these interests, even seemingly solitary ones, have a sense of community or perceived tangential benefit that people seek out. The collection for the sake of collection mindset is really bad and collected edition communites are all of these people. It is all a waste. (And as someone who has done a house clearance recently, it is rather a depressing waste.)

>>149496527
The honesty part comes from the admittance of why you liked something. Admitting why you liked something, even if that is for shallow purposes, is far more honest than obsfucating, lying or just liking or hating something for vague reasons or following specific narratives. People don't want to give true opinions and rely too much on extremes because they are fearful of being honest. If you can say you think something is good because you're nostalgic for it, that is more honest than appealing to a bunch of hype or rec lists even when you don't believe in those things.

>>149496600
>and collected edition communites are all of these people
*full of these people

>>149496527
Yes it is. If I say I LIKED THIS [crap book] because I read it as a kid and I have fond memories of that time and reading it then I am being 100 percent honest. The argument isn't about if something is good or not. The argument is a question of how much I like it. Call it a guilty pleasure if you must but I like it because of reasons that are my own. Not because someone said it was good and I don't know why.

>>149496600
I even tolerate secondaries who admit to be secondaries more than these shelfy fags.

>>149496600
If I read one volume and like it I gotta buy all the things related to it before it goes out of print...
So I don't end up like the people trying to collect Punisher Epics...

>>149496600
>>149496659
If you said "this is good" for something that you purely like out of nostalgia then it's not honesty.

>>149496866
Except we didn't say that. We said WE LIKE IT. You can like things that are not good. This isn't complicated you tit.

>>149496866
Feel like we're just talking past each other and you're not really engaging in what was being said. The whole conversation around something being "good" is something far wider. The truth is the average person considers good to be "I enjoyed it". We were specifically talking about how people don't particularly share their opinions because they are scared too (particularly online) so fit into narratives. And how rec list mentality prevents people from being honest in how they engage in media and how that fits with comic books.

>>149497052
It's true, I've even seen Rec list mentality being used to demonize things a lot of people like and how it's bad to like something popular because it doesn't make you unique enough. Like that image about 3x3s
Imagine the replies on a thread about if you liked a Alan Moore book

>>149497099
The shit around Alan Moore is bizarre. People cling onto his work like a life raft because they believe that it legitimises comics as "mature" in people's eyes whilst simultaneously feeling attacked by Moore because they take vastly out of context quotes to get mad over and don't engage with it beyond that. Watchmen is widely read but often misunderstood.

>>149497238
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WDJRq50VZg

>>149497443
People get mad but he likes the childish books, and I dont think he considers his own work for adults either
Hahaha, WE use words like emotionally retarded the same way Alan does

>>149497496
Yeah but the point is more regarding how people feel the need to dress it up. Nobody can just say "I still read Green Lantern. I like it because it's fun." It's not that you can't take this books and characters in more mature directions but it becomes a question of why you feel the need to do it.

>>149458397
Tales of the Jedi Omnibus

>>149459166
Omnis are for displaying on shelves, for comics that you've already read. They're not actually for reading.

>>149497848
I read mine a good bit but if given the choice I do find epics more comfortable

>>149497848
Bull fucking shit

>>149497443
>>149497238
I've always been partial to this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMvl6G80DUQ

Alan Moore is one of the nicest people you'll ever meet irl. He was genuinely lovely. I met him a few years ago and got stuff signed. His daughter has said that he still loves comics. But I do admit he does sometimes give a lot of old man yells at cloud answers that does rile people up. Sometimes justified, sometimes not. He does have justified reasons for hating the industry and how much people treated him like shit.

>>149498629
He strikes me as someone who comes out better in person because text doesn't convey tone.

>>149498629
>His daughter has said that he still loves comics.
I still think about that thing his daughter said that if DC didn't fuck him around he would have probably never stopped writing for them because he really did love these silly comics

>>149498629
I met him at a convention once and handed him a copy of Last Stand of the Wreckers and he thumbed through it and handed it back and said the art was really good
I don't think he knew I was trying to give it to him because I'm autistic

>>149498665
Honestly I don't think it's about text it's just people take everything he says as an insult. In the video I posted he clarifies that his position on mainstream culture isn't all nostalgia (it was all fields here once) and he's being specific. People just routinely take the worst impression of what he's saying because they respect him in the field of comics and take it as a personal insult when he calls things immature. The main misquote people mention is his position on Rorschach. He was criticising a specific type of fan but people take that quote and think he doesn't understand why Rorschach is popular. He understands it, since he wrote it, he just doesn't like how some people don't get the whole picture and context.

