What Do I Have to Read?

[jclaus]

Okay, so I was doing some cleaning today and started pulling out the comic related materials still waiting to be read. I thought it might be interesting to see what other Pipeliners have in their piles.

comics
STRANGERS IN PARADISE Pocket Books Nos. 1 & 2
JOHN CARTER, WARLORD OF MARS (Marvel '77) Nos.11-14,16-17,20,24-26
X-MEN (1960's) No. 51
BRAVE AND THE BOLD (1960's) No. 38
DC SHOWCASE (1960's) No. 83
CAPTAIN CLOCKWORK tpb
AVENGERS/DEFENDERS WAR premiere edition
ARMAGEDDON & SON (Oni Press)
ZATANNA'S SEARCH (DC)
THE WAR THAT TIME FORGOT (DC Showcase)
THE DREAMER (Will Eisner)
TIME MASTERS (DC) tpb
THE VICTORIAN (Penny Farthing Press) tpb
LIGHTNING LADY tpb (web comic compilation)

magazines
BACK ISSUE Nos. 25, 28-29
COMIC BOOK ARTIST No. 20
COMICS BUYER'S GUIDE No. 1638

books
MODERN MASTERS Vol. 9 - Mike Wieringo
MODERN MASTERS Vol. 14 - Frank Cho
MODERN MASTERS Vol. 18 - John Romita, Jr.
OUR GODS WEAR SPANDEX by Christopher Knowles
FIVE DECADES OF EARTH'S MIGHTIEST ASSEMBLED
DC COMICS GUIDE TO COLORING AND LETTERING by Mark Chiarello/Todd Klein
REFLECTING CULTURE: THE EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN COMIC BOOK SUPER HEROES - Montclair Art Museum

[mgs]

ummm..some of this stuff came out years ago? why the wait? O.o

[pmpknface]

I'm carrying American Flagg HC Vol 1 and Kirby's OMAC HC with me, but I have abotu 6-7 manga vol's at home, a new Golden Age Cap Masterworks, 1 vol BONE, and a few other tpb's.

Oh, and about 5-6 long boxes full of unread comics. ;)

[mgs]

you people and your crazy collecting (i.e., not enjoying) tendencies!! ;P

[torippu]

I've got way too much stuff on my STACK:

Collected Stuff
Justice League International HC Vol. 1
Watchmen TPB
Y The Last Man TPB Vol. 10
DMZ TPB Vol. 4~5
Powers TPB Vol. 1
Fables TPB Vol. 1~4
Tech Jacket TPB
100 Bullets TPB Vol. 11

Single Issues
Action Comics 844~846, 851, 855~868, Annual 1 - yes, the whole Geoff Johns run
El Cazador #1~6, Blackjack Tom One-Shot - picked up cheap from eBay
Groo: Hell on Earth #1~4 - this has been sitting around so long that I should probably convert to trades for this series

Books
Patriot Acts - Greg Rucka

[pmpknface]

I've gotta ge the last Blade of the Immortal back from a buddy so I can read it. I think I gave him the Y vol 10 too. I've been carrying the Foolkiller and Man Thing tpb's around for a week too. Soooo many issue to catch up to.

[jclaus]

this has been sitting around so long

Trip - that is exactly what surprised me as I looked at my pile. why were some things sitting around for so long?!

[torippu]

Trip - that is exactly what surprised me as I looked at my pile. why were some things sitting around for so long?!

My big problem is that I will try and sit down and read stuff and end up not even cracking open the book. That's partly why I am starting to think that it's time to convert to trades or not read at all.

As I typed out this response, I remembered that I have the WANTED TPB and about 6~8 volumes of USAGI YOJIMBO sitting in my closet. I really need to stop buying books until I have finished reading everything that I have lying around the house!

[pmpknface]

As I typed out this response, I remembered that I have the WANTED TPB and about 6~8 volumes of USAGI YOJIMBO sitting in my closet. I really need to stop buying books until I have finished reading everything that I have lying around the house!

If I did that I wouldn't by anything for a year! I just like to buy back issues in giant runs, so that's why I have so many. I also like to get stuff like Masterworks and Essentials while I can get good discounts on them. I get to all the trades I buy, eventually, it just takes time.

