Last time, I was very much contemplating on quitting comics entirely - how did that pan out? I announced the same intent in a comic forum that I frequent... avengersforever.org - and I had countless feedback from online friends telling me to stop and rest, but not sell the comics - not immediately anyway.
Wow! To think I wrote the above in 2010. So I was already contemplating on quitting back then.
Avengers? Nope. X-men? Not really... at least, until Jonathan Hickman came in. That I tried. But after, back to being an irregular reader. I just probably get issues that may be of interest to me. Something I might want to find out about. For example, I semi-frequent Vampirella by Christopher Priest, who's work on Black Panther I loved - but did a lousy Justice League. So far, it's trippy. Vampi visiting a shrink? Go figure. But the art is great. I mean... comics is, after all, a visual medium, and the artist - Ergün Gündüz is a very talented artist, and Vampi never looked so good in modern times. But still... not a regular.
Give it some time, as maybe it was a phase I was going through.
It's been two months - and although I may have gotten over the phase, and maybe someone up there does not want me to rid myself of my collection just yet. After all, Alan's friend did not bother calling me - so without a venue to use, I still hold on to my collection... and maybe, just maybe, my online friends were right. I don't feel too bad about stopping - though I will still trim my collection to at least half the titles I currently get.
Still, I hope that I remain entertained - though not as enthusiastic, I may still want to read what is going on with the heroes I grew up with. So... for the time being, I remain a comic collector - one who has sophisticated quality demands, and who will not brook supporting poor quality products - be it story-wise, or visually connected.
I'm sure my friends will like to know this - and will be glad.
Me? I'll revive my writing aspect. Maybe do more fanfic, or continue writing/transforming Shadow's Inc. from rough adventure logs of a role-playing game, to a literary work. What exactly am I talking about? Read my other blog.
Update:
Wow! To think I wrote the above in 2010. So I was already contemplating on quitting back then.
Well - I did quit. Some time 2019, it seems... but by that time. I was not a regular collector either. The titles I read just didn't have the passion - or I didn't have said passion. So I quit... and actually, the arrival of COVID forced me to maybe but online versions of some comics I lost. But I eventually went cold turkey around that time.
I just read my old collection - Omnibus titles or Deluxe versions. The last story I probably followed - if ever, was Batman's stories with Catwoman and the eventual non-wedding issue they had. I didn't even follow through with Bane... at least, until the deluxe collection was released.
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| Ergün Gündüz's work on Vampirella |
In fact, it was only this September 2021, that I decided to get some comics in Comic Odyssey because I just happened to pass by - and I wanted to support them through this pandemic. So I got some Vampi (of course) and a few X-titles.
But to show you how disinterested I was with comics these days, I did not start reading what I bought until after a week of having purchased them. In fact, I still have not read all of them. Imagine that. Am I busy? Not really. It's just... my passion for the hobby is gone. It's now just an interest.
But to show you how disinterested I was with comics these days, I did not start reading what I bought until after a week of having purchased them. In fact, I still have not read all of them. Imagine that. Am I busy? Not really. It's just... my passion for the hobby is gone. It's now just an interest.
Go figure.
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