A Whirlwind Tour of My Comics Shelves!
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2024
- Low key, lo-tech, low light. Here's a quick glance around my shelves of comics, an update, if you will, to the shelf tours of yesteryear.
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So here's the thing: our place is a mess for this month and so I had to leave out four shelves because they were just too hard to shoot and light right now. Perhaps I'll revisit that if folks like this type of thing!
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Why is it so much fun to watch other comics fans shelves? I could do this all day but I have always avoided explaining it to myself.
Let me know what you come up with, I'd love to know! 😁
I am convinced that you will be slowly replacing all your furnitures with shelves 😅
Spotted many interesting books, will have to freeze frames and take notes.
I need those couches that can shelve books on their sides! 😁
One of the things I love most about your Chanel is your selection of books. I like that you have so many different comics. As someone who appreciates the big two but fatigues easily of them, I find your channel so refreshing. Thanks for the amazing presence you bring to comic book CZcams. I would say just put the love and rockets first 50 in order and the rest of the order is fine ;)
Thank you so much, that really put a smile on my face!
And haha I have my first comment about the arrangement order of series volumes!
The Love and Rockets box is one of five or six (maybe more) mis-arrangements featured here as Easter eggs of aggravation 😁
What a collection, it's like a book store, an emporium of treasures. It's always fun to spot a book I own but don't see often in other collections .. ZOT!
Thank you! And Zot! is terrific, and one of those "criminally underrated" works!
Beautiful collection!!!!
You have some of the best collections in the world my friend! Im jealous but more overjoyed to see this spectacular display.
Haha my dream is to one day have a community library built from contributions by collectors and readers who need to make room! 😁
Your collection is amazing! I love the internal “chaos” but that makes it unique to you which is what we enjoy. Thank you for sharing.
Thank YOU for taking the time and I'm so glad you enjoyed this little jaunt, chaos and all😁
3:10- Alan Moore's complete Swamp Thing run the reason I love your channel and your total complete mastery of comics art form is you are so understated in your reviews and it's almost as if you always strive to discover neglected gems that you bring to our attention almost like Moore's Swamp Thing run is "a given "? While on topic I must refer you to ALL THE WORKS of Rick Veitch THE MAXIMORTAL and the BRAT PAC he's tailor made for your sophisticated palette sensibilities and is sure no to disappoint , PROMISE !!!!
You have such a beautiful and intriguing collection! I have no tips on how to organise your books. It's something I constantly struggle with myself. Your collection is so extensive that I can't tell what is missing. I do have a small recommendation, a book which may very well already be in your collection, 'Ramshackle, a Yellowknife Story' by Alison McCreesh.
Adding it to the list, as always! 😁
The most stunning collection on CZcams.
Thank you, very kind of you!
I don't know about all that, but I'll settle for 'most interestingly arranged'! 😁
Interesting - brave approach and I like, especially the musical accompaniment, And i myself have become very proud of my shelves of late. A very special feeling to be in awe of the artistry and (memory-lapse-hidden) depth.
Well put!
I like the environment its a fun messy place that reflects the thing I like most (reading) thanks for the tour.😊
Thank you - that's exactly why it's such a mess most of the times. Books are always being picked up, carried away, and being put back differently. Also, as someone else in the comments put it, the shelves seem to grow and evolve with time... 😁
Kudos fellow comic lover
It's the Jank. heh.
I imagine this music playing everytime you look at your shelves!
Haha , Ashwitha found me all the music for this video and that's the approach she took - music to browse shelves by!
Now we need videos for each of those comics in that massive collection 😉
That's the whole channel! 😁
so glad to see the shelf tour videos are finally back! those were my favorite videos of yours.
Ah, I'm not sure if I'll do the same thing all over again, but maybe I can work out some new ways to quickly revisit!
It was nice and relaxing. Do miss you rambling why you got these books! I'm here for YOUR thoughts.
