Comics I Like – Monday, April 13th, 2009
April 13th, 2009
When I placed my last order with Discount Comic Book Service I was a little shocked to find my total for the month come to $38.65. That was more than $10 more than any previous month and included 15 books. That’s only three more than the previous month and yet the total price jumped $11.24. Four or five of the books had cover prices of $3.99. That’s $15 to $20 before DCBS’s discounts. Although $38 isn’t all that much money it was more than I expected.
Comics I Like – Monday, April 6th, 2009
April 6th, 2009
I’ve written many times in earlier columns that until recently I was only reading two comics on a regular basis: Marvel’s Fantastic Four and Captain America. I’ve also mentioned that I’ve always had trouble keeping track of storylines, even when I was reading just those two titles. Sure, I could try harder to stay on top of things. I could make lists or charts. But that’s more work than I want to put into my little comic hobby. As long as the stories found within my individual comics are for the most part contained in those comics, I’m a happy camper.
Comics I Like – Monday, March 30th, 2009
March 31st, 2009
My apologies for the delay in posting this. I’m sure it will be worth the wait. In my first column I stated that the Fantastic Four are my favorite superhero group, Captain America is my favorite superhero and Guardians of the Galaxy is my favorite title. I also explained that I was introduced to Guardians of the Galaxy (hereafter referred to as GotG) randomly after purchasing one of those cheap packs of comics at a drug store.
Comics I Like – Monday, March 23rd, 2009
March 23rd, 2009
When I first began expanding the scope of my collecting — and by expanding I mean moving outside Marvel — I would take a trip every week to a comic book shop about thirty minutes from home. That’s an hour round-trip. This was during the summer of 2008 when gas prices were getting pretty high. One afternoon I decided to sit down and do the math to see if I would be saving money buy purchasing my comics online through Discount Comic Book Service (DCBS).
Comics I Like – Monday, March 16th, 2009
March 16th, 2009
Earlier this evening I found myself wondering how kids in the 1960s picked the comic books they wanted to read. Adults, too, for that matter. Today, comic fans know months in advance quite a bit about the various books coming out on any given week. They can read interviews with writers and other talent, look over cover art and even preview the first few pages online. That’s a lot of information to look over and can certainly help someone decide whether to buy a specific book or not.
Comics I Like – Monday, March 9th, 2009
March 9th, 2009
As I wrote last week, for years the only comics I was reading on a weekly basis were Fantastic Four and Captain America, both from Marvel. That doesn’t mean I wasn’t aware of other titles in the Marvel roster. I read the in-house ads every month and always took a quick look at the racks whenever I hit a comic book store. So I’ve always known there were a lot of “X” titles being published. I just didn’t know anything about any of them then and I don’t know.
Comics I Like – Monday, March 2nd, 2009
March 2nd, 2009
In this introductory column I’ll explain a little about my history with comic books and how completely out of the loop with regard to the comic industry.
Like many people who enjoy reading comic books I’ve been doing so since I was a kid. I inherited my love of comics from both my parents. In what I assume is an unusual twist, it was my mother who enjoyed superhero comics while my father was all about Walt Disney (like Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge and Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories). My mom read only Marvel, including Fantastic Four, Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos, Avengers and The Amazing Spider-Man, among others.
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