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DVDTalk Comic Book Challenge Omnibus Thread
Rather than have discussion of future Challenges and other miscellany spread throughout the actual Challenge threads, I figured a catch-all thread could be useful.
Here's the schedule so far (definitely are bolded): January - TV/Movie/Book February - Eisner/Harvey/Etc Winners March - Rotating Company April - TBD (random idea every year) May - Make-Your-Own June - Reality July - Science Fiction August - Fantasy September - Outside-Your-Comfort-Zone October - Horror November - Comedy December - Holiday or Make-Your-Own I'll quote and paste relevant comments from the other threads now. I do a personal checklist each month to help me remember the various parts of my collection and help justify owning all this stuff. If you'd like one, obviously you'll want to edit the below example checklist to fit your needs. Read something from my: Comixology - Dark Horse digital - DC - FCBD books - Groupees bundles - Humble bundles - magazine - Marvel - original graphic novel - physical collection - physical single issue - 3D comic - treasury edition - TwoMorrows - Spoiler:
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Re: DVDTalk Comic Book Challenge Omnibus Thread
Stuffed pulled from the Comedy Challenge thread:
Originally Posted by majorjoe23
(Post 12286802)
For me the challenge was a great motivator to work through unread backlog, but I could see following the pre-set movie challenges could make some months tougher than others.
Maybe sub in something like a DC/Marvel month (or individual months for each), a creator-focused month (rather than everyone read Alan Moore, people pick books that they're reading because Moore or Matt Fraction or Hickman or whoever wrote/drew them). There could be an Eisner-winner/nominee challenge. But maybe getting too specific like that cuts down on participation.
Originally Posted by Trevor
(Post 12286834)
Good ideas there joe. I think we can plan month to month and work those ideas in.
I think we're good with comedy for November. I'm not a huge 'funny book' fan, but it is a huge part of comic history, with tons of content available and lots of fans to this day. I'm defintely pulling out my Plop! comics for the month. For December (or just before Thanksgiving thru January 1st) I was leaning towards doing a Holiday Comic Challenge. But then, Holiday comics (and movies) are things I personally collect. I can see where the options to you normal people would be quite limited.
Originally Posted by davidh777
(Post 12286851)
It's kind of fun to speculate about possibilities for translating challenges into a comics theme. Granted, some of these would be a little thin to fill a full month depending on how much someone is reading.
January > comics based on TV series February > might not have enough action/adventure comics to run a challenge :sarcasm: March > Eisner winners April > indies May > Make your own June > historical settings July > sci-fi fantasy August > :hscratch: September > boutique labels such as Vertigo?
Originally Posted by majorjoe23
(Post 12286935)
Off the top of my head, I can only think of having a Frank Miller Batman story that fits into Christmas, as well as some Barks Duck stuff. And a chapter of The Long Halloween, if I'm remembering right.
It would be a challenge, but I might be up for trying.
Originally Posted by Trevor
(Post 12286982)
There are tons of Christmas stories out there. Many series have Christmas or Thanksgiving or other holiday themed issues at those times of year. Mainly Christmas of course. There are hundreds of Christmas stories already on Comixology for example.
Depending on your collection a comicdatabase search may show holiday stories sprinkled in all kinds of series.
Originally Posted by mrhan
(Post 12287215)
There was also Batman 219...only reason I remember was because it was the first issue of Batman that Neal Adams drew. JLA 110 was a Christmas story and it was the second appearance of John Stewart.
Originally Posted by majorjoe23
(Post 12287354)
It's funny you should mention it, tonight I read Hellblazer 49, which was a Christmas story.
But I'm counting it toward horror, since it's still Oct. |
Re: DVDTalk Comic Book Challenge Omnibus Thread
Stuff pulled from the October Horror thread:
Originally Posted by terrycloth
(Post 12250376)
Ill def be interested in doing theme challenges to look for material id notmally over look
Originally Posted by Trevor
(Post 12250766)
You could always re-read titles. I'll be doing a mix of old and new.
