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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 24, 2016 17:35:26 GMT -5
Many of the members of this forum have huge collections. If they are like me, maybe there is 30% of their collection that has not been read. Instead of reading that 30%, I re-read some great runs. Every Year I try to re-read:
Green Lantern/Green Arrow by O'neil and Adams
Hitman
Avengers v.1 1-35
Avengers : Kree/Skrull War
Avengers: Fall of Hank Pym
Fantastic Four 190-200
Which books do you revisit yearly ?
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Post by coke & comics on Jan 24, 2016 17:41:10 GMT -5
I do have a large collection. I do own a lot of comics I haven't read. And I do tend to reread a lot of things. I don't know that I read anything yearly, and certainly make no conscious effort to. I'm more likely to reread things I own in trade than things I only own in issues.
I can tell what I reread often by looking at the wear on those trades:
Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai
Swamp Thing by Alan Moore and friends
Sandman by Neil Gaiman and friends
Infinity Gauntlet by Jim Starlin, George Perez, Ron Lim, and Joe Rubinstein
Zot! by Scott McCloud
Ultimate Spider-Man by Brian Bendis and Mark Bagley
Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross
Astro City by Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson and Alex Ross (specifically Life in the Big City and Confession)
Skreemer by Peter Milligan, Brett Ewins and Steve Dillon
And many, many more.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 24, 2016 17:43:37 GMT -5
I don't think there's anything I re-read every year. There are books I re-read somewhat regularly. They would include...
Watchmen
Sandman
Preacher
Planetary
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 18:02:37 GMT -5
Can't recall any annual re-reads since I hit puberty, other than Archie digests, since I always have about 30 of them in the loo.
Before that, most likely The Death Of Superman, I had that TPB in the loo too.
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Post by Action Ace on Jan 24, 2016 18:08:18 GMT -5
I've read everything in my large collection, but I reread none of it on an annual basis.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 24, 2016 18:45:50 GMT -5
Believe it or not, I re- read The " Fighting Chance" story in Captain America just about every year.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 24, 2016 18:48:54 GMT -5
Between all the great books, movies, TV and music that exists plus socializing -why would I think of reading the same thing each year. You get older and realize you'll die before enjoying everything you would want to. As with movies, it would take about 20 years before I would revisit something
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 19:07:32 GMT -5
Not enough time to keep up with everything. Maybe in 10 yrs when I retire.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 24, 2016 19:12:54 GMT -5
Between all the great books, movies, TV and music that exists plus socializing -why would I think of reading the same thing each year. You get older and realize you'll die before enjoying everything you would want to. As with movies, it would take about 20 years before I would revisit something There are some forms of entertainment that makes me feel comfortable revisiting. I used to watch the Bogart "Big Sleep" every year. |
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Post by Gene on Jan 24, 2016 19:18:09 GMT -5
Morrison's Animal Man is the run I most frequently go back to, and it's likely that I'll do the same with the rest of the series now that it's out in trade.
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Post by Warmonger on Jan 24, 2016 19:31:18 GMT -5
Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
Garth Ennis' Punisher MAX
Steve Gerber's Foolkiller
TDKR
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 24, 2016 19:40:36 GMT -5
Between all the great books, movies, TV and music that exists plus socializing -why would I think of reading the same thing each year. You get older and realize you'll die before enjoying everything you would want to. As with movies, it would take about 20 years before I would revisit something There are some forms of entertainment that makes me feel comfortable revisiting. I used to watch the Bogart "Big Sleep" every year. I don't watch it every year, but I watch it a lot. The last time I DVRed it off TCM, I watched it, then I kept it and watched it again a few weeks later. The last time I DVRed Suspicion, I watched it and then I kept it to watch it again the next time I was in the mood. And I watched it the very next day! I decided to delete so I wouldn't watch it every day and wear it out. I watch Suspicion a lot. Not quite EVERY year. I've probably seen it seven or eight times in the last ten years. I'm almost as bad with The Birds and I'm getting that way with Dial M for Murder. I used to read The Watchmen, Sandman: A Doll's House, the Ditko issues of Spider-Man and Fantastic Four #1 to #50 pretty much every year, but I haven't read anything quite that frequently for a while. Some comics that I got in the last four or five years that I read a lot: The Brave and the Bold #78 Detective Comics #318, #321, #322 #326, #332, #369, #380, #391 Batman #153, #176, #297 The Black Dossier Kamandi #7 |
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Post by The Captain on Jan 24, 2016 20:07:23 GMT -5
Only thing I can say for certain that I reread every year is N.E.X.T.W.A.V.E.
Other than that, I have so much old stuff I've never read that I don't have time to tread over ground I've already covered. Maybe once I get through the unread books, but until then, I push onward.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 20:13:41 GMT -5
I wouldn't say every year but I tend to reread the following every few years. And yet my to read pile keeps growing.
Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1 issues 1-38
Stern/Romita J.R. Amazing Spider-Man
Ostrander/Mandrake The Spectre
PAD's Hulk
PAD's X-Factor Volume 1
Moore's Swamp Thing
Englehart's Detective run
James Robinson's Starman
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 24, 2016 20:15:40 GMT -5
I used to read Byrne's FF, Alpha Flight and Hulk runs very frequently. Simonson's Thor was another run I read, if not annually, close to it.
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