/shelf/core edition
>What are you currently reading?
>What are your recent pickups?
>What are the best books /shelf/ has recommended to you?
>What books would you recommend to /shelf/?

Old pasta:
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Upcoming Omnibus/Hardcovers:
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I will finally stop being lazy and take legible close ups of mine if this thread is still up later. Haven't since moving everything into this corner.

>>149778619
I have this 2000AD partworks too.

I'm considering buying old floppies as a cheap hobby, and because scans and recolors online suck

>>149777976 (OP)
RIP Ed Piskor

>>149777976 (OP)
>What are you currently reading?
Rom. I finished the first Romnibus and started on the second. I'd already seen on /co/ the story with Galactus, but it was still an interesting showing when Rom managed to trick him.
Now I've seen Rom help push Rogue away from villainy, another thing people on /co/ talked about but that feels very different when I'm reading it in the context of the story. Rom is surprisingly good.
Also Hybrid is creepier than I would've expected from a comic from this era, he's openly talking about forcing all these women to give birth to his offspring and somehow the CCA or Marvel editorial didn't have a problem with it?
I recommend Rom.

I guess /shelf/ is just dead...

>>149777976 (OP)
>foreword by patton oswalt
But why?

I’m just finished pic related. I really enjoyed Dimwood. Superman was very entertaining.
I’m looking forward to picking up Rowlf and I backed The Nexus Omnibus Kickstarter.
>>149779984
Yeah, I really dug that first omnibus from beginning to end.
>>149779391
Amen
>>149780883
I can’t speak for anyone else, but Marvel has pretty much reprinted everything I wanted from them. Titan has slowed the Savage Sword of Conan reprints down to a reasonable pace.
I’m moving toward buying a lot more euro and indy stuff, but the Nexus KS took my August comics budget. No regrets.
>>149781026
It can’t be any worse than Roy Thomas seething with envy, stealing credit, making excuses for himself or damming with faint praise.
Never read the forward.

>>149781126
Nexus has a kickstarter?

>>149781145
Seems like a worthwhile endeavor actually
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/big-studios/nexus-deluxe-hardcover-omnibus-volume-one

Here's my recent gets.
>>149779382
I've been doing going to a local comic shop and scouring the dollar bins for stuff lately, been finding a lot of stuff that hasn't been reprinted or just looks awful in the reprints.

>>149781169
Okay so I can't get this book anymore since the campaign is over or what?

>>149781145
Yeah, pic related is the cover I got. I think it’s over, but a lot of these Kick Starters will take a preorder when the Kickstarter is over, but you can preorder it from Baron’s site https://baroncomics.com/

>>149781226
See>>149781249

>>149781212
Tell me about that Avengers book, anon. It looks cool af.

>>149781126
>>149781169
>>149781249
Looks like I'll have to find a couple extra Benjamins someplace lol
Thanks for letting me know about this, this is the kind of shit I come here for. Definitely Cover A for me.

>>149781292
I’m not even sure how I found out about it.

Anyone have the Terry and the Pirates Master Collections? Currently trying to track down the extra volume (v13) that came with v1.
>>149779984
Love Rom, simple as.
>>149777976 (OP)
>What are you currently reading?
Krazy Kat dailies 1913-14
>What are your recent pickups?
^ and The Second Coming of Elmo, waiting on the second volume of Kamui. Just ordered "Art Out of Time" by Nadel.
>What books would you recommend to /shelf/?
Definitely Cecil Jensen's Elmo, great strips.

>>149781286
Newest Marvel book from Abrams Marvel Arts line of original graphic novels intended for the book market after Alex Ross's Fantastic Four: Full Circle and The Super Hero's Journey. This one's written by Chip Kidd and drawn by Michael Cho. Nice to see Cho doing interiors again since all he seems to do lately are DC Golden Age Omnibus covers and style guides.

>>149777976 (OP)
I went to two lcs and neither had any judge dredd. Major disappoint. My shelf is too weak to show.

>>149781400
I need it.

This is the final bump

the only thing I bought in the past two months is the Beasts of Burden Omnibus/Compendium. I might be fading out of comics for a few years again.

>>149780883
It's not dead, these threads do better on the weekday than on a Saturday, that's the problem. I assume most /shelf/ posters are older and actually have shit to do on the weekend than post on /co/.

>>149781126
I've read Murkey World and am reading The Den, I like both books but they are quite similar. Is Dimwood much different?
>>149781400
Looks cool, learning these books existed is why I like shelf so much

The Compleat Angler is the latest thing I got. Would recommend, especially for fish lovers.

