Renee Lott (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} fridgewithfeet) wrote,@ 2008-10-07 13:24:00 |
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50 things every comic collection should have?
Last month, Tom Spurgeon of The Comics Reporter posted a list of 50 things every comics collection should have. Going through the list, it kind of makes you sort out your own comic collection in your mind, so I thought I may as well participate and see what I have to hold against this list.
items in plain text: I don't have
items in BOLD: I have
items in italics: I have a little
1. Something From The ACME Novelty Library
2. A Complete Run Of Arcade
3. Any Number Of Mini-Comics
A few here and there from various sources. Probably the first one I got was Watasin's Adventures of A-Girl.
4. At Least One Pogo Book From The 1950s
5. A Barnaby Collection
6. Binky Brown and the Holy Virgin Mary
7. As Many Issues of RAW as You Can Place Your Hands On
8. A Little Stack of Archie Comics
In my case, a large stack of Archies...
9. A Suite of Modern Literary Graphic Novels
From Tom's examples, I have Black Hole, It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken, Fun Home, and Ghost World. I'm sure I have many others that fit into this category though...
10. Several Tintin Albums
11. A Smattering Of Treasury Editions Or Similarly Oversized Books
Complete Calvin & Hobbes, Complete Far Side, Absolute Watchmen
12. Several Significant Runs of Alternative Comic Book Series
I have complete runs of Dirty Plotte and Hate.
13. A Few Early Comic Strip Collections To Your Taste
14. Several "Indy Comics" From Their Heyday
This and #12 are a bit similar, as I've never been totally sure of the divide between "indie" and "alternative." I guess for indie, offhand I can think of my run of THB and Dork.
15. At Least One Comic Book From When You First Started Reading Comic Books
I started out on Betty & Veronica, and I'm sure I have that first issue I ever bought of B&V back in my dad's house.
16. At Least One Comic That Failed to Finish The Way It Planned To
17. Some Osamu Tezuka
Some Phoenix and Metropolis
18. The Entire Run Of At Least One Manga Series
I have a bunch of these, but for example: Kodocha, Paradise Kiss, Peach Girl, Magic Knight Rayearth, Parasyte (old TP version, now collecting the Del Rey), Cardcaptor Sakura, Gunsmith Cats, Club 9 (TPBs and Super Manga Blast issues)
19. One Or Two 1970s Doonesbury Collections
20. At Least One Saul Steinberg Hardcover
21. One Run of A Comic Strip That You Yourself Have Clipped
22. A Selection of Comics That Interest You That You Can't Explain To Anyone Else
I feel I should say I have some of these, but I think I can find at least one person who can "get" why I like a certain series even if they don't like it themselves. If this refers to not being able to explain to someone else why they should like it, a definite yes.
23. At Least One Woodcut Novel
24. As Much Peanuts As You Can Stand
I have a small collection of old Peanuts put out before the Fantagraphics complete collection. Since that's the only one I ever cared to buy, I guess that's all I can "stand."
25. Maus
26. A Significant Sample of R. Crumb's Sketchbooks
If you count all the sketchbook material reprinted in The Complete Crumb, count me in. I have every collection but 13 & 14.
27. The original edition of Sick, Sick, Sick.
28. The Smithsonian Collection Of Newspaper Comics
29. Several copies of MAD
30. A stack of Jack Kirby 1970s Comic Books
31. More than a few Stan Lee/Jack Kirby 1960s Marvel Comic Books
32. A You're-Too-High-To-Tell Amount of Underground Comix
If the Complete Crumb collections and run of Weirdo count, yes.
33. Some Calvin and Hobbes
I have the hardcover set.
34. Some Love and Rockets
I have Locas, Palomar, and the TPBs that occur after those collections.
35. The Marvel Benefit Issue Of Coober Skeber
36. A Few Comics Not In Your Native Tongue
A complete run of the new Moto Hagio Perfect Selection, a Shigeru Sugiura book, and some Sailor Moons.
37. A Nice Stack of Jack Chick Comics
38. A Stack of Comics You Can Hand To Anybody's Kid
The Archies, Magic Knight Rayearth, Cardcaptor, and Gon.
39. At Least A Few Alan Moore Comics
The Killing Joke, V for Vendetta, Watchmen.
40. A Comic You Made Yourself
Minis, minis, sequential art homework, and soon to be published pro work.
41. A Few Comics About Comics
Scott Mccloud books, Eisner books, Drawing Words & Writing Pictures, Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga, Wimbledon Green.
42. A Run Of Yummy Fur
43. Some Frank Miller Comics
Batman: Year One, Daredevil: Born Again, Dark Knight Returns
44. Several Lee/Ditko/Romita Amazing Spider-Man Comic Books
45. A Few Great Comics Short Stories
"Big Man" & "Minnie's 3rd Love" from Tom's suggestions.
46. A Tijuana Bible
47. Some Weirdo
I have a complete run.
48. An Array Of Comics In Various Non-Superhero Genres
This is really most of my comics...
49. An Editorial Cartoonist's Collection or Two
50. A Few Collections From New Yorker Cartoonists
Some of the items on this list I've just never really been interested in getting (Pogo), some I'd love to get (Yummy Fur), and some I think I may never get for some reason or another (a run of strips I've clipped for example, since most strips it seems are published online more than in papers anymore). Plus, generally, RAW is so dang expensive!
