Comic Swap

I was just looking at my shelves of floppies and softcovers and realized that I wanted to clear some of this stuff out. You may know the feeling. But along with that comes the realization that 1) this stuff is not worth a lot of money but 2) i don't want to just throw them out because 3) they're good solid reads and 4) i would prefer somebody got them that would like them!

So here's my thought: I would like to do a straight up swap of some quality stuff that I won't likely read again anytime soon. If there's anybody on ILC who's in the mood, I propose we do this:
- I'll post a list of material I'm okay getting rid of along with some wishlist stuff
- You post the issues/books that you'd like to get from me and then list the material you have to trade
- Together, we negotiate for a fair trade of books and then we mail them to each other.

Maybe we trade this stuff back, but probably not. Pay for your own postage and that'll do it. I'd really welcome the overseas peephole!
Anybody into this? Let me know and I'll start culling my shelves.

um, file under bad ideas?

Great idea if I had something to trade. Sold most of my odds and ends over the years, and now am just rebuilding and expanding a collection a piece or two at a time. I'm being much more particular these days about what I buy versus what I read from the library so what I do have I couldn't bear to part with.

the idea is nice but the overseas post age would likely be beastly

nice idea forks, i don't really have much to swap, is the thing

friends of mine have used this site in the past:

http://www.sequentialswap.com/

I hear what you guys are saying but I often find that I reevaluate what I have vs what I want when it's in black and white. plus a few of you (looking at you douglas) are pros and may just want to get rid of doubles or whatever. I'm in the midst of a cull and will post the final list here when I'm done and if that don't work, i'll try taking it to sequential swap. it's a growing pile of stuff.

Okay, finished a cull, here's what I got to trade if anyone's into it. Happy to answer questions or discuss any of these. Again, all I'm looking for is a straight trade for some reads.

Trades/Graphic Novels:
A Patch of Dreams by Hideji Oda (Fanfare/Potent Mon)
A Sort of Homecoming by Damon Hurd and Pedro Camello v. 1, 2, 3 (Alternative)
Ascending Peculiarity: Interviews with Edward Gorey (Harcourt)
Beano and the Dandy: Side By Side, 60 Year Anniversary (DC Thompson and Co - HC)
Dreams Cannot Die: A Radical Dreamer Anthology by Mark Wheatley (Insight)
From Hell: The Complete Scripts by Alan Moore (Borderlands)
Graphic Novella by Actus Tragicus [B. Kolton, M.Freidmann, I. Rennert - Israeli comic collection]
Graphic Novella by Actus Tragicus [B. Kolton, Rutu Modan, Y. Pinkus - Israeli comic collection]
Loveless v 1: A Kin of Homecoming by Brian Azzarello and Marcelo Frusin (Vertigo)
Macedonia by Harvey Pekar and Heather Roberson (Villard Books)
Mariko Parade by Frederic Boilet and Kan Takahama (Fanfare/Potent Mon)
Mijeong by Byun Byung-Jun (NBM)
My Uncle Jeff by Damon Hurd and Pedro Camello (Alternative)
New Universal by Warren Ellis and Salvador Larroca (Marvel - HC)
New X-Men Vol 2: Imperial by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (Marvel)
Pictures of You by Damon Hurd an Tatiana Gill (Alternative)
Queen and Country Declassified v. 3 by Antony Johnston and Christopher Mitten (Oni)
Scalped v. 1 by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera (Vertigo)
Seven Miles a Second by David Wojnarowicz and James Romberger (Vertigo)
Showcase Presents The Brave and The Bold (DC omnibus)
Sin City: Family Values by Frank Miller (Dark Horse)
Smelling a Rat by Paul Wright (Random House)
Strange Day by Damon Hurd an Tatiana Gill (Alternative)
Tales From the Farm by Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
Tekkon Kinkreet Black and White All In ONe by Taiyo Matsumoto (Viz)
The Big Kahn by Neil Kleid and Nicolas Cinquegrani (NBM)
The Castaways by Rob Vollmar an Pablo Callejo (NBM - HC)
The Comic Strip Art of Lionel Feininger (Kitchen Sink - Oversized)
The Complete K Chronicles by Keith Knight (Dark Horse)
The Exterminators by Simon Oliver and Tony Moore v. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Vertigo - full series run)
The Flash: The Human Race by Grant Morrisson and Mark Millar, Paul Ryan, Pop Mhan (DC)
The Un-Men Vol 1: Get Your Freak On by John Whalen and Mike Hawthorne (Vertigo)
The White Elephant by Damon Hurd and Christopher Steininger (Alternative)
ThunderBolts v. 1 by Warren Ellis and Mike Deodato Jr. (Marvel - HC)
Tokyo Is My Garden by Frederic Boilet and Benoit Peeters (Fanfare/Potent Mon)
Ultimate Spider Man Vol 7: Irresponsible by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley (Marvel)
Ultimate X-Men V. 14 by Robert Kirkman and Tom Raney (Marvel)
Uncanny X-Men: The Extremists by Ed Brubaker and Salvador Larroca (Marvel)
Usagi Yojimbo v. 3 by Stan Sakai (Fantagraphics)
Will Eisner's Spirit Archives Volume 7, 1943 (DC - HC)