>>149498680
His friend was writing the Watchmen novelisation for the movie (with his blessing) and had a terminally ill brother which DC exploited on their dealings with Alan. That was really the final straw/final break in the whole thing because before that he would still talk about a lot of stuff and go to some conventions.

>>149498021
Speaking of Epics. Is there somewhere to buy out of print ones, that isn't crazy expensive? Ebay is pretty outrageously priced for me to get the few that I want.

>>149493841
The compendiums are in there.

>>149498993
We're in the same boat you are friend. It's all scalpers and assholes trying to bleed a stone. Depending on what series you're after you may look into different trades or the master works, which are fairly expensive on their own right but you might feel a bit better pay for that quality.

>>149498993
I sometimes browse book stores that sell comics, charity shops or some local comic book shops and every so often come across an oop epic

Unfortunately, I bought some Epics before they were releasing the Omnis. It'd most certainly be cheaper to buy the Omnis, than complete the Epics at this point. Should I just sell my Epics and put it towards the Omnis?
>>149499103
Yeah, I figured. I was hoping that there would be somewhere that wasn't as brutal.
>>149499160
I live in a small town, not in the USA. The chances that I'd find the few Epics that I'm looking for is 0%.

>>149499300
If it's the UK you might be in luck
Sadly going in person to a comic shop is the best way. Sadly because most are card shops now

>>149498993
Unless you're going after Heroes for Hire or Black Panther I almost want you to say it's not worth getting into Epics just because there's so many OOP dead ends

>>149499401
Worse, Canada. It's 3 hours of highway driving to the closest comic store. I live in the middle of nowhere. Garage/Yard sales around here, are people selling stuff because their families die/more into retirement homes.
There's no interesting random sales for me.
>>149499424
It's mostly Star Wars Epics that I had bought, and forgot to buy them as they released. I should be able to sell what I have, and get a decent amount off the Omnis.

>>149499424
>>149499478
If you're not a coalitionist it's honestly not too bad. A single epic or finest is still a good amount of comics. You won't fee like you're missing out if you're only looking to get a couple.

>>149492467
>I blind bought both Books of Magic omnibi
There's three. Also, had you really never read any of it before? It's been around a long time.

>>149499509
It's the Epics from Knights of the Old Republic and Tales of the Jedi. So I kinda do want them all, because it's a giant story. Which is why I'm considering going for the Omnis. If it was some random capes, I wouldn't mind having a partial.

>>149499560
See if you can't find the old Dark Horse trades. I still have my original colelection. KoToR is a terrific series. And the omnibus got reprinted not too long ago. I know we're a bit harsh on that format but don't let it deter you if you see one you want.

>>149496102
I only like good comics. They don't have to be epic, but they need be some combination of good writing, characters, and art, and they should be entertaining in some way. A comic about a guy sitting on a bench for the whole story can be good in the right set of hands.
Fuck "reliably good". Just give me "good" or better.

A shelf

>>149499534
Not him but are these any good? The only thing related to this Ive ever read is the part in the justice league dark omni and it pretty much felt like some kind of wrap up of a much bigger story

>>149493533
They are still written for children anon...

>>149499601
Thanks for the suggestion, but I just assumed that the original Dark Horse collections would be even more expensive at this point. I'll see if I can find them, but I won't hold my breathe.
I'm not a huge fan of the Omni format, but I'm not a hater. It's just a lot all at once. It feels like a book to read at a table, rather than one you read whenever. It's like something you have to dedicate an allotted time for.

>>149491224
>Mikel Janin

Oh no...

>>149499534
I've been reading comics for 36 years and I've only ever read the first volume
There's lots of comics... can't read um all

Anyone else here who collects the new Corben hardcovers?
I got all 5 volumes of Den, Murky World, Dimwood.
There are going to be at least 2 more: Rowlf and Other Fantasy Stories (August 5), Rat God (November 18).
Is there anything else left to collect? How many volumes total do you think it would take?

>>149500270
I have the first Den. I liked it but I don't know that I'd want to collect the rest of it even if the floppy bits were fun.

>>149500270
Oh, nice, here's what I found on CollectedEditions Forum:
>I hope you like all the Corben books in stores and those coming to stores soon.
>We are working on a Rat God reprint with two related stories added to the book.
>Also in the works, The Last Voyage of Sindbad, a Corben/Jan Strnad collaboration.

