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Post by DE Sinclair on Jan 26, 2016 14:11:05 GMT -5
Mecha, so sorry to hear about your Dad. My thoughts, prayers, and condolences go out to you. Losing your parents can make you feel very alone in the world, no matter how old you are when it happens. Lean on family and friends, and feel free to talk here if it helps.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jan 26, 2016 14:13:55 GMT -5
Here's my deleted post, which Mormel is referencing in his post... I'm mulling over a big comic-related decision at the moment and would welcome any advice. I'm considering stopping buying Amazing Spider-Man, which has always been my favourite superhero title, and selling my complete run from 2008 (the end of the J. Micheal Strazynski run) to the present day, which is around 200+ issues. Parts of the recent-ish Dan Slott run have been enjoyable, but parts of it have been a bit dull and I think I've just been buying ASM as a matter of habit. Prior to that, the post-One More Day stories were pretty damn awful, with some really shitty artwork at times too, but again I sort of just kept buying the series because I desperately wanted it to get better -- Spidey's my #1 favourite superhero character, after all. Recently, with Marvel having made Peter Parker the millionaire CEO of Parker Industries, a huge multi-national corporation with offices all over the world, it just seems like this isn't a character that is supposed to be a down on his luck everyman anymore. The last few issues of ASM have been enjoyable enough reads, sure, but they also seem strangely lightweight and this Peter Parker just doesn't feel like my Spider-Man. The really telling thing for me though is that, while I'm often inspired to go back and re-read particular issues of ASM from between it's inception in 1963 right up to 2008, at no point in the last 7 years have I ever been inspired to want to re-read the post-Strazynski issues. That says a lot. If I do decide to sell those issues, the idea would be to sell them in bulk to a UK based online comic store (probably Silver Acre) and see if they will give me store credit, rather than cash. Then use that credit to buy some older and more expensive comics that I will want to read and re-read. But I dunno, it's a big step. I'm a huge fan of Spider-Man, but I'm just not sure I'll ever want to read those post-2008 issues of ASM again. If you're not enjoying having them or think you'll ever want to re-read them, then what you're proposing is probably the best idea. Turn something you're not thrilled with owning into something you are thrilled with.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 14:20:08 GMT -5
Dear EveryoneI just got an e-mail from one of my older brother who informed me that my Dad has passed away at the age of 86 and now I'm no longer have my Parents anymore. My Mom passed away in 2012 and because of this shocking news and I was informed that he was doing so much better two days ago and utterly speechless knowing that he died in his sleep. He was in a temporary nursing home and was scheduled to go back home in a day or two and now died in his sleep unexpectedly. He died a couple of hours ago in his sleep. Oh, Mecha, I am so, so, so very sorry for your loss. <3
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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 26, 2016 14:59:36 GMT -5
Mecha, sympathy and condolences to you.
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Post by impulse on Jan 26, 2016 15:03:18 GMT -5
Terribly sorry for your loss, Mecha.
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Post by Farrar on Jan 26, 2016 15:50:07 GMT -5
Very sorry for your loss, Mecha.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 26, 2016 17:49:28 GMT -5
My condolences, Mecha.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 18:19:33 GMT -5
Here's my deleted post, which Mormel is referencing in his post... I'm mulling over a big comic-related decision at the moment and would welcome any advice. I'm considering stopping buying Amazing Spider-Man, which has always been my favourite superhero title, and selling my complete run from 2008 (the end of the J. Micheal Strazynski run) to the present day, which is around 200+ issues. Parts of the recent-ish Dan Slott run have been enjoyable, but parts of it have been a bit dull and I think I've just been buying ASM as a matter of habit. Prior to that, the post-One More Day stories were pretty damn awful, with some really shitty artwork at times too, but again I sort of just kept buying the series because I desperately wanted it to get better -- Spidey's my #1 favourite superhero character, after all. Recently, with Marvel having made Peter Parker the millionaire CEO of Parker Industries, a huge multi-national corporation with offices all over the world, it just seems like this isn't a character that is supposed to be a down on his luck everyman anymore. The last few issues of ASM have been enjoyable enough reads, sure, but they also seem strangely lightweight and this Peter Parker just doesn't feel like my Spider-Man. The really telling thing for me though is that, while I'm often inspired to go back and re-read particular issues of ASM from between it's inception in 1963 right up to 2008, at no point in the last 7 years have I ever been inspired to want to re-read the post-Strazynski issues. That says a lot. If I do decide to sell those issues, the idea would be to sell them in bulk to a UK based online comic store (probably Silver Acre) and see if they will give me store credit, rather than cash. Then use that credit to buy some older and more expensive comics that I will want to read and re-read. But I dunno, it's a big step. I'm a huge fan of Spider-Man, but I'm just not sure I'll ever want to read those post-2008 issues of ASM again. I don't read current Sub-Mariner things. I really have no desire to. And that is how I view favorite characters. Just because a character is a favorite of mine does not mean I have to collect every single everything that the character is in, especially if there is a chunk of writing that I'm not happy with reading.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 18:20:10 GMT -5
you are in my Thoughts and Prayers Mecha.
condolences for your loss.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 18:38:27 GMT -5
Thanks Everyone and I appreciate all the thoughts, concerns, prayers, and support. I'm meeting my brother for a few minutes to go over some details and the initial final resting place for my Dad. My Dad is a veteran and he will be getting full military honors and he served his time during the Korean War as Radar and Intelligence Officer Stateside and he was in the Air Force for nearly 4 years and decided to get out in time to work in the Private Sector. If he stayed a bit longer - he would had been Captain. But, he wanted out because he got tired of saluting too many enlisted men that he was teaching in Radar. He taught over 2,000 enlisted men in his time in the United States Air Force.
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Post by hondobrode on Jan 26, 2016 19:13:11 GMT -5
Obviously you're very proud of your father.
He sounds like a great man.
My thoughts are with you my friend.
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Post by berkley on Jan 26, 2016 19:23:42 GMT -5
Sorry to hear about the loss of your father, Mecha.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 19:38:43 GMT -5
My condolences Mecha.
-M
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 26, 2016 19:58:47 GMT -5
Sorry about your father, Mecha. My mother (2011), grandmother (2013) and grandfather (2015) all passed in a short period of time so I have a lot of empathy for what you're feeling right now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 20:06:40 GMT -5
Dear EveryoneI just got an e-mail from one of my older brother who informed me that my Dad has passed away at the age of 86 and now I'm no longer have my Parents anymore. My Mom passed away in 2012 and because of this shocking news and I was informed that he was doing so much better two days ago and utterly speechless knowing that he died in his sleep. He was in a temporary nursing home and was scheduled to go back home in a day or two and now died in his sleep unexpectedly. He died a couple of hours ago in his sleep. Sorry to hear that Mecha, my condolences.
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