Comics You Will Never Get Rid Of

[Biscuit Gravy]

moving overseas led me to look at everything I own based upon it's weight and volume vs. perceived value.  many comics, along with half of my record collection, didn't make the cut, and instead were donated to friends in Texas. 

I'd love to see my Groo the Wanderers back again someday, but I'm not holding my breath.

to answer the topic, I'd say, the Bill Sienkiewic epic Stray Toasters, followed by anything else Bill S. drew the cover for, and then Alan Moore's Neonomicon stuff.

really, when you're put to the task, everything is expendable.

currently, I live for the series "Low" on Image Comics.  I'll be making a pilgrimage to the comic shop this weekend to pick up the last one (#6) that came out this week.  the compendium is due out soon; do yourself a favor and be the first in line to get it.

[JeffertonFromTX]

Image Comics have been crazy good in the past three years. I'm glad that that imprint is finally really thriving like it should be. Also, you ain't kidding about everything being expendable when I really looked at my collection and weighed what I would read again and wouldn't, the chaff astounded me. I had bought some truly bad comics.

[Biscuit Gravy]

I was ok at getting rid of my of my physical possessions (records included), but the thought of the giving up the comics that I'd had since a teenager still gives me existential buddhist breakdown.

Image is so good right now.  although it's almost cliche to like the Walking Dead these days, thanks to Image, I've learned to appreciate black and white comics, like I thought I'd never would.   note: I avoid the Walking Dead tv show....as it causes me to nerdrage over plot deviations. 

seriously: LOW.  I've considered buying extra copies, just to frame on my wall.

[JeffertonFromTX]

A bunch of people that I work with have been crazy into it from the beginning. I really need to get on the bus with it. Are you reading Trees or The Wicked + The Divine? I think the latter could end up being Gillen and McKelvie's masterpiece. Trees is just Warren Ellis being Warren Ellis and its candy. I always keep a bunch of Image stuff near the tops of all my piles just so I can randomly grab something great to read.

[Mike Desert]

Mulch

[Biscuit Gravy]

Are you reading Trees or The Wicked + The Divine? I think the latter could end up being Gillen and McKelvie's masterpiece. Trees is just Warren Ellis being Warren Ellis and its candy.

my wife picked up Trees somewhat randomly (we were getting everything from Image that we could lay our hands on).  I think I have 3-4 issues, but we've missed some.  there's not as many comic stores here as in the state, so we've been limited by location...and cost.  each issue runs about $8 a copy, so finding new stuff gets pricey.

I'm hoping to wait for the compendium of Trees, much as I did for Supergod. I really love Warren Ellis.

I have a friend (who once proved to me that DC Comics aren't actually shit, like I thought they were) who's really into Grant Morrison (he wrote his thesis about him).  he's got me into The Multiversity. it's convuluted, but really good.

[JeffertonFromTX]

I'm LOVING Multiversity. That is one of the only few current comics that I'm still buying as soon as it hits shelves. I'm a big Morrison guy though. I even love his misfires.

[euphoriafish]

I definitely agree about Sandman and Hellblazer.  I have about 50 issues of Sandman collected as single reprints and sometimes used original prints, and one trade of Hellblazer.

Did you guys hear they are maybe going to move Constantine from NBC to SyFy and properly call it Hellblazer finally?  I'm excited about this.  Maybe SyFy doesn't suck anymore.

I also like my singles of Cerebus and one trade, and a single Fabulous Furry Freak Bros. issue, plus some assorted Peter Bagge and Evan Dorkin underground comics.

[Carver]

I just recently mailed a big box of comics from where they have resided in my parent's house since I was 12 - highlights included some of the Jim Starlin Batman run, a few Englehart Silver Surfers, and some of the Morrison Doom Patrols.  When I was 12 I didn't know who those writers were, just bought them for the titles and covers usually. 
I just recently got way back into comics, mostly through Grant Morrison stuff and Brubaker/Phillips.  I read a lot of digital, so I love that Image will actually sell you a CBR file to download and keep.  It doesn't feel right to pay money to an app like Comixology when you never actually own the comic files.

