>post shelves>post Christmas gifts>discuss upcoming releases >talk about what you're currently readingDon't know where to buy? Try these:https://www.amazon.com/https://www.bookdepository.com(worldwide shipping)http://www.booksetc.co.uk/(EU)http://cheap-comics.com(EU)https://www.instocktrades.com/US (worldwide shipping)https://www.dcbservice.com/https://www.mycomicshop.comUS(worldwide shipping)http://www.speedyhen.com(UK)https://www.tfaw.com(worldwide shipping)[best deal websites for comics]https://bookoutlet.com/browse/products/comicshttps://www.cheapestbookprice.com/[your local comic shop here]List of things out next week:http://www.comiclist.com/index.phpUpcoming Omnibus/Hardcovers:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_folder/305597[want to read comics but not buy?]https://readcomiconline.li/https://getcomics.info/
>>152062433Starting with some softcovers that arrived today
hardcoversPferdesuppe is technically an illustrated novel.
>>152062565botton right looks intersting.
Any advice for getting backissues online or at least getting a good sense at the price of them? I got a good handful of trades but I want to have at least one series in floppy form. My LCS doesn't have much and I'd want to know I wasn't getting too scammed. It's not just looking through ebay/your local comic stores and praying, is it?
>>152062887Bought it for the unusual format and interesting cover/title. It's a short novel interspliced with paintings.
>>152062955Totally depends on your location.
>>152063144United States, if it helps.
I'm still waiting on IST to ship me my stuff, but I missed /shelf/. Hoping people got a lot of stuff over the holidays
I really need to try to keep up with upcoming releases better. Im always taken aback by what I see getting released.>>152062505Neat, I remember reading Panorama Island years ago.
>>152063204According to Reddit the floppy market is collapsing.From my personal experience, Zoomers ONLY want manga, so it seems plausible. This probably means that 'rare editions' will become much cheaper (relative to inflation) as some uncs are forced to sell "below value". Paradoxically, over time, this will cause a supply crunch as selling and re-selling (particularly floppies and new releases) on ebay, craigslist etc. will become less profitable for private seller/collectors and 'found a box in the attic' normies. This means that corpo resellers will gobble up marketshare and accumulate inventory (here in the EU it's cunts like momox/medimops) and establish a gamestop-style market where both the seller and the buyer get raped and the middleman takes everything. This will also kill whatever's left of "purist" comic book stores that haven't pivoted their business towards manga as their cost per item is ~40% of sale price whereas corpo resellers have averages of <15%. tldr. depending on what specifically you're looking for, now is probably the time to get some good deals if you buy from a private seller through ebay, craigslist, yard sales - however, there's probably a fair share if completely delusional "I know what I got" boomers, so yes, you'll just have to manually compare prices. Sorry for the ramble I didn't really answer your question, but good luck.
>>152062955eBay is your friend
>>152063585I appreciate the insight either way, anon. I've got some nephews into manga and that's been an easy stocking item along with any extra tpbs I manage to have lying around. Most of them don't make the full plunge into comics but at least two of them did.I'm lucky that most of my favorite series are in easy to get epic collections or I jumped on at the right time to get them, but for whatever reason I want to collect all the Absolute Batman floppies. Most aren't too bad but the price on #1 is understandably pretty high. Chance I'll be going to a wedding in New York in a couple months, so I could take a look through Midtown or Forbidden Planet if I don't figure it out.
>>152062433Is Omaha the Dancing Cat any good or is just furry smut?
Bought so shit lately. Will post later.
>>152063809Nothing to do with buying books, but have you seen 'Funny Pages' yet? Big recommend to anyone into floppies and zines, if you can handle gross-out humor.
>>152063900Furry smut with a dash of bullshit "all conservatives are monsters" 80s era liberal crying because being a whore has consequences and a murder mystery that has a cop out ending that took forever to get wrapped up
>>152063900Yes.
>>152062433No new books but I got some new figures over the last couple of weeks I can show off
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>>152063347I've been waiting on IST to send me Rat god since mid December. It's not even picked and scanned yet. I got pic related from my wife for Xmas, but it didn't show until the 27th. >>152063934The art is all over the road and it fails to communicate the universal insanity of strippers.wow, fuck this captcha
oh it's /shelf/!This came 2 days ago, the Taschen Carl Barks Donald Duck book (not the boxed one, I am not that crazy or rich. Omnibus for size comparison
>>152064372around 90% of the book is printed on rough (matte?) paper
>>152064392but there are a few pages that are printed on glossy paper, I don't really know why, maybe it's explained somewhere, but I have only leafed through it so far and will have an in-depth read over the weekend.
>>152064013>>152064025Very cool
Haul that should last me a good bit. Most of these are blind buys. Finished God Hates Astronauts the other day and it was fantastic
>>152064713And the other half
>>152064372>>152064392>>152064406Damn, did I miss the bi-yearly sale again? I still need that big Frazetta book...Anyway, congrats, but how will you shelf it?
