Monthly Archives: September 2008

Collected Edition Blog browsing on Tuesday afternoon

September 30, 2008
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The last Tuesday of the month is usually one of the busiest days here at the CCL. See, I usually record the podcast either in the afternoon or at night, which means I’m doing show prep, scouring the news sites or double checking the Release Schedule. I’m also putting the finishing touches on the TwoMorrows Tune-In Podcast, which normally goes up the First of the Month, in this case tomorrow (no pun intended). But today also happens to be Rosh Hashanah and even my Catholic kids have no school, so I barely have time to write this post. I’m trying to get them to get all their homework done today so they don’t have to do it Wednesday or Thursday or God forbid, Friday Morning. I’ve been somewhat successful. But I also have to plan dinner which means going to the store with two kids who will want treats and snacks. What’s a Dad to do? Time for some links:

The 50 Things That Every Comics Collection Truly Needs

September 28, 2008
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This weekend my favorite comics blogger Tom Spurgeon, The Comics Reporter compiled a list of The 50 Things That Every Comics Collection Truly Needs. It’s an awesome list and while reading I noticed several books or genres that I owned (or have read). To my surprise, at the end of the post he asked for participation, so I’m here to oblige. I suggest that you first read Tom’s post then read mine and don’t forget to go by many of the other people who are playing along on their blogs. One thing I should tell you is that a few of the pieces that I say I own below may not be original since I collected so many reprint editions. Call it cheating if you so choose. Let’s see how I fair:


Leave Plain = Things I don’t have
Make Bold = Things I do have
Italics = I have some but probably not enough (optional)
Underline = I don’t agree I need this (optional)


1. Something From The ACME Novelty Library
2. A Complete Run Of Arcade
3. Any Number Of Mini-Comics
4. At Least One Pogo Book From The 1950s
5. A Barnaby Collection
6. Binky Brown and the Holy Virgin Mary
7. As Many Issues of RAW as You Can Place Your Hands On
8. A Little Stack of Archie Comics
9. A Suite of Modern Literary Graphic Novels
10. Several Tintin Albums
11. A Smattering Of Treasury Editions Or Similarly Oversized Books
12. Several Significant Runs of Alternative Comic Book Series
13. A Few Early Comic Strip Collections To Your Taste
14. Several “Indy Comics” From Their Heyday
15. At Least One Comic Book From When You First Started Reading Comic Books
16. At Least One Comic That Failed to Finish The Way It Planned To
17. Some Osamu Tezuka
18. The Entire Run Of At Least One Manga Series
19. One Or Two 1970s Doonesbury Collections
20. At Least One Saul Steinberg Hardcover
21. One Run of A Comic Strip That You Yourself Have Clipped
22. A Selection of Comics That Interest You That You Can’t Explain To Anyone Else
23. At Least One Woodcut Novel
24. As Much Peanuts As You Can Stand
25. Maus
26. A Significant Sample of R. Crumb’s Sketchbooks
27. The original edition of Sick, Sick, Sick.
28. The Smithsonian Collection Of Newspaper Comics
29. Several copies of MAD
30. A stack of Jack Kirby 1970s Comic Books
31. More than a few Stan Lee/Jack Kirby 1960s Marvel Comic Books
32. A You’re-Too-High-To-Tell Amount of Underground Comix
33. Some Calvin and Hobbes
34. Some Love and Rockets
35. The Marvel Benefit Issue Of Coober Skeber
36. A Few Comics Not In Your Native Tongue
37. A Nice Stack of Jack Chick Comics
38. A Stack of Comics You Can Hand To Anybody’s Kid
39. At Least A Few Alan Moore Comics
40. A Comic You Made Yourself
41. A Few Comics About Comics
42. A Run Of Yummy Fur
43. Some Frank Miller Comics
44. Several Lee/Ditko/Romita Amazing Spider-Man Comic Books
45. A Few Great Comics Short Stories
46. A Tijuana Bible
47. Some Weirdo
48. An Array Of Comics In Various Non-Superhero Genres
49. An Editorial Cartoonist’s Collection or Two
50. A Few Collections From New Yorker Cartoonists


Not too bad, eh? But it looks like I need some work and some more cash. Thanks, Tom!

