That's cool, Luke. I appreciate you explaining it. (I didn't know anything about messages being removed because I got it in my digest this morning.)
I used to have numerous boxes of individual comics, from when I started collecting in 1976 through probably 2005, and still would if I hadn't had to divest myself of a bunch of them before permanently (I thought at the time) moving to Singapore a few years ago. I still have full runs of NEXUS, IRON MAN, AVENGERS, and a few others in the longboxes. I still buy a few comics a month, but now tend to sell all the new ones once a year, as you guys have seen. I just feel no desire to hang onto them. If it's something I really liked, I'll use some of the proceeds to buy the collected volumes on Amazon (for probably 60% of what I paid for the individual issues). But I'll never part with those classic comics. --Van On Jul 20, 8:55 am, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > I regretted posting that message after I did because I posted in anger > due to something else. Hence why I removed it. So my apologies. > > My vehement objection is due partly to my bad mood. > > It is also more attributed to the term being used as a perjorative by > a lot (like, A LOT) of comics fans online to deride buying individual > issues. The idea being that a "pamphlet" is disposable and without > value. Over at ComicGeekSpeak, for example, that's essentially a > codeword for "I buy in trades and if you don't you're a moron who is > killing our industry." > > As a side note, its not an accurate statement, at least not according > to our wonderful federal government. A "pamphlet" by the definition > of the Federal Depository Library Program is a monograph or what we > would call a one-shot. Anything which is published on some regular > basis is called a "periodical." (I spent nearly 3 years as a document > cataloger handling federal documents.) > > I wouldn't take anything I say as being representative of the opinions > or feelings of anyone else on this group let alone the group in > general. I don't know how much longer I'll be here anyway. > > So use whatever term you would like. I like the term "singles." I > liken it to buying trading cards back in the day as "singles" as > opposed to "sets." > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
