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[Freezasaurus]

I took the dust jackets off my B.R.P.D volumes and have no idea where they are. Probably put them in the bin. Dust Jackets suck though so whatever.

You probably put them in the trash where they belong.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

dust jackets

more like

bad

 

[Freezasaurus]

dust jackets

more like

bad

Was that an attempt at haiku?

 

[Calcium]

Man, God of Thunder is the real deal. Aaron is killing it so far. Gorr is probably the most interesting comic book villain I've read in a while. So, so good.

dust jackets

more like

bad

Got 'em.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Its a work in progress don't judge me

 

[Ponn]

ohhhh no.


I could never lend my books out like that

Hahaha, I have to though to educate my friends and family. When GoTG was first announced my one friend was like

who.gif

So I had to dump some GoTG and Annihilation, Conquest trades on him and yell 'READ THESE!!' Most of my books come back, some I upgrade like when I upgraded to Sinestro Corps War Absolute edition and I told my friend who had my HC's to just keep them and merry christmas.

 

[Zombine]

Slowly bringing the startup guide into 2016. Got sidetracked by Squirrel Girl.

Comic recommendation list was a mess.

 

[VanWinkle]

Man, God of Thunder is the real deal. Aaron is killing it so far. Gorr is probably the most interesting comic book villain I've read in a while. So, so good.

It's amazing. I've only read the first oversized hardcover (containing The God Butcher and Godbomb), but it is just sublime.

 

[Tragicomedy]

Fair warning to all
Let your omnibus go nude
Dust jackets are trash

 

[Zombine]

Fair warning to all
Let your omnibus go nude
Dust jackets are trash

I can't..I feel dirty throwing out a piece of something I bought. What if I want to re sell? It's technically incomplete.

 

[Tragicomedy]

I can't..I feel dirty throwing out a piece of something I bought. What if I want to re sell? It's technically incomplete.

So let's say you pick up a KFC bucket for dinner tonight, hypothetically speaking. You hanging on to those chicken bones?

Dust jackets are the bones. Refuse.

 

[WadiumArcadium]

I like dust jackets. Not really sure why but I do.

 

[Zombine]

So let's say you pick up a KFC bucket for dinner tonight, hypothetically speaking. You hanging on to those chicken bones?

Dust jackets are the bones. Refuse.

I ate the bones!

I like dust jackets. Not really sure why but I do.

Me too dude :/

 

[Calcium]

So let's say you pick up a KFC bucket for dinner tonight, hypothetically speaking. You hanging on to those chicken bones?

Dust jackets are the bones. Refuse.

Silly Tragic. The bones would be the binding. Dust jacket would be the skin. Get your shit together.

I like dust jackets. Not really sure why but I do.

You hate dust.

 

[Ponn]

So let's say you pick up a KFC bucket for dinner tonight, hypothetically speaking. You hanging on to those chicken bones?

Dust jackets are the bones. Refuse.

Wouldn't the proper analogy be getting a box of KFC chicken and then throwing away the skin? What kind of mad person would throw away KFC chicken skin?? Not someone I would trust.

 

[Tragicomedy]

I ate the bones!

Yummy.

Silly Tragic. The bones would be the binding. Dust jacket would be the skin. Get your shit together.

You hate dust.

Wouldn't the proper analogy be getting a box of KFC chicken and then throwing away the skin? What kind of mad person would throw away KFC chicken skin?? Not someone I would trust.

In fairness, it was a terrible analogy. More a response to him saying he doesn't like to throw away things he pays for. Then I went off the deep end.

 

[TheFlow]

Dust jackets increase the resell/ trade value of a book for sure. That is enough reason to keep it right there

 

[VanWinkle]

I prefer books to be designed without dust jackets, but I would never discard a dust jacket that comes with the book.

 

[TetraxShards]

I can't..I feel dirty throwing out a piece of something I bought. What if I want to re sell? It's technically incomplete.

Same, and a book is not the same as food. Comics don't go bad! Well, unless you live in a mouldy house.

 

[Tragicomedy]

I forget that people actually do resell their comics. Madness, but you'd definitely want to keep the cover.

Comixology: No Dust Jackets Necessary!

 

[Zombine]

Dust jackets increase the resell/ trade value of a book for sure. That is enough reason to keep it right there

It's in the same realm as taking a record and throwing out the sleeve.

Comixology: No Dust Jackets Necessary!

Isn't your case kind of like a dust jacket?

