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Plus, I'm too depressed to finally write the sex scene in that Laurie/Veidt fanfic I was working on for weeks. So this is the best productive-useless thing I can do.
Also, I know it's old. I don't care.
From here
1. Something From The ACME Novelty Library
No, but would like to get it (when I'm employed again, as with everything on this list). I know people seriously love Chris Ware, like seriously, but Jimmy Corrigan is just one of those things I haven't gotten around to yet.
2. A Complete Run Of Arcade
No. I mean really, I'm 24.
3. Any Number Of Mini-Comics
Oh yeah. I picked up a couple of these when I went to SPX that one time. Good times. Would like to go back one day.
4. At Least One Pogo Book From The 1950s
[shakes head]
5. A Barnaby Collection
[shakes head]
6. Binky Brown and the Holy Virgin Mary
WHAT? ... no.
7. As Many Issues of RAW as You Can Place Your Hands On
I'm too young for that stuff.
8. A Little Stack of Archie Comics
[wakes up] Oh! Yeah, I have a couple of these in my longboxes back in New Jersey. Mostly Betty and Veronica. Although I do have a Cheryl Blossom mini-series. And Sabrina. Sabrina is cool.
9. A Suite of Modern Literary Graphic Novels
Oh, a SUITE is it? I've got a couple of these. I've got Blankets, which was teh excellent. I've got Black Hole, which could have been better. I've got Jeffrey Brown's comics. And Liz Prince, who I guess is maybe more of a trifle for this list, but she's like Jeffrey Brown and I think Jeffrey Brown is a lot like Craig Thompson SO IT ALL MAKES SENSE IN MY BRAIN MEATS!
10. Several Tintin Albums
No. Not yet. One day.
11. A Smattering Of Treasury Editions Or Similarly Oversized Books
I guess that "Parallel Lives" Spider-Man Graphic Novel doesn't count, huh?
12. Several Significant Runs of Alternative Comic Book Series
NO I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY OR ENERGY.
13. A Few Early Comic Strip Collections To Your Taste
I am not very into the comic strips, I'm afraid. People have to push them into my hands for me to read them. (see: My Boyfriend and Liberty Meadows). I've wanted to try teh Krazy Kat, though.
14. Several "Indy Comics" From Their Heyday
I is too young for that stuff, too. At least for when it was "The Heyday." Zot! and Cerebus are on my "far, far in the future" reading list, though.
15. At Least One Comic Book From When You First Started Reading Comic Books
Oh yeah! I totally have my Jim Balent-era Catwoman lying around somewhere. ROCK!
...
... You know, I have something to say about how being a comics child of the 90s fucks with your brain. I may want to read a book of my brother's first, though. It talks all about how people get a schema of what music should sound like and I think reading this book will explain the secret of why people like Youngblood. Let me get back to you on this.
16. At Least One Comic That Failed to Finish The Way It Planned To
Well, I just read most of Hepcats at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lady_nebula's urging. I also have most of the run of Lady Pendragon, that odd blend of Arthurian myth and titty book that suddenly ended when the artist got promoted.
... I fail everything.
17. Some Osamu Tezuka
... I REALLY fail everything.
18. The Entire Run Of At Least One Manga Series
HAH. I love how he's all respectable and shit. I've got the full runs of Chobits, Gravitation and Midori no Hibi. HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT? Okay, well I also have Pet Shop of Horrors, which WINS AT ALMOST EVERYTHING.
I actually have a LOT of trouble getting into manga, which is unfair, especially considering I'll swallow anime like chocolate. Part of this has to do with the fact that, despite the advantage they have over American comics of being one complete, full story they also mean that complete, full story is a $70 investment minimum. And that hasn't really changed while anime has been getting cheaper. Also, complaints about translation have made me balk at manga, too. But enough of my rambling ...
19. One Or Two 1970s Doonesbury Collections
NO. Don't want them, either.
20. At Least One Saul Steinberg Hardcover
I've never heard of this guy.
21. One Run of A Comic Strip That You Yourself Have Clipped
I never did that. My grandmother once cut me out a run of a Beauty & The Beast Christmas story that ran in the newspaper and was extremely difficult to backtrack and put together, but I think I eventually threw it away.
