shaxper
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Post by shaxper on Apr 7, 2015 18:11:11 GMT -5
For some of us, we read everything in our collection over and over again. For others, the hunt is often just as enticing as taking the time to read what you've acquired. And, I suspect, most of us lie somewhere inbetween. So roughly how much of your collection have you read, and what are the significant runs in your collection still on the proverbial "To Read" list? A long time ago, I set up my stashmycomics account to track what I'd read, when I'd read it, and what was still untouched. I find it incredibly useful: www.stashmycomics.com/publicview.asp?username=shaxperEssentially, I'm at about 60% these days. Roughly 5,000 read; roughly 3,500 waiting to be read. (and I've probably read 15% of my collection multiple times). My biggest runs to get through remain all the Batman and X-Men comics I obsessively collected in my 20s. Hundreds and hundreds of books I've yet to read. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Apr 7, 2015 18:24:46 GMT -5
I read just about everything as soon as I buy it, some purchases take a little while such as my recent accusation of the entire Dragon Ball series but even that will be finished sooner rather than later.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2015 18:53:58 GMT -5
I have no clue, but I'd say more than half. I purged a lot of stuff I had already read and kept a lot of stuff that had been sitting unread. I mostly buy trades and hardcovers now, and would say I've read about 90% of those
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Apr 7, 2015 19:18:56 GMT -5
I've read everything I buy, except maybe 5% of stuff from the quarter/fifty cent bins. I am EXCITED about getting comics and I have to read 'em all posthaste.
But I have my dad's comics from when my parents owned a used book/record/comic store in the '70s, and I've read probably less than 40% of those.
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Post by hondobrode on Apr 7, 2015 19:56:16 GMT -5
20 %
I buy way too much despite having too little time and a lot of it is buried.
Sick and I'm the first to admit it but I can't stop.
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Post by marvelmaniac on Apr 7, 2015 20:02:22 GMT -5
I have read 3 books of the 2000 a year ago or so(had the storyline confused with something else) and have read nothing else in at least 5 years.
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 7, 2015 20:03:51 GMT -5
My first reaction would be to say at least %75 percent but , if I were to start counting , I'm not so sure. For example, I have the entire Master Of Kung Fu run but I doubt that I read 40 issues of the 110 issue run.
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Post by Action Ace on Apr 7, 2015 21:22:06 GMT -5
All of them
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Post by Paradox on Apr 7, 2015 21:53:40 GMT -5
Every single one, almost immediately, most multiple times. I remember coming home from a con with a three foot stack and that was what all my spare time was spent on until I'd read them all. Heck, when I was buying, I never made it out of the comic shop parking lot before reading at least one.  |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 7, 2015 21:57:46 GMT -5
I'd say I've read about 90% of what I've read... I have a short box, a milk crate, and a couple piles of stuff 'to read' that has never been read before, as well as a couple stacks of trades.. one 'current' trades, and one things like the epics and Showcases I read a bit at a time.
Balance that against the two 1/2 book shelves of read trades and 26 long boxes of read stuff.
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Post by shaxper on Apr 7, 2015 22:08:26 GMT -5
I definitely read a lot faster than I buy these days. If I'd started collecting in the past six years, I'd have 90% of my collection read at this point. But I definitely bought A LOT faster than I read back in my 20s, so I have a collection of 8,000+ books with about 4,000 still unread.
And, with two young kids, a full time job, and this community to run, I'm just not reading as fast as I'd like to.
At this rate, I figure I'll have read 90 to 100% of my collection in about six more years.
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Post by spoon on Apr 7, 2015 22:35:07 GMT -5
When I was a kid, it was probably between 95% and 100%. I'd read comics when I bought them, and I could only afford a certain number of comics.
Nowadays, the percentage is much lower. My income has increased, so I've bought more comics. My overall free time has decreased, but I also spend time on other things. Plus, with Ebay and the proliferation of TPBs, I can find books more quickly rather than having to track them. Nowadays, I'm also more likely to hold off on reading individual comics until I put together a full run. I don't know what the percentage is now, but I actually have over 20 unread Essential and Showcase volumes alone.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2015 22:44:38 GMT -5
Matter of fact, I'm decreasing the number of Comics that I read a month and having said that my stack is getting smaller and smaller each month so I can read every book that I get. As far my old collection, I got rid of over 5,000 Comic Books and stick with the ones that I loved the most. Because of my age, I try my best not to horde comics but keep it in line so that it will more manageable for my loved ones when I do die. It's harder and harder when you get older and believe me - you will start to read less and more time do other things. I used to read 30 titles a month about 10 years ago and right now I'm around 7-10 titles a month and I got rid of all titles that I don't read to a second hand comic book exchange.
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Post by dupersuper on Apr 7, 2015 22:46:47 GMT -5
I've read everything except a small to-read pile I'm in the middle of, and 1 Young Romance 100 page giant I just couldn't get through.
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Post by Confessor on Apr 7, 2015 22:55:07 GMT -5
I've read probably 99.9% of my collection. I'm a cheapskate comic collector and as far as I'm concerned, if I've shelled out my hard earned cash for something that I'm gonna make damn sure I read it. The few exceptions are works that I want to be in just the right mood to read for the first time. For example, my gf bought me Alan Moore's From Hell for Christmas and I still haven't gotten around to reading it yet. Likewise, I'm working my way through Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Vol. 1 anmd have just passed the half way mark. Those are rare exceptions though. I collect to read, not just to collect.
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