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Good day. The next time a youtuber complains he or she doesn't have anything to read due to no new comics, I'm linking your channel as my response. You have a very nice library. You make your bookshelves, correct? Any way you can ship me three? While you are at it, include the books. No need to thank me, I just want you to have more room for more books. That's how we roll in Texas:)
Thank you, Earl Grey, for sharing this tour of your collection. It is always a pleasure to listen to you talk about comics, and to see your collection as a whole is inspiring. You have inspired me to explore new areas of the comics world and I am very grateful for that (even if my bank balance maybe isn't). This is my favourite UA-cam channel by far. I have been watching for a couple of years now and look forward to each new video. When a new one appears I rush to watch it.
Thank you for giving us an overview of your amazing collection. Such diversity of content, I would kill to crash at your place for a week and work my way through different books. Very jealous and very impressed. Wonderful stuff.
*FINALLY UPDATED* hahaha your collection is amazing Earl. Earl you have to talk about Philippe Cazaumayou this guy has a surreal art and if you can, talk about Jim Starlin too, there are some art books about the guy that are breathtaking, hugs and I love his videos!
it is no secret that I am a bug fan of all things comic video related but I have to say, room tours give me an extra thrill. Love seeing peoples spaces and how they organize and a stroll through the collection. Great video, love the space...especially jealous of all the sunlight available to you!
Halfway through this video I started imagining it as a 360 interactive tour, what a trip! Your shelves are amazing, I'm very jealous! . I want to see detailed videos on each shelf, but to start with, I just found your Carl Barks video from a while ago, so that's where I'm headed next! 😁
Splendid!!! I’ve been following your channel for more than two years or so. Nice to know that you have an entire room now to arrange your bookshelves. So many comics! To tell the truth I’m some kind of jealous you know. Just awesome!!!
Hey there! A year back I wouldn't have believed you'd eventually do this, the more however I am pleased by you having finally overcome your initial doubts regarding the benefit of this type of video. It is uncanny how time flies, as, if I recall correctly, I haven't commented since New Year's, despite having occasionally watched a video. You recently covered many books that were new to me and I thus want to dive further into. Found it particularly interesting that you expanded your collection terms with countless installments of single issues / floppies. Needless to say that I am impressed by how insanely huge and versatile it has become. Although I felt your primary interest has always been to build an eclectic library (which I can of course relate to). By now you could certainly compete with all those crazy forum collectors. Following this amazing arrangement of shelves, my curiosity increases on how much percent you have actually read yet that is supposedly not determinable. Just one question that lingered all the way through... Do you seriously read all those volumes of one theme? I understand that some things are presumably bought mainly for the sake of having them or for collection purposes only. Yet, in the case of 2000AD prog for example or even the undoubtable qualities of long-running european series, I (by my standards) can hardly condone the repetitiveness after a while. Notwithstanding that, an incredible collection video I'm certain many of us have desperately waited for!
oh, I can endure a lot of repetitiveness... I usually enjoy actually the mix of familiarity and old formulas twisted in "new" ways. Current example is "Buck Danny" which is insanely repetitive or - even more - the other series drawn by Victor Hubinon "Der rote Korsar". I think I once answered to a comment of yours that I think of this series as to childish for me... obviously I've changed my mind, but it's still a comic aimed at teenagers, no doubt about it. As to the question how much of the books I've actually have read already: that's difficult. More than 95% of the modern scifi, crime and standalone books, others significantly less (esp. the collections with golden age material etc.). But there would be no reason to have these books if I would not intend to read them! So I work my way through them slowly but steadily. As I wrote in another comment: somehow I have a certain feeling of closure now. It was the main reason to do this kind of video now.... enough to read and re-read for a while, I guess.
Confession time: Previously, I never really "got it" as to why people want to own huge comic collections. We live in an age where public libraries and digital comics exist: are there really that many "special books" one simply has to own? But this looks just lovely. The sunlight gently streaming into the room, birds singing outside: everything looks inviting and peaceful and cozy. Now I understand why a giant comic room would be appealing: judging from this video at least, this looks downright idyllic. I take it you greatly prefer these new living arrangements to the old? The albums in the wooden box at 18:17 are Asterix, right? Childhood copies, hence the tattered condition. I too store my floppies like, for example, the Murder Falcons at 20:48: no bags or boards, pinned between trades and hardcovers. Have you had any long-term problems storing floppies this way?