[dancj]

I have a ridiculous amount of stuff waiting to be read including (but by no means limited to)

The complete run of Nexus (bar about 1 issue)
Savage Dragon vols 1-10 and 15
All of GTO
about 6 standard volumes and two pocketbooks of Strangers in Paradise
All of Planetes
All of Eagle (the Japanese one)
Buddha v3-5+8
Gyo
Museum of Terror v2-3
about 4 volumes of Blade of the Immortal
100 Bullets v6-8 (I've decided to wait till I've got the whole lot before reading any more)
52 v1-2
American Virgin v2-3
Battle Angel Alita v2-6 and Last Order v1-3
Beanworld v1
Cartoon History of the Universe v2
About 4 "Big Books" (the paradox press ones)
Cerebus v12
A couple of volumes of Cities of the Fantastic
DMZ v3
Eden: It's an Endless World v3-6
a couple of Ghost Rider books
Gloom Cookie v2-3
Grendel Black White and Red
Grendel/Batman 2
2 or 3 Hellblazer volumes
All of Howard the Duck Magazine except #9
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files v2-6 and 8
Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service v1-3
Mail v1-3
Marvel Team-Up v1
Wild Palms
The Maxx v1-3 + 5-6
a couple of Metebarons volumes
Grifter/Midnighter
Mome v2,4,5,7,8
New Avengers v4
Queen and Country v6-7
Ranma 1/2 v 3-6 + 8-12
about 3 volumes of Robin
Rubber Blanket 1+3
Spider-Girl v3-6
Testament v2-3
Thor Visionaries/Legends (they flip back and forth) v3
Ultimate Spider-Man v12-15 + 18
Usagi Yojimbo v1-2

and many many more....

[pmpknface]

All of Eagle (the Japanese one)
Buddha v3-5+8
Thor Visionaries/Legends (they flip back and forth) v3
I'm jealous! :)

Marvel Team-Up v1
The essential? or the Kirkman trade?

Spider-Girl v3-6
I'm all caught up on my vol's!

[dancj]

I'm jealous! :)
Don't be too jealous. The reason I haven't read the Thor one is that I haven't got volume 2 yet...

The essential? or the Kirkman trade?
The Kirkman one

[pmpknface]

Don't be too jealous. The reason I haven't read the Thor one is that I haven't got volume 2 yet...

The Kirkman one

Ok. I have the Thor vols 1,2,4,5! They really didn't solicit for #3 and it had a low print run. Look at what this is going for on Amazon!!! (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/078511047X/ref=sr_1_olp_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219839965&sr=1-1) There isn't even one up on ebay. I've been holding on to #'s 4-5 until I get vol 3. How crappy is that!?!?! However, according to an old Marvel previews (I think it was when either 4 or 5 was solicited for) it had a small print comment that vol's 2 & 3 were going to be out again soon. So be on the lookout for them!

Enjoy the Kirkman book. It's ok. Not outstanding, but fun.

[dancj]

I'm approaching the Kirkman book with a bit of trepidation.

I've heard is Ultimate X-Men is terrible and the Marvel stuff I've read by him was Captain America: Civil War (terrible) and The Irrideemable Ant Man (good) so it could go either way...

[pmpknface]

Actually, I rather liked his Ultimate X-Men run. The Cable / Prof X / Sinister / Apoclaypse thing was pretty good!

I was more peeved that 94 (his last ish) ends, and 95 starts in a totally different place.

[dancj]

Actually, I rather liked his Ultimate X-Men run. The Cable / Prof X / Sinister / Apoclaypse thing was pretty good!
Wow - that's an opinion I haven't heard before. How did you find his Captain America?

[pmpknface]

It was eh... I think it was only 4 issues, part of the dissambeled time - but had nothing to do with it. There were some LMD's involved, and a few fun turns, but I'd recommend a dozed other Cap stories before that one.

I also was not a fan of Dave Johnson's covers.

[De Carabas]

I also was not a fan of Dave Johnson's covers.

Awwww... issue #29 is one of my favorite Cap covers! Hated the run, but loved that cover.

Oh, and if you haven't read the Wieringo Modern Masters volume yet, then don't. It'll just make you sad. Really sad. I know, I just finished it Friday on the train/bus ride home.

EM

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

Am reading THE FLASH COMPANION now from TwoMorrows, which is notable for its lack of a Mike Wieringo interview. Mark Waid does a nice tribute to him, though.

What I've read of the rest of the book is stellar, though. I'm sticking with the more modern FLASH era, but it's all really good. Waid talks about his attempt to guide the Wally West ship a second time, but honestly calls it a complete failure. There's a lot of pages devoted to his great IMPULSE run. Good stuff.

-Augie

[torippu]

What I've read of the rest of the book is stellar, though. I'm sticking with the more modern FLASH era, but it's all really good. Waid talks about his attempt to guide the Wally West ship a second time, but honestly calls it a complete failure.

-Augie

It is good to hear that he thinks so as well. Reading the Rogues' Revenge mini-series has longing for the days when The Flash was my favorite monthly title.

[torippu]

And I have done it again. Instead of reading something off of my unread pile, I purchased ALL-STAR SUPERMAN TPB Vol. 1 and CAPTAIN AMERICA: OPERATION REBIRTH TPB this week. For some reason, I have a good feeling that there is a better chance that these books get read as soon as they arrive.