>>149499770
Yes. I read them from the start, buying the trades as they were released back in the day. IMO for the first few years the stories were great. It was one of those titles that even had entertaining annuals at the end of every year. I never read any of the later crossover stuff, but originally Timothy Hunter crossed paths with Constantine, which made complete sense. It started to drop off for me when they screwed with Molly's character and then basically wrote her out of the story. Also I haven't read the stuff in the later half of omni 3 yet, I'll be doing a full (re)read once I've caught up on Conan.

In a purely practical sense, the omnis are hard to read. Especially number two, which is the biggest fucking book I have. If you get them you'll want to read them on a desk.

New junk

I like the way comics look and the idea of comics, bought the watchmen compact as my first but had to drop it before finishing because the woke crap (forced jewish victimhood dialogue) does not jive with my mental architecture. Ok, that is all. Comics aren’t for me.

I wish I haven't spend so much on capeslop, especially on post 2000's one. It's taking up a lot of shelf space and I'm sure I won't ever reread it again.

>>149497003
That's not how it works and you know it, nobody says "oh I liked this but it's out of nostalgia" it's "this is good bro" and that's what the recommendations ends up being. Dumbass.
>>149497052
The point is that rec list mentality, while bad, is also extra bad because the people that make those rec lists put crap there out of nostalgia even though they're not very good. They go hand in hand.

>>149501175
>That's not how it works and you know it, nobody says "oh I liked this but it's out of nostalgia" it's "this is good bro" and that's what the recommendations ends up being. Dumbass.
Anon, you've just said the point he was making, then called him a dumbass, when you're agreeing with him in the conversation. The conversation was how people don't say why they liked stuff (because they say "it was good" and nothing more) and that admitting you liked something via nostalgia is more honest than not saying why at all.

>The point is that rec list mentality, while bad, is also extra bad because the people that make those rec lists put crap there out of nostalgia even though they're not very good. They go hand in hand.
The nostalgia point which you've gotten so wrapped up in wasn't defending nostalgia, it was just saying that it's more honest to state why you liked something, even if it's for shallow or possibly bad reasons, than to be a slave to what everyone thinks and to provide no attribution to why you liked something. That's all, it's been said multiple times now.

On the topic of nostalgia, I wouldn't say rec lists are filled with nostalgia per se, I'd say the real issue is that the bad on rec lists is the infamous stuff. Stuff that isn't good but because it is a big change that pissed a lot of people off or sold it is still necessary.

But yeah I feel like you got mixed up in what was being said the whole conversations because you keyed in on a word.

>>149501523
>when you're agreeing with him in the conversation
No, this was my point from the very start and he (and you) refuse to understand that people don't ever mention that they like something out of nostalgia so they're not honest when they recommend something because they say it's good when it's more likely a guilty pleasure.

>>149501568
Are you trolling? Anon, my point is literally that people refuse to say why they liked something. That's my point. I completely understand that people aren't honest because it was what I was talking about. Here:
>>149496327
>People don't speak to you with genuine conviction about their tastes, they talk in narratives which is why things so easily fit into extremes. Talking about what you like, especially on the Internet, is akin to circling the wagons and preparing to be attacked. So people only say they like certain things that are beyond reproach (rec lists) but they can't explain why they liked something. I don't care if you liked something because of nostalgia, that is still a valid reason to like something, but people are reticent to explain why they liked things, let alone do deep dives into it.
I'm literally talking about how people aren't honest or don't explain why they liked something for several reasons.

>>149501568
>>149501605
I want to grab your anime club faggot heads and smash them together.

>>149501568
You've confused two different parts of the conversation. One part of the conversation is about how discussion online means people aren't honest with why they like something. We're not saying people "admit to being nostalgic" which is where you're getting confused. We're saying admitting to being nostalgic would at least be explaining why you liked something, which is something people DON'T do.

The other part of the conversation is about how rec list mentality in comics and how that traps people. Particularly because things aren't tailored and it connects with the first point because stuff is overhyped then disliked. Or alternatively people appeal to a rec lists and say they like it despite not being able to explain why they liked it.

>>149500754
Explain Cursed Pirate Girl to me, as you would a child. I've not heard of it before.

>>149501618
Nah fuck you, I've been clear from the start and the funny thing is he agrees with me but got it in the head I meant something different.

>>149494402
Stan Lee was self-aware at least

>>149501605
This is getting tiring. People that don't take their nostalgia into account when talking about something and recommending it further are idiots and NOT honest.
>>149501618
You want to lick our asses, you little homo.
>>149501640
>We're not saying people "admit to being nostalgic" which is where you're getting confused. We're saying admitting to being nostalgic would at least be explaining why you liked something, which is something people DON'T do.
You're the one that's confused then.