>>149783684
Yeah, Dimwood is a gothic story. It couldn’t really be any more different.

>>149777976 (OP)
Just ordered a copy of Superman: The Exile the other day because I saw it was finally going out on my usual sites so had to order it from some unknown 3rd party seller on Amazon just to get a decent price.
I hate the FOMO that drives this market

I got Batman/Wildcat today. I don't know if it is any good, but I picked it up because Wildcat is cool.

Same as it ever was

>>149785893
Same as it ever was

>>149785946
Same as it ever was

>>149785975
Same as it ever was.

Not pictured;
All three of the Absolute Swamp Thing omnis, Batman Hush, Zot, Hellblazer by delano omni 2, and V for Vendetta

>>149786032
1 and 2*

Will buy TinTin collection when my money comes in and waiting for SMT 2. Also very hyped the announced the Paul Jenkins' Hellblazer omni!

>>149785893
>>149785946
>>149785975
>>149786032
Where is that oversized hardcover?
This is not my beautiful shelf!
These are not my beautiful books!

>>149786083
HAH?

>>149784670
Exile is great, imo. It's the first Superman book I ever picked up. I was already a fan of Jurgens and Stern and I love superheroes in space, so I took a chance and did a blind buy. It made me a fan of the character.

>>149783684
I think the second Den book, Muvovum is the best one.

>>149777976 (OP)
>>What are you currently reading?
Minor Arcana - pretty good, I've always liked Jeff's character studies
Beverly by Nick Drnaso - not very appealing to me, these cold indie books really dont click
20th Century Boys - buying the first few volumes for a series reread
>>What are your recent pickups?
Steel Ball Run vol 2
>>What are the best books /shelf/ has recommended to you?
Astro City
>>What books would you recommend to /shelf/?
The Bus, you can order it autographed directly from him on Ebay

>>149782315
>>149782315
I'll give you one

I was thinking of looking up the tie-in comics for BTAS and STAS in Amazon since they are doing a sale, and figured I would ask how are they? I liked the shows when I was kid and the comics look like they would be fun.
Also any other comics like them? Would like some more recommendations since I never really read much comics.

Anyone disappointed that I stead of new Legion shit we are just getting the the TMK omnibuses reissued,?

>>149789178
They really good. Lot of good talent on those books. I have the Batman Adventures Omnibus and its a really good looking, well out together book.

>>149789459
Yes. I have 5yl already and this is like the third fucking reprint.
>>149789178
The BtAS omni is fucking great. I just read the Superman Adventures compendium and I loved that one too.

>>149789178
There’s also a Batman and Robin Adventures omnibus which is good.
For something similar, I’d suggest Dan Jurgens’ Thor run but the omnibus is currently out of print.

>>149781126
>Never read the forward.
Unless the forward is by someone who actually worked on the comic, I never read them. If it's by the author, artists, or editor then I read them.

>>149786032
Are any of the non-Moore Swamp Thing comics worth reading? Specifically from the 70s to mid 90s.

>>149792056
At least read the original Len Wein / Berni Wrightson run.

i want to sell my collection. any tips ?

>>149793356
I'll buy them for $1 + shipping costs.

Just a heads up but Udon are finally reprinting this fucker in November.

>>149791982
For me, it's Steve Englehart's forewords.
He's always informative and detailed about how he and his collaborators came up with their stories, even though he's recollecting decades later.

>>149777976 (OP)
>What are you currently reading?
Dixon Nightwing Compendium 2
>What are your recent pickups?
Absolute Batman, Peter David Aquaman Omni, and a used Scott Pilgrim 20th anniversary box set for $45 at a rummage sale

>>149778643
cute life is strange picture

>>149777976 (OP)
The only two comics I have at the moment. Planning on getting the Bone series at some point

>>149796282
A small but diverse collection.

>>149777976 (OP)
Is Shakespeare In Comics in black and white?

>>149781126
>Roy Thomas seething with envy, stealing credit, making excuses for himself or damming with faint praise

this poster is delusional

>>149792056
ST v1 #1-14 (the Lein/Wrightson run) is well loved but a bit generic and lacks focus plotwise. Avoid the second half of the run like the plague.

The Plasko run is underrated and the last 4-5 issues are pretty crucial to understand the Moore run.

Veitch has his moments but between the forced Hellblazer crossover stuff and the BS time travel arc, it's skippable.

Doug Wheeler does a decent job wrapping up the Veitch storylines in acceptable fashion and finalizes Arcane's transformation into a demon. But the lengthy fungus war arc is where a lot of hate for Wheeler comes from.