 

[TheFlow]

I prefer books to be designed without dust jackets, but I would never discard a dust jacket that comes with the book.

Amen. The daredevil omnibus and elektra feature the same art as the dust jacket which is awesome

 

[TetraxShards]

Isn't your case kind of like a dust jacket?

Dang. I never thought of it like that.

If dust jackets worked like covers that turn into stands, that'd be sweet.

 

[Tragicomedy]

Isn't your case kind of like a dust jacket?

Otterbox Dust Jackets for life.

 

[Zombine]

Dang. I never thought of it like that.

If dust jackets worked like covers that turn into stands, that'd be sweet.

Brb plugging my book into the wall

But yeah...is Squirrel Girl X Wolverine the strangest ship ever? She's in college now. He would kind of be like her Daddy.

 

[whatsinaname]

Dang. I never thought of it like that.

If dust jackets worked like covers that turn into stands, that'd be sweet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KuDPfTfw6w

Otterbox Dust Jackets for life.

ew. Cases on phones/tablets. Next thing you'll tell me is that you have a screen protector on there.

 

[Rhaknar]

Brb plugging my book into the wall

But yeah...is Squirrel Girl X Wolverine the strangest ship ever? She's in college now. He would kind of be like her Daddy.

As if the age difference between Logan and his eternal waifu was any less creepy when it started

 

[Ponn]

Same, and a book is not the same as food. Comics don't go bad! Well, unless you live in a mouldy house.

I ate my Howard the Duck trade one broke and lonely Christmas Eve It was gamey.

 

[TheFlow]

Hahaha, I have to though to educate my friends and family. When GoTG was first announced my one friend was like

who.gif

So I had to dump some GoTG and Annihilation, Conquest trades on him and yell 'READ THESE!!' Most of my books come back, some I upgrade like when I upgraded to Sinestro Corps War Absolute edition and I told my friend who had my HC's to just keep them and merry christmas.

You are a true bro

 

[TetraxShards]

Brb plugging my book into the wall

But yeah...is Squirrel Girl X Wolverine the strangest ship ever? She's in college now. He would kind of be like her Daddy.

That seems like it would be a fire hazard.

Shipping Squirrel Girl in general is weird. Especially because she looks so different in Unbeatable compared to everything else where she's more sexed-up and it's a bit odd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KuDPfTfw6w

ew. Cases on phones/tablets. Next thing you'll tell me is that you have a screen protector on there.

How did I forget this?

My tablet has a thin case but my phone's got nuthin', because it's one of those Chinese budget phones so no good cases exist.

I ate my Howard the Duck trade one broke and lonely Christmas Eve It was gamey.

Crispy duck is one of my favourite things to get at the Chinese. Probably better than eating a Rocket Raccoon trade anyway.

 

[Zombine]

As if the age difference between Logan and his eternal waifu was any less creepy when it started

Totally forgot about this.

You know what else was running through my mind today...great stand alone issues of comics. What are some of your favorite single issues of a comic with an open and closed story?

I think that Waid's Daredevil is the GOAT of single issue stories. The one that stands out to me the most is Daredevil #30:

The cover speaks for itself. Silver Surfer goes to Daredevil for help, and a street level cosmic adventure takes place over 20-something pages. We get aliens, Daredevil on the surfboard, and some awesome set pieces. It's just a nice story that I read over and over again.

 

[Sandfox]

I forget that people actually do resell their comics. Madness, but you'd definitely want to keep the cover.

Comixology: No Dust Jackets Necessary!

They have the worst binding for their books. Practically nonexistent IMO

 

[TetraxShards]

What are some of your favorite single issues of a comic with an open and closed story?

Two from Exiles:
- The one where they get a week off and while the rest of the team wants to head to a nude beach, Mariko gets told to take Morph out so the rest can relax. There's some obvious cheesecake bits when they go lingerie shopping, but there's a whole awesome sequence where Morph admits that he's crushin' on her and she lets him down

Spoiler

and also tells him she's gay.

They have a lovely moment where they talk like adults. Not much else happens. It gave me the feels back then.
- The one where they buy a danish. The man who wanted the danish was called Rube Goldberg. You can guess where this one is going. Full-on butterfly effect but still really funny.

Also, the issue of JLA where the Hal Jordan Spectre takes them on a tour of people's inner minds, eventually ending up

Spoiler

inside The Joker's brain

while Hal and Zauriel have a big debate about vigilantism and how Hal feels Zauriel has abandoned heaven (or whatever they called where The Presence was).