>>149501694
>People that don't take their nostalgia into account when talking about something
I know they don't and never claimed they do, because people aren't honest about why they like something. That's what I've said. This has gotten really circular and you've gotten the wrong end of the stick several times. That paragraph I reposted is clear. I feel like you've gotten wrapped up in a singular word and aren't reading around it. The weird thing is you think you're disagreeing with me when my whole point was people aren't honest which is also something you're agreeing with.

The honesty point was: it's honest to admit why you liked something, even if that's for bad reasons. But most people don't admit that, hence they aren't honest. Why are you so confused?

>>149501694
>People that don't take their nostalgia into account when talking about something and recommending it further are idiots and NOT honest.
But when people do take it into account then they are honest.

>>149501717
>you've gotten the wrong end of the stick
That's you. Nostaliga, at its very core, is about clouding your judgement and making you resort to decisions based on emotion instead of logic. I'm right, you're wrong, you even agree but you don't want to say it out of pure ego.

>>149501725
You've gotten confused by what the conversation was about because you decided to take the word nostalgia without looking at the context of what was being discussed and keep doubling down.

I never said nostalgia is a good thing. I never defended nostalgia. I simply said that having a reason for liking something, even a bad reason like nostalgia, is better than people having no reason for liking something, or people refusing to say why they liked something, who then blindly follow.

It's very egotistical to declare yourself a winner when you seemed to agree with what I was saying but got confused in places.

>>149501746
>people refusing to say why they liked something
Which is always the case with nostalgia.

>>149501781
Someone admitting their judgement is clouded is better than someone denying that they are biased.

>>149501788
They don't admit it, is the point.

>>149501791
I know they don't which is what I originally said before you posted...

>>149501800
What are you even arguing at this point? You're one of those little nerds that think they can just be annoying online because there's no danger of getting smacked. Seriously, all this word diarhead from you to say a big fat fucking nothing and deep down you know I was right from the get go but you are too stupid to get it and now you feel like if you back down and don't get the last post in you'll "lose the internet argument". I'll be the bigger man and walk away, this'll be the last one I give you so you can get the last word in and think you were actually making a point instead of desperately trying to convince me that people with constant nostalgia goggles on aren't the lowest common denominator not knowing their roles and instead trying to join in on conversations they're clearly not mentally well equipped enough to join.

>>149501821
>desperately trying to convince me that people with constant nostalgia goggles on aren't the lowest common denominator
I never said that at all, it was never the point of what the conversation was about. The conversation was originally about Reddit, rec list mentality, how people get into comics but can't explain why they like something.

But you didn't read the original posts or what they were about, you took the word nostalgia and you got confused, I clarified. You accuse me of word diarrhoea but have gotten angry and written a paragraph declaring yourself victor. The conversation was about other things, follow the replies and have a read, or don't, that's fine too, but no one was defending nostalgia it was a conversation about other things. Rather than treat all anons as hostile, you could have a normal chat, but you kept implying I was saying something different. You're projecting hard, I'm not hear to "win" internet points but to talk, you're the one defining things that way.

I genuinely hope you have a good day anon and next time just chill a bit. Seriously, it really mean that. Life is too short to get mad over misunderstandings.

>>149501821
You sound like an insufferable faggot

>>149501917
Great way to end a thread, with autism

>>149491224
I've come to the conclusion that he's getting hard-carried by artists in every run. All of his characters read the exact same. The retards running the Eisner awards should be shot.

>>149501954
Human Target had beautiful art. A lot of bad writers are carried by artists.

>>149501958
Yeah, but they're not paired with a great artist every single time. Even most other ''all-star'' writers get paired with stinker artists from time to time. It's like DC is making sure to carry King every single time he takes on a project.

>>149501968
What dirt does he have on them

>>149501917
So do you.

>>149501968
The artist on Wonder Woman isn't great. The one on Penguin wasn't great. Mikel Janin and David Finch are not great. Some like Clay Mann for petty reasons but he is NOT great. Mitch Gerard is most definitely not great, it's a hell no for him actually. He has worked with SOME great artists, Bilquis Evely, Doc Shanner, Jorge Fornes, Greg Smallwood, Lee Weeks but that's about all.

>>149501954
>he's getting hard-carried by artists
This doesn’t explain why people bought any of the books with Janin on them.