"I take it you greatly prefer these new living arrangements to the old?" ... I can't tell you how long we have tried to move into this old house. so glad we made it. But there's a lot of stuff to do and renovate. Asterix! check, the candidate has 100 points. Buying floppies is generally a new thing for me... but in some of the boxes I have floppies for some years & didn't have problems so far (maybe one who cares about condition more than I do would see all the dings and dangs, but I don't)
Jeebus. I think a well-curated collection/library can be a work of art in & of itself, and your comics library definitely qualifies. Your comic interests mirror my own pretty closely, with a few of the usual differences in taste (e.g., I've yet to really appreciate the brilliance of Carl Barks (a horrible oversight, I know), and I think Jim Woodring is one of the top-five all-time great cartoonists), so seeing all those complete European collections, & the comprehensive feel there is to every comic category... wow. My comics library is pretty deep, but I think it's roughly half that size. I've been more focused on artbooks lately... this video reminded me how many amazing comics I've missed or simply forgotten about. Great stuff, man.
thanks for the nice words to describe my hoarding habits :) actually I have a certain feel of closure now... funny that it coincides with the pandemic right now. But the number of new books I'm buying decreased in the last couple of months & it will in the future. This feeling about the state of my collection was eventually the reason to do this video right now.
@@earlgrey862 Your hoarding habits validate MY hoarding habits. But hoarders don't collect, they just never throw shit away (or so I rationalize it to myself)... collecting is an entirely different (usually male) pathology, one Chris Ware broke down in depressing detail. But it's great you feel satisfied with where your collection stands. Now that you've 'caught up' with comics history, it's easier to keep track of the few truly good comics that turn up. Cartooning is a slow craft, especially when it's done right.
Excellent collection. I may come to your house to rob you. Lol. Jokes apart, can you please make a video about your favorite top 20 European comic books? Thanks.
... then you should not come alone :) I can tell you, it was a chore to move all these boxes. And I had started a series with my fave Euro comics last year. You'll find the videos within the playlist about European comics. And some more to come. A lot more than 20 comics actually, but to whittle it down just to 20 is tough.
Such diverse collection, Earl you should possibly consider positions as guest lecturer with a course on Graphic Literature.. Specifically European and American😊
ha! I take every given opportunity to do so... you can call it chewing people's ears off - but the good thing with youtube ist that I know: here they listen to me by choice
@@earlgrey862 I am so glad that you take time to share your wonderful collection, and absolutely love the way you take us through the art, story and the you relate to the medium, I wish I could experience your collection in person and follow your lead on European comics, and yes congratulations on your new setup, love it👍
thanks...as to Asterix : 18:14 :) (and there's panellogy 351 - Asterix ua-cam.com/video/8Tewdm_kMZY/v-deo.html) ... and I have some Tintin as well 18:47 (right between Blake & Mortimer and L.Frank)
Whoahh!! So many gems here, EC comics, Kirby, Moebius, Mills, Mignola. I see you've even got the gallery edition of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - have you done a video on that series? I liked your Nemesis the Warlock one!
... the one in which I was filming half-dead with some lumbago? I'm glad you liked it. No, I haven't done a vid about that League tome, mostly because Cartoonist Kayfabe had done a excellent one about it already.
@@earlgrey862 Oh, were you suffering with lumbago in that vid? Hope you're doing okay in these crazy times. Maybe now that League has wrapped up you might consider a series overview in the future?
of course I have your opus magnum excelsior Fante Bukowski... the German version from Reprodukt (don't know why I haven't bought the English one (the lettering in the German one is .... just a bit better than Comic Sans :/ ))
yeah, I intend to revisit Andreas comics with an episode, but Rork is pretty dense, esp. since it segways into Capricorne which is even more difficult to describe and break down in a video
@@earlgrey862 Well, if you plan to go into Capricorne too then it's hard, but you canalso do separate videos. The publication of Capricorne here has been stopped since 2 years at half way, which is really a shame. If they don't continue it there is no way to see Arq then. At least I hope that Titan Comics is going to continue the publication of Andreas' works.
Surprised you've not aquired the omnibus of Batman Black & White yet! (although you got the TPs) A lounge dreamt to be attained later in life for many, I bet. At least you don't have to use closets as a stand-in bookshelf. :D
Absolut fantastische Sammlung! Geht gewiss schon als Bibliothek durch! Würde mich gerne einmal selbst zu dir einladen ;) Es wäre btw interessant, etwas mehr zu dir zu erfahren! (Wie/in welchem Alter hat das Sammeln begonnen, wie alt du heute bist, was du beruflich machst, etc.). Oder gibts so ein Video und ich habe es nur übersehen? Alles Gute und bleib gesund!
