Advance Warning: The Twelve Days of Classic Comics Christmas 2012

[MRP]

I have about 20 I am looking at and trying pare done to 12. 3 are reprint series. 13 are DC, 3 Marvel and 4 other publishers.
-M

[hondobrode]

It's funny, because I'm actually trying to find other titles besides DC to include. It would be pretty easy for me to just stick with DC, but I want to give some attention to other publishers besides the big two.

My tastes are pretty broad, but DC is what I come back to again and again more than any other. Having said that, I'm surprised only 4 of my picks are DC.

I'm also surprised now that I look, that there are no Marvels.

4 are reprints.

[berk]

went up to my attic and pulled out about 30 sets of runs that qualify. Now comes the fun part, reading them to see what's in .

I'm hoping I'll have time to re-read at least some of my candidates before making any final decisions since it's been quite a few years since I've last read any of them. If not, I'll just have to rely on my not always trustworthy memories.

[icctrombone]

I'm hoping I'll have time to re-read at least some of my candidates before making any final decisions since it's been quite a few years since I've last read any of them. If not, I'll just have to rely on my not always trustworthy memories.

Wow, I suddenly find the task a bit daunting. Of the 30, I will just skim through the ones that I know are making the list. I always like to provide scans of pages so that will likely be my focus. It's a busy time of year for me and I'm wiped out in the evening.

[dan bailey]

your selections' final issue must have appeared in print prior to January 1, 2003.

Any ideas as to how to determine this? I'm looking, for instance, at a certain 4-issue series the final ish of which Lone Star lists as "Published March 2003." If this were Marvel or DC or I'm sure one of the larger indies, that (a) probably means a cover date of 3/03, which (b) in turn translates to actual publication in probably November or December 2002.

Is that true for all non-fly-by-night publishers, period? In this instance, the outfit in question is Oni Press.

[dan bailey]

there's no way I'll be able to squeeze The Maze Agency into this year's criteria.

Well, there's the 3-issue incarnation that Caliber put out in '97 ...

[Cei-U!]

Any ideas as to how to determine this?

Hrm, good question! Howzabout we say the final issue must be cover-dated no later than December 2002? I'll change the OP accordingly.

Cei-U!
I summon the fine tuning!

[dan bailey]

No, no, no ... The correct answer is:

"Dan can choose whatever the heck he wants to, based on whatever half-assed justifications he feels like bothering to come up with."

[Cei-U!]

It occurs to me after rereading this thread that I need to make obvious what I'd hoped to keep implicit: the inclusion of reprint titles was an intentional cheat so that certain runs that were otherwise ineligible could be included. It's there to help, not hinder. Throw all the caveats about crappy recoloring in that your heart desires but please don't cheat yourself out of a preferred choice.

Cei-U!
I summon the workaround!

[dan bailey]

I do own Brother Power the Geek 3. The last time I tried to take a picture of it my camera lense broke and my computer shut itself down for 6 months. If I can post and scanthis time I do expect this series to be eligible! ;)

Even more startlingly, the ramifications of your efforts extended all the way to the middle of Alabama, where my own computer was shut down for a similar period.

Cei-U! might want to reconsider this arbitrary & capricious requirement. We could all be knocked offline for long stretches.

[JKCarrier]

the inclusion of reprint titles was an intentional cheat so that certain runs that were otherwise ineligible could be included. It's there to help, not hinder.

Which is appreciated. But it still feels like cheating to me, so I'm trying to avoid it. In fact, if I can manage it, I'd like to avoid mini-series as well, and make my list out of nothing but prematurely cancelled titles. Note that I'm not suggesting anyone else limit themselves this way...it's strictly my own peculiar brand of masochism when assembling these lists. ;-)

[DubipR]

Can we get a final rundown of the rules and regulations before we start posting?
I'm in for this.... I need to look into my collection and figure this one out.

[dan bailey]

I just discovered that the final issue of an 8-issue series I like a lot is cover-dated January 2003.

Can I interest anyone in the Pacific Northwest in swinging by Cei-U!'s sanctum santorum in Tacoma &, ummm, reasoning with him -- with or without the use of a blunt object -- about the 12/02 cover date cutoff?

Thanks!

[Cei-U!]

Can we get a final rundown of the rules and regulations before we start posting?

On Friday. The rules are still open to revision until then.

Cei-U!
I summon the countdown!

[berk]

Which is appreciated. But it still feels like cheating to me, so I'm trying to avoid it. In fact, if I can manage it, I'd like to avoid mini-series as well, and make my list out of nothing but prematurely cancelled titles. Note that I'm not suggesting anyone else limit themselves this way...it's strictly my own peculiar brand of masochism when assembling these lists. ;-)

I'm having similar feelings, but might ignore them for the sake of one particular series that I did happen to first read in its entirety in the collected mini-series format, the colours and higher-quality paper of which seemed to work pretty well.