>>149501692
This is just standard snarky comments from the villain because the hero always talks stoic. Recognizing that you have an issue but instead of correcting it doubling down is not clever, it's just doubling down on doing crap intentionally.

>>149501870
>but have gotten angry and written a paragraph
NTA but your posts are always longer and have reddit spacing. You sound like a twat and those rec image lists are cancer.

>>149502105
>telling someone to have a good day makes you sound like a twat
And yeah rec lists are cancer, which is what I was talking about. Rec list adherence and collected edition consumerism is a mistake.

Fuck my shit up /co/

>>149502192

>>149502224

>>149502232

>>149502153
>telling someone to have a good day makes you sound like a twat
Yes it does. Next time tell them to kill themselves.
>>149497238
The worst is the times when Alan Moore is being clearly funny or taking the piss and people take him as being serious.

>>149502232
>>149502224
>>149502192
>shrink wrap
Be gone foul ne'er do well

>>149502153
>telling someone to have a good day makes you sound like a twat
Yes, it's condescending. I'm pretty sure that one of the points was that some of the pics for the rec list are nostalgia driven which makes them worse but I'm not going back to check.

>>149502394
>>149502394
It was meant genuinely. Yeah some rec lists are nostalgia driven (I never defended nostalgia once).

>>149502466
>It was meant genuinely.
See: >>149502374
>Yes it does. Next time tell them to kill themselves.

>>149502531
This is 4chan, that's how we do it. If you want fake niceties go to reddit.

>>149502600
Honestly people act like 4chan is better than Reddit but they are both full of absolute faggots.

>>149500270
Yeah, I have all the new HC Corben books. I actually have older editions of a lot of his stuff too, but they're all shit paperbacks and falling apart.
I'm waiting for Dimwood to come in the post right now.
>is there anything left to collect?
Aside from what >>149500700 posted it's hard to say because he did a lot of stuff with Strnad and I'm not sure what would be in that collection.
There was a HC kickstarter edition of Mutant world and son of Mutant world a few years ago. I wonder if they'll do that.
I'd like to see A Rip in Time collection and House on the Borderlands. I'm sure there's a ton of shit I've never seen as well. He did a lot of stuff and most of it has been op for decades.

>>149502718
I don't think anyone is an absolute faggot.

>>149502759
Here’s the Mutant World book. It’s a really nice edition.
I forgot that there is also a bunch of horror stuff he did for Dark Horse years ago, like the Poe adstions and Shadows on the Grave. so yeah, tehre’s a LOT of stuff left.

>Years ago bought Nemesis the Warlock hardcover editions (heresies).
>Print was bad (like one scene half the lines were missing).
>Then they released newer definitive editions.
>Not checked them out.
I dunno I feel burnt out of collected editions when so many end up being subpar reprints and all the fear of missing out is broken when they just churn out new definitive editions.

>>149501650
It's about an orphan who sets out to find her real father who is a pirate captain. I hadn't heard of it before either but I found it for cheap and the art is gorgeous. Hyper detailed sprawling pages. The reviews on it compared the art to Gustav Dore and it's spot on. I haven't read it yet but flipping through the pictures alone is amazing.

>>149502241
Who is the big titty babe?

>>149502192
>>149502224
>>149502232
I don't think it's bad or anything. I like some of the capeshit but you don't get bored just reading that? Not asking to be condescending. Genuinely curious.

>>149502718
Because 80% are the same faggots that regularly post in both places.

>>149502837
>Not checked them out.
They are amazing. Thick white paper, great print quality, the covers are in color and printed on a yellowish paper like the original floppies.

>>149503138
My sister

>>149503467
Yumola. About to stroke-ola.

>>149502241
Wait a minute is that Stan Lee??

>>149456117
Which avengers omnis are the best? I’ve been hearing they might not give Roger Stern an Omni and just chuck it in with the mainline ones like in Vol 7 or something like that, I’m not entirely sure if I’d like silver age unless you think it’s top tier like Spider Man or F4

>>149502241
Titties almost make up for having Brand New Day on your shelf.
Almost.

https://youtu.be/xix2p8LCQpY?si=p9wWglP2mhniKLnA
Does anybody actually care about Star Wars omnibuses?

>>149503801
Stern would be if there were one. A lot of people like the Perez/Buisck run, but I didn't like it at all.
I like the first thirty issues which are by Lee//Kirby and then Lee/Heck, but again, those aren't for everyone.

>>149503801
Avengers has never had a great run.

