Finding the balance between collecting comics and reading comics.

I have recently had a trim down of my Monthly Pick List. This took a lot of thought and returning to, working out what I really read, the comics I really looked forward to, and the ones that were on the top of that weekly stack each month they came out.

I managed to refine the list and now have what is in the column on the side of the blog, this isn't to say nothing else will be added since I refined the list and sent this to my local comic store for my Standing Order, Ms Marvel has been announced which I will definitely want to pick up and see what its like when its released in February theres also X-Force just announced from Si Spurrier, an English writer, which I will certainly also take a look at. So thats two more to pick up, but these won't go on the list until I pick up the first issue and know I want to get this each month.

While refining my list it dawned on me that I have been picking up and buying many many comics at £2 to £2.60 each which have not once been read and just immediately bagged and boarded, many of these were brought on word of mouth and people telling me they're worth checking out but they just weren't to my taste right now, and at this moment in time I am a super hero man at heart. Anyway back to the point, these comics now sit in a box, or 3 boxes never to see the light of day again and well I thought that ought to change and being sure that many of the titles in these boxes have their own fans and collectors I have begun to list these on eBay, I have had great success with the first to batches I put online and there are still more to come from the mainstream to the obscure so if you fancy seeing if I hold that missing issue from your collection please check out my eBay listings at the link below.

I am still working out the difference between collecting and reading comics, and people who know me will tell you I am a collector at heart but the change is just peaking over the horizon. I aim to only buy what I will read and enjoy from now on.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/comicjedi191/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=