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The big debate: reading floppies vs. waiting for the trade paperback
I used to run to the shop every Wednesday for single issues, but after missing three months of a run and having to piece together a story from back issues, I switched to trades. Now I'm wondering if I'm missing the weekly discussion buzz at the shop - has anyone else switched sides on this and regretted it?
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alex_coleman1mo ago
Three years and about two hundred dollars worth of single issues later, I finally admitted to myself I was just buying a stack of paper that would end up in a longbox under my bed. The weekly shop talk was nice but not worth the hassle of missing an issue because Dave at the counter forgot to pull my pull list again. Trades let me read a whole arc in one sitting without that nagging feeling I forgot something. Plus they look better on a shelf and don't fall apart after two reads. I don't miss the drive or the awkward small talk about variant covers with people I barely know.
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rowan_wells671mo ago
Yeah, that pull list thing hits close to home. I always thought weekly pickups were the only "real" way to read comics, but after three times in a row where my shop skipped my pull or held issues for a week while I was traveling... I started feeling like I was just feeding the machine. The whole experience of digging through bins and chatting with the clerk started feeling more like a chore than a hobby. Seeing them in trade form on a shelf really does feel more complete, too. This kind of made me rethink my whole approach, honestly.
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