 

[Tragicomedy]

ew. Cases on phones/tablets. Next thing you'll tell me is that you have a screen protector on there.

Screen protectors seem pointless with gorilla glass, but cases are a must. I have a five year old son. This sucker is perfect: slim, light, and has saved my phone twice now. I'm not going nude with a $750 device. I think most people with young kids know the value of a case.

They have the worst binding for their books. Practically nonexistent IMO

What's holding the pages together?

 

[Sandfox]

Screen protectors seem pointless with gorilla glass, but cases are a must. I have a five year old son. This sucker is perfect: slim, light, and has saved my phone twice now. I'm not going nude with a $750 device. I think most people with young kids know the value of a case.



What's holding the pages together?

nobody knows.

 

[Rhaknar]

Starbrand and Nightmask #1 was very alright, I quite enjoyed it. I assume its already canceled of course.

 

[Sou Da]

Starbrand and Nightmask #1 was very alright, I quite enjoyed it. I assume its already canceled of course.

Yes, it is indeed written by Greg Weisman.

 

[Sandfox]

Starbrand and Nightmask #1 was very alright, I quite enjoyed it. I assume its already canceled of course.

Greg Weisman is cursed.

 

[Rhaknar]

Well thats a shame. How many issues did it last? 6?

Greg Weisman is cursed.

Yes, it is indeed written by Greg Weisman.

He's know for having canceled books huh? Any notables?

 

[Zombine]

Two from Exiles:
- The one where they get a week off and while the rest of the team wants to head to a nude beach, Mariko gets told to take Morph out so the rest can relax. There's some obvious cheesecake bits when they go lingerie shopping, but there's a whole awesome sequence where Morph admits that he's crushin' on her and she lets him down

Spoiler

and also tells him she's gay.

They have a lovely moment where they talk like adults. Not much else happens. It gave me the feels back then.
- The one where they buy a danish. The man who wanted the danish was called Rube Goldberg. You can guess where this one is going. Full-on butterfly effect but still really funny.

Also, the issue of JLA where the Hal Jordan Spectre takes them on a tour of people's inner minds, eventually ending up

Spoiler

inside The Joker's brain

while Hal and Zauriel have a big debate about vigilantism and how Hal feels Zauriel has abandoned heaven (or whatever they called where The Presence was).

Great picks! Another GOAT issue is the Doop issue of X-Statix. That is an amazing issue.

 

[Sandfox]

Well thats a shame. How many issues did it last? 6?




He's know for having canceled books huh? Any notables?

He was the guy in charge of Gargoyles, Young Justice and Spectacular Spider-Man.

 

[Hagi]

I can't remember the number off the top of my head but one of my favourite issues is the Daredevil issue with him and the blind kids getting caught in a snow storm. I love Waids run to bits but that issue stands out to me.

 

[Duress]

Dust jackets are the clothes for books. You don't want them naked, do you?

 

[Hagi]

Dust jackets are the clothes for books. You don't want them naked, do you?

I like my comics like I like my beaches.

 

[echoshifting]

Well thats a shame. How many issues did it last? 6?

Yeah six. Stays good up until the end though so stick with it.

 

[Duress]

I like my comics like I like my beaches.

Full of Europeans in banana hammocks?

 

[Freezasaurus]

ComicGAF getting 2 lewd 4 me m8.

 

[Poodlestrike]

ComicGAF getting 2 lewd 4 me m8.

M8 I remember Figure-GAF.

I know that's a lie.

 

[echoshifting]

Anybody in here that can help this dude out?

This is a bit of a long shot, but it's been annoying me for years. Bear with me here because this is a memory I'm pulling from when I was around 4-5 years old.

In the UK, somewhere around 93/94 there was a comic available in Newsagents that was fantasy oriented. I think it was black and white although I could be wrong about that.

Everytime I think about it I think 'Lord of the Rings', but it wasn't that. There was something to do with monsters, maybe someone hunting them?

The thing I remember specifically was that there was some dude in a forest, either running away from or confronting a monster. It was definitely some sort of series and not a one off.

I know this is vague but if someone could help purge the not knowing I would be grateful.

 

[TetraxShards]

Anybody in here that can help this dude out?

I posted there, my guess is Slaine but it could be anything. There were a lot of comics like that in the 80s and 90s and the UK market was way more fragmented.