Yeah, I've been sort of following the film challenges along in my reading on and off for the last year or so. But I figured that we might as well make it official and post about it. If there are no objections I'll post a thread each month here, and we'll just follow the film Challenges. We'll need a substitute for at least one, September's Criterion. Any suggestions?
Originally Posted by terrycloth
(Post 12250787)
I always use criterion releases to watch titles id normally never watch to expose myself to something different
Keep in theme of that and use that month for series or booms ud normally not read
Originally Posted by Trevor
(Post 12250811)
That's a good idea; a Read-Outside-Your-Comfort-Zone Challenge.
Originally Posted by majorjoe23
(Post 12284583)
Since there are only a few days left in October, what are the thoughts on doing this again next month? It would be comedy, right?
I don't have as many funny funny books in my backlog, but I do have some underground comix type stuff that probably fits with it. Plus a bunch of Barks/Rosa Duck stuff.
Originally Posted by Trevor
(Post 12284779)
We could just follow every Challenge I guess. I'm in! I'll work on some ideas and maybe spice things up with goals or themes or something.
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Re: DVDTalk Comic Book Challenge Omnibus Thread
Some possibilities for Feb:
Romance comics/comics that are love stories. It wouldn't have to be all cheesy 50s stuff, I would consider something like Preacher and Y the Last Man to be love stories at their hearts. Maybe an Anything Marvel/DC month, followed by an Anything Not Marvel/DC. That's fairly broad TV/Movie Adaptations could possibly include stories that were adapted into another medium. So something like Days of Future Past could fit in, along with something like the Flash/Arrow comics based on the shows. |
Re: DVDTalk Comic Book Challenge Omnibus Thread
When you created the holiday challenge thread, I was going to suggest that we'd eventually need a compendium thread. If nothing else, I figured it'd drive your OCD crazy, but I didn't even have to. :lol:
:up: on calling it an Omnibus. |
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Any more thoughts on the 4 months we still need to fill?
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I like the DC/Marvel and then non DC/Marvel idea. Was initially thinking of separate DC and Marvel months, but perhaps there are not enough months.
How about a 'real life' month to go with the Historical Appreciation DVD Challenge? |
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An Omnibus? What, where can I buy it?:lol:
I'd suggest splitting up a few months into Golden Age, Silver Age, and Modern Age comics. |
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Originally Posted by PhantomStranger
(Post 12313110)
I'd suggest splitting up a few months into Golden Age, Silver Age, and Modern Age comics.
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Originally Posted by davidh777
(Post 12313114)
Cool idea, except I'm a fan of the Bronze Age. I guess that wouldn't really be a challenge for me. :sad:
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I kind of like the ages idea, but I'm not sure. If we did that it would pretty much be it, as we'd be out of months and not have room for a DC, Marvel, or non-those months. Pros and cons both ways, I guess we don't have to decide until close to March actually.
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I feel like golden might have a more limited appeal (the sales number of golden age archives and masterworks are pretty low). Maybe a combined golden/silver ages month?
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I've edited the schedule a bit. The eight months I've bolded seem agreeable, and they sync with our media Challenges.
The other four months we can talk about and firm up as needed. No decision really needed until close to March. The time periods would be hard, as it would take almost all of them up. A compromise might be the "older than you" that I threw in as an idea? That would leave the Big Two for one month and Everyone Else as another, with maybe the outside your comfort zone syncing with Criterion? |
Re: DVDTalk Comic Book Challenge Omnibus Thread
What exactly are reality comics?
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Originally Posted by PhantomStranger
(Post 12315192)
What exactly are reality comics?
Our media Challenge that month is the Historical Appreciation one for biographies, documentaries, sports, music, etc. |
Re: DVDTalk Comic Book Challenge Omnibus Thread
I guess we need to decide on March's Challenge.