Thank you, and never fear, 99 out of 100 videos will always be me rambling 😁
Just good to give everyone a break every now and then, I figure!
Finally, our calls have been answered!
Talking about the shelves, when i moved to my new apartment, since i had the freedom to design my own room, i decided to get thick plywood shelves made that can hold around 750-1000 books with an average book being size of a manga volume, thankfully no sagging shelves from now on but im more considerate of what im buying now that i’ve filled 80% of it
There is nothing that captures optimism and doom together quite the way 80 percent filled shelves do! 😁
Epic collection. You can a video of every shelf. Would be awesome
Already done! 😁
16 videos for 16 shelves here: czcams.com/play/PLf2B7UoR9NKXZmUIzDgAp-41MzR9JW5zt.html
This is absolutely not advice but personally I love to place stuff in the order in which I read it. Often when I read something, especially longer series, I look back on that story and remember what my life was like when I was reading it. Like the room I was in, the job I was working, how much has changed since then. Putting things in the order they came into my life in makes each story feel like it defines its own little era, like "Oh, that was the time in my life that I was reading that story."
The autobiographical order! As mentioned in High Fidelity and elsewhere in the comments.
Author and size will often be the big determining factors, but i would love to arrange as many different ways as possible, different logic for different sections!
I put all my European albums in alphabetical order. Usually I go with size because I think it looks better and also some shelves are bigger, some are smaller. 😊
Size and shelf size match are definitely a significant priority and determiner.
I used to try alphabetical by author, but those plans have long been abandoned in front of the chaos wrought by other factors!
You have Don Rosa!!!!
Oh yes, featured in a bunch of videos already, particularly my Best Comics for Kids video from way back, but not in a spotlight yet....
Didn't think I would die this young but nice to see atleast I get to be in heaven.
Hahaha what a line! 😋
This reminds me of the movie/book 'High Fidelity', in which the protagonist is asked how he's arranged his albums. His approach isn't alphabetical or categorical, but rather autobiographical. Although that is probably completely out of the question, I do love his explanation. For each record he has to think about when he got it and what he was going through at that time. Probably a difficult way to find anything, but a great way to reflect on your life and how it relates to your collection :).
I have mentioned that exact scene on more than one occasion in my livestreams! I definitely have sections like that, like how books from a bookstore visit when I was traveling rest next to each other 😁
@@ftloc Awesome! Your recent video inspired me to get the 'Love' books by Brrémaud and Bertolucci. Still waiting for two of them, but I'll think about your channel when I look for them in my collection!
Great video. Eventjough I already watched your book shelf videos, I would like to watch a tour again focused on categories, for example: Comic Strips, Superheroe comics, indie, western, horror, comedy, slice of life, european, manga etc.
Now that is an intriguing idea, picking a category and skipping from shelf to shelf!
But same logistical nightmare! 🤣
Awesome tour, as always, even my library also have grown over the years due to suggestions from channel like ftlc & uncanny Omar
That's wonderful to hear!
Wow this was an amazing tour. I typically try to keep books by the same author or series together. For series I try to go by the order in which the series was published where ever applicable. Boxed sets at times though pose a challenge where they don't follow the chronology , fantagraphics Carl barks library is such a case at hand 😂. However my collection is tiny compared to what you have though. I m mostly into Franco Belgian comics, Disney comics and bit of old Americn classics like Russ Manning, Alex Raymond etc.
As the books on the shelves multiply and change and evolve all systems also change (or become untenable).
With comics, it is much worse than prose. Artists and writers collaborate, work on different series, with different publishers, and have their works come out in multiple formats. Even a single creator, say Chris Ware, can have books ranging from slim issues to boxes, so it's all a lost cause 🤣
@@ftloc very true. Tintin only had 24 books but then , every now and then something interesting keeps coming even though Herge is no more around. Like entropy of the universe tends to increase perhaps all our systems on arranging books are destined to fail anyways 😀
I moved to the county where my wife was from and as part of the deal, all my comics came with me. We have been in our home for nearly two years, but all my comics were sitting in my brothers-in-law spare storage room. Now the youngest kid is 2 we are starting to get around to doing a bit to the house. My comic collection made the long trip from 2 fields over and is now sitting on the “office” floor. I was promised a man cave, but a few new bookshelves will do.