in Panellogy 199 habe ich mal versucht, mein Leben mit "meinen" Comics zusammenzufassen. Der Effekt ist auch ganz interessant, wenn man sich solange hinter der Kamera "versteckt". Es ist einfach praktischer und sinnvoller, wenn man den Fokus auf die Comics legen möchte. Andererseits merke ich manchmal eine verständliche Neugier, wer um alles in der Welt denn jetzt dieser Verrückte ist :)
@@earlgrey862 Stimmt, das Video habe ich vor einem Jahr gesehen und sogar kommentiert! War sehr interessant! Was hast du studiert, wenn ich fragen darf? Und ja, ein Video mit dir vor der Kamera wäre mal was, wenn du dich traust ;)
naja, hat weniger mit trauen zu tun, als einfach damit, dass ich nicht so den Antrieb oder Sinn verspüre, mich vor die Comics zu drängen... auf der anderen Seite merke ich selber, dass ich in anderen Kanälen es durchaus intererssant finde, die Menschen dahinter zu sehen. Mal sehen... wenn es bei einem Video inhaltlich Sinn ergibt, hab ja gerade erst angefangen :) und Bio, Geographie, Kunst... Bio auf Diplom, der Rest Lehramt, was ich dann auch jetzt mache. Und was machst Du so?
Your Hellboy / Mignola universe collection is absolutely awesome, I only have the first 3 Library Editions and Volume 1 and 2 of Plague of Frogs, I wanna complete those two and get at least Hell on Earth 1946-1948. In your opinion, if you read everything, what's your favorite runs from your Mignola collection? I couldn't read the spines from the small ones, but I'm guessing stuff like Lobster Johnson, Koshchei, Rasputin, Sledgehammer or Witchfinder. So, aside from Hellboy, what else do you top suggest? Including Abe, BPRD and all of those. Thanks and incredible collection overall!
actually I want all of the Mignola stuff, but each in the best format... so I usually don't buy the softcover trades hoping that they will come up eventually with some hardcover edition. So I waited successfully for the Witchfinder and the Abe Sapien hardcover... but it's still tough to wait for Lobster Johnson - because they have to collect these in a similar edition, right? And my favorite series are still Hellboy & BPRD, sometimes BPRD & Hellboy... but don't ask me about singleing out specific arcs.
I've read about 80-90%, some of them twice or thrice... still too much books unread (esp. in the golden age/superhero & in the horror anthology section), but I catch up.
Extensive and comprehensive collection and, best of all , done with very good taste. I just wonder do you use any kind of registration (self made database) or use any specialised program to keep your collection info accessible at any time (Delicious Library, Comic Collector...)? Congrats...
@@earlgrey862 Hahaha i know the feeling - i've been trying to find a good comic database program but, until now, i haven't came across nothing that meet my needs. There's a free online database, LibraryThing, that works ok but its a bit cumbersome and not comic oriented... oh well back to handwritten notes..
@Stinch Wackbacker I guess i could but i just don't like using spreadsheet programs - i´m more visually oriented, and having the possibility to consult your info online nowadays is simply a must. Is there a good template for Excel or Numbers?...
@@rewanji I run a homemade spread cus I remember it in my head visually and don't want to rely on online access. My rule of thumb is to list in case of flooding, theft or fire cus I don't rely on memory or whenever I last updated my online list. I'm going to add the ISBN numbers at a late date.
just Ikea-shelves (Ivar), the oldest of these accompanies me since I've bought it for my flat when I was a student. Simple but very useful. The last shelf is some find from the bulky waste. as to Bernie Mierault: thanks, I haven't heard of him. the samples one can find on the net are pretty intriguing.
Impressive collection! I always enjoy watching these kind of videos. I still need to do a bookshelf tour of my collection. One thing I am curious about: when you discuss a book, you film it from above. How do you place your camera? I have been trying it, but it never worked. Maybe I have the wrong kind of camera for those shots?
ha! I use an ancient samsung s3 mobile since my very first video... and a very simple "trick": I use a cheap easel, actually just the legs and one leg up on the approximate height of my eyes. And I fix my mobile to that leg, so that I could sit behind it and look onto the mobilescreen while talking about the books... you can see the simple contraption in the very first seconds of panellogy 210
what an amazing collection!! i’m very envy of some books you have that probably won’t ever come out in my contry (brazil). i’m curious, how much of your collection have you read?
... really hard to tell... depends on the genre/shelf you speaking of: for an example I maybe read 80 - 90% of my European comics and the mixed Graphic Novel section and the american scifi/crime comics at least once (I probably give a different answer to that question every time I've been asked). The important thing for me is that I won't stop reading until I've read all of them. But it's very different with these collected reprints of golden or silver age comics, which I love, but frankly: I'm much too awfully behind in reading these.