>>149499534
Yeah but I noticed that Omni 3 had mone of the earlier names on the side and figured that the main story would be over. Read some of vol 3 online and I definitely dodged a bullet because that stuff wasn't really good imo

>>149503111
Thanks anon.

>>149502241
pretty lame lineup of capeslo- AH HUMINA HUMINA AWOOGA IS THAT A BIG BOOBA LADY?!??!??!

>>149502759
>>149502785
The only Corben stuff I own is whatever has been collected of the Hellboy stories he did and a hardcover collection of the Poe and Lovecraft miniseries he did for Marvel

>>149504539
This but unironically

>>149500270
>>149502759
>>149504577
Hello, Corbenchads.
I was so excited when they announced this line. I read Crooked Man soon after I started to earnestly get into reading comics, and his art had a big impact on my tastes. It's in big part to him that I'll eat up basically any bronze age horror material. I'm glad they've done a good job of keeping this stuff in print because I haven't had the money to stay current with it.
I just realized I forgot to include Cage, which is the only Marvel book I own besides Conan and I bought solely because he was on it.

>>149502765
Allow me to introduce myself.

>>>149505601
Strider, how wonderful of you to step foot in our humble country. Unfortunately you can't do that right now, so my employer shall send some supposedly 'elite' super soldiers to greet you instead. You brought a yo+yo I hope? And hello to lieutenant brain ghost.
You recall? Violence will not be tolerated.

>>149505601
I had to stop myself from ordering that Hellboy collection by Corben because I already own all the library editions and there's too much double dipping.

>>149505690
I'm pretty sure I have all that material through other books, but I spent my limited funds on it anyway because I'm retarded.

weird how Omar hasn't reviewed Shade omnibus, I'm curious about the paper and the binding but he can't stop shitting out news about marvelslop

>>149505851
Bro, don't you want your Star Wars omnibuseseses???

>>149503861
I would've rather they reprinted the legacy epics but ok

>>149505851
Omar has gone full time marvel shill. He barely feels like he has time to squeak DC stuff in there.

fuck you

>>149503861
I like some of the Star Wars comics. But I will admit even the good ones are rather mid.

I don't think this is a SW issue, just a problem with how the omnibus line has been way too expanded too quickly. I think it's worse how bad modern series get whacked into omnibus editions so fast.

>>149506229
Yeah the dude got a deal with Marvel ages ago. I can't bring myself to dislike Omar, I like the guy but I will say he is a glorified catalogue.

There are far worse comic book YouTubers.

>>149507441
He's got a certain charisma and you can tell he's sincere in a lot of ways, the way he lights up when he talks about a book he cares about versus what he's told too is night and day. When he pushes some modern crap like the Wells omni he's very professional and muted but watch him explode with joy when talking about New Warriors or something

>>149507695
>they're actually doing a Spider-Man by Zeb Wells Omnibus
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Thanks for the reminder/laugh

Need Power Pack epics...
Need 90s The Demon DC Finest...

>>149504427
No problem anon. I hope it's good but definitely look up the artist. It's some of the most beautiful stuff I've ever seen. The book itself is done really cool too. The flaps pull out and its an extended drawing. God bless that man's autism.

https://youtube.com/shorts/JOnRNQK5IZE?si=q6Zm3mq7ShnEwR-n

>>149508096
I don't know who they expect it to sell too. I've even seen redditors react with a resounding "why." On the subject I'm honestly pretty surprised they haven't put out Slott ones

I NEED DC to get off their asses and get me a Gotham Adventures compendium

>>149509248
With all the other animated ones they put out I imagine it's only a matter of time

>>149499478
It is kinda fucked up that Canada actually is worse than the UK and even Japan for this hobby

>>149509969
It's an icy tundra

>>149503848
I actually fucking hate post OMD era , I grew up with JrJr and JMS. I got it for the JrJr nostalgia and the Unscheduled Stop by Waid.

>>149503162
Nah it’s not condescending at all, I guess cape shit is what I’ve always enjoyed, I should try other things too

>>149511568
I haven't read anything past Civil War so don't feel bad

>>149511652
Disassembled for me. Busiek brought me back after that Onslaught mess but I was starting to lose interest again with Johns then hard fucked off with bendis shit.

>>149511892
Yeah, all that shit that this >>149497443 is complaining about unironically made me stop. People think he means something like Dark Knight Returns. That's not what I think of, I think of that comic where Hulk becomes evil and calls himself Kluh and the coloring is digital

>>149434358 (OP)
I managed to buy 2 books yesterday during a typhoon in our 3rd world.