Manga:
Andromeda Stories by Keiko Takemiya (Vertical) - 1, 2, 3 [full run]
Batman: Death Mask by Yoshinori Natsume (DC)
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi (Tokyopop) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Cromartie High School by Eiji Nonaka (ADV Manga) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 [full run, i think?]
Dragon Ball Z by Akira Toriyama (Viz) - 1, 2
Mu Shi Shi by Yuki Urushibara (Del Rey) - 1
The Guin Saga: The Seven Magi by Kazuaki Yanagisawa and Kaoru Kurimoto (Vertical) - 1, 2, 3 [full run]
Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue (Viz) - Omnibus vol. 3

Floppy series runs / One Shots:
2001 Nights by Yukinobu Hoshino - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 (Viz, full run but missing #7)
A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran - 6, 7, 8 (Warp)
All Star Squadron by Roy Thomas, Don Heck an Alan Kupperberg - 65, 66 (DC, origins of Johnny Quick and The Tarantula)
Ambush Bug by Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming - 1, 2, 3, 4 (DC)
Ambush Bug in DC Comics Presents 81 by Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming
Ambush Bug Stocking Stuffer by Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming - 1 (DC)
Ambush Bug, Nothing Special by Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming - 1 (DC)
Ambush Bug, Son of by Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (DC)
Animal Man by Grant Morrison and Chas Truog - 10, 20 (DC)
Badger by Mike Baron and all sorts artists - 60, 61, 62, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 (First)
Badger Goes Berserk by Mike Baron and lotsa artists - 1, 2, 3, 4 (First, full run miniseries)
Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham by Mike Mignola and Troy Nixey - 1, 2, 3, 4 (DC, Full run miniseries)
Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Viz)
Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children by Dave Louapre and Dan Sweetman - 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 19
Bill and Ted's Excellent Comic Book by Evan Dorkin - 1, 2, 3, 4 (Marvel)
Black Magic by Masamune Shirow - 1, 2, 3, 4 (Studio Proteus/Eclipse, Full run miniseries)
Bram Stoker's Dracula by Roy Thomas and Mike Mignola - 1, 2, 3, 4 (Topps)
Camelot Eternal by J. Caliafore - 4, 5, 8 (Caliber)
Clandestine by Alan Davis - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (Marvel)
Classics Illustrated: Hamlet by Steven Grant and Tom Mandrake / Treasure Island by Pat Boyette / (First)
Cobra by Buichi Terasawa - 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 (Viz)
Daredevil - 169, 172, 180 by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson
Daredevil 194, 197, 199, 200, 202, 203, 205, 206, 207, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 221, 222, 223, 225 (Marvel - most written by Denny O'Neil, most with David Mazzucchelli
Dark Horse Presents 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 60 , 61, 61 (First Sin City run)
Disraeli: Consequences One Shot by Molly Eyre and D'Israeli (Autocratik)
DP7 by Mark Gruenwald and Paul Ryan - 1, 3, 4 (Marvel)
Finals by Will Pfeifer and Jill Thompson - 1, 2 (Vertigo)
Flesh and Bones with Dalgoda by Jan Strnad and Dennis Fujitake and The Bojeffries Saga by Alan Moore and Steve Parkhouse - 1, 2, 3, 4 (Fantagraphics, full run miniseries)
Groo by Sergio Aragones - 1, 4 (Marvel)
Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown by Walt/Louise Simonson, Jon Muth and Kent Williams (Marvel, Full run miniseries)
Hellblazer by Brian Azzarello and Marcelo Frusin - 164, 165, 166 (Vertigo)
Jonah Hex: Riders of the Worm and Such by Joe Lansdale and Tim Truman - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Vertigo, full run miniseries)
Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo by Joe Lansdale and Tim Truman - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Vertigo, full run miniseries)
Jonny Quest Special by Arthur Byron COver and Richard Howell - 1 (Comico)
Jonny Quest The Real Adventures by Kate Worley and Francisco Solano Lopez - 2, 3, 4 (Dark Horse)
Judgement Day by Alan Moore and Rob Liefeld - 1, 2, 3 (Image, full run miniseries)
Lost Continent by Akihiro Yamada - 1, 4 (Eclipse/Studio Proteus)
Menz Insana by Christopher Fowler and John Bolton (Vertigo)
Mystery Men Stories by Bob Burden - 1 (Draconian/Dark Horse)
Nexus by Mike Baron and all sortsa artists - 54, 56, 64, 66, 67, 68, 71, 74, 80 (First)
Nexus the Liberator by Stefan Petrucha and John Calimee (Dark Horse, Full run miniseries)
Omaha the Cat Dancer by Reed Waller and Kate Worley - 2 (SteelDragon Press)
Omaha the Cat Dancer by Reed Waller and Kate Worley - 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 , 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 (Kitchen Sink)
Omaha the Cat Dancer by Reed Waller and Kate Worley - Vol. 2: 1, 2, 3, 4 (Fantagraphics)
Optic Nerve by Adrian Tomine - 1, 2 (Drawn and Quarterly)
Outlanders by Johji Manabe - 1, 2, 7 (Dark Horse)
Phage: Shadow Death 3, 4, 5 by Bryan Talbot and David Pugh (Tekno)
Pulp Fantastic by Howard Chaykin - 1, 2, 3 (Vertigo, full run miniseries)
Rock and Rule film adaptation (Marvel)
Savage Henry by Matt Howarth - 12 (Wire), 13 (Yello) (Vortex)
Savage Henry by Matt Howarth - 3 (Richard Pinhas) (Iconographix)
Schizo by Ivan Brunetti - 1, 2, 3 (Fantagraphics)
Scout by Tim Truman - 11, 12, 13, 15 (Eclipse)
Scout: War Shaman by Tim Truman - 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15 (Eclipse)
Secret Wars by Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 (Marvel)
Sin City: Lost Lonely and Lethal by Frank Miller (Dark Horse, one shot)
Sin City: To Hell and Back by Frank Miller - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (Dark Horse, full run miniseries)
Sirius Drama by Joseph Linsner (Sirius)
Skull Farmer: The Paul Mavrides Sketchbook (Tundra)
Spawn/Batman by Frank Miller and Todd McFarlane (Image)
StarChild by James A Owen - 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 (Taliesin Press, #0 Signed by Owen)
Street Fighter II by Masaomi Kanzaki - 1, 4, 7 (Tokuma Comics)
Supreme by Alan Moore, Joe Bennett, Chris Sprouse - 43, 52a, 55 (Maximum/Awesome)
Tarzan the Warrior by Mark Wheatley, Neil Vokes, Marc Hempel - 1, 2, 3, 4 (Malibu)
The Black Dragon by Chris Claremont and John Bolton - 1, 2, 6 (Epic)
The Demon by Dwayne McDuffie and Val Semeiks - 26, 27, 28, 29 (DC, Self contained arc)
The Infinity War by Jim Starlin and Ron Lim - 1, 2, 3 (Marvel)
The Invisibles by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell - 1, 2, v.3 #4 (Vertigo)
The Lone Ranger and Tonto by Joe Lansdale and Tim Truman - 1, 2, 3, 4 (Topps, full run miniseries)
The Nocturnals by Daniel Brereton - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (Bravura, full run miniseries)
The Thing From Another World by Chuck Pfarrer and John Higgins (Dark Horse, Full run miniseries)
The Twisted Tales of Bruce Jones - 3, 4 (Eclipse)
The Weird by Jim Starlin and Berni Wrightson (DC, Full run miniseries)
The World of Krypton by John Byrne and Mike Mignola - 1, 2, 3 (DC)
Thunder Bunny by Brian Buniak, Gary Kato, Martin Greim - 7, 9 , 10, 11, 12 (Warp/Apple)
Tomorrow Stories by Alan Moore, Jim Baike, Melinda Gebbie, Rick Veitch, Kevin Nowlan - 3, 4 (ABC)
Vic and Blood by Harlan Ellison and Richard Corbon - 1, 2 (Mad Dog Graphics, Full run miniseries)
Violator by Alan Moore and Greg Capullo - 1, 2, 3 (Image, full run miniseries)
Violator vs Badrock by Alan Moore and Brian Denham - 1, 2, 3, 4 (Image, full run miniseries)
Voodoo by Alan Moore and Al Rio - 2, 3 (Image)
Wolff and Byrd: Counselors of the Macabre by Batton Lash - 16, 21 (Exhibit A Press)

