The 4th Annual DVDTalk Reality Comic Book Challenge - June 2018
 

Reality Challenge

What's a Comic Book Challenge?

- monthly threads to encourage more reading and discussion
- a way to figure out "what do I read next?"
- motivation to try different genres
- motivation to keep reading and make progress on our unread piles
- a place to get recommendations

How does it work?

- we pick a genre (or company, or title, or whatever) for a month
- we post in this thread and talk about what we plan to read and read throughout the month
- you could keep a spoilered list in one post and update it all month, or post as you read
- in theory the lists could be kept in a separate thread to allow for fancier formatting while avoiding clutter

What makes it a "challenge"?

- well, unofficially, the goal is to read 100 comics a month, but that isn't stressed
- the group discussion will challenge and encourage you to read more (the main goal of most participants I imagine)

Who can participate?

- anyone and everyone!
- you don't have to list your reading or even post at all to participate, but what's the fun in that?
- quasi-technically, anyone on the planet who reads a qualifying book for the month is a participant, whether they know it or not ;)

When does it start and end?

- it begins at dusk on the last day of previous month, and ends at dawn on the first day of the next month
- this bonus time allows for possible "double counting" cross-Challenge content
- content eligible for both Challenges has the bonus of being able to be counted for all 24 hours of the last/first days of both Challenges

How does counting work?
- as with every other 'rule', we're pretty liberal and you can count any way you want really
- in general, a comic book counts as one
- for graphic novels and oversize books, feel free to count one for every twenty pages

Who wins?

- there are no losers, the person who reads one page a month is equal to the person who reads 20 books a day

What is the schedule?

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 (w/ bonus Thanksgiving and New Year's time)

Want a personal checklist to help you pick stuff to read?

Obviously you'll want to edit the below spoilered example checklist to fit your needs.

Re: The 4th Annual DVDTalk Reality Comic Book Challenge - June 2018
 

Basically any comic that good be “real” qualifies. So no superhero books, and maybe not a ton of fantasy and sci-fi, but most other genres would fully count.

Year one
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/comic-book-...ne-2015-a.html
Year two
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/comic-book-...ne-2016-a.html
Year three
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/comic-book...ne-2017-a.html

Re: The 4th Annual DVDTalk Reality Comic Book Challenge - June 2018
 

Would GI Joe count?

Re: The 4th Annual DVDTalk Reality Comic Book Challenge - June 2018
 

My knowledge of GI Joe is close to zero. If it’s realistic army stuff, yes; but laser beams and teleporters, no.

Re: The 4th Annual DVDTalk Reality Comic Book Challenge - June 2018
 

I think I might pick up My Friend Dahmer for this. It’s been on my radar for a couple of months but just haven’t gotten around to it.

Re: The 4th Annual DVDTalk Reality Comic Book Challenge - June 2018
 

I’ve been meaning to read that too. Coincidentally, I just saw that the film was on Kanopy so added it to my queue there.

Re: The 4th Annual DVDTalk Reality Comic Book Challenge - June 2018
 

I think I’ve turned a corner and gotten into the habit of actually reading my comics. Pretty sure I read over 100 last month. Haven’t decided on a theme yet for this month. Anyone else have a plan?

Re: The 4th Annual DVDTalk Reality Comic Book Challenge - June 2018
 

There's a ton of stuff I could read for this theme, as a lot of what I collect are European crime/spy comics. I've been working my way through Torpedo, a hard-boiled Italian crime series. Alex Toth worked on it briefly.

1. Torpedo Vol. 1*
2. Battlefields: The Night Witches*
3. Battlefields: Dear Billy

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Re: The 4th Annual DVDTalk Reality Comic Book Challenge - June 2018
 

Was surprised to really love the Airboy reboot weirdness from a couple years ago. Sort of a Hunter S Thompson 4th wall breaking oddity written by James Robinson. Not my usual fare, a bit adultish, but I really dug it.