22. A Selection of Comics That Interest You That You Can't Explain To Anyone Else
... The Arthurian legend titty book?
23. At Least One Woodcut Novel
No, but it sounds interesting.
24. As Much Peanuts As You Can Stand
I could actually live a life without Peanuts. I told you I'm not a comic strip person.
25. Maus
grrr ... no. I know. I know. My GRANDMOTHER had read it and I haven't. I fail.
26. A Significant Sample of R. Crumb's Sketchbooks
I don't have much R. Crumb, although I saw some of his porno in a book my dad let me read before he eventually gave to my grandfather. (Yes, my Dad is weird. NO, we didn't look at it together.) They bothered me. Women getting strangled while getting fucked. Still would buy this, though.
27. The original edition of Sick, Sick, Sick.
No. Am interested, though.
28. The Smithsonian Collection Of Newspaper Comics
It seems this is out of print. Too bad. Looked interesting.
29. Several copies of MAD
I have a couple. Or I had a couple. Will have to check my archives. I can't imagine anything I have is worth saving, though.
30. A stack of Jack Kirby 1970s Comic Books
... Um, more of a Marvel than DC fan.
31. More than a few Stan Lee/Jack Kirby 1960s Marvel Comic Books
But I still don't have these.
32. A You're-Too-High-To-Tell Amount of Underground Comix
You flower children and your silly funny books ...
33. Some Calvin and Hobbes
Um ... er ... I ... um ... I'veneverbeenahugefanofCalvinandHobbes. [DIVES FOR HER BOMB SHELTER!]
34. Some Love and Rockets
These have been on my Amazon Wishlist for months.
35. The Marvel Benefit Issue Of Coober Skeber
I'm really just not into this collecting these things because they're obscure ... thing.
36. A Few Comics Not In Your Native Tongue
I had Mosquito, but it sucked so I put it up on Bookmooch. Plus, the only word it had was "Sangre" so I don't know if that counts.
37. A Nice Stack of Jack Chick Comics
Okay, I can get the appeal of looking at the evangelical subculture under a microscope and going all, "Oooooh. Look at them and their squeaky-clean loving Jesus and despising most of humanity ways!" but I really don't see why I should seek out the rancid, moldy cottage cheese when I can get that abused cow for free.
38. A Stack of Comics You Can Hand To Anybody's Kid
Oh, I could scrounge up the Archies. And I have a couple of graphic novels they'd like, even if I'd have to prevent them from coloring them in. I like that basket idea, but I don't really know anyone young enough for that.
39. At Least A Few Alan Moore Comics
Oh FINALLY. Yes. Watchmen, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, V for Vendetta, Lost Girls, that kind of shitty/kind of awesome DC stuff he did and The Mirror of Love.
40. A Comic You Made Yourself
I DO HAVE THIS! Seriously. I adapted a story I wrote for a class. Do you guys want to see it? It's not good, but ... I did it and it's mine and all that.
41. A Few Comics About Comics
I have that issue the Fade from Blue guys did to try to rope people into comics. I'm just going to count that. Although I would rather have some Scott McCloud.
42. A Run Of Yummy Fur
What? No.
43. Some Frank Miller Comics
I have the Daredevil/Elektra comics, so yes.
44. Several Lee/Ditko/Romita Amazing Spider-Man Comic Books
I have the Essentials.
45. A Few Great Comics Short Stories
How do you define something like that? Really?
46. A Tijuana Bible
I've had a book about these on my wishlist. And that Tijuana Bible from The Black Dossier, but I don't think that counts.
47. Some Weirdo
No, too young.
48. An Array Of Comics In Various Non-Superhero Genres
Well that is EXTREMELY VAGUE IS IT NOT? This is what I have, by the way.
49. An Editorial Cartoonist's Collection or Two
I don't have this. Although Dr. Seuss' WWII cartoons have been on my wishlist.
50. A Few Collections From New Yorker Cartoonists
No. Although this has made me want to check out James Thurber.
ONE DAY.
Final tally = 14/50. So my comics collection is 28 percent complete.
From here.
