The biggest problem I've had are books that are sold out by the time I get to the store on Wednesday evening or Thursday, not that they aren't for sale yet.

I've had this problem too. I intend to be there when the store opens Wed. am @ 10... the luxury of having class at 1:30 p. But as the year goes on, I'll probably have to start preordering and having them shipped directly to me :-(

But as the year goes on, I'll probably have to start preordering and having them shipped directly to me

Any comic book shop worth their salt will have hold lists for their regular customers. Alternately, if you're not regular enough, they should let you pre-pay for it. Like, give them your money today and they'll save you a copy on Wednesday.

Any comic book shop worth their salt will have hold lists for their regular customers.

Yeah, the reason I said what I said is because I'm moving.

the reason I said what I said is because I'm moving.

You mean that you're moving that day and worried about making it in? Or that you're wondering about possible policies at a shop in your new 'hood? If it's the former, I'd definitely call ahead to try to reserve a copy.

The latter - so, I want to be buying on an issue-by-issue basis. I'm not movingmoving until July 12 at the earliest.

Also, Jilli, when you get back from PDX? I seem to have become a regular at the comic book store near your house. As in, shoot the shit about comics with the guy behind the counter.

Soooo, this means I theoretically could get a ride home from you on New Comic Days? Keen!

Oh, and indie and DC backstock is half-off at the moment. Don't know for how long. Though it is fair to say that the DC section is pretty picked over. Isayinnocently. I'll loan you the good stuff.

You realize that I've never actually set foot in that store? I'm not the one in the household that goes forth and buys the comics, and Pete usually goes to Comics Dungeon.

On topic-ish: I liked Tim Drake, Boy Stalker A Lonely Place of Dying better than A Death in the Family, but I still found the writing a smidge on the clunky side. I'm looking forward to reading some of the more recent stuff, which (I've been told) is not as clunky.

At the F2F, Holli and I were talking about fic pairings, and she said she wanted to pair Dawn with Connor. *She* meant the Bon Bon version of Connor, but *I* was picturing Superboy. When I explained it, she made gleeful noises.

Hee. Superboy is Conner with an E. Though Dawn Connor from Green Arrow Connor? Funny, funny thought.

It's a monk thing.

Soooo, this means I theoretically could get a ride home from you on New Comic Days? Keen!

Yep.

Green Arrow Connor

Ooh. This has potential.

Really, my only criteria for Dawn-boyfriends is that they fight crime. I just think it'd be *fun*.

Also, I'd be remiss if I didn't recommend the early Marv Wolman/George Perez stuff in Titans, which went a long way toward defining him as Kid Flash (Plus, the wicked weird Kid Flash/Raven romance.)

Wolfman/Perez are also responsible for establishing the Nightwing identity as we know it today. Plus the Judas Contract kicked ass and is in TPB.

I think there's limited superhero comic analysis for a variety of reasons. Comics Journal is actively anti-superhero, and until recently the larger story arcs didn't sustain the kind of mythos which breeds fic.

The exception would be X-Men stuff, which was (in its time) the nearest equivalent to what Batman Family is doing now. (That is - completely redefining an entire comic company in its image and spinning off a berjillion titles and mini series.)

Also, I bought No Man's Land and add my Damn You All to the pile.