::elbows CandidGamera in the side, which is not easy to do to a turtle the size of a skyscraper::
Come on, Candid, actually introduce yourself already!
WonK, I’m glad you made it! I know you know who I am, but I think the comic fan roll call’s a good idea so …
I’m Selkie, and as I was dubbed on another board, I’m a Certified Indie Elitist. In reality that title’s a little overstated, but I like it and still wear it proudly. What I lack in length of time spent reading comics (five-ish years) I hopefully compensate for with breadth and intensity of reading material dating back to the early 1980’s. I also bring the perspective of a supposedly rara avis, that of a woman who didn’t start reading comics until nearly her third decade of life. Apparently some people think such demographics mean something. I am an unapologetic feminist who often has strong opinions regarding the use of clothing designs, anatomy, and poses in comics.
Despite my reputation, I can, do, and will enjoy the occasional superhero title, but it takes an incredible creative team, an interesting premise, and the arm-twisting of people whose opinions I respect to get me to do it. Without Big Bad Voodoo Lou’s recommendations and in-depth superhero universe expertise, and WonK’s reviews on other boards, I’d have given up trying long ago. Amazing what a timely intervention of Starman can do to rehabilitate one’s opinion of the genre.
I, in turn, happily twist arms to bring great books like Epileptic, Persepolis, and Finder to the attention of more people, regardless of whether they normally read comics. I don’t get to write about them here nearly often enough, but hopefully that situation will be changing soon. (Restoring my library to some semblence of order after the comics killed an entire bookcase must come first). With the demise of the WEF and reduced convention going I’ve been missing out on some of the recent small press titles, but fortunately Bosda’s been recommending some good ones that remind me I need to get back into that loop.
Currently on my pull list, mostly via TPBs, are Finder, Queen & Country, Courtney Crumrin, Hellblazer and the last few issues of Sleeper. I’m also frantically seeking the last three issues of the pre-Vertigo Nathaniel Dusk, Private Investigator II miniseries from the mid-1980’s which seems to have slipped off everyone’s radar.
Tips and tricks! Personally, I use ‘painter’s shelves’ for my longboxes. They’re heavy duty plastic shelves, you can find them at Sam’s Club or Home Depot. You can store really heavy stuff on them. Like wood, or full cans of paint, or lots of paper.
Do they get damaged by resting, weighed down by paint cans, against concrete blocks? 