1. The Mod Gorilla Boss
I actually don't have anything with primates from what I can remember. Which is too bad, because I really loved that "Angel & The Ape" stuffpapajoemambo showed me, but I don't think they make trades of that.
2. A Collection Of Stories From The Golden Age
Noooo ... although ... nah, that doesn't count. I like his suggestions, though.
3. At Least One Comic By Kyle Baker
Nein.
4. A Prose Novel About Comics
I did read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, but I don't have a copy of mine own. Loved the hell out of it, though. Well, except for the excursion to Antarctica. That was boring.
5. Something That Will Allow You To Sound Smart In Public
I don't have Action Philosophers, but how's this?
6. A Comic That, If It Came To It, Could Block Shuriken, Blowdarts, And Most Medium Caliber Handgun Rounds
Lost Girls would do that, although I'd rather use Watching the Watchmen. It allows more flexibility.
7. One, and Only One, Issue of Pizzazz
No. Sheesh.
8. A Comic Written by a Rapper
Alas, no. Although I do have an indie comic titled Mac Afro which is blaxploitation adventures in space. Really.
9. Jack Staff
No. Sounds fun, though.
10. A Story That Deals With a Serious Issue
Yes! I have a copy of the issue where Spider-Man got molested. But I've talked about that one enough for now.
11. Something Romantic
Oh, I got lots of romance stuff. But the best thing I have is Romance Without Tears. It's a collection of out-of-the-ordinary Romance Comics with practical-minded women and it's great.
12. Cover Girl, by Andrew Cosby, Kevin Church and Mateus Santolouco
Nope.
13. Something That Is Totally Awesome But That You Totally Do Not Understand
Er ... huh. I ... I really can't think of anything. I don't know why. I can't imagine that's never happened before.
14. Something That You Can Give To Someone Who Doesn’t Get It
Eh. If I want to get somebody into comics I pick a rec tailored to their taste. Blankets or Mom's Cancer would be my standard go-tos, though.
15. A Comic That Was Ten Years Ahead of Its Time
Oh. The Spirit. I've got that.
16. Porn
YES! Lost Girls and Stray Moonbeams and Kizuna and TRUE PORN ONE AND TWO.
17. Something for the Kids
Yep. The Mini-Marvels. And Owly!. It's Dan Drieberg-approved.
18. A Print Collection of a Webcomic
Mom's Cancer. I've liked webcomics in the past. I still like some webcomics. This is the only one I've ever loved.
19. A Story That Hits All Three
Actually, it might be "The Child Within" for me. You've got the psuedo-psychology. You've got the emotions, and you've got the "fuck yeah" moment where Harry Osborn is all like, "Nooo! I can't kill you! But I still won't be good!" The best-friends-turned-worst-enemy is my favorite trope, though, so I just love this stuff.
20. A Run You Had to Hunt For
For awhile I was hunting old Ms. Marvel issues, but I didn't get through the whole thing.
21. Showcase Presents Sugar & Spike
Heh. Well, it looks cute.
22. A Comic Where Somebody Punches Hitler
No. I think I need this, though. Fucking Hitler.
23. Something That You Absolutely Love, Except For One Little Thing
Ugh. I ... I feel like I should have a better answer for this, but since I don't I'll just say the teacher/eight-year-old student subplot in Card Captor Sakura.
24. Something That Might Not Be Very Good But God Damn It, It Means The World To You
LIES! EVERYTHING I LOVE SHITS GOLD. Um. The Tigra mini-series with Christina Z and Mike Deodato Jr., I guess. The ending is kind of lame and the weird sex subplot that goes nowhere is weird and goes nowhere, but I loved the art and watching Tigra fight things and thinking, "Man, it would be so cool to do that" even though I was, like, 16 at the time and far too old for that stuff. Or maybe not. :-D
25. Something That You Absolutely Hate
I'm not sure. I might have Americanjism lying around, unless I threw that putrid thing out along with my Get Kraven back issues and some bad indie comics that meant nothing to nobody.
But, yeah, Americanjism IS the worst comic I've ever read, by the way. And it was bad comedic satire, which made it the BAD kind of bad comic. And that's ... bad.
