Post Here When You Consider Getting Off The Weekly Bandwagon

Y - winding down, yes?
The Red Star - ha ha ha
Astonishing X-Men - not long too many left.
Morrison Batman - Is this a fixed-term thing, like for a year? Does the fill-in stuff come out of that or not?
She-Hulk - This I will buy until the stars go out.
All Star Superman - See Astonishing X-men.
Nextwave - See She-Hulk.

I'm already at the point where I don't go to the shop every week.

Dead in the last year(ish): Lucifer, Planetary, 7 Soldiers, Powers, Hellblazer, Tom Strong

But basically I'm going to be reading comics for as long as Grant Morrison writes them.

Collect as trades only: Ultimates (though I should add Runaways, Young Avengers)

Should start buying in floppies: American Splendour, Criminal.

Mark Martin's Runaway: shop doesn’t get, buy from Fanta every two years
Tales Designed To Thrizzle: see above
Shaolin Cowboy: comes out three times a year?
Super Fuckers: comes out once a year
Peep Show: comes out every five years
Optic Nerve: comes out every two or three years
Flaming Carrot: averages out to about once every two years over the last 15?
All-Star Superman: comes out every three months
Treehouse Of Horror: comes out once a year
Dork: comes out once in four years
League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: averages about one a year?
Hate: supposed to be annual, has slipped
Apocalypse Nerd: just about twice a year
Conversations: once every two years?
Following Cerebus: I think this is at about thrice yearly
that new Gumby comic by Burden and Geary: shop doesn't get, will maybe buy however many issues have come out once a year from Mile High or something
Sock Monkey: about one a year on average
whatever Ariel Shrag's current comic is called, I think there are three issues so far but it's been three or four years since the last one and the shop only bothered to get #2 despite standing order but what the fuck, let's count it
do Mome or Kramer's Ergot count? one's quarterly (?) and one's once every year or two. Don't buy them from comic shop though so probably not relevant
The Comics Journal is every six weeks or so, the most regular thing I get. But I order it at bookshop.

Do I count as being on the bandwagon or not?

I think the only true culprits here are aldo & I (tho I actually am bi-weekly, because I have my fix mailed to me). Tho if Huk's still reading Green Lantern...

But does that mean I'm on or off?! I'm not planning on dropping any of these.

(And I do go to the bookshop most fortnights, the schedule they get their Diamond shipments on, to see what happened to come in.)

I actually really enjoy floppies now, though I buy lots more actual books - it makes them feel more special, it's exciting to be able to re-read an issue of All-Star Superman half a dozen times before the next one comes out, and often it feels like rewarding someone who bothers to put together a considered package with thought-out design. The She-Hulk trades are shoddy and ugly enough, I would hate having to read 1.5 ads for every page of story - whereas Super Fuckers or Tales Designed To Thrizzle are a treat from front to bac.

Are you Roland Pryzbylowski?

And I'm all for Marvel making money, but speaking as a guy that's also somehow been trained to ignore ads in funny books (unless they're annoying cardboard inserts like this month's eMusic promotion), it's gotten to the point that the ads (more often than I'd like) interfered w/ my enjoyment of the story. (Folks that bought the first issue of the FF / Iron Man Big In Japan know what I mean.)

As for pooing on double-page spreads (which is MADNESS, unless you're of a mind that dp spreads = less content & a sense of laziness on the creator's part, which can be true about anything), I'd like to rep for the latest issue of Nextwave, which features 4 (if not more) dp spreads w/ Elvis MODOKs shooting hamburgers, tiny Iron Dudes flying around, double-headed samurai, and loads more fun. Also: SEE ONE ULTIMATES.

I did drop Nextwave after the sixth issue, thinking I'd just wait for the second trade and save a couple of bucks. I guess I helped kill that one, there, didn't I.

Sorry, generally just not keen on double page spreads as a formal device. If I was writing comics, I would never ever use them.

Sorry for the late response, Matthew - I'm currently moving.

Personally, I've found the latest batch of issues, while a mighty decent read, to be fairly monotonous - I'm suspicious that, upon a rereading of the arc, I could switch parts two and three and not notice any significant difference. I recognize the enormous amount of craft Brubaker, Lark, and whoever the glorious colorist is (those skin tones!) and am sufficiently curious as to where the story is headed, but my monthly anticipation is waning. Alas...