CCL Podcast #188 – Hellboy Library and Others

September 24, 2008
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Collected Comics Library Podcast #188

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As I mentioned in Monday’s blog, I get a lot of collected editions and because of that many (err most) of them go on the back burner. That is exactly what I did with The Hellboy Library Volume 1 (Dark Horse). I’m ashamed that I did so because it’s turned out to be one of my favorites of 2008. Not only do I feature that book for this weeks’ podcast but I also skim over Volume 2 (due out next week), The Art of Hellboy HC and The Hellboy Companion TPB.

Surprisingly, there’s not a whole lot of news this week except for one major and yet very funny misprint to the Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis Omnibus (Marvel), which I blogged about yesterday. I also go over the Shipping and Products Updates, the New Releases of the Week and my Facebook page. Lastly there are two giveaways to tell you about: The Goon: Wounded Animals TPB and Wanted TPB. Details on how to enter and win are talked about on the podcast.

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Chris

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Batman The Black Glove
Hellboy Library Edition Volume 1 HC
Absolute Ronin HC
Wonder Woman: The Circle HC
Showcase Presents: Metal Men Vol. 2 TPB
Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Heroes Vol. 3
Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Heroes Variant Vol. 104
Cable Vol. 1: Messiah War Premiere HC
Iron Man: Legacy Of Doom Premiere HC
Marvel Boy Premiere HC
Uncanny X-Men: Divided We Stand TPB
Wolverine: First Class – The Rookie TPB
X-Factor: The Only Game In Town Premiere HC
Star Wars: Luke Skywalker, Last Hope For The Galaxy HC
Nemesis Archives Volume One
Abe Sapien Volume 1: The Drowning
Red Rocket 7 HC (Limited Edition)
Madame Mirage Vol. 1 TPB
Latest special: Secret Wars II Omnibus HC Cover A – 40% off until October 3rd
Hellboy Library Edition Volume 1 HC
Marvel Masterworks Mighty Thor Volume 8
Marvel Masterworks Mighty Thor Variant Vol 112
Amazing Spider-Girl Volume 4 A Brand New May
Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Guilty Pleasures Volume 2
Astonishing X-Men Volume 2 HC Cover B
X-Men Complete Onslaught Epic Book 4
Saga of the Swamp Thing Book One HC
Starman Omnibus Volume 2 HC
Eclipso Music of the Spheres
Flash Emergency Stop
Comic Book Tattoo Special Edition HC
Star Trek Assignment Earth
Watchmen Official Film Companion
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus Volume 6

Collected Edition Blog browsing on Tuesday afternoon

September 23, 2008
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It’s been a while since I did some link blogging, so let’s not waste any time.

Keeping Up

September 22, 2008
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There’s no doubt about it, when you get as many trades, hardcovers comics and collected editions as I do, it can be pretty hard to stay on top of everything and not get behind. That said. I am behind. In fact way behind. I own over 130 DC Archives and 100 Marvel Masterworks just to start, and to be honest, I have not read even half of them. Before you scold me and tell me that it’s all a waste of money, don’t because it isn’t at all. I view it has history on my bookshelf and someday I get through it all and my kids will go through it and maybe my grandkids will too. And through it all, the library will grow.

But I am making progress. I try to read every night. Whether it’s in my favorite chair or in bed. But I don’t look at it as a chore, either. I read (and collect) the books, because I want to. It’s my hobby. Sure I like golf and baseball and other activities, but I’ve come to realize that reading comics, and in particular Collected Editions, is my #1 favorite thing to do by myself.

Of course I’ve known this for years and years, but I’ve come to a point in my life where I’m looking back at things and the choices I’ve made. And for better or worse, collecting comics has been a fun and exciting (and sometimes) frustrating ride. I have no intention of stopping now. The Blog has been a great outlet for me and so has the Forum, which ah been lackluster at times, but there’s been enough chatter to keep it going, for now. But it’s the podcast that I have relished. Once a week I come on and give the news and voice my opinions about the world of comic books as it relates to collected editions and it’s your loyalty for which I’m truly grateful.

Thank you. I don’t say it enough.

Chris Marshall