Final tally: 11/25 = 44 percent awesome. Not so bad.
Also, I know it's old. I don't care.
From here
1. Something From The ACME Novelty Library
No, but would like to get it (when I'm employed again, as with everything on this list). I know people seriously love Chris Ware, like seriously, but Jimmy Corrigan is just one of those things I haven't gotten around to yet.
2. A Complete Run Of Arcade
No. I mean really, I'm 24.
3. Any Number Of Mini-Comics
Oh yeah. I picked up a couple of these when I went to SPX that one time. Good times. Would like to go back one day.
4. At Least One Pogo Book From The 1950s
[shakes head]
5. A Barnaby Collection
[shakes head]
6. Binky Brown and the Holy Virgin Mary
WHAT? ... no.
7. As Many Issues of RAW as You Can Place Your Hands On
I'm too young for that stuff.
8. A Little Stack of Archie Comics
[wakes up] Oh! Yeah, I have a couple of these in my longboxes back in New Jersey. Mostly Betty and Veronica. Although I do have a Cheryl Blossom mini-series. And Sabrina. Sabrina is cool.
9. A Suite of Modern Literary Graphic Novels
Oh, a SUITE is it? I've got a couple of these. I've got Blankets, which was teh excellent. I've got Black Hole, which could have been better. I've got Jeffrey Brown's comics. And Liz Prince, who I guess is maybe more of a trifle for this list, but she's like Jeffrey Brown and I think Jeffrey Brown is a lot like Craig Thompson SO IT ALL MAKES SENSE IN MY BRAIN MEATS!
10. Several Tintin Albums
No. Not yet. One day.
11. A Smattering Of Treasury Editions Or Similarly Oversized Books
I guess that "Parallel Lives" Spider-Man Graphic Novel doesn't count, huh?
12. Several Significant Runs of Alternative Comic Book Series
NO I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY OR ENERGY.
13. A Few Early Comic Strip Collections To Your Taste
I am not very into the comic strips, I'm afraid. People have to push them into my hands for me to read them. (see: My Boyfriend and Liberty Meadows). I've wanted to try teh Krazy Kat, though.
14. Several "Indy Comics" From Their Heyday
I is too young for that stuff, too. At least for when it was "The Heyday." Zot! and Cerebus are on my "far, far in the future" reading list, though.
15. At Least One Comic Book From When You First Started Reading Comic Books
Oh yeah! I totally have my Jim Balent-era Catwoman lying around somewhere. ROCK!
...
... You know, I have something to say about how being a comics child of the 90s fucks with your brain. I may want to read a book of my brother's first, though. It talks all about how people get a schema of what music should sound like and I think reading this book will explain the secret of why people like Youngblood. Let me get back to you on this.
16. At Least One Comic That Failed to Finish The Way It Planned To
Well, I just read most of Hepcats at
lady_nebula's urging. I also have most of the run of Lady Pendragon, that odd blend of Arthurian myth and titty book that suddenly ended when the artist got promoted.... I fail everything.
17. Some Osamu Tezuka
... I REALLY fail everything.
18. The Entire Run Of At Least One Manga Series
HAH. I love how he's all respectable and shit. I've got the full runs of Chobits, Gravitation and Midori no Hibi. HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT? Okay, well I also have Pet Shop of Horrors, which WINS AT ALMOST EVERYTHING.
I actually have a LOT of trouble getting into manga, which is unfair, especially considering I'll swallow anime like chocolate. Part of this has to do with the fact that, despite the advantage they have over American comics of being one complete, full story they also mean that complete, full story is a $70 investment minimum. And that hasn't really changed while anime has been getting cheaper. Also, complaints about translation have made me balk at manga, too. But enough of my rambling ...
19. One Or Two 1970s Doonesbury Collections
NO. Don't want them, either.
20. At Least One Saul Steinberg Hardcover
I've never heard of this guy.
21. One Run of A Comic Strip That You Yourself Have Clipped
I never did that. My grandmother once cut me out a run of a Beauty & The Beast Christmas story that ran in the newspaper and was extremely difficult to backtrack and put together, but I think I eventually threw it away.
