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syzhang28 wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2025 6:40 pm

svair wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2025 9:19 am Very ironic you are questioning this…I’m going to Janet’s for her birthday next weekend… we are going to pull out the ones that weren’t sold and offer them …

I don't think ironic means what you think it means

It doesn't mean what Alanis Morrissette thinks it means either, to be fair.

When I was a teenager a friend of mine insisted on calling Solar "So-Lar". Like a *SQUEE* Masters of the Universe character.

When was a kid it was always Boni-face (more like Bahn-uh-fus, really) but now that I'm more learned and worldly it's Bone-I-Fachee.

It never occurred to me that Archer was pronounced any differently than AR-chur.

Dinesh is still doing amazing work but now at Bad Idea. I highly recommend Pyrate Queen. It's a truly amazing book but also The Ends, ENIAC, Orc Island, The Finder, Hero Trade as really, really strong.


I've heard good things and checked out ENIAC when it came out, but I'm just not into comics ...

Yes, but only X-O Manowar: Invictus #1 (hated it) and The Darques: Soulside #1 (liked it).

Those were my first Valiant books since I dropped everything after Life and Death of Toyo Harada. But that being said, I haven't read a new comic book in 3 years since those two and have, after 35 years as a ...

But the cover to the latest Dave's Picks gives off strong Harbinger #1 vibes.

First Valiant pick-up in years.

Massively disappointed.

With the exception of Weopon X, the Sam Kieth stuff, and there's a cool Gulacy sci-fi character in there. Occasional gems but mostly filler yeah

Those were precisely the notable exceptions I was talking about.
And the Steve Lightle covers were incredible.

"Fun" is my highest praise when I'm talking comics.

TheFerg714 wrote: Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:28 pm

Tim wrote: Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:50 am Unlikely from posts I read here. The first three or four years of VEI were some of the best books on the stands, but I'm pretty sure I checked out when I needed to.

EDIT: What about Imperium and Life and Death of Toyo Harada?!?

Both of those were fun.

Unlikely from posts I read here. The first three or four years of VEI were some of the best books on the stands, but I'm pretty sure I checked out when I needed to.

Found Rai tolerable but hated the other two.

Unity is a no brainer, but Armor Hunters and Harbinger Wars were both incredible. Was never really feeling The Valiant, but admittedly I was in the middle of checking out of Valiant completely when it came out.

I like the "idea" of these kinds of books more than I like the actual products usually. Marvel had some magic when they did the old "Strange Tales" and Tales to Astonish" type books and some of those titles were positively glorious, but they storytelling back then made it so you could actually tell ...

I checked out after Kindt, Lemire and the like took over from Venditti, Dysart, etc and I haven't read a new comic book in a few years, but I might just take a peek at this.

My resolution is to continue paring down until I get down to 2 or 3 shortboxes. Anyone need anything?

Can you pluraize the word "Valiant" like that? Looks awkward.

Hey, lads! Just soliciting some advice here. As some of you all know, I have been drastically downsizing my collection over the years. I have whittled my collection of around 12,000 comics down to just the absolute essentials. Now it's time for the essentials to go...lol. After being a comics reader ...

ManofTheAtom wrote: "Not until you return my 50 1's!" or "50 I's!" I can't make out what he wants back.

I think he's saying 501s, as in Levis 501s.

I'd be all for a graphic novel only approach. As may good memories I have to heading to the shop every Wednesday in the past, comics (at least most of them) aren't written to be enjoyed serially anymore.

IMJ wrote: Tue Jul 11, 2023 12:29 pm I saw this post as well. I could barely stomach reading it to be honest. I'm just so sick of that company as well as IDW that I can't stand it anymore.

What is IDW doing? I don't really follow comics news.

Good luck, George! I have unloaded about 90% of my collection in the past few years.

I am dumbfounded as to how these numbers allow a company to stay in business. What am I missing here?

Sold!

Oh, and I'm happy to ship internationally as well, for whatever obscene rate that is these days.