Eine tolle, abwechslungsreiche Sammlung bei der es viel zu entdecken gibt. Gefällt mir sehr! Über welchen Zeitraum hast du die Bücher zusammengetragen?
prinzipiell seit früher Kindheit (also seit ca.45 Jahren), dann gab es aber immer wieder Schübe (z.B. während meiner Zivildienstzeit und während des Studiums, aber der größte seit ich festgestellt habe, dass ich Comics auch sehr gut auf Englisch lesen kann, also in den letzten sieben oder 8 Jahren)
yeah, I wonder when the Kayfabers will deal with that one in more detail (well, they've shown it in one of their "send us your comics"-episodes, but far too quick). It's really fabulous, esp. the ad for the wrestling figures on the back... but so much more of course
nope, shelves are from Ikea ("Yvar"... I'm not sponsored by them nor I imply to support that outfit :P .... but their functional and doing their thing). And I would wish that reselling pays for the collection... but it is kind of the plan/hope for the future
I know this could be suspicious and rude, but can I upload this video to a Chinese video website? I really love your channel, and want more people know about it. However, it is possible for many in China due to the ban on UA-cam in China.
A very impressive collection But as a terrible pedant I have to say the plural of omnibus is omnibuses, it has something to do with mixing Latin and ancient Greek, the 'i' ending is wrong? Sorry but it "grates", it is a common mistake I hear it often, omnibus is just 'es', same with octopus it is octopuses, (that one I hear all the time!)
@@earlgrey862 Now that I've had the chance to see the entire video I'm surprised I didn't seen Transmetropolitan and Ellis' Superhuman trilogy. While Transmetropolitan might be hard and expensive to get, for a guy that has both Planetary and Watchman in his collection it's surprising not to also see the likes of Black Summer, No Hero and Superhuman.
@@earlgrey862 It's shocking how up to date and relevant Transmetropolitan seems nowadays isn't it? I guess that's what happens when you write about humans being humans - some things never change.
Wow. That’s a lot more books than we saw in the videos before. I was wondering how you could show new comics every video while you only had that small cellar. But you must have had a lot hidden from the camera. I thought I had a lot of books, but you are the absolute King of comic collecting. And not just in terms of quantity. And I don’t have to ask if you’re a Marvel guy or a DC guy :D
What we can observe here is a life time of passion and addiction 😁.
he he, I should put this in bold letters above the door
Good day.
The next time a youtuber complains he or she doesn't have anything to read due to no new comics, I'm linking your channel as my response.
You have a very nice library. You make your bookshelves, correct? Any way you can ship me three? While you are at it, include the books. No need to thank me, I just want you to have more room for more books. That's how we roll in Texas:)
:) and no, 90% of my shelves are just from Ikea (the good old Ivar-shelves), simple but very useful
Awsome!
Never been so jealous before.
This is absoultly awsome!
This is very generous of you to share with everyone. For myself, this is an absolute treat. (and you should keep the painting.)
Thank you, Earl Grey, for sharing this tour of your collection. It is always a pleasure to listen to you talk about comics, and to see your collection as a whole is inspiring. You have inspired me to explore new areas of the comics world and I am very grateful for that (even if my bank balance maybe isn't).
This is my favourite UA-cam channel by far. I have been watching for a couple of years now and look forward to each new video. When a new one appears I rush to watch it.
thank you kindly... nice comments like yours are a great reward and incentive to make further videos
Thank you for giving us an overview of your amazing collection. Such diversity of content, I would kill to crash at your place for a week and work my way through different books. Very jealous and very impressed. Wonderful stuff.
Wonderful library!!
I was surprised at how many volumes of hardback Vampirellas there are...Full of beautiful art, I'm sure...
yes, a lot from Esteban Maroto and other greats like Jose Gonzalez...
*FINALLY UPDATED* hahaha your collection is amazing Earl.
Earl you have to talk about Philippe Cazaumayou this guy has a surreal art and if you can, talk about Jim Starlin too, there are some art books about the guy that are breathtaking, hugs and I love his videos!
it is no secret that I am a bug fan of all things comic video related but I have to say, room tours give me an extra thrill. Love seeing peoples spaces and how they organize and a stroll through the collection. Great video, love the space...especially jealous of all the sunlight available to you!
... needed a while to get my eyes used to the sunlight when I left my former man-cave, but now it doesn't hurt so much anymore.
Halfway through this video I started imagining it as a 360 interactive tour, what a trip! Your shelves are amazing, I'm very jealous! . I want to see detailed videos on each shelf, but to start with, I just found your Carl Barks video from a while ago, so that's where I'm headed next! 😁
recently found your channel and I'm getting into comics because of you. Thanks for sharing in depth reviews of your collection :)
Splendid!!! I’ve been following your channel for more than two years or so. Nice to know that you have an entire room now to arrange your bookshelves. So many comics! To tell the truth I’m some kind of jealous you know. Just awesome!!!
Wow!! Impressive collection!👌 Great Job.. You are truly into everything.
So glad you did this, love seeing other comic fan's collections. Not surprised to see you're a fan of Cartoonist Kayfabe either 😉
I would love to pay just to visit this library and look 😍
Pure awesome is what this video is.....wow! It's a bibliophiles comic collector's wet dream!