I hate when there's stuff I want coming out in the same month but in different weeks. I really want to put in my orders as soon as stuff comes out but it's way more sensible to do it all at once.

>>149505601
Did Corben drew a Specter story?

>>149503861
I hate his hand gestures during overviews/reviews.

>>149513264
Yes! It's in Solo #2.

>>149505690
I ordered it anyway.

Any opinions on Letter 44? The compendium released today.

bump

Has the next Legion DC Finest leaked out yet?

>>149514833
I don't think the next wave is revealed. I'm hoping a follow up to Teen Titans myself

What do you think about the 2000AD Essentials?

>>149515715
If you like 2000ad I assume they're essential

Almost done with my ASM collection, only 2 gaps to fill with yet to be announced omnis, everything else before the clone saga is on my shelf.

>>149516711
skip those 250-290 ones, overly expensive
get a spectacular spider man omnibus by J.M.Demattis instead

>>149516842
>overly expensive
You mean the epics or masterworks? I'll wait for the omnibus edition, no rush.
>get a spectacular spider man omnibus by J.M.Demattis instead
Already on it. This is also the last omnibus right before the clone saga begins, so it's a must have.

I skipped Web of Spider-Man Omni, seems like an unnecessary series and waste of money.

Can't believe you idiots buy comics if they're "important" and canon and skip them if they're "unnecesary" and non-canon. Imagine buying them for the writing and art.

>>149517537
I only buy good comics and skip the rest

>>149503861
I like star wars comics but I'm burnt out from omnis. The prices are too expensive and the speed at which it comes out is too much now. And I don't want to fill a shelf with so many new books, I like to read them. Approaching peak saturation. I feel like the bubble will burst on this stuff when people's consumption slows down.

>>149517537
> Imagine buying them for the writing and art.
As far as I've heard, Web of Spider-Man has neither. The only decent thing in the whole run are tie-ins issues of Kraven's Last Hunt which is conveniently collected in Epic edition.

So I'm reading a Hulk and New Mutants epic at the same time and...

>>149518873
Sal Buscemas art looks so different just because of the inker right?

>>149435340
Nice

Shelves could be anywhere

>>149519831
indeed

>>149518880
I'd say so. Some inkers are really heavy handed. This looks more like Bob Mcleod's pencils than Sal's. He may have just been trying to stay on model as he penciled the first three issues and probably had a pretty set idea in his head as to what the characters looked like.
I'm just guessing though.

>>149520906
I mean, it doesn't look anything like Sals normal art so you objectively have to be right, right?
I wonder if Sal gave a shit

>>149518390
I liked the Web Omni.

I'm sick of Ikea shelves so I got three quotes from carpenters for bespoke shelves and they were all pretty expensive. Now I'm debating just doing it myself and wondering if any anons have experience in that area?

I need to update my shelf, but here it is for now. How you guys doing?
1/2

>>149522463
Top right shelf close up
2/2

>>149518873
>>149518880
The New Mutants pages look a lot more like McLeod drawing over Sal's layouts, rather than Sal's pencils and McLeod's inks.
Our Pal Sal was definitely a little bit of a chameleonic artist (at least IMO) but even he couldn't shift styles this much

>>149522411
I'm out of shelf space so currently considering ordering this one.

>>149522411
I really don't know how you can fuck up a shelf

>>149522547
The New Mutants was only one year later from that Hulk issue I'm pretty sure too

>>149522677
I don't think I'll fuck it up, I think it's more I want it to look really good for the cheapest price.

>>149522763
Honestly it doesn't matter how ugly the actual frame is when you can just cover the surround of it.

>>149522677
You might forget to reinforce them properly, which would be catastrophic if you're planning to put a lot of weight on the shelves (like perhaps, say, 20+ oversized and overpriced hardcover funny books)

New DC announcements. I'm honestly kind of bummed New Teen Titans is going in the omni direction rather than more finest.

Would it be a bad idea to storytime a 200+ page comic tomorrow/during the weekend given it's gonna be SDCC which means Storytime of Pain season?

>>149523270
Which comic

>>149523270
Story times are always appreciated if you're up for it. Not sure why you're asking here though but some anons have posted FAR longer tales

>>149523396
Fucking morons are now lumping issues together for new storytimes. We need more comic book threads, not less. Some complete faggots are against this idea. They must be the ones making the spam threads.

>>149523872
>Fucking morons are now lumping issues together for new storytimes
What's the problem?