I don't think we want to follow the media Challenge that month or April; as Action/Adventure is too broad and Cult is, well, maybe? I don't know, opening up the discussion again. Separate DC and Marvel? |
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I'd be up for a split of the big 2
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I like the idea of a line-wide challenge but am not sure if that'd end up being too open (which isn't necessarily a bad thing). Maybe focus on a specific creator with a wide catalog [i.e. Alan Moore, Geoff Johns, Jim Lee, etc].
It might be cool to rotate challenge headliners each year in some of the months. Alternative comic book challenge ideas: Time travel / Multiverse [basically anything alternate to canon of anything], Robots [must feature some robot / tech focus; possibly too limited]; caped heroes [traditional superheros]... |
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How about Marvel/DC comics not set in the present, so either historical settings or the far future? That knocks out a lot of their standard superhero output.
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A lot of good ideas, but we only have four open months. And two days to decide.
How about this? DC one year and then Marvel the next? And possibly other companies the third? That could get March covered at least, and give us more time to decide on the other month or three. Other months could have rotating years as well, or we could even have two Make-Your-Own months. |
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I feel like any restrictions that limit the Marvel or DC book options, like having to be past or future, time travel or multiverse are going to be more exclusive than inclusive. It's easy to pick up a Superman or Spider-Man book and know it qualifies, but making it adhere to specific story elements makes it a little tougher.
Same with going with a specific creator for everyone. Someone will always dislike the picked creator (I can't stand much Johns work after 2004 or so). A way that could work is if everyone picked their own specific creator, like one person reads all Alan Moore, another picks Jim Lee, Gail Simome or whoever. |
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Good thoughts. Maybe a Pick-Your-Own-Creator month?
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I'd be fine with either of the big two or pick your creator. While I like the idea of being exposed to talent that might be new to us, it's possible we might not have that person in our libraries, which would set Trevor off on a buying binge. Unless it's Stan Lee or someone like that, of course. On the other hand, my performance in these challenges has been so poor that I shouldn't be offering input. If I have one Geoff Johns title on my shelf and I read it, that will be better than I've done in some of them so far. :lol:
Aren't there some of those "greatest 100 graphic novels of all-time" or "books you must read before you die" lists out there? That could be an incentive to fill some of those I never read... (Comic Book Edition) holes (coughKingdomCome). |
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^ With over 50 long boxes, 6 bookcases of graphic novels, and 15000 digital comics, I think I have every creator covered. ;)
Travis would like your last idea there. I guess most of both would be covered in the awards month of course. They would also be great in May. |
Re: DVDTalk Comic Book Challenge Omnibus Thread
Ok, as we are only 30 hours from it starting, we will stick to the original tentative plan for March, with a slight modification. Instead of DC/Marvel, let's make it a rotating Company Challenge month. I flipped a coin and DC won. We can do Marvel next year, and perhaps other companies in future Marches.
Or you can talk me out of it in the next 18 or so hours. |
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An entire line-wide challenge feels too open; I'd suggest narrowing it somewhat by maybe selecting a specific flagship title or team (for example: justice league and derivatives); maybe even a sub-line (Vertigo, New 52, Wildstorm, etc). Although it might be fun to just read whatever one wants within DC that might feel too much like the "make your own" challenge.
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I like the idea of keeping it open. My (and I suspect others) involvement might decrease if it gets too specific. I have a lot of Bat books to read, but not a lot of Superman or Justice League stuff.
Beyond Superman, Batman and Justice League books, it would likely get especially limiting for some readers. |
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Originally Posted by Undeadcow
(Post 12409150)
An entire line-wide challenge feels too open; I'd suggest narrowing it somewhat by maybe selecting a specific flagship title or team (for example: justice league and derivatives); maybe even a sub-line (Vertigo, New 52, Wildstorm, etc). Although it might be fun to just read whatever one wants within DC that might feel too much like the "make your own" challenge.
Originally Posted by majorjoe23
(Post 12409166)
I like the idea of keeping it open. My (and I suspect others) involvement might decrease if it gets too specific. I have a lot of Bat books to read, but not a lot of Superman or Justice League stuff.