22. A Selection of Comics That Interest You That You Can't Explain To Anyone Else
... The Arthurian legend titty book?
23. At Least One Woodcut Novel
No, but it sounds interesting.
24. As Much Peanuts As You Can Stand
I could actually live a life without Peanuts. I told you I'm not a comic strip person.
25. Maus
grrr ... no. I know. I know. My GRANDMOTHER had read it and I haven't. I fail.
26. A Significant Sample of R. Crumb's Sketchbooks
I don't have much R. Crumb, although I saw some of his porno in a book my dad let me read before he eventually gave to my grandfather. (Yes, my Dad is weird. NO, we didn't look at it together.) They bothered me. Women getting strangled while getting fucked. Still would buy this, though.
27. The original edition of Sick, Sick, Sick.
No. Am interested, though.
28. The Smithsonian Collection Of Newspaper Comics
It seems this is out of print. Too bad. Looked interesting.
29. Several copies of MAD
I have a couple. Or I had a couple. Will have to check my archives. I can't imagine anything I have is worth saving, though.
30. A stack of Jack Kirby 1970s Comic Books
... Um, more of a Marvel than DC fan.
31. More than a few Stan Lee/Jack Kirby 1960s Marvel Comic Books
But I still don't have these.
32. A You're-Too-High-To-Tell Amount of Underground Comix
You flower children and your silly funny books ...
33. Some Calvin and Hobbes
Um ... er ... I ... um ... I'veneverbeenahugefanofCalvinandHobbes. [DIVES FOR HER BOMB SHELTER!]
34. Some Love and Rockets
These have been on my Amazon Wishlist for months.
35. The Marvel Benefit Issue Of Coober Skeber
I'm really just not into this collecting these things because they're obscure ... thing.
36. A Few Comics Not In Your Native Tongue
I had Mosquito, but it sucked so I put it up on Bookmooch. Plus, the only word it had was "Sangre" so I don't know if that counts.
37. A Nice Stack of Jack Chick Comics
Okay, I can get the appeal of looking at the evangelical subculture under a microscope and going all, "Oooooh. Look at them and their squeaky-clean loving Jesus and despising most of humanity ways!" but I really don't see why I should seek out the rancid, moldy cottage cheese when I can get that abused cow for free.
38. A Stack of Comics You Can Hand To Anybody's Kid
Oh, I could scrounge up the Archies. And I have a couple of graphic novels they'd like, even if I'd have to prevent them from coloring them in. I like that basket idea, but I don't really know anyone young enough for that.
39. At Least A Few Alan Moore Comics
Oh FINALLY. Yes. Watchmen, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, V for Vendetta, Lost Girls, that kind of shitty/kind of awesome DC stuff he did and The Mirror of Love.
40. A Comic You Made Yourself
I DO HAVE THIS! Seriously. I adapted a story I wrote for a class. Do you guys want to see it? It's not good, but ... I did it and it's mine and all that.
41. A Few Comics About Comics
I have that issue the Fade from Blue guys did to try to rope people into comics. I'm just going to count that. Although I would rather have some Scott McCloud.
42. A Run Of Yummy Fur
What? No.
43. Some Frank Miller Comics
I have the Daredevil/Elektra comics, so yes.
44. Several Lee/Ditko/Romita Amazing Spider-Man Comic Books
I have the Essentials.
45. A Few Great Comics Short Stories
How do you define something like that? Really?
46. A Tijuana Bible
I've had a book about these on my wishlist. And that Tijuana Bible from The Black Dossier, but I don't think that counts.
47. Some Weirdo
No, too young.
48. An Array Of Comics In Various Non-Superhero Genres
Well that is EXTREMELY VAGUE IS IT NOT? This is what I have, by the way.
49. An Editorial Cartoonist's Collection or Two
I don't have this. Although Dr. Seuss' WWII cartoons have been on my wishlist.
50. A Few Collections From New Yorker Cartoonists
No. Although this has made me want to check out James Thurber.
ONE DAY.
Final tally = 14/50. So my comics collection is 28 percent complete.
From here.
