During sales like these, I always find myself in the odd position of buying shit I never would, just because I need to get my order total to $25 to get free shipping.
I just got that Wolverine book, which I guess is the first telling of his origin, and the Speed Racer box set, which was a real good deal at 700 pages within two hardcovers for a paltry $6. In fact, I'm surprised that that item wasn't the first to sell out.
I'd have thrown in trades of The Pulse and Secret Invasion, but I really have too many books in my room as it is.
I got New Ways to Die, MBQ (which is a really awesome OEL manga about a struggling cartoonist), a few Pulse TPBs, a few volumes of Trigun, Secret Invasion Frontline and Home Invasion, Eternals, and a few other things.
I thought about getting the Bacchus books, but restrained myself. Eddie Campbell can be hit (Monsieur Leotard) or miss (Death of the Artist) with me.
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It's actually really interesting, and follows a big cast of characters as they kind of chase their dreams. And then there's crazy martial arts fights, strippers, and all other kinds of wackiness sprinkled in there.
Pretty good sale! I ordered Death of Captain America, Mighty Avengers 1 & 2, Ultimate X-Men 1-3, and another volume of Sandman I had been meaning to pick up while I was at it.
Seems like a pretty good deal for someone like me who hasn't read much of anything. Though I don't know. Has this deal ever happened before, and would you guys recommend it?
I'm pretty new to comic booking. I'm interested in the medium, but trying to get into this community is a seemingly impossible task, and the pure bulk of books I see people buy every week makes my warhammer gaming seem cheap.
I only currently have two trade paperbacks, so this looks like it could be a decent deal to help me get into a few select series. Though I don't know if they just hand out the rejects with this deal or whatever. I don't have any experience with graveyardmall
I'm pretty new to comic booking. I'm interested in the medium, but trying to get into this community is a seemingly impossible task, and the pure bulk of books I see people buy every week makes my warhammer gaming seem cheap.
I only currently have two trade paperbacks, so this looks like it could be a decent deal to help me get into a few select series. Though I don't know if they just hand out the rejects with this deal or whatever. I don't have any experience with graveyardmall
More then likely they won't give you the greatest books in that deal. The best thing to do would be to ask someplace like here for recommendations. Just list off what you like already from other mediums and people will suggest similar stuff.
I think a good idea is to start by getting some books about a particular character you like. Half of my collection is Hellboy and Sandman stuff, and I just pick up whatever other random stuff I feel like that I hear is good.
I think a good idea is to start by getting some books about a particular character you like. Half of my collection is Hellboy and Sandman stuff, and I just pick up whatever other random stuff I feel like that I hear is good.
The problem that could cause is that if he likes a popular character like Wolverine, he will have no idea what issues are great and which ones suck, and there are a lot that suck haha. It's not a problem with Hellboy because really, how many bad issues of Magnolia Hellboy are there?
I think a good idea is to start by getting some books about a particular character you like. Half of my collection is Hellboy and Sandman stuff, and I just pick up whatever other random stuff I feel like that I hear is good.
centi have you gotten the annotated mantooth, five firsts of science, or the herbie archives yet?
I think a good idea is to start by getting some books about a particular character you like. Half of my collection is Hellboy and Sandman stuff, and I just pick up whatever other random stuff I feel like that I hear is good.
The problem that could cause is that if he likes a popular character like Wolverine, he will have no idea what issues are great and which ones suck, and there are a lot that suck haha. It's not a problem with Hellboy because really, how many bad issues of Magnolia Hellboy are there?
Magnolia Hellboy's trip to the botanical gardens was pretty awful.
And it's not that hard to find a good book by a popular character. Opinions and recommendations are easy to come by on the internet.
I think a good idea is to start by getting some books about a particular character you like. Half of my collection is Hellboy and Sandman stuff, and I just pick up whatever other random stuff I feel like that I hear is good.
centi have you gotten the annotated mantooth, five firsts of science, or the herbie archives yet?
No... I don't think I've even heard of the annotated Mantooth.
I think a good idea is to start by getting some books about a particular character you like. Half of my collection is Hellboy and Sandman stuff, and I just pick up whatever other random stuff I feel like that I hear is good.
The problem that could cause is that if he likes a popular character like Wolverine, he will have no idea what issues are great and which ones suck, and there are a lot that suck haha. It's not a problem with Hellboy because really, how many bad issues of Magnolia Hellboy are there?
Magnolia Hellboy's trip to the botanical gardens was pretty awful.
And it's not that hard to find a good book by a popular character. Opinions and recommendations are easy to come by on the internet.
...That's exactly what I suggested last page. I was just saying that this guy shouldn't blindly go into his LCS grabbing books when you're new to the medium, even if they're characters you may already like. I did that and it turned me off to a few characters for a long time because the writers of the particular issues I bought didn't handle the character well and I became disinterested.
I think a good idea is to start by getting some books about a particular character you like. Half of my collection is Hellboy and Sandman stuff, and I just pick up whatever other random stuff I feel like that I hear is good.
centi have you gotten the annotated mantooth, five firsts of science, or the herbie archives yet?
No... I don't think I've even heard of the annotated Mantooth.
if you don't, you are gayer than 8 guys blowing 9 guys
That would suck for that last guy. There's got to be moments where one of them isn't getting blown. My point is, is I'm going to buy this book because I don't want to be in some kind of uneven man orgy.
You'd just pretend to be a ghost rider by setting the pony on fire and riding it as it franticly trots toward its demise. Nobody deserves a pony less than you.
I want that Ghost Rider Omnibus. I herd good things about the run. Anyone have any input towards it?
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From what everyone has written, here and from reviews, the book was very good under Aaron. He took a premise that was genuinely skeptical (Ghost Rider working for God harks to that Punisher working for God that wasn't that good), and made it really fun. Plus lots of other Ghost Riders throughout the world.
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As I was looking through that sale, I noticed that Kieron Gillen wrote a Warhammer graphic novel. I'm intrigued.
Edit: Nevermind, all the books I want are already sold out dammit.
Nothing I'd actually want, though, except for maybe Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four
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I'd have thrown in trades of The Pulse and Secret Invasion, but I really have too many books in my room as it is.
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I thought about getting the Bacchus books, but restrained myself. Eddie Campbell can be hit (Monsieur Leotard) or miss (Death of the Artist) with me.
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It's actually really interesting, and follows a big cast of characters as they kind of chase their dreams. And then there's crazy martial arts fights, strippers, and all other kinds of wackiness sprinkled in there.
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Seems like a pretty good deal for someone like me who hasn't read much of anything. Though I don't know. Has this deal ever happened before, and would you guys recommend it?
I'd be willing to do it if I had the space or inclination to sort through that many comics.
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I only currently have two trade paperbacks, so this looks like it could be a decent deal to help me get into a few select series. Though I don't know if they just hand out the rejects with this deal or whatever. I don't have any experience with graveyardmall
centi have you gotten the annotated mantooth, five firsts of science, or the herbie archives yet?
Magnolia Hellboy's trip to the botanical gardens was pretty awful.
And it's not that hard to find a good book by a popular character. Opinions and recommendations are easy to come by on the internet.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
No... I don't think I've even heard of the annotated Mantooth.
christ centi, the hell's the matter with you boy?
buy it right now
if you don't, you are gayer than 8 guys blowing 9 guys
http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Rider-Jason-Aaron-Omnibus/dp/078514367X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277988892&sr=8-1
there is no excuse not to
it is cheaper than retail value
and it is jason aaron's entire run on ghost rider
it is also bomb as hell and why are you not pre-ordering it right now
and also a pony
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