Hey there! A year back I wouldn't have believed you'd eventually do this, the more however I am pleased by you having finally overcome your initial doubts regarding the benefit of this type of video. It is uncanny how time flies, as, if I recall correctly, I haven't commented since New Year's, despite having occasionally watched a video. You recently covered many books that were new to me and I thus want to dive further into. Found it particularly interesting that you expanded your collection terms with countless installments of single issues / floppies. Needless to say that I am impressed by how insanely huge and versatile it has become. Although I felt your primary interest has always been to build an eclectic library (which I can of course relate to). By now you could certainly compete with all those crazy forum collectors. Following this amazing arrangement of shelves, my curiosity increases on how much percent you have actually read yet that is supposedly not determinable. Just one question that lingered all the way through... Do you seriously read all those volumes of one theme? I understand that some things are presumably bought mainly for the sake of having them or for collection purposes only. Yet, in the case of 2000AD prog for example or even the undoubtable qualities of long-running european series, I (by my standards) can hardly condone the repetitiveness after a while.
Notwithstanding that, an incredible collection video I'm certain many of us have desperately waited for!
oh, I can endure a lot of repetitiveness... I usually enjoy actually the mix of familiarity and old formulas twisted in "new" ways. Current example is "Buck Danny" which is insanely repetitive or - even more - the other series drawn by Victor Hubinon "Der rote Korsar". I think I once answered to a comment of yours that I think of this series as to childish for me... obviously I've changed my mind, but it's still a comic aimed at teenagers, no doubt about it.
As to the question how much of the books I've actually have read already: that's difficult. More than 95% of the modern scifi, crime and standalone books, others significantly less (esp. the collections with golden age material etc.).
But there would be no reason to have these books if I would not intend to read them! So I work my way through them slowly but steadily.
As I wrote in another comment: somehow I have a certain feeling of closure now. It was the main reason to do this kind of video now.... enough to read and re-read for a while, I guess.
Very impressive, I look forward go Lean some. 😄
hallo, Herr Nachbar :)
What?! Is this really what we’re getting? Just gonna grab some snacks and a drink and then I’m gonna enjoy this video!
Love it. You have a very aesthetically pleasing setup. The European section was especially great.
thanks and yes, the European section is a bit of my "inner sanctum"
Wow, quite possibly the most amazing, comprehensive and esoteric collection I have ever seen!
thanks... ähhhm esoteric?
@@earlgrey862 Yes, I'd say 110% esoteric. In fact, I'd go so far as to say you're an esotericist of the highest order!
just googled the possible translations for that word...okay, if you say so :)
@@earlgrey862 On a slightly different note, given your love of fine lines and beautiful artwork, I wonder if you enjoy the comics of Matt Howarth?
Man you make my collection look so humble
Awesome collection!
Cool collection
Enough comics for three lifetimes! Very impressive. Would love to read your 2000AD collection.
Gorgeous !
Sooooo krass! Ich bin richtig beeindruckt🤩
Confession time: Previously, I never really "got it" as to why people want to own huge comic collections. We live in an age where public libraries and digital comics exist: are there really that many "special books" one simply has to own?
But this looks just lovely. The sunlight gently streaming into the room, birds singing outside: everything looks inviting and peaceful and cozy. Now I understand why a giant comic room would be appealing: judging from this video at least, this looks downright idyllic. I take it you greatly prefer these new living arrangements to the old?
The albums in the wooden box at 18:17 are Asterix, right? Childhood copies, hence the tattered condition.
I too store my floppies like, for example, the Murder Falcons at 20:48: no bags or boards, pinned between trades and hardcovers. Have you had any long-term problems storing floppies this way?
"I take it you greatly prefer these new living arrangements to the old?" ... I can't tell you how long we have tried to move into this old house. so glad we made it. But there's a lot of stuff to do and renovate.
Asterix! check, the candidate has 100 points. Buying floppies is generally a new thing for me... but in some of the boxes I have floppies for some years & didn't have problems so far (maybe one who cares about condition more than I do would see all the dings and dangs, but I don't)
Good luck finding even 1% of these in public libraries
Magnificent is the only word that comes to mind. Don`t understand the organization but the sheer volume & quality is wonderful.
You have to add Manuelle Fior to the collection. I finished "5000 km per second" and "The Interview" by him. Both were great.