However, I could definitely see myself getting a lot of more the things on this list in the next 10 years...
Last month, Tom Spurgeon of The Comics Reporter posted a list of 50 things every comics collection should have. Going through the list, it kind of makes you sort out your own comic collection in your mind, so I thought I may as well participate and see what I have to hold against this list.
items in plain text: I don't have
items in BOLD: I have
items in italics: I have a little
1. Something From The ACME Novelty Library
2. A Complete Run Of Arcade
3. Any Number Of Mini-Comics
A few here and there from various sources. Probably the first one I got was Watasin's Adventures of A-Girl.
4. At Least One Pogo Book From The 1950s
5. A Barnaby Collection
6. Binky Brown and the Holy Virgin Mary
7. As Many Issues of RAW as You Can Place Your Hands On
8. A Little Stack of Archie Comics
In my case, a large stack of Archies...
9. A Suite of Modern Literary Graphic Novels
From Tom's examples, I have Black Hole, It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken, Fun Home, and Ghost World. I'm sure I have many others that fit into this category though...
10. Several Tintin Albums
11. A Smattering Of Treasury Editions Or Similarly Oversized Books
Complete Calvin & Hobbes, Complete Far Side, Absolute Watchmen
12. Several Significant Runs of Alternative Comic Book Series
I have complete runs of Dirty Plotte and Hate.
13. A Few Early Comic Strip Collections To Your Taste
14. Several "Indy Comics" From Their Heyday
This and #12 are a bit similar, as I've never been totally sure of the divide between "indie" and "alternative." I guess for indie, offhand I can think of my run of THB and Dork.
15. At Least One Comic Book From When You First Started Reading Comic Books
I started out on Betty & Veronica, and I'm sure I have that first issue I ever bought of B&V back in my dad's house.
16. At Least One Comic That Failed to Finish The Way It Planned To
17. Some Osamu Tezuka
Some Phoenix and Metropolis
18. The Entire Run Of At Least One Manga Series
I have a bunch of these, but for example: Kodocha, Paradise Kiss, Peach Girl, Magic Knight Rayearth, Parasyte (old TP version, now collecting the Del Rey), Cardcaptor Sakura, Gunsmith Cats, Club 9 (TPBs and Super Manga Blast issues)
19. One Or Two 1970s Doonesbury Collections
20. At Least One Saul Steinberg Hardcover
21. One Run of A Comic Strip That You Yourself Have Clipped
22. A Selection of Comics That Interest You That You Can't Explain To Anyone Else
I feel I should say I have some of these, but I think I can find at least one person who can "get" why I like a certain series even if they don't like it themselves. If this refers to not being able to explain to someone else why they should like it, a definite yes.
23. At Least One Woodcut Novel
24. As Much Peanuts As You Can Stand
I have a small collection of old Peanuts put out before the Fantagraphics complete collection. Since that's the only one I ever cared to buy, I guess that's all I can "stand."
25. Maus
26. A Significant Sample of R. Crumb's Sketchbooks
If you count all the sketchbook material reprinted in The Complete Crumb, count me in. I have every collection but 13 & 14.
27. The original edition of Sick, Sick, Sick.
28. The Smithsonian Collection Of Newspaper Comics
29. Several copies of MAD
30. A stack of Jack Kirby 1970s Comic Books
31. More than a few Stan Lee/Jack Kirby 1960s Marvel Comic Books
32. A You're-Too-High-To-Tell Amount of Underground Comix
If the Complete Crumb collections and run of Weirdo count, yes.
33. Some Calvin and Hobbes
I have the hardcover set.
34. Some Love and Rockets
I have Locas, Palomar, and the TPBs that occur after those collections.
35. The Marvel Benefit Issue Of Coober Skeber
36. A Few Comics Not In Your Native Tongue
A complete run of the new Moto Hagio Perfect Selection, a Shigeru Sugiura book, and some Sailor Moons.
37. A Nice Stack of Jack Chick Comics
38. A Stack of Comics You Can Hand To Anybody's Kid
The Archies, Magic Knight Rayearth, Cardcaptor, and Gon.
39. At Least A Few Alan Moore Comics
The Killing Joke, V for Vendetta, Watchmen.
40. A Comic You Made Yourself
Minis, minis, sequential art homework, and soon to be published pro work.
41. A Few Comics About Comics
Scott Mccloud books, Eisner books, Drawing Words & Writing Pictures, Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga, Wimbledon Green.
42. A Run Of Yummy Fur
43. Some Frank Miller Comics
Batman: Year One, Daredevil: Born Again, Dark Knight Returns
44. Several Lee/Ditko/Romita Amazing Spider-Man Comic Books
45. A Few Great Comics Short Stories
"Big Man" & "Minnie's 3rd Love" from Tom's suggestions.
46. A Tijuana Bible
47. Some Weirdo
I have a complete run.
48. An Array Of Comics In Various Non-Superhero Genres
This is really most of my comics...
49. An Editorial Cartoonist's Collection or Two
50. A Few Collections From New Yorker Cartoonists
Some of the items on this list I've just never really been interested in getting (Pogo), some I'd love to get (Yummy Fur), and some I think I may never get for some reason or another (a run of strips I've clipped for example, since most strips it seems are published online more than in papers anymore). Plus, generally, RAW is so dang expensive!
However, I could definitely see myself getting a lot of more the things on this list in the next 10 years...
