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Free Comic Book Day 2005
n00b_newbie writes "Nationwide, Free Comic Book Day 2005 is this Saturday. This years lineup includes some regulars like Batman, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, some comics for kids, and some indy comics. FBCD's website has some cover pics, and a store locator. The indy comics include Flight (gorgeous!), Owly (kids), Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards and a bunch of others."
Hint: america is not the only nation in the world.
I think it qualifies as international - I live in Northern-Europe and we're celebrating it here.
[sig]It's a secret to everybody[/sig]
You are operating under the false assumption that comic books cannot be epic or have book-quality stories. This simply isn't true. While it is probably true of the standard Marvel/DC monthly comic book issue, it is not true of the comic book as a medium. Trade paperbacks often contain epic stories in comic book format with drama and characters that you care about in the same way a good book or movie can get you to care about characters.
Here's a secret: don't keep a comic book collection just because it may be worth some money. Keep it because you think they're kinda cool, or you want to show your kids someday (Okay, Nieces and Nephews for the "but this is Slashdot" trolls.) Or because you just like collecting stuff.
If you keep them because there might be monetary value someday, news flash: chances are you will spend more money on preserving, acquiring, storing, etc than you ever have a chance of getting back. And the prices listed on web sites or in magazines? That's not what you can get for your copy that's actually been read or exposed to the light or too much humidity, or a little dust. That's the price that a retailer will charge for a pristine (and I mean pristine) copy.) And he probably won't even be able to sell if for that price.
Tulip madness.
Why buy to collect? Why buy to speculate? You're as bad as a chump putting his first foot down in Las Vegas with plans to make $$$ rather than see the shows and hit the buffets.
You buy comics to enjoy them - just like you enjoy music, movies, live performance, TV, sporting events, books, and magazines. If you don't enjoy it, don't spend your money on it.
If you thought there was money to be made in it, that's just big business separating a sucker from his wallet. You lost.