TPB vs Floppies

It seems evey comics fan has an opinion about this, so I might as well blog my own.

I cannot buy single issues where I live, actually I cannot buy any comics where I live. Shipping here is cost prohibiting. So I can only ask friends to bring books back from US. I order online to be shipped to their address, and when they come here from home they can bring them for me. So obviously I don't choose to buy singles, but only TPBs.

That being said, my opinion has nothing to do with my current situation. I just like having a complete story/arc in one book. I do not like reading serialized stories, unless they are somehow self-contained, which is not the case in modern comics. Most stories are written for the TPB, so I might as well read them in their intended format.

To me reading a monthly is like watching a movie 10 minutes per month. Why would I do that?! In my opinion you cannot even judge a single issue without knowing the ending. Everything that is said before reading the end, is just speculation. That is why I only review full stories here.

Another problem with singles, is that my memory sucks. Let's say that one storyline is 6 issues long, it is often possible that issue 6 refers to something that happened in issue 1, which are 6 months apart!! I can barely remember what I read 1 hour ago, how can I remember what I read 6 months ago!!

There are exceptions of course. Fell aims to be a self contained experience each single issue. 52 is a weekly, and it is so long that I can see myself buying it every week (if I could).

However another problem presents itself, which is storage. Storing the single issues is a pain to me, and it doesn't look as good as a shelf full of TPB.

An important issue related to this topic is that if nobody buys the singles, there might not be a TPB. Unfortunately that's how the market works, and I can't start buying singles just for that reason. I would rather buy an original GN by these artists.

There, my 2 cents.