tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57397247031517562122010-02-22T20:43:54.118-08:00Reading Comic series, new books and going through my collection of over 70,000 comics, we will take a look at the world of comics.Brooke and Scott Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09303963379665997782scottshoops@yahoo.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739724703151756212.post-51650886811375348632009-02-04T18:25:00.000-08:002009-02-04T18:26:08.976-08:00I have been collecting comics for twenty years now and have a huge collection, about half of which is sorted and the other half is not. While sorting through the other half I have been pulling out books I would like to keep and others to reed to decide if it is worth keeping. The other group is going out the door through trade through email or sale through webuycomics. So if there is a certain series you see here that you would like to trade for, let me know – heck if you need an issue of something random, let me know. <br /><br />So to start I have about two long boxes full of Image comics that I’ll be starting off with. I’ll try to go over the book as more of a series as I go over it and my thoughts on it. While doing individual issues is awesome, I just don’t have the time to be able to do that. I’ll also be sharing my feelings about the book when it first came out, so this is basically starting at Image from the Beginning (at least jumping to different titles from the beginning with many top Image books included). Rules are No SPOILERS or future info information shared. I’ll usually read about 5 or so issues and give my thoughts on what is going on with it. <br /><br />Ascension kicks us off as the first book to be covered. I remember when this book first came out it had a HOT feel to it. The art looked great and was a book that was burning up the comic shop chatter at the time. I don’t remember anyone actually talking about the books story or what it was even about though, I just remember the art and covers looking great. The series didn’t last over two years but came out about the same time as other image books like Weapon Zero and sort of filled that era of Image titles. This is a series I always wished I read because I was big into the ‘art’ books at the time as a teenager but never did. It was one of those books that I just didn’t have the extra money each month to get or the time. While it appeared to do well, I just didn’t hear enough about the actual story to be willing to pick it up.<br /><br />I’m missing about 4 issues I think for the full series and I’m not sure where issue 0 starts but I’m going to start there and hopefully that isn’t a bad place to start but I’ll let you know my initial reactions soon as I dive into this.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5739724703151756212-5165088681137534863?l=categoryonecomics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brooke and Scott Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09303963379665997782scottshoops@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739724703151756212.post-92060381164685688642008-03-22T22:39:00.000-07:002008-03-22T22:48:06.093-07:00To start, I've been collecting comics since I was 8, I'm now 27. My first comic was Tales of GI Joe 12. My next few comics were a Batman and Captain America book. Uncanny X-Men 279 was my first X-Men book and I have been hooked ever since. <br /><br />I have well over 60,000 comics now, but my big thing is getting full runs of books, reading them and seeing what I think of the series overall. That's what this blog will mostly cover, is the full runs that I read and then my thoughts on if it's worth keeping in my collection or it's ready to head off to eBay or to be traded into <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Mycomicshop</span>.com. <br /><br />I have about 30 Long Boxes of comics that I consider to be my collection. I also buy about 40-50 new monthly books that I get once a month, so I will cover those as I get them in. I'm mainly a mainstream fan but sometimes get books that are off the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Beaten</span> path. <br /><br />The other 170+ long boxes of books that I have I consider to be my trade stock. Only about 30 of these long boxes are actually sorted. I have them in X-Men, Spider-man, Superman, and Batman, Spawn, Transformers, GI Joe, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Witchblade</span>, Tomb Raider families and then all of Dark Horse organized. Each month I trade in about 1-2 long boxes worth of this trade stock to M<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ycomicshop</span>.com for credit and cash. I then use the cash to get my new comics and the trade to finish off full runs of books.<br /><br />I currently have full runs of Uncanny X-Men and almost all other X-Men books and Mini Series. Transformers, GI Joe, and many other titles. You'll get to see many of these as I review them and I hope that as I read through my comic book collection, seeing if books are worth keeping or trading, that you will be able to enjoy my look at these different series. <br /><br />I will be judging them on what I thought of them when I first got them if I had read them before, how they hold up today, if the series overall is worth it for me to keep or if it's a certain issue here or there or maybe a run.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5739724703151756212-9206038116468568864?l=categoryonecomics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brooke and Scott Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09303963379665997782scottshoops@yahoo.com0