How do you handle while reading comic books?

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:51 am

tarheelmarine wrote:I just wash my hands prior to reading and caress the comic.

Do you mutter under you breath whilst doing so, such as:

Beloved comic, give unto me your bounteous art...

or

Oh, fickle conveyor of art and story that may vary wildly from issue to issue, how I love thee...

or maybe

Oh comic, oh comic, shall I compare thee to a DVD....?

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:09 am

leonmallett wrote:
tarheelmarine wrote:I just wash my hands prior to reading and caress the comic.
Do you mutter under you breath whilst doing so, such as:

Beloved comic, give unto me your bounteous art...

or

Oh, fickle conveyor of art and story that may vary wildly from issue to issue, how I love thee...

or maybe

Oh comic, oh comic, shall I compare thee to a DVD....?

Second_Death · Post by **Second_Death** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:23 am

leonmallett wrote:
tarheelmarine wrote:I just wash my hands prior to reading and caress the comic.
Do you mutter under you breath whilst doing so, such as:

Beloved comic, give unto me your bounteous art...

or

Oh, fickle conveyor of art and story that may vary wildly from issue to issue, how I love thee...

or maybe

Oh comic, oh comic, shall I compare thee to a DVD....?

Sticky pages variant?

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:29 am

Second_Death wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
tarheelmarine wrote:I just wash my hands prior to reading and caress the comic.
Do you mutter under you breath whilst doing so, such as:

Beloved comic, give unto me your bounteous art...

or

Oh, fickle conveyor of art and story that may vary wildly from issue to issue, how I love thee...

or maybe

Oh comic, oh comic, shall I compare thee to a DVD....?

Sticky pages variant?

I only sell those to noobs

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:58 am

tarheelmarine wrote:
Second_Death wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
tarheelmarine wrote:I just wash my hands prior to reading and caress the comic.
Do you mutter under you breath whilst doing so, such as:

Beloved comic, give unto me your bounteous art...

or

Oh, fickle conveyor of art and story that may vary wildly from issue to issue, how I love thee...

or maybe

Oh comic, oh comic, shall I compare thee to a DVD....?

Sticky pages variant?
I only sell those to noobs

Ricomortis · Post by **Ricomortis** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:47 am

I'm still trying to figure out how to get the comics out of these hard plastic looking things to EVEN be able to read them.

Rico

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:55 am

Ricomortis wrote:

I'm still trying to figure out how to get the comics out of these hard plastic looking things to EVEN be able to read them.

Rico

You have to do it alphabetically.

First, buy a copy of Action Comics #1 in one of those hard plastic looking things.

Then, break it open with a hammer.

Read it, and toss it aside like yesterday's newspaper.

Then, buy a copy of Action Comics #2 in one of those hard plastic looking things.

etc.

By the time you get to Archer & Armstrong #0 (alphabetically), you will be ready to enjoy Valiant comics.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:22 pm

greg wrote:
Ricomortis wrote:

I'm still trying to figure out how to get the comics out of these hard plastic looking things to EVEN be able to read them.

Rico
You have to do it alphabetically.

First, buy a copy of Action Comics #1 in one of those hard plastic looking things.

Then, break it open with a hammer.

Read it, and toss it aside like yesterday's newspaper.

Then, buy a copy of Action Comics #2 in one of those hard plastic looking things.

etc.

By the time you get to Archer & Armstrong #0 (alphabetically), you will be ready to enjoy Valiant comics.

Evil Greg???

-slym

Second_Death · Post by **Second_Death** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:05 pm

slym2none wrote:
greg wrote:
Ricomortis wrote:

I'm still trying to figure out how to get the comics out of these hard plastic looking things to EVEN be able to read them.

Rico
You have to do it alphabetically.

First, buy a copy of Action Comics #1 in one of those hard plastic looking things.

Then, break it open with a hammer.

Read it, and toss it aside like yesterday's newspaper.

Then, buy a copy of Action Comics #2 in one of those hard plastic looking things.

etc.

By the time you get to Archer & Armstrong #0 (alphabetically), you will be ready to enjoy Valiant comics.
Evil Greg???

