Man, guys, I think I had something of a spiral of revelations last night in thinking on this stuff.
So early in the year, I went from 100% being a trade waiter to mostly transferring to digital (continuing on with a few titles I knew I wanted in print, and then moving to a policy of "only pick up new stuff in print if I already love it from reading digital and there's a nice fancy edition to grab") and having a pull list for the first time. Last night, I realized... I was already a trade waiter for a long time, and much as it's neat being up to date to read and participate when most of the discussion happens... moving my "pull list" for Marvel to 6 months later and via MU would more than pay for itself, even before factoring in all the other Marvel stuff that allows access to. And hell, I have a massive backlog of comics on Comixology to read, so by the time I get through that, I'll probably be ready to pick up where I left off on the titles I'm pulling now.
But then I realized, if I'm doing that, then... why do I need a DC pull list, either? I already have Image on a "they have sales frequently enough anyway, so I'll just wait for those rather than maintaining a pull list." And though I can't quite say the same for DC, they seem to have a line-wide frequently enough that I could presumably just catch back up with everything I feel like once or twice a year, plus whenever a specific series gets a smaller and more focused sale. Because yeah, as is... I'm paying at least 50% more (60% with this latest sale) solely to be up to date, when I already know from my past reading habits that I'm totally okay with just waiting for stuff.
So at least for now, I think my pull list is decimated. I WILL still probably have a small one, though. Like, Archie's line seems inconsistent enough with sales anyway that I think I'll keep picking up the Sonic titles as they come out (and silly as this sounds, they're actually amongst the ones I enjoy most whenever they come out. Like, I'm not going to claim that they top a lot of the other great, great stuff coming out nowadays, but they really are quite competently done, and combined with nostalgia for my childhood of loving the hell out of the Genesis games, that's created a potent combo). And Walking Dead is one that I'm both getting bummed off of me by someone else who enjoys reading them, plus I feel like it's one of the rare series that kind of works better reading as it comes out rather than in big chunks, so that's likely staying. And then from there I'll probably waver a bit on whether or not it's worth keeping a handful of the ones I enjoy most on the pull or not, which is going to be tricky.
Anyway, before I lock these plans in mentally, real quick: Is MU at 100% parity with what they have on Comixology, just with the "6 months later for new stuff" rule? Or is there anything missing? I realize now that I never checked too closely. Like, I feel like maybe I heard something about the Max line being an issue a while back? Is that a thing, or no? Also, anyone have an idea of how frequently IDW has done sweeping sales as opposed to "here's some first volumes to get you interested" sales like they have up right now? Trying to figure out if Jem and the Misfits spinoff need to stay in my pulls or not (thanks to the artist change they've just barely been hanging on anyway, so I'm leaning towards dropping it towards "wait for sales", but it'd help to make sure those sales are feasibly going to come at some point).