Nancy Collins's run is underrated and worth buying as it's basically the Moore run but more mainstream friendly. Sadly the ending is super depressing due to editorial demanding Abby/ST break up so Grant Morrison/Mark Millar could do a more horror themed run.

Morrison/Millar's run is blah. It's highly serialized and has a lot of edgelord shit in it that makes it groanworthy. And that's not counting the ghostwriting rumors. Still, it's the last good ST run and everything after that is dogshit.

>>149796286
Thanks. I adore Nancy so I just had to get at least one collection of the strips, and I hope to get more in the future, and I've always been curious about KLH so I decided to buy and check it out (pretty solid story). I remember reading Bone and The Mask at a friends house years, so I really want to get those at some point. I was a little annoyed that the comics in the Nancy collection were out of order in terms of date, with a lot of them organized based on subject matter, but I honestly don't mind. I just feels great to have Nancy around with me in person

where do you guys get your comics? Do you guys go to comic shops or book stores or what?

>>149785946
>Darwin cooke

>>149796374
Order them online because there aren't any stores I could physically buy them at. I could get some manga volumes at the grocery store I guess but that's about it as far as physical goes. I live in the boons, even the nearest movie theater is 40 minutes away a town over.

Haven't posted in a /shelf/ thread for a year. Been sitting on these photos of some comics I found for sale on a trip to Montreal. 1/4

Montreal 2/4

Montreal 3/4

Montreal 4/4

This was from a different shop during my latest trip. Montreal has great comic shops with. You can find some real gems. Barcelona is quite good as well, but that's probably more due to their publishers keeping comics in print.

>>149796505
Nice haul, especially the EC books.

You guys are being really cool this thread so redpill me on which Terry Moore book I should get into
>Strangers in Paradise
>Echo
>Rachel Rising

>>149796883
I'd personally start with Echo and leave Rachel Rising for the end.
Echo is the shortest and doesn't have any spin-offs, so it's just 30 issues straight.
I wasn't too much of a fan of Rachel Rising but I don't like horror-ish media in general.

>>149796918
Complete Echo it is

>>149796883
I thought Rachael rising was ok.
Strangers in Paradise wasn’t my bag.
I haven’t read echo
I think his art is much better than his writing.

>>149796861
Sorry, correction. I just came across these in stores, I didn't buy them. If you're in Montreal you should be able to pick them up.

>>149796883
My Terry Moore shelf.

I'd say yes, start with Echo, then Strangers in Paradise. I did also like Rachel Rising and it's Serial spin-off, but I recognise I'm probably a bit biased. I'd save them for after though.

Just be aware that Strangers in Paradise starts out seeming like a slice of life type story, but does turn into a drama about organised crime. I really liked it.

>>149797671
Also I liked Rachel Rising enough to buy some original art.

>>149797671
Huh, I didn't last until the organized crime stuff. It's been quite some time but I think I stopped after the wedding in Hawaii. Is there even a wedding in Hawaii?

>>149797679
That is some nice, crisp art. Kind of what attracted me to Terry Moore. That and him having had all that creative control over his work as a self-publisher, like a Dave Sim without the schizophrenia from what I gather.

>>149797753
>him having had all that creative control over his work
Yeah, it's just him and his wife running his studio. She handles the shipping of stuff they sell.

>>149797750
I think you're remembering the wedding of the fat best friend. Honestly she's probably the weaker part of the story for me. I'd say give it another try some time if you can find it online or something, if you never made it as far as finding out about the Parker Girls and Kachoo's past. Pic related became one of the best character's in the story.

>>149780883
If only.

>>149797882
That's a buff girl. If it is a girl.

>>149797679
>>149797671
Even as someone who doesn’t enjoy his writing (mainly SIP and PS) terry’s art is always nice to look at

>>149778643
Neat.

How are DC's compendiums? So they feel cheap and flimsy?

>>149800093
Nah, they're great. My one complaint is that Starman Compendiums 1 and 2 used different paperstock and aren't perfectly, autistically uniform as a result. Compendiums are one of the best trends in comic book collecting.

>>149800093
I own a couple and they feel good to me. No complaints with any of them.

>>149778643
i wish i could get em. but they don't sell them outside the UK

>>149778643
>>149795709
>Life is Strange

bump

Sweet, monthly shelf. I went to see Fantastic Four last week and got Secret Wars. Cool as fuck cover

>>149796515
You just know that when you open that book, those signatures will rip themselves out of the spine.

Crom will not be pleased.