[JeffertonFromTX]

I definitely agree about Sandman and Hellblazer.  I have about 50 issues of Sandman collected as single reprints and sometimes used original prints, and one trade of Hellblazer.

Did you guys hear they are maybe going to move Constantine from NBC to SyFy and properly call it Hellblazer finally?  I'm excited about this.  Maybe SyFy doesn't suck anymore.

I also like my singles of Cerebus and one trade, and a single Fabulous Furry Freak Bros. issue, plus some assorted Peter Bagge and Evan Dorkin underground comics.

I'm REALLY hoping that Constantine makes the jump to SyFy. Not only would that help SyFy actually be a network that I enjoy, but I'm sure the show would be much, MUCH better.

Also, I'm ding dang jealous of your Sandman collection. I only have like three issues from A Doll's House but I treasure them just the same.

[euphoriafish]

You guys are tempting me with talk of Low, Trees, etc.  I don't know them at all and wish I had more money for comics.  Also heard New 52 Wonder Woman is pretty good, and She-Hulk, though I don't typically read super heroes anymore.  Used to love Sovereign Seven back in the day because it was like the least super heroic of super hero comics, focusing more on interpersonal connection than super powers.  I hope I can find the rest of it some day; we subscribed for about a year and there are only 35 issues so it's a fast read when I invest the money to collect the rest of it.  Also love Ninja Turtles enough to write a spec for the Nickelodeon series.

What's your habit as far as browsing a comic store?  I always go through the used bins and the new shelves but have never had the nerve to ask for a price check and feel like I'm doing it wrong socially or something.  I've never gotten rid of any old ones either.  Hate digital apps and want actual art objects to possess but feel like there's a lot of guessing involved and sometimes luck.  I generally pick up something I haven't read before if I've heard of the author or if it has a quirky art style that looks like no other book on the shelf.

[JeffertonFromTX]

Pretty much everything being put out by Image Comics right now is gold. Deadly Class, The Fade Out, Sex Criminals; they are all winners. She-Hulk is perfect. Absolutely perfect. Charles Soule apparently used to be a lawyer so the entire series is focused around Jennifer as a lawyer and superhero, and she pals around with Patsy Walker. I can't recommend it highly enough.

I never finished the New 52 WW, but I liked what I read. Some people I work with said it went off the rails, but I couldn't say. The New 52 was pretty hit or miss with me, so I missed a lot of it.

When I am browsing a store I usually either look for writers/artists that I like first off. Like, I have a roster of favorites that I will follow and usually pick up most of their work. Matt Fraction for instance, I'll read anything he writes. Usually for cape comics, I follow certain characters and teams so if I find a random book with a character that I like on the cover, I'll usually buy it. I call it The Namor Rule.

[Biscuit Gravy]

I picked up issue # 6 of Low (which marks the last of this "cycle") as well as the collected volumes (issue #1) of Sex Criminals.

I'm not sure what I was expecting of Sex Criminals, but I've totally been blown away by it.

[Dip Apesworth]

I'd like to stump for all of Swamp Thing. Alan Moore's run was groundbreaking, it introduced John Constantine. I've always been a sucker for Swamp Thing, from the pulpy beginnings to the most recent 40 issue run that just finished. You guys should check that last issue out, it gets meta in an interesting way.

Also, the Swamp Thing live action TV series starring Dick Durock. Pure gold.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leoZHWcYXj0

"Only dumb kids dream" - Alec Holland

[JeffertonFromTX]

I'd like to stump for all of Swamp Thing.

OKAY. I have loved all sorts of incarnations of Swampy throughout my entire comic reading life, BUT I hadn't met anyone else who had read the recent Snyder/Soule run on it, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite runs throughout the title's history. I love that Snyder returned it to the balls out horror roots of it and Soule just started throwing stuff at the wall in terms of Swamp Thing's lore. It is really, really solid stuff. Plus, it also doesn't hurt that those first issues with Yanick Paquette had some of the most gorgeous panel layouts I've ever seen.

Did you read Lemire's Animal Man that came out at the same time? It was also really terrific.