>>149522547
>Our Pal Sal was
You made me check to see if his Wikipedia article had was or is in the opening sentence

>>149523175
Let's see.
New books:
>Animal Man by Tom Veitch and Steve Dillon Compendium
>Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham Deluxe Edition
>Batman: Universe Deluxe Edition
>Booster Gold: The Complete 2007 Series Book 3
>Catwoman: The New 52 Omnibus Vol 1
>DC Finest: Batman: A Death in the Family
>DC Finest: Green Arrow: The Trial of Oliver Queen
>DC Finest: The Flash: Fastest Man Dead
>DC Finest: Justice League of America: Starro the Conqueror
>DC Finest: Western Vol 1
>The Flash: Road to Rebirth Omnibus
>Hellblazer by Paul Jenkins and Sean Phillips Omnibus
>Shade the Changing Man Omnibus Vol 2
>Swamp Thing by Rick Veitch Book 3: Time Upon a Once
>Tom Strong Compendium 2
And reprints:
>Absolute Daytripper
>Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol 3
>Green Arrow: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol 1
>The Joker: The Bronze Age Omnibus
>LoSH: Five Years Later Omnibus Vol 2
>Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus
>Supergirl: Being Super
>Supergirl: Bizarrogirl
>New Teen Titans Omnibus Vol 2

I'm sure there's more to come in the next few days. This is all pencilled in for like March 2026 right now.

>>149523175
>>149524427
>I'm honestly kind of bummed New Teen Titans is going in the omni direction rather than more finest.
Also meant to add, the Teen Titans omnibus line has been around for a while. They just haven't reprinted much of it aside from Vol 1 in years.

>>149524427
I feel like that GOTTA HAVE MY BATMAN comic but I never collected it before and so I'm excited to see more in the DCF line

I kinda wanna see the Knightfall story in DCF because I grew up reading that but the huge paperback omnis for it are dirt cheap except the prelude

>>149524427
No new Lobo huh....

>>149524427
>Hellblazer by Paul Jenkins and Sean Phillips Omnibus
What does this collect in full?

>>149524571
Life's a bastich.

>>149523175
I still haven't gotten around to buying that, mostly because it's literally the only DC Finest that hasn't dipped under $29 every time I look

Which I assume means it's selling great? How do these work?

>>149524580
No idea off the top of my head, or from the catalog. There's no contents given for these entries yet.

>>149523872
>Fucking morons are now lumping issues together for new storytimes
okay? And? They're still sharing comics.
> We need more comic book threads, not less.
I don't disagree but this is more an issue of cartoon fag relentless spamming

>>149524571
Same
I got a big soft spot for this run of Lobo l, mainly because I grew up with it, wouldn't mind having it in the same format as the other big volume they released

>>149524595
I'm just wondering how Hellblazer is getting collected omnibus wise. Since they started with Garth Ennis omnibus which has gaps for issues Ennis didn't write. Then they did two Delano omnis but the second omni has stories he wrote which were published far after his original run, meaning huge gaps. And now they have Jenkins omni but I think there are issues Jenkins didn't write between his issues (but maybe Phillips did do the art on those issues).

So rather than just chronological print all Hellblazer in omnibus format we are getting creator led omnis with gaps.

Which gives me flashbacks to when Marvel had creator only omnis which were rather pointless affairs.

>>149524944
Ennis Omnibus:
>Hellblazer #41–50, 52–83, 129–131, Special #1
>"Tainted Love" from Vertigo Jam #1
Heartland
>"All Those Little Girls and Boys" from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #2
Delano 1:
>Hellblazer #1–22, Annual #1
>Swamp Thing (Vol. 2) #65–77
>The Sandman #3
Delano 2:
>Hellblazer #23-40, 84, 250
>The Horrorist #1-2
>Hellblazer Special: Bad Blood #1-4
>Vertigo Secret Files: Hellblazer #1
Weird they didn't include Pandemonium story he did in 2010? Jenkins omni should cover Hellblazer #89–128. But yeah looks like there will be gaps.

>>149525100
What a mess

I really wish DC would put out Messner Loebs Flash omni 2. Waid and Johns get the hype but this was my flash book

>>149525100
>Ennis misses out Issue 51
Well I think Sean Phillips did issue 51 so it might be in the Jenkins and Phillips omnibus. Pretty funny if you have to go back and forth between the two.

>>149524571
I imagine they will release it a little after the Supergirl movie just like they did with the Terrifics compendium for the Superman movie.