-slym

Surely not. I'm sure that Greg would also be very willing to accept these excess Action Comics issues to prevent these books from clutterring Rico's coffee table. Just looking out for his bro thats all.

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:23 pm

You guys read your comics . . .

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:01 pm

siren3-4 wrote:

You guys read your comics . . .

Yes, but it's "read" in the past tense.

rictor · Post by **rictor** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:14 pm

I never really worry about how I read them. I don't try to damage them, but I certainly don't any precautions.

Actually, one of my favorite comics is my Fathom #9. A friend of mine borrowed the whole run because she's a Turner fan and she got 1-5 back to me the same day I lent them to her. Three weeks later she sheepishly tells me that she knocked a glass of water onto the books and spent Spring Break stopping at shops to replace the damaged books, but no one had the #9 variant cover. So she hands me a heavily water-damaged copy of this. I thought it made the comic even better.

Stinger · Post by **Stinger** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:02 am

rictor wrote:I never really worry about how I read them. I don't try to damage them, but I certainly don't any precautions.

Actually, one of my favorite comics is my Fathom #9. A friend of mine borrowed the whole run because she's a Turner fan and she got 1-5 back to me the same day I lent them to her. Three weeks later she sheepishly tells me that she knocked a glass of water onto the books and spent Spring Break stopping at shops to replace the damaged books, but no one had the #9 variant cover. So she hands me a heavily water-damaged copy of this. I thought it made the comic even better.

Ya, I bet you don't feel bad about it either.

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:18 am

Stinger wrote:
rictor wrote:I never really worry about how I read them. I don't try to damage them, but I certainly don't any precautions.

Actually, one of my favorite comics is my Fathom #9. A friend of mine borrowed the whole run because she's a Turner fan and she got 1-5 back to me the same day I lent them to her. Three weeks later she sheepishly tells me that she knocked a glass of water onto the books and spent Spring Break stopping at shops to replace the damaged books, but no one had the #9 variant cover. So she hands me a heavily water-damaged copy of this. I thought it made the comic even better.
Ya, I bet you don't feel bad about it either.

I am work right now, so I will wait to see that when I get home.

rictor · Post by **rictor** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:42 pm

The link's just a stock image #9's cover. It's just there because if you don't know what the issue looks like, the story doesn't make sense.

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:00 am

rictor wrote:The link's just a stock image #9's cover. It's just there because if you don't know what the issue looks like, the story doesn't make sense.

Just checked it out.

Rubiks-Q-Bert · Post by **Rubiks-Q-Bert** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:55 pm

I usually fold the cover all the way around to the back while eating cheetos.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 3:14 pm

My son loved Cheetos when he was a kid. It never failed about the time I would sit down to read he would come running towards me with those orange colored fingers.

Dr Psy · Post by **Dr Psy** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 2:07 am

When, I get the ACTUAL chance to read a real book, like a comic book, and NOT a Medical text / journal / magazine. I am v e r y careful in getting the comic out of it's storage box, out of it sleeve. hold it gently, as this is NOT a aformentioned medical literature. Admire the cover art work, admire the first page, and then reveal in enjoying the whole comic. Then that leads to enjoyin' the livin' s--- out of it. BECAUSE its not a Medical Bokk... WooHoo!!!!!!

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 2:39 am

Dr Psy wrote:When, I get the ACTUAL chance to read a real book, like a comic book, and NOT a Medical text / journal / magazine. I am v e r y careful in getting the comic out of it's storage box, out of it sleeve. hold it gently, as this is NOT a aformentioned medical literature. Admire the cover art work, admire the first page, and then reveal in enjoying the whole comic. Then that leads to enjoyin' the livin' s--- out of it. BECAUSE its not a Medical Bokk... WooHoo!!!!!!

Welcome abroad! Check out the "My Story" thread sometime, we'd all love to hear the how/when/why of what got you and VALIANT connected!!!

-slym

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:05 am

Welcome.

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:27 am

Daniel Jackson wrote:Welcome.

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