Crushing Krisis

This is my first box of indie comics, which previously appeared on this channel just to my right back in the old studio. If I reshelve *everything* that used to be out it will eat up over half of my remaining shelf space! Do I have the willpower to keep any of it in storage, or even *gasp* sell it?

This is the second half of my trawl through box 1096, labelled “Marvel Events.” Which events make it into one of my coveted shelf spots? I’m sure at least one will surprise you. Everything inside of it is covered on my Marvel Events Guide.

I’m back with my first officially shelve, store, or sell evaluation – and, it’s on a box of Marvel events not major enough to merit an OHC (either from Marvel, or from me chasing down one for my collection.) Everything inside of it is covered on my Marvel Events Guide.

After a few months of percolating, I’m excited to share a new video series with you – inspired by my massive moving video of getting all of my comics moved into our new house.

Join me as I play a long game of “Marry, F*!#, Kill” with hundreds of collections and thousands of individual issues from my “stacks” – the 140 short boxes of material that mostly haven’t seen the light of day since 2017 or even earlier!

First I just have to remember what the name of the show is…

It’s time for my Top 10 [American digital] comic book titles of 2019! Head back to entries #125-101, #100-76, #75-51, #50-26, and #25-11.

I read so many comics last year – some would say an inadvisable amount. Most weeks I read more than 55% of all of the new single comics out in the American market.

Why? Why spend all the time and money on this when I could spend it on something else? I wanted to be able to say that just once I spend an entire year immersed in comics the way people immerse themselves in films or TV or music, listening to every possible thing to come out with a holistic view of the industry across an entire year.

So many people undertake that mission in other creative endeavors, but when it comes to comics no one delves deep for the stuff at the margins at the big two, the indie titles without industry buzz, the small publishers trying to break through.

This was my year for it. I may never be able to do it again, and no one else may ever cover quite as much of the new comics out in a single year as I did this year! I’m proud I stuck with my mission, and thrilled to share with you the ten comics that excited me the most this year, month in and month out.

(If you prefer a Twitter countdown, start here.)

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