Beyond Superman, Batman and Justice League books, it would likely get especially limiting for some readers. Imagine a DVD Challenge where you could only watch one director or franchise. It simply wouldn't work. Heck, I'm even worried that DC and/or Marvel are too limiting. Lots of people hate one company or the other. But by keeping it open to all sub-lines of each company, hopefully all of us can find enough to willingly participate. |
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That said, one is always free to refine a broad parameter into a narrow focus; and these Challenges grow into more people picking unique paths of reading each month.
Related, I'm wondering if we make our lists look more like the lists in the DVD Challenges if it would be more interesting. It would allow cooler formatting and creativity; and be much easier to read than daily updates. |
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I prefer the list and discussion thread seperates makes it easier to follow and find stuff to read
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Originally Posted by terrycloth
(Post 12409410)
I prefer the list and discussion thread seperates makes it easier to follow and find stuff to read
The thread would then be easy to follow the daily updates and thoughts of the day, and short enough to backtrack and scan everyone's lists if one was in the mood to do so. |
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Yeah i think its just me being selfish. Lol im on a tablet and can barely work it so it would just be easier to update :)
As i spend more time reading the thread then updating mine |
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Just so we don't wait until the last minute again, we should probably keep talking about what to do for April.
Here's the schedule so far (definitely are bolded): January - TV/Movie/Book February - Eisner/Harvey/Etc Winners March - Rotating Company April - ??? May - Make-Your-Own June - Reality July - Science Fiction & Fantasy August - Older-Than-You September - Outside-Your-Comfort-Zone October - Horror November - Comedy December - Holiday
Originally Posted by Undeadcow
(Post 12408390)
It might be cool to rotate challenge headliners Each year in some of the months.
Originally Posted by Undeadcow
(Post 12408390)
Alternative comic book challenge ideas: Time travel / Multiverse [basically anything alternate to canon of anything], Robots [must feature some robot / tech focus; possibly too limited]; caped heroes [traditional superheros]...
Originally Posted by PhantomStranger
(Post 12408460)
How about Marvel/DC comics not set in the present, so either historical settings or the far future? That knocks out a lot of their standard superhero output.
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What about character based month?
Example We can make it avengers Read books based on characters that are/were avengers Esp since a lot of UA will be spending the last night of the month watching age of ultron |
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Hmmmm. Normally I'd be against 'forcing' everyone to read a somewhat limited range of books from one company about one team; but given the circumstances this could work.
It'd be a one-time thing fitting the rotating and 'cult' comments above. It'd be a counter balance to the month of DC. Avengers and all things related is quite a huge range of books actually. If you stretch it to books of any character who used to be an Avenger it'd be <s>pretty much </s>every Marvel superhero book ever. There will be a buzz about the Avengers with the movie coming. They've done a couple crossovers so you could still read some DC (and other company?) books. |
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Just a random thought, but the annual Holiday Challenge includes all holidays, not just the Winter Big Three; so that opens it up a bit more.
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Originally Posted by Trevor
(Post 12415062)
Just a random thought, but the annual Holiday Challenge includes all holidays, not just the Winter Big Three; so that opens it up a bit more.
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Originally Posted by PhantomStranger
(Post 12415363)
That is a smart addition. Valentine's Day comics have been pretty popular in the past.
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Originally Posted by Trevor
(Post 12415396)
Hey, speaking of you. Have your first 8 or whatever books from the 1950s been reprinted? I've started the PS Showcase but think there was an earlier run, right?
Showcase Presents: Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 (Showcase #80, Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #1-21 Showcase Presents: Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 (Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #22-41, Justice League of America #103, House of Secrets #150, Brave and the Bold #89, 98; Frankenstein stories from Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #23-30) I am still recovering from last year's cancellation of my solo series.:sad: Did you know Bruce Timm had wanted to include me on Justice League Unlimited and was denied by the powers that be? How long must I live this cursed existence? |
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I enjoyed phantom stranger and would of loved to have seen him in jlu :(
One of my friends whos strictly marvel got into phantom stranger as his first dc book and was pissed there was such a limited run with him |
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