1. The Mod Gorilla Boss
I actually don't have anything with primates from what I can remember. Which is too bad, because I really loved that "Angel & The Ape" stuff
papajoemambo showed me, but I don't think they make trades of that.2. A Collection Of Stories From The Golden Age
Noooo ... although ... nah, that doesn't count. I like his suggestions, though.
3. At Least One Comic By Kyle Baker
Nein.
4. A Prose Novel About Comics
I did read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, but I don't have a copy of mine own. Loved the hell out of it, though. Well, except for the excursion to Antarctica. That was boring.
5. Something That Will Allow You To Sound Smart In Public
I don't have Action Philosophers, but how's this?
6. A Comic That, If It Came To It, Could Block Shuriken, Blowdarts, And Most Medium Caliber Handgun Rounds
Lost Girls would do that, although I'd rather use Watching the Watchmen. It allows more flexibility.
7. One, and Only One, Issue of Pizzazz
No. Sheesh.
8. A Comic Written by a Rapper
Alas, no. Although I do have an indie comic titled Mac Afro which is blaxploitation adventures in space. Really.
9. Jack Staff
No. Sounds fun, though.
10. A Story That Deals With a Serious Issue
Yes! I have a copy of the issue where Spider-Man got molested. But I've talked about that one enough for now.
11. Something Romantic
Oh, I got lots of romance stuff. But the best thing I have is Romance Without Tears. It's a collection of out-of-the-ordinary Romance Comics with practical-minded women and it's great.
12. Cover Girl, by Andrew Cosby, Kevin Church and Mateus Santolouco
Nope.
13. Something That Is Totally Awesome But That You Totally Do Not Understand
Er ... huh. I ... I really can't think of anything. I don't know why. I can't imagine that's never happened before.
14. Something That You Can Give To Someone Who Doesn’t Get It
Eh. If I want to get somebody into comics I pick a rec tailored to their taste. Blankets or Mom's Cancer would be my standard go-tos, though.
15. A Comic That Was Ten Years Ahead of Its Time
Oh. The Spirit. I've got that.
16. Porn
YES! Lost Girls and Stray Moonbeams and Kizuna and TRUE PORN ONE AND TWO.
17. Something for the Kids
Yep. The Mini-Marvels. And Owly!. It's Dan Drieberg-approved.
18. A Print Collection of a Webcomic
Mom's Cancer. I've liked webcomics in the past. I still like some webcomics. This is the only one I've ever loved.
19. A Story That Hits All Three
Actually, it might be "The Child Within" for me. You've got the psuedo-psychology. You've got the emotions, and you've got the "fuck yeah" moment where Harry Osborn is all like, "Nooo! I can't kill you! But I still won't be good!" The best-friends-turned-worst-enemy is my favorite trope, though, so I just love this stuff.
20. A Run You Had to Hunt For
For awhile I was hunting old Ms. Marvel issues, but I didn't get through the whole thing.
21. Showcase Presents Sugar & Spike
Heh. Well, it looks cute.
22. A Comic Where Somebody Punches Hitler
No. I think I need this, though. Fucking Hitler.
23. Something That You Absolutely Love, Except For One Little Thing
Ugh. I ... I feel like I should have a better answer for this, but since I don't I'll just say the teacher/eight-year-old student subplot in Card Captor Sakura.
24. Something That Might Not Be Very Good But God Damn It, It Means The World To You
LIES! EVERYTHING I LOVE SHITS GOLD. Um. The Tigra mini-series with Christina Z and Mike Deodato Jr., I guess. The ending is kind of lame and the weird sex subplot that goes nowhere is weird and goes nowhere, but I loved the art and watching Tigra fight things and thinking, "Man, it would be so cool to do that" even though I was, like, 16 at the time and far too old for that stuff. Or maybe not. :-D
25. Something That You Absolutely Hate
I'm not sure. I might have Americanjism lying around, unless I threw that putrid thing out along with my Get Kraven back issues and some bad indie comics that meant nothing to nobody.
But, yeah, Americanjism IS the worst comic I've ever read, by the way. And it was bad comedic satire, which made it the BAD kind of bad comic. And that's ... bad.
Final tally: 11/25 = 44 percent awesome. Not so bad.