Random Floppies:
2000AD Presents 12 by Alan Moore/Alan Davis (Quality)
A Cop Named Tracy 2 by Chester Gould (Avalon)
A Distant Soil 3 by Colleen Doran (Aria Press)
Aliens: Newt's Tale 1 by Mike Richardson and Jim Somerville (Dark Horse)
Amazing Spider Man Annual 21 by David Michelinie, Paul Ryan, Vince Colletta (Marvel - Mary Jane and Peter Parker get married)
Amazon 3 by Steve Seagle and Tim Sale (Comico)
American Splendor 4 by Harvey Pekar (Vertigo)
Batman 522 by Doug Moench and Kelley Jones (DC - Swamp Thing issue)
Billy Dogma 1 by Dean Haspiel (Millennium)
Black Hole 4 by Charles Burns
Breed 1 by Jim Starlin (Bravura/Malibu)
Brickman by Lew Stringer (Harrier Comics, One Shot, Alan Moore Intro, guest pages by Kevin O'Neill and Dave Gibbons)
Caper 1 by Judd Winick and Farel Dalrymple (DC)
Casanova 1 by Matt Fraction and Gabriel Ba (Image)
Cry for Dawn 7 by Joseph Linsner (CFD)
Crying Freeman 5 by Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi Ikegami (Viz)
Dick Tracy Weekly 74 by Chester Gould (Blackthorne)
Dominion 1 by Masamune Shirow (Eclipse/Studio Proteus)
Don Simpson's Bizarre Heroes 1 (Kitchen Sink)
Feud 1, 3 by Mike Baron and Mark Nelson (Epic)
Godzilla 1 by Kazuhisa Iwata (Dark Horse)
Golgo 13: The Impossible Hit 1 by Takao Saito (Lead Publishing)
Golgo 13: The Professional 2, 3 by Takao Saito (Leed/Viz)
Grit Bath 1 by Renee French (Fantagraphics)
Hepcats 12 by Martin Wagner (Double Diamond)
Horobi Part 2 #7 by Yoshihisa Tagami (Viz)
Hulk Gray 2 by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale (Marvel)
Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis 1 by William Messner Loebs, Dan Barry, Karl Kesel (Dark Horse)
Infinity Gauntlet 1 by Jim Starlin and George Perez (Marvel)
Kato II 1 by Mike Baron and Val Mayerik
Keyhole 2 by Dean Haspiel and Josh Neufeld (Millennium)
Magnus Robot Fighter and Nexus 2 by Mike Baron and Steve Rude (Valiant)
Meat Cake 1 by Dame Darcy (Fantagraphics)
No Hope 9 by Jeff LeVine (Slave Labor)
NormalMan vs Megaton Man 1 by Jim Valentino and Don Simpson (Image)
Petit Mal 1 by CD Regan (Caliber)
Pirate Corp$ 1 by Evan Dorkin (Eternity)
Plastron Cafe 4 (Mirage)
Prince Valiant 6 by Hal Foster (Pioneer)
Promethea 5 by Alan Moore and JH Williams (ABC)
Ronin 1 by Frank Miller (DC)
Savage Dragon Vs. Megaton Man 1 by Don Simpson and Erik Larsen (Image)
Spawn 11 by Alan Moore and Todd McFarlane (Image)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 45 by Dan Berger (Mirage)
Terror of the Planet of the Apes 1 by Doug Moench and Mike Ploog (Adventure Comics)
The Contaminated Zone 3 by Matt Howarth (Brave New Worlds)
The Desert Peach 12 by Donna Barr (Mu Press)
The Desert Peach 23 by Donna Barr (Aeon)
Thieves and Kings 9 by M'Oak (I Box)
Thor 339 and 340 by Walt Simonson (Marvel)
Tyrant 3 by Steve Bissette (Spidergraphix)
Wandering Star 1 by Teri Wood (Pen and Ink, signed)
What If 28 by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson (Marvel)
Wildcats 33 by Alan Moore and Mat Broome (Image)
Witchcraft 1 by James Robinson and Michael Zulli (Vertigo)
X- Men Unlimited 9, 13 (Marvel)

...anybody?

forks, UK? US?

I'm US, but I would be up for a UK trade especially if it was for stuff I can't get stateside.

OK, will have a look.