Comic Book Buyer’s Guide #4 - Packing a Large TPB Collection
Jan 20, 2009 Comic Book Buyer's Guide
The length of today’s entry may be a tad short as I’m a bit wiped out after an afternoon of packing my comics collection in preparation for an impending move. As I have mentioned in the past, the vast majority of my collection are trade paperbacks and hardcovers which I appreciate for their functionality as I can grab one off the shelf any time I want and flip through it. This saves me having to sort through long boxes of single issues to find a specific story arc I want to revisit. While it is ideal to have my collected editions at my fingertips at any one time, the sheer volume of books can be a scary thought when it comes time to box them up and transport them.
Most of these books came through my door one or two at a time over the course of a few years, steadily accumulating over time. Fast forward to now when there are over 450 books to now get from point A to point B. Ugh. I have listed a few ways that have worked for me in the past that Ibelieve will help you when it’s your turn to “pack ‘em up and move ‘em out!”
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Comic Book Buyer’s Guide #3 - Adding Books to Your Pull List - Part 2
Jan 13, 2009 Comic Book Buyer's Guide
This is Part 2 of the Adding Books to Your Pull List entry that was posted yesterday. This entry will continue with methods designed to help you stay on the right path towards your ultimate comic collection and will focus on the following methods:
“So, uh… What do YOU like?”
“How Many Stars Did It Get?”
The Previews Catalog. It’s BIG, But It Can Be Beaten
Tags: buyer's guide, Comic book, newsarama, pull list
Comic Book Buyer’s Guide #3 - Adding Books to Your Pull List - Part 1
Jan 12, 2009 Comic Book Buyer's Guide
Today we are looking into the reasons to ADD a title to your monthly Pull List for this edition of the Comic Book Buyer’s Guide as opposed to removing one as we focused on in the last installment. While it is vital to know when to remove a comic from your weekly pile, its obviously more FUN to add a new comic! So, let’s get started.
There are really only 2 reasons to add a book to your Pull List and those are either for investing or for enjoyment. I touched briefly on the reasons to retain a book on your Pull List for monetary reasons in Comic Book Buyer’s Guide #2 - Part 2 in the Investors Attempting to Invest section, so those same ideas apply here as well. As for the enjoyment side of things, I am going to be expanding on that idea in this entry and will hopefully give you some tools to use when deciding which comics will end up in your collection.
Tags: buyer's guide, Comic book, Comics, pull list
Comic Book Buyer’s Guide #2 - When to Drop a Comic From Your Pull List - Part 2
Jan 6, 2009 Comic Book Buyer's Guide
Todays’ entry continues the Comic Book Buyer’s Guide series and picks up directly from yesterday’s post which can be found here.
This post will include the following topics and points:
Step 3 - What are the Reasons to Continue Buying a Series I Have Lost Interest In?
- Collectors and Completists Do Collect Completely
- Investors Attempting to Invest and Traders Attempting to Trade
Step 4 - Removing the Comic from Your Pull List
- “No Problem. Have a Nice Day.”
- “You Have to Buy the Next 2 Issues. They’ve already been ordered.”
- “Does Not Compute. Input. INPUT!!!”
Tags: brian bendis, buyer's guide, Comic book, drop a comic, mark bagely, pull list, subscription list
Comic Book Buyer’s Guide Introduction: Collectors and Readers
Dec 28, 2008 Comic Book Buyer's Guide
One of the main questions that comic fans are constantly asking themselves is “Where can I find the comics I want?” That question could originate from a “Collector” trying to fill the remaining holes in their near complete run of Vigilante or simply a “Reader” looking for that next great story. Be it single comic or trade paperback, all comic fans want to know the best place to find what they are searching for. If you speak to any comic fan, you can bet that they have a ”Want List” of items they are trying to track down. Of course, every comic fan is different and what they are looking for always varies in theme, quality and price range.
Typically, comic fans can be divided into 2 groups; Nerds and Extreme Nerds… I’m only kidding… kind of. Everyone has some “Extreme Nerd” in them about something and that’s what makes everyone who they are. It could be cars, movies, learning, pickles or ANYTHING. I’ve got news for you; if you are passionate about something, you are an Extreme Nerd when it comes to that “something”. Embrace it. Anyway, that is a whole other potential entry. Getting back to the 2 groups I mentioned; they are Collectors and Readers. While these 2 groups are not mutually exclusive, most comic fans can place themselves closer to one end of the spectrum than the other. That being said, a Reader can obviously have Collector tendencies and vice versa.
Please continue on to read more including the differences between a Collector and a Reader.
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