Jeebus. I think a well-curated collection/library can be a work of art in & of itself, and your comics library definitely qualifies. Your comic interests mirror my own pretty closely, with a few of the usual differences in taste (e.g., I've yet to really appreciate the brilliance of Carl Barks (a horrible oversight, I know), and I think Jim Woodring is one of the top-five all-time great cartoonists), so seeing all those complete European collections, & the comprehensive feel there is to every comic category... wow. My comics library is pretty deep, but I think it's roughly half that size. I've been more focused on artbooks lately... this video reminded me how many amazing comics I've missed or simply forgotten about. Great stuff, man.
thanks for the nice words to describe my hoarding habits :)
actually I have a certain feel of closure now... funny that it coincides with the pandemic right now. But the number of new books I'm buying decreased in the last couple of months & it will in the future. This feeling about the state of my collection was eventually the reason to do this video right now.
@@earlgrey862 Your hoarding habits validate MY hoarding habits. But hoarders don't collect, they just never throw shit away (or so I rationalize it to myself)... collecting is an entirely different (usually male) pathology, one Chris Ware broke down in depressing detail. But it's great you feel satisfied with where your collection stands. Now that you've 'caught up' with comics history, it's easier to keep track of the few truly good comics that turn up. Cartooning is a slow craft, especially when it's done right.
You have a raw collection brother it's nice of you to share it.
thank you
Excellent collection. I may come to your house to rob you. Lol. Jokes apart, can you please make a video about your favorite top 20 European comic books? Thanks.
... then you should not come alone :) I can tell you, it was a chore to move all these boxes.
And I had started a series with my fave Euro comics last year. You'll find the videos within the playlist about European comics. And some more to come. A lot more than 20 comics actually, but to whittle it down just to 20 is tough.
Such diverse collection, Earl you should possibly consider positions as guest lecturer with a course on Graphic Literature.. Specifically European and American😊
ha! I take every given opportunity to do so... you can call it chewing people's ears off - but the good thing with youtube ist that I know: here they listen to me by choice
@@earlgrey862 I am so glad that you take time to share your wonderful collection, and absolutely love the way you take us through the art, story and the you relate to the medium, I wish I could experience your collection in person and follow your lead on European comics, and yes congratulations on your new setup, love it👍
What a beautiful collection... I'm jealous :-)
But I'm surprised to see that you don't have any Tintin comic books.
thanks...as to Asterix : 18:14 :) (and there's panellogy 351 - Asterix ua-cam.com/video/8Tewdm_kMZY/v-deo.html) ... and I have some Tintin as well 18:47 (right between Blake & Mortimer and L.Frank)
Magnificent!! I love your collection!
Great room and awesome collection👍
Whoahh!! So many gems here, EC comics, Kirby, Moebius, Mills, Mignola. I see you've even got the gallery edition of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - have you done a video on that series? I liked your Nemesis the Warlock one!
... the one in which I was filming half-dead with some lumbago? I'm glad you liked it. No, I haven't done a vid about that League tome, mostly because Cartoonist Kayfabe had done a excellent one about it already.
@@earlgrey862 Oh, were you suffering with lumbago in that vid? Hope you're doing okay in these crazy times. Maybe now that League has wrapped up you might consider a series overview in the future?
actually I hope that they do a second vol.of that huge League tome, because it's.. well ... extraordinary. And I'm doing really okay, thank you.
Amazing collection! Wow wow wow
thanks... I hope you made it to 26:07 :)
Yes sir- and yet I saw no Fante Bukowski! My most popular books! Ha ha I appreciate you! thank you very much.
of course I have your opus magnum excelsior Fante Bukowski... the German version from Reprodukt (don't know why I haven't bought the English one (the lettering in the German one is .... just a bit better than Comic Sans :/ ))
Thank you, excellent overview, can we gave a detailed video of the hstorical shelf especially over view of Tunga and Rahan if you have it
yeah, it will be actually the continuation of my "best of eurocomics"-series... but I still have to read or re-read some of the books to do so.
Wonderful collection. I've seen you have Andreas books but, hey, a Rork video would be nice.
yeah, I intend to revisit Andreas comics with an episode, but Rork is pretty dense, esp. since it segways into Capricorne which is even more difficult to describe and break down in a video
@@earlgrey862 Well, if you plan to go into Capricorne too then it's hard, but you canalso do separate videos.
The publication of Capricorne here has been stopped since 2 years at half way, which is really a shame. If they don't continue it there is no way to see Arq then. At least I hope that Titan Comics is going to continue the publication of Andreas' works.
freakin awesome collection man
wow nice collection!
Surprised you've not aquired the omnibus of Batman Black & White yet! (although you got the TPs)
A lounge dreamt to be attained later in life for many, I bet.
At least you don't have to use closets as a stand-in bookshelf. :D
actually I like the slim trades of Batman b&w
Absolut fantastische Sammlung! Geht gewiss schon als Bibliothek durch!
Würde mich gerne einmal selbst zu dir einladen ;)
Es wäre btw interessant, etwas mehr zu dir zu erfahren! (Wie/in welchem Alter hat das Sammeln begonnen, wie alt du heute bist, was du beruflich machst, etc.). Oder gibts so ein Video und ich habe es nur übersehen?