Now that my wife sees the collection daily it causes her to make some of the following statements “you won’t be buying anymore comics will you?”, “You don’t need all of them?” and the worse comment of the lot “how about you pick your favourites for this bookshelf and the rest can go to the second-hand store” it’s taking her a few weeks to come around to the fact that they are staying. I can honestly say that she would leave me if I had the collection you have.
It’s the first time in nearly 20 years I’ve been living in the same house with my collection and just being able to see them it’s like getting a big hug every day!!!! I’ve loosely organised into either the artist or author, for example I have a lot of Ed Brubaker image stuff right next his captain America run. But then for all my X-men book I just group them together. It’s handy with writer artist like Geoff Darrow as they stick together.
I think that’s a part of the interest also isn’t it, letting your bookshelves change an adapt to how you feel like presenting them at different moments.
You have so many books though so organizing it could be a losing battle and best to view your collection like a living organism that needs to be feed more comics.
What a lovely ode to our little libraries and the evolving companionship they provide!
Organizing for optimization is just a fun puzzle; it really is - as you say - an expression of oneself, through time, more than anything else.
Thank you so much for sharing; I feel moved, and connected.
Let me know if you ever need me to write to your wife in support of your efforts.
I must cut her some slack, nerds like us it’s never just the comics is it. I saw a bit of Lego in your video, lego Voltron and Optimus prime have become the focal point in the guest room. Let’s not talk about the board game press.
Carpenter - Sir, ghar mein kitna bookshelves chahiye?
Angshuman - Yes ...
I have had more than one tradesman ask me if I have a shop out of my flat, probably looking to charge me commercial rates...
😂😂😂😂😂 @@ftloc
2:37- Pinocchio graphic novel hardcover I forget who the author is an Italian fellow maybe BUT HONESTLY it's the most hysterically funny subversive creative and cynical view of free market enterprise Greed and folly I SPLIT MY SIDES open laughing so hard so I would easily place this work in the top three funniest most prescient graphic novels ever written !!!!!
Maybe you've been asked this before... And I'm not even sure it's appropriate to ask. But I'm curious to know how much you've spent on this humongous collection till date.
I know it's going to be difficult unless you have kept a meticulous record. But it would really help to know how much money one would have to spend to own such a splendid collection.
Even a rough figure would do... Thank you for doing this. You're an inspiration.
Very astute of you to think it's an impossible task, because it is! 😁
It's not an inappropriate question, it's very common, but in general it comes from people just starting to buy books or who have not yet, because they see the end result. In truth, it is a slow, gradual, one at a time accretion, automatic, often accidental. In many ways it's like asking me how much money I've spent on food or drink in my life.
But practically speaking, it's also impossible to tally because you buy books on sale, or auction, at varying prices. You buy in lots, or pay in installments maybe. You get gifts. You sell off some books.
What I can say is I mainly started buying comics when I got a job (was too broke as a student for expensive comics, I borrowed at that time) , I've had a job for 19 years, and i budgeted approximately 10 to 20 percent of my disposable income every month for comics.
So combining proportion with time and regularity, you end up with something that has a value not really measured in money any more, at least for me.
I hope this rambling answer helps a little 😁
Yep, so cool. Spotted a copy of ReMind in there. Nice. You have some excellent stuff there.
Thank you! And I'm so glad to hear some appreciation for reMind! Almost nobody I know has read it, and I was completely charmed by it!
@ftloc yep same. It was my gateway into indie comics. I got all the sithrah stuff also. I haven't read it yet as hope to read it with my daughters when they are older.
