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I’ve been looking at that shelf on and off for years in all its previous incarnations and other than a few key comics, I couldn’t remember what was on the shelf until now lol
Wow! You really know your stuff. Totally enjoyed your video and like how you appreciate the older, original colors. Great collection, Kurt. Now following. 👏👍
super cool & unique collection! As someone who aims more toward only buying the Hardcover format since its bigger and just feels nicer in hands, it still really cool to see someone have a large and diverse paperback collection. Im also a sucker for collection tour videos because its just always awesome to see the hobby through someone else's eyes and maybe find some new things you might be interested in. awesome video and collection man! )
Great tour man, love seeing peoples collection! I as well would not mind seeing your boxes. Maybe going through one box at a time for a video? Either way love the channel and keep it up!
You have a cool collection. Pardon if I'm exaggeraring, but this the epitome of the "Like what you like" philosophy every comic fan should have. Liked that you also included the collection of comic strips and those classic pocket books are lit. Just suscribed to your channel after your review of the Hickman Ultimate Spider-Man. About your song, I'll give it many listens to fully appreciate it. In short, I love it.
I would love if you recorded a series called "Essential Bookshelf". It would be the essential trade paper for a character. For example, if you don't have all the single issue for Batman, be certain to get these 10 trades. I especially would like to get that coverage for XMen as I have not found a good entry point in to any of their series, except for Ultimates.
Thank you! I preferred single issues for a long time, I only really started switching over to trades within the last few years. I love the whole sensory experience of single issues, with the newsprint paper and the smell of ink and dust 👌
Awesome collection! really puts mine to shame lol. You really do have a little bit of everything. I’m distraught to see Hellboy on the to be read shelf though you have to fix that!!! Also that Dear President Johnson book looked super interesting so I sniped a copy on eBay for like $4 I’m looking forward to checking it out. And maybe I’m in the minority but I would love to get a peak at your white boxes.
Dude nice! I was cracking up the whole time I read Dear President Johnson, you’re gonna love it. Hmmm maybe I’ll have to figure out a way to make a video on all my boxes
Wow I have never seen another copy of the Marvel Knights Cap books in the wild!! I was beginning to think I was the only one that had a copy of both volumes and had read them!
This is awesome, I've always felt like I had to get Omni's to be a real collector and I only have one coz it's 250 dollars in aus. Lol so seeing mainly trades makes me feel less like a fraud
I think the pendulum will soon swing the other way with omnibuses. I used to know a man who referred to them as tombstones because they're so hard to read and keep pristine that they really just commemorate a story rather than provide a reading experience. Tonnes of collectors don't even read theirs. A collection full of trades is way more interesting and has way more integrity, in my opinion.
Nah, I get exactly what you’re saying about it being a reference library. It’s brilliant, honestly. I like it a lot. Your channel has made me delve back into comics a bit more. I dunno how old you are but you seem like an awesome dude. Hell, I’d hate to debate you about vs battles, lol. Or maybe I’d love to because you’d school me good. I like being wrong if it means I learn something. I’m gonna go back to watching your video, just wanted to say I get what you’re going for and that it’s great.
Amazing collection! I have more singles than trades. Plus, my dad gave me his singles collection which is awesome! I honestly hope to see your singles collection
I think my first comics were cartoons like super goof and underdog that my dad gave me, that was probably when I was around 6. Then I started buying comics for 50 cents or a dollar shortly after that; I didn’t start buying trades or graphic novels until my early teens, I think. I still love buying individual comics, but I’ve been prioritizing my bookshelf for a year or so now. Thanks for watching!
Good question - I dislike his art, specifically after 1990. I’ve heard he’s a really cool guy, so nothing against him personally. His early work on X-men was just fine with me, and issues like Uncanny 206 come to mind as defining representations of 80s fashion and body language as far as my understanding goes. But when he came back around issue 300, his style had gone too far. Now I think everything he draws is too boxy, and has way too many lines that don’t serve any purpose. Every face is the same, and there’s no detail.
@@KurtWilliamsReviews I’m reading it for the first time, I’m on chapter 8 at the moment. While I can agree at times the pace slow. Eddie Campbells artwork though is outstanding, I find so many little details, and find myself spending extra time on each page just taking it all in. I’ve never read a comic with such an intense amount of visual storytelling. One of my favorite parts so far is the crumpled up calendar page after the first murder where if you look closely the page is shaped like the dead victim. I also appreciate when he’s showing the difference between Gull’s life and the street workers lives, and how his panels take up 2/3 the strips and theirs take up the other 1/3 setting the precedent that these women are beneath him. Truly some amazing art work.
I’m not a fan of JRJR’s art either, his earlier work is good but his current stuff is not aesthetically pleasing especially on the current ASM run which already doesn’t have the best writing so the art makes it worse.
...yet.. lol.
Don't rush me! It'll all be yours soon enough. 😉
Great work on this channel. Nice to see that it is landing with so many people.
-Dad
hard to find other fans that like collecting trades. fun to see !
Oh, they’re out there! It seems like there are more and more fans just collecting trades instead of single issues, for reasons that I understand
I’ve been looking at that shelf on and off for years in all its previous incarnations and other than a few key comics, I couldn’t remember what was on the shelf until now lol
Wow! You really know your stuff. Totally enjoyed your video and like how you appreciate the older, original colors. Great collection, Kurt. Now following. 👏👍
Awesome, thanks so much!
super cool & unique collection! As someone who aims more toward only buying the Hardcover format since its bigger and just feels nicer in hands, it still really cool to see someone have a large and diverse paperback collection. Im also a sucker for collection tour videos because its just always awesome to see the hobby through someone else's eyes and maybe find some new things you might be interested in. awesome video and collection man! )
Great tour man, love seeing peoples collection! I as well would not mind seeing your boxes. Maybe going through one box at a time for a video? Either way love the channel and keep it up!
