Frankly, writing those prediction-discussion posts was really biting into my Batman: Arkham City-playing time.
I’m going to pick up on the prediction commentary next week, since both you and I can probably stand a break from it. But don’t forget to submit your own predictions for this coming year! And in other news, I am my own worst enemy.
In the meantime, I suggest you all run out to your local comics emporium and get yourself a copy of Classic Popeye #6, featuring one of those space-filling prose stories that I’m going to recommend you actually read:
…Not that it’s any pillar of originality or anything…you’ll see the ending coming almost just by looking at that title banner, but the interplay between sweetly devious Swee’Pea and the irascible Poopdeck Pappy is a lot of fun. …Speaking of that banner, is that great or what? It really did make me want to read the story, and now I want to go back and read those previous text pieces I’d ignored.
Also, completely unrelated to anything above, since I mentioned being tempted by those Roy Thomas Presents the Heap hardcovers (reprinting Golden Age stories of a proto-Swamp Thing)…yeah, that bullet was bitten and I put my orders in for all three. I am so, so weak. …I’m also thinking of finally getting around to finishing off my runs of books published by 1970s Atlas, because I don’t have enough comics just piled around the house. (Oddly enough, I was reinspired to do so by a customer of mine filling out his New Universe collection.)
Anyway, I hope you’ll forgive me my brief break in discussing your predictions…I’ll finish up next week. And besides, I posted every day this week so far…what kind of crazy person would post on a blog every day?
You buried the lede.
“I was reinspired to do so by a customer of mine filling out his New Universe collection”
Such people exist? Is this common? Did he actually buy some at the time and is now just filling the gaps, or did he discover them later and has gone back and read them all?
I recently completed my collection of Atlas’ “Destructor” comic. I have been sorely tempted to go get all the rest (as it’s a relatively inexpensive endeavor) but I’ll be durned if I know where I’d put them. Plus, I am already trying my family’s patience with the giant piles of funny books littering the house.
I collected a complete set of Atlas/Seaboard a few years ago. Fun, and cheap. The only ones that were hard to find were “Vicki”. The whole collection only takes up about half a short-box, so it’s not really adding that much to the total size of my collection, and there’s some really fun, crazy-ass shit in there.
Thanks for the scan of that banner. The second I saw this on my phone I knew I was stealing it for my Facebook cover image. With credit to both you and Classic Popeye #6.
Anyone know if the recent Atlas revival has officially crashed?