Oh wow, I hadn't even heard Sitrah till right now! How many volumes are there in total?
And how wonderful to start building that future experience! How old are your daughters, if you don't mind me asking?
@ftloc 6 volumes. They are 3 and 7 months. So I'm a way off. Ha ha. I would like to know what sorts of thing would be great jumping on stories. Things like Amulet? Any recommendations?
idk if you have either of these but guy desiels factory summers and Seiichi Hayashis red colored elergy looks really good next to eachother :)
Drawn and Quarterly has that one size makes many of their books a pleasure to have next to each other!
I don't own Red Colored Elegy unfortunately, but I did notice when making my favourite reads of 2023 video that Factory Summers and Ducks can sit next to each other in more ways than one! 😁
@@ftloc omgg i wish i owned more drawn and quarterleys but theyre a little hard come by where im from! also i was so happy to see on a sunbeam, i think its one of my fav comics visually :)
Nice collection. (Why do you have two copies of Usagi Saga 3?)
Nice eye! It's a slightly bruised copy I found for chea and picked up for a friend, a friend who has yet to pick it up.
My problem is what do I put in there once it's gone? It's so pretty the way it fits perfectly right now! 😁
Next visit needs to be longer than 20 mins I guess
Did we need a video to establish that?
I think we spoke of this before but do you use any king of cataloguing program? For me now that I reached almost 2700 titles just for comics (not counting everything else…) I find it hard to survive without one. It’s also essential to keep tracking of the whereabouts of each title. Cheers👍🏻…
I used CLZ Comics Collectorsz for many years, but updating it every time I changed locations of books got boring quick. I think it's very useful for singles and long series, but I found myself ignoring it for most books.
I may go back to it, but I miss the days when it was a one time payment and not a subscription ...
Are the three hardcover bone books that collect three books each are they sewn bound? Im asking because ive been thinking of picking them up.
Unfortunately, they're perfect bound/glued, but robust so far.
While I don't touch upon the binding, I do talk about these editions in this video here: czcams.com/video/z6VJppbRiII/video.htmlsi=UwerjLJ7WNbaC17S
Hey, I was wondering what brand or type of shelves do you use for larger Sunday Press type of books? I can’t find any big enough for them, and I’d like to get them off my floor as soon as possible. Love the channel by the way!!
Floating Shelves
Thank you!
Re the shelf, I specifically looked for something with depth after measuring those books and I've only ever found one shelf from a local (here in India) online furniture store.
Check out my Shelf 13/ The Giants video for a slightly better look.
@@ftloc I will, thanks!! Going to keep searching. I might have to end up building one if I’m able to.
4000 is one apartment? Damn
It's an estimate, and includes prose, but nobody's got time to count!
It is saturation though; any more coming in means some things have to go! No mercy!
You should probably put Maus next to Meta Maus?
Now why didn't I think of that? 😁
For context I'm (kinda) a librarian still, so please understand I have natural deeply embedded reactions to some of this stuff.To be clear as my career has progressed and I've moved more and more away from 'traditional' librarianship I've relaxed and kinda roll with folks - and indeed myself - organising their collections as they see fit.
I mean if it works for you it works for you, who am I to care.
But for the love of Dewey if you have a series of the same title have them run in consistent numerical sequences - some are mixed, some ascend (as you'd expect) so 1, 2, 3... some seem to descend ...3, 2, 1 some were just all higgledy piggledy and it made me want to weep...
...breath Colin, breath... its okay... its all good... it doesn't matter...
just breath and breath out....
Ahem - I have to say it a beautiful collection... I mean that aside... beautiful....
If you like I could just pop round and sort some bits out... I could...
This comment was trapped in the 'For Review tab and I only saw/freed it now! And this has to be one of the funniest things I've read in a while!
I laugh as I laugh in the face of Dewey! 😁
But honestly, as