That’s a good idea, maybe I’ll start doing that
You have a cool collection. Pardon if I'm exaggeraring, but this the epitome of the "Like what you like" philosophy every comic fan should have. Liked that you also included the collection of comic strips and those classic pocket books are lit.
Just suscribed to your channel after your review of the Hickman Ultimate Spider-Man.
About your song, I'll give it many listens to fully appreciate it. In short, I love it.
Thank you so much! Yep, no gatekeeping allowed on this channel
I would love if you recorded a series called "Essential Bookshelf". It would be the essential trade paper for a character. For example, if you don't have all the single issue for Batman, be certain to get these 10 trades. I especially would like to get that coverage for XMen as I have not found a good entry point in to any of their series, except for Ultimates.
Great collection, my comics are mainly single issues with very few Trades. Really enjoyed your tour, thank you!
Thank you! I preferred single issues for a long time, I only really started switching over to trades within the last few years. I love the whole sensory experience of single issues, with the newsprint paper and the smell of ink and dust 👌
Great collection, great vibe, and great presentation. I’m along for the ride!
Thanks so much, welcome!
Awesome collection! really puts mine to shame lol. You really do have a little bit of everything. I’m distraught to see Hellboy on the to be read shelf though you have to fix that!!!
Also that Dear President Johnson book looked super interesting so I sniped a copy on eBay for like $4 I’m looking forward to checking it out. And maybe I’m in the minority but I would love to get a peak at your white boxes.
Dude nice! I was cracking up the whole time I read Dear President Johnson, you’re gonna love it.
Hmmm maybe I’ll have to figure out a way to make a video on all my boxes
Great Tour!
Thanks so much!
That was an enjoyable collection tour. All love from Turkey! 🇹🇷
Thanks so much, and welcome!
2:57 I have that DD Born Again! To this day, it's the best color collection of that story because the paper isn't glossy, like most Marvel reprints.
damn my guy you're real renaissance man. great collection!
Haha, thanks so much!
Great video! Really knowledgeable. Holy Cow!
Thanks so much!
Wow I have never seen another copy of the Marvel Knights Cap books in the wild!! I was beginning to think I was the only one that had a copy of both volumes and had read them!
31:06 Oh, you sweet sweet summer child. You have no idea what you'd be getting into.
This is awesome, I've always felt like I had to get Omni's to be a real collector and I only have one coz it's 250 dollars in aus. Lol so seeing mainly trades makes me feel less like a fraud
I think the pendulum will soon swing the other way with omnibuses. I used to know a man who referred to them as tombstones because they're so hard to read and keep pristine that they really just commemorate a story rather than provide a reading experience. Tonnes of collectors don't even read theirs. A collection full of trades is way more interesting and has way more integrity, in my opinion.
Nah, I get exactly what you’re saying about it being a reference library. It’s brilliant, honestly. I like it a lot. Your channel has made me delve back into comics a bit more. I dunno how old you are but you seem like an awesome dude. Hell, I’d hate to debate you about vs battles, lol. Or maybe I’d love to because you’d school me good. I like being wrong if it means I learn something. I’m gonna go back to watching your video, just wanted to say I get what you’re going for and that it’s great.
Haha thanks so much! Here’s to learning something new 👍
Good stuff my man
Thanks man!
Amazing collection! I have more singles than trades. Plus, my dad gave me his singles collection which is awesome! I honestly hope to see your singles collection
More people are interested than I thought would be lol, I guess I should go through it a little
great video. I wonder how many copies Monsters of BWS sold. Do you know by any chance? I hope it really did well for a gargantuan work as it was.
I do not know, but I’m also curious! I bet it got fewer sales than it deserves.
Busiek is pronounced byewSICK. ✌
When did you start collecting comics and did you start with trades or singles?
I think my first comics were cartoons like super goof and underdog that my dad gave me, that was probably when I was around 6. Then I started buying comics for 50 cents or a dollar shortly after that; I didn’t start buying trades or graphic novels until my early teens, I think.
I still love buying individual comics, but I’ve been prioritizing my bookshelf for a year or so now. Thanks for watching!
Why you not have any spawn? Don't like it?
do you dislike JRJR's art or the guy himself?
Good question - I dislike his art, specifically after 1990. I’ve heard he’s a really cool guy, so nothing against him personally. His early work on X-men was just fine with me, and issues like Uncanny 206 come to mind as defining representations of 80s fashion and body language as far as my understanding goes. But when he came back around issue 300, his style had gone too far.
Now I think everything he draws is too boxy, and has way too many lines that don’t serve any purpose. Every face is the same, and there’s no detail.
Wait am I understanding correctly, you have not read From Hell?
No I have, I read it a few months ago. It’s good! But very dry, aside from a few crazy scenes
@@KurtWilliamsReviews I’m reading it for the first time, I’m on chapter 8 at the moment. While I can agree at times the pace slow. Eddie Campbells artwork though is outstanding, I find so many little details, and find myself spending extra time on each page just taking it all in. I’ve never read a comic with such an intense amount of visual storytelling. One of my favorite parts so far is the crumpled up calendar page after the first murder where if you look closely the page is shaped like the dead victim. I also appreciate when he’s showing the difference between Gull’s life and the street workers lives, and how his panels take up 2/3 the strips and theirs take up the other 1/3 setting the precedent that these women are beneath him. Truly some amazing art work.
I’m not a fan of JRJR’s art either, his earlier work is good but his current stuff is not aesthetically pleasing especially on the current ASM run which already doesn’t have the best writing so the art makes it worse.