>>152064746What's that Moore thing?
>>152064769wasn't a sale and since it's really really new it won't go on any sale any time soon I think.Walt's Comic Shop canceled my already-paid-for preorder of that Astro City Opus Edition so I redirected the money plus a bit of christmas money towards that book instead and I don't feel like I'll regret it.
>>152064783Biography on him that I found at goodwill for a buck. It's pretty good. I don't know much about his life so it's all new stuff to me.
>>152064087I've been waiting on East or West for around the same amount of time. They sure take their time
>>152064823>but how will you shelf it?it's getting tight. I got more comics and books than shelfspace and I eed to find new ways to store them. Might use the top of a wardrobe, but that will only work for paperback novels I think or else it's going to bow
>>152064866Yeah...
>>152064866NTA but it's been a losing struggle for me, keeping everything in roughly the same size. I figured buying my trades in softcover rather than HC would mean they can neatly stick together on a shelf. The ongoings would eventually be replaced anyways. Little did I know I would be wanting deluxe editions or hardcovers for smaller series. Thinking about if I want Harrow County in Library Edition size or getting the compendium
>>152065289oh you mean how they look like? I don't mind the looks at all, I just want them to be shelved.
Page 10? Already?
Anyone collect Conan? I'm wondering how big the Deluxe Edition is, is it around the size of an Absolute? It looks lovely
Waiting on these bad boys to ship.
Bump
>>152066862February/March order is gonna be huge. A ton of Vol 2 Absolute DC releases among other trades. Ultimates too
ooo nice new /shelf/ i'll go to my book off tomorrow morning and start the 2026 purchases
>>152067354Good on you, anon. Make sure to share pics. Might not be around to keep the thread up over the night but I'm sure someone will
Remember the /shelf/ moto
>get a Wonder Woman trade for Christmas >relative bought it from amazon>tiny marks and scratches on the backWhere is that new bingo sheet people said they were working
>>152062433Marvel has announced a bunch of new omnibuses for this year and there is not a SINGLE one I want. Which I suppose is good. I need to save some money. It's just that outside a couple epics there is almost ZERO things I want this year from marvel. DC sort of still got me and I'll be getting Savage Sword as they come but it's shaping up to be a very cost effective year
>>152068782All I wanted were more X-Men reprints and yet they couldn't even organize a Krakoa book in reading order. Whatever Jim Lee is doing over there in DC, he's definitely got a good head on his shoulders. Marvel still does good work but it pains me to see many a good run cut short or not expanded upon.
>>152068843Some of my big epic wants this year are x-men reprints. Bishops Crossing and X-cutioner Song are my main X-gaps and Spider-man no more is getting another run. >Krakoa bookWho the fuck cares? And as for marvel doing a good job, hell no they don't. The price jack on epics is killing them when DC finest are still in the 20s
IST released a list of their top 50 sellers last year. Two things to note. 1. The list had a MASSIVE DC advantage with something like 37 or so books being DC.2. Warlord made top 25 despite release in LATE December. Which I think is rad as fuck.
>>152068887Relax, anon. I'm just stating how far they've fallen on books. By good work I meant there are still some series worth reading, but the editorial doesn't give anything the time to shine. The only Marvel I cared to keep up with last year was some Ultimate and a few one--shots, was too busy riding the DC wave. I don't play favorites with companies but until Marvel fixes their issues, I'm happy picking up some DC Finest that catch my fancy. >>152068911It was only a while ago that people were complaining about the paper. That's great to hear, people turned around on it quickly
>By good work I meant there are still some series worth reading, but the editorial doesn't give anything the time to shine. Fair enough. >>152069011>It was only a while ago that people were complaining about the paper. That's great to hear, people turned around on it quicklyYeah, looks like the average amazon reviews went up a few stars too. I don't know if it was just some early review retard jitters or if people turned around but it's good to know it's doing okay. I'm hoping they get a vol 2 out soon.
>>152068843Is the Dawn of X omni in a weird order?
>no Legion of Super Heroes news besides that 5 Years Later reprint.Being a Legion fan is suffering. When will thy do Silver Age Omnis us Vol.4, or rather Bronze Age Omni Vol. 1? That fucking gap is killing me.
>>152069519I'm really hoping they get around to reprinting the BEFORE THE GREAT DARKNESS books. I have the second one but the first is gone. There were also to two superboy ones that need a printing. Then I guess whatever was after the curse, which I understand gets confusing.
Is it me, or the have the last few months of /shelf/ been dead?
>>152069638It's been a dry spell. People are broke from the holidays. Big releases are getting fewer and further between and I think a lot of people, myself include, are about ready to call it with a complete enough library. I have most of what I care about and I'm done buying just to buy.