Alles Gute und bleib gesund!
in Panellogy 199 habe ich mal versucht, mein Leben mit "meinen" Comics zusammenzufassen.
Der Effekt ist auch ganz interessant, wenn man sich solange hinter der Kamera "versteckt". Es ist einfach praktischer und sinnvoller, wenn man den Fokus auf die Comics legen möchte. Andererseits merke ich manchmal eine verständliche Neugier, wer um alles in der Welt denn jetzt dieser Verrückte ist :)
@@earlgrey862 Stimmt, das Video habe ich vor einem Jahr gesehen und sogar kommentiert! War sehr interessant! Was hast du studiert, wenn ich fragen darf?
Und ja, ein Video mit dir vor der Kamera wäre mal was, wenn du dich traust ;)
naja, hat weniger mit trauen zu tun, als einfach damit, dass ich nicht so den Antrieb oder Sinn verspüre, mich vor die Comics zu drängen... auf der anderen Seite merke ich selber, dass ich in anderen Kanälen es durchaus intererssant finde, die Menschen dahinter zu sehen. Mal sehen... wenn es bei einem Video inhaltlich Sinn ergibt, hab ja gerade erst angefangen :)
und Bio, Geographie, Kunst... Bio auf Diplom, der Rest Lehramt, was ich dann auch jetzt mache. Und was machst Du so?
@@earlgrey862 Ja, würde mich wirklich freuen.
Ich ackere mich momentan durchs Medizinstudium. Ist aber bald geschafft!
Your Hellboy / Mignola universe collection is absolutely awesome, I only have the first 3 Library Editions and Volume 1 and 2 of Plague of Frogs, I wanna complete those two and get at least Hell on Earth 1946-1948. In your opinion, if you read everything, what's your favorite runs from your Mignola collection? I couldn't read the spines from the small ones, but I'm guessing stuff like Lobster Johnson, Koshchei, Rasputin, Sledgehammer or Witchfinder. So, aside from Hellboy, what else do you top suggest? Including Abe, BPRD and all of those.
Thanks and incredible collection overall!
actually I want all of the Mignola stuff, but each in the best format... so I usually don't buy the softcover trades hoping that they will come up eventually with some hardcover edition. So I waited successfully for the Witchfinder and the Abe Sapien hardcover... but it's still tough to wait for Lobster Johnson - because they have to collect these in a similar edition, right?
And my favorite series are still Hellboy & BPRD, sometimes BPRD & Hellboy... but don't ask me about singleing out specific arcs.
Great vídeo! Where a can ser your ilustrations? You make cómics! Grate Chanel!
Wow! Amazing! And you read all of that stuff?!)
I've read about 80-90%, some of them twice or thrice... still too much books unread (esp. in the golden age/superhero & in the horror anthology section), but I catch up.
Awwwwesome😍
Nice collection
Extensive and comprehensive collection and, best of all , done with very good taste. I just wonder do you use any kind of registration (self made database) or use any specialised program to keep your collection info accessible at any time (Delicious Library, Comic Collector...)? Congrats...
no, just some lists that I usually don't have with me when I need them
@@earlgrey862 Hahaha i know the feeling - i've been trying to find a good comic database program but, until now, i haven't came across nothing that meet my needs. There's a free online database, LibraryThing, that works ok but its a bit cumbersome and not comic oriented... oh well back to handwritten notes..
@@rewanji What about Excel sheets? Its a pain to do by hand (I do it), but a spread printed out and updated once a full moon is aight.
@Stinch Wackbacker I guess i could but i just don't like using spreadsheet programs - i´m more visually oriented, and having the possibility to consult your info online nowadays is simply a must. Is there a good template for Excel or Numbers?...
@@rewanji I run a homemade spread cus I remember it in my head visually and don't want to rely on online access.
My rule of thumb is to list in case of flooding, theft or fire cus I don't rely on memory or whenever I last updated my online list.
I'm going to add the ISBN numbers at a late date.
Earl grey titan comics is going to translate negaryod into English will you do a preview of it in the future thanks
that's a good idea, thank you
Amazing collection. I love the shelves did you make them? Also I didn't see any Bernie Mireault, you should check out his work.
just Ikea-shelves (Ivar), the oldest of these accompanies me since I've bought it for my flat when I was a student. Simple but very useful. The last shelf is some find from the bulky waste.
as to Bernie Mierault: thanks, I haven't heard of him. the samples one can find on the net are pretty intriguing.
