Posts Tagged ‘Buying Books’

My Pull List – 8.11.10 UPDATED

Posted: August 10, 2010 in Comics Commentary, My Pull List
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Since I am a 99.9% “Wait for the Hardcover or the Trade Paperback” kind of guy, I’m going to put my money where my mouth is and let you know what I’m buying every week. Since people keep asking why I buy so many books every week, I expect all you floppy readers to tell [...]

My Pull List – 8.4.10

Posted: August 3, 2010 in Comics Commentary, My Pull List
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Since I am a 99.9% “Wait for the Hardcover or the Trade Paperback” kind of guy, I’m going to put my money where my mouth is and let you know what I’m buying every week. Since people keep asking why I buy so many books every week, I expect all you floppy readers to tell [...]

COMIC BOOK RELEASE BS*

Posted: July 28, 2010 in Comic Book Distribution, Easy Fix
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*Or something your Friendly Neighborhood Retailer really wishes didn’t screw YOU– and THEM– every month! You go to your Local Comic Store (LCS) every week (normally on a Wednesday) to buy your comics… Or you get them shipped to you via mail order, right? And you probably figure, “How hard could this be? They’re all [...]

Waiting for “The Trade”

Posted: July 12, 2010 in Hardcovers & Graphic Novels, Hardcovers & Trade Paperbacks
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  Yeah, I’m one of those guys. I normally wait for the Hardcovers and Trade Paperbacks– rather than purchase floppies. (For the uninitiated– “floppy” is one of the current terms used to describe comics that a printed and released monthly.) So why do I buy these sometimes-more-expensive versions of “regular” comics? As I’ve gotten older [...]