>>149796334
Yeah, it looks cool. I haven't got around to reading it so I can't say too much, I just bought it because /co/ told me to and forgot I had it

>>149800876
Nice.

>>149796505
You should have bought the set of Absolute Sandmans, even though they're the recolors.

>>149792824
>>149796341
So basically just read vol 1 & 2, and then stop. I kinda had that feeling.

>>149800093
I've got two and I like them just fine.
>>149777976 (OP)
>What are you currently reading?
I finished up a reread of Prophet last night. I lost he thread the first time I read it and I'm glad I did it all in one go this time. It also helped to read all of the Strikefile and History of the Earth Empire stuff.

Any characters you hope get a DC Finest soon? I want an Elongated Man one.

>>149802879
Jonah Hex
Either the 70's series or the pre-52 Grey/Palmiotti series.

>>149800166
They're releasing pretty much all the content as standalone volumes anyway. A no brainer really, they've tidied them up for this release anyway, might as well slap a new cover on them and keep them in print.

>>149777976 (OP)
>foreword by Patton Oswalt
I wish his fat unfunny ass would die already
Bump

>>149796286
I got the joke

>>149796509
That reminds me of how I blew $120 on the Picto Fiction EC Comics box set and hated it. Why the hell are the EC Comic titles only available in obscenely overpriced hardcovers?

>>149797671
I really need to upgrade my SIP trades. I have v1-2 and the first two V3 trades but everything else save for the infamous high school arc in V3, is the manga sized omnibuses format which on its several issues (most notably the Freddy Solo story that starts his redemption arc).

>>149797750
V2 ends with Freddy and Casey marrying in Hawaii.

The crime shit is introduced in V2 and I Dream of You (V2 1-9). In general the book alternated between romantic drama and crime stuff every other arc.

I sadly never read the twelve part 25th anniversary series because from what I've heard, it's pretty much a full on John Clancy story with Katchoo as Jack Ryan fighting a renegade Parker Girl turned terrorist who wants to unleash a bio weapon onto the world.

>>149800093
>typically collect as many issues as an omnibus, often a little more, sometimes with better mapping
>on good thick paper stock
>for a fraction of the price
I love em so much

>>149781400
not bad

How was the Jurgens Action Comics rebirth era? I was eyeing the new omni release. Or might grab some of the trades. Honestly I'm pretty happy that Supes is getting a lot more collected editions.

>>149805139
>tfw no HC of Superman: Peace on Earth
>tfw no Superman Annual #11 facsimile release
The fuck are you doing DC?

>>149805175
>>tfw no HC of Superman: Peace on Earth
That got an absolute with all it's sibling stories

>>149805239
The only one of those I care about is Shazam: Power of Hope...which got a HC release!

Unalive /shelf/.

I'm still waiting for my copy of Fantastic Four Epic Collection vol 12, but unless I'm forgetting something vital that will pretty much complete F4 insofar as I want to collect it.

>>149807007

>>149807022
>The Girl from the Other Side
How'd you like that? I started reading it and remember liking it, but never followed through.

>>149807022
>>149807128
I really enjoyed it, though probably more for the art and atmosphere then the story, although I did like the story.

>>149807310

>>149807325

>>149805175
>>tfw no Superman Annual #11 facsimile release
I'm seriously ready to drop $40 on a copy of it (even though I have it in The Greatest Superman Stories and The DC Stories of Alan Moore).

>>149807379
I'm honestly not sure what to think about facsimiles. On the one hand as a collector I know it's basically just a repro but I do see the appeal in just reprinting older issues just to have them out there.

>>149796515
God that Colossal Conan is a beast

I ordered Corben’s Rowlf about two minutes ago.

>>149795062
fuck yea thank you

>>149807379
$40? Where the fuck are you going to buy it from for that obscene price? Mile High Comics?

(Also you should note that the last couple of printings of DCSOAM don't include any of his Superman stuff as they've been moved to the WHTTMOT trade)

>>149809298
Not him but my lcs had a pretty big sale a while back. Really wish I took better advantage

Go to shelf

>>149805139
It was pretty decent. Tomasi's Superman was all about Clark and Jon and father/son hijinks, while Jurgan's Action was a more traditional Superman book with Lex and the Daily Planet. Sadly, there is a bunch of issues spent smoothing over the restoration of the Post-Crisis Superman lore and the ending is a huge nothing burger due to the Oz/Jor-El storyline having zero ending and Action Comics #1000's main story basically being a shoot the shaggy dog story where a mystery man in a suit of armor tries to kill Clark only for him to turn out to be a time traveling and terminally ill Lex Luthor, who dies in Superman's arms, effectively ending the run with the downer note of Superman knowing Lex's redemption won't last (and Superman hiding the identity of the guy in the suit from present day Lex).