Impressive collection! I always enjoy watching these kind of videos. I still need to do a bookshelf tour of my collection. One thing I am curious about: when you discuss a book, you film it from above. How do you place your camera? I have been trying it, but it never worked. Maybe I have the wrong kind of camera for those shots?
ha! I use an ancient samsung s3 mobile since my very first video... and a very simple "trick": I use a cheap easel, actually just the legs and one leg up on the approximate height of my eyes. And I fix my mobile to that leg, so that I could sit behind it and look onto the mobilescreen while talking about the books...
you can see the simple contraption in the very first seconds of panellogy 210
@@earlgrey862 Ah, nice! Great that you included it in your video. So I will have to get creative myself then :-) Thanks for the tip!
Incredible collection! Are those bookshelves all custom built as well ?
no... all Ikea (Yvar)
what an amazing collection!! i’m very envy of some books you have that probably won’t ever come out in my contry (brazil).
i’m curious, how much of your collection have you read?
... really hard to tell... depends on the genre/shelf you speaking of: for an example I maybe read 80 - 90% of my European comics and the mixed Graphic Novel section and the american scifi/crime comics at least once (I probably give a different answer to that question every time I've been asked). The important thing for me is that I won't stop reading until I've read all of them. But it's very different with these collected reprints of golden or silver age comics, which I love, but frankly: I'm much too awfully behind in reading these.
Eine tolle, abwechslungsreiche Sammlung bei der es viel zu entdecken gibt. Gefällt mir sehr! Über welchen Zeitraum hast du die Bücher zusammengetragen?
prinzipiell seit früher Kindheit (also seit ca.45 Jahren), dann gab es aber immer wieder Schübe (z.B. während meiner Zivildienstzeit und während des Studiums, aber der größte seit ich festgestellt habe, dass ich Comics auch sehr gut auf Englisch lesen kann, also in den letzten sieben oder 8 Jahren)
I see Wizerd!
yeah, I wonder when the Kayfabers will deal with that one in more detail (well, they've shown it in one of their "send us your comics"-episodes, but far too quick). It's really fabulous, esp. the ad for the wrestling figures on the back... but so much more of course
Is it buying and reselling that pays for this collection?And did you make those shelves yourself?
nope, shelves are from Ikea ("Yvar"... I'm not sponsored by them nor I imply to support that outfit :P .... but their functional and doing their thing). And I would wish that reselling pays for the collection... but it is kind of the plan/hope for the future
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Manara???
Wie läufts? Lange kein neues Video :(
alles frisch... habe aber zu tun... und Pausen von einem Monat oder so lege ich immer wieder mal ein. Freut mich aber, dass es jemandem auffällt :)
I know this could be suspicious and rude, but can I upload this video to a Chinese video website? I really love your channel, and want more people know about it. However, it is possible for many in China due to the ban on UA-cam in China.
Of course, my pleasure, thank you!
It would be very nice if you could tell me about the comments you may get over there... I'm very curious
@@earlgrey862 Thank you! I'll send you the link and let you know the comments.
@@earlgrey862 Here is the link: b23.tv/pVfVQv
A very impressive collection
But as a terrible pedant I have to say the plural of omnibus is omnibuses, it has something to do with mixing Latin and ancient Greek, the 'i' ending is wrong?
Sorry but it "grates", it is a common mistake I hear it often, omnibus is just 'es', same with octopus it is octopuses,
(that one I hear all the time!)
... hmm, can't help it, omnibi just sounds cooler than omnibuseseses
Nice to know, thanks.
Can you show us that Mattotti works book?
I talked about Mattotti in pan102 & 245... if I remember correctly I covered the art book in pan245
@@earlgrey862 ok thanks!
You started with 000 and were just one episode off in making this the 333 episode.
damn!
@@earlgrey862 Now that I've had the chance to see the entire video I'm surprised I didn't seen Transmetropolitan and Ellis' Superhuman trilogy. While Transmetropolitan might be hard and expensive to get, for a guy that has both Planetary and Watchman in his collection it's surprising not to also see the likes of Black Summer, No Hero and Superhuman.
I have Transmetropolitan as TPBs (it's in my english Scifi-shelf)... but yes, I need to take another look into Warren Ellis
@@earlgrey862 It's shocking how up to date and relevant Transmetropolitan seems nowadays isn't it? I guess that's what happens when you write about humans being humans - some things never change.
What is the name of the blue book in the right of the thumbnail please
"the adventures of jodelle" by guy peellaert (fantagraphics)
@@earlgrey862 perfect thankyou sooo much
Wow. That’s a lot more books than we saw in the videos before. I was wondering how you could show new comics every video while you only had that small cellar. But you must have had a lot hidden from the camera.
I thought I had a lot of books, but you are the absolute King of comic collecting. And not just in terms of quantity.
And I don’t have to ask if you’re a Marvel guy or a DC guy :D
Harrr, call me the Kollecktorrr
Great collection!