>>149810924
Hey, shelf you too pal

>>149804031
EC Comics has long been the domain of wealthy boomer nerds who can afford paying half a grand and up for a single back issue. The slipcase HCs were made for whales who had big bucks but couldn't afford or have access to anyone selling old EC Comics and even then, the fuckers were in black and white; it wouldn't be until the early 90s that affordable color reprints were available let alone at decent prices.

That said, why did you fucking blind buy the set? Or did you fall for the hype of how the Picto-Fiction books are among the rarest of the rare EC Comics, outside the 3-D specials?

>>149811200
What's the best way to get into One Piece? The 3-in-1 collections or the single volumes?

>>149811211
The 3 in 1 collections have thinner paper and skip some of the front and back piece art bits and recaps/notes from the writer.

But the bigger issue is what's easier for you to buy. One Piece has like 110 volumes last I checked with no end in sight. So would 36 plus volumes be easier to afford or 110 volumes?

>>149777976 (OP)
We don't

>>149811211
I would just pirate it, pun intended. If you want to collect it, the box sets seem to be the best purchase. They have the single volumes which have better paper quality supposedly and they have some extras.
Here's a video that goes over it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJwNnxpC6Q4

>>149811200
In europe they sell paperback EC comics which seem reasonably affordable. The hardcovers, I have a handful of those artist specific hardcovers but they are also only like $25 at most and are quite nice but I also prefer the black and white so I am biased

>>149778619
Nerd

>>149811840
The EC collections I saw in Barcelona were great. Way better coloring than Dark Horse. I was quite jelly.

Is the first Swamp thing run worth buying? Also bump

>>149800876
This actually pisses me off. The Italian language originals are full color.

>>149813182
Wein and Wrightson? Absolutely. The rest of volume 1 and the pre-Moore volume 2 are only stuff I'd recommend for complentionists.

>>149778619
>I will finally stop being lazy and take legible close ups
It took a few days but I finally did it.

>>149813365

>>149813372

>>149813352
Yeah that one. The absolute edition is pretty cheap imc so might as well buy It. I like how the book looks like its all muddy like its rotting away

>>149813383
And a "too big for kallax" shelf.

>>149813389
And manga which I definitely can't be bothered doing close ups for.

>>149813388
It's a very nice Absolute. One of the times a recolour has been a genuine improvement over what was already available; the Absolute is closer to the original colours than any of the trades we've had since.

>>149811211
Box sets

>>149813463
Sure, if you're happy to stop at volume 90 and wait until like 2028 for the next set.

>>149811211
Move to Japan where you can buy all volumes for like 50 bucks

>>149796356
Based big dimes Nancy

>>149796883
Nothing. He fucking sucks.

>>149813705
This is the kind of high quality discussion I come to /shelf/ for

>>149813389
Is that Extremity? Good lord.
I need to read that. I loved Murder Falcon.

>>149813389
I really like Extremity but I couldn't justify that big ass version. Looks sick though.
>>149813402
>Persona 4 soundtrack
Yeah im thinking based

>>149814307
It's an all timer. Still his best I reckon.
>>149814398
>Yeah im thinking based
It's just the freebie that came with P4A. Shelf filler until I have more books to slot in.

>>149814555
>It's just the freebie that came with P4A. Shelf filler until I have more books to slot in.
Ah I see. Still pretty cool.

Fuck off.

Remember the /shelf/ motto

>>149814225
He's a bald faggot making low T lame bullshit. Is that better for you?

>>149816369
You know who else is a bald faggot? Jim Starlin.

>>149816495
True

>>149777976 (OP)
>the question
I Never seen the character outside of JLU and the tie-in movies, where can I find more comics on the minor DC heroes?

>>149816867
JSA has a lot of lesser known heroes in it

>>149816867
52

>>149817311
Garbage.

>>149816867
Giffen era had a pretty wild line up. I do really miss when teams could be this outlandish. I feel like ever since Disassembled flagship teams meant only flagship characters

bump

>>149777976 (OP)
update the damn links

>>149820308
It's over...

>>149821520
It hasn't been a very aggressive month purchase wise

>>149819097
i wish they would do a third volume of these jli trades

>>149821520
Gotta keep it alive since we only have 1 thread per month
>>149822132
Mine will arrive on latter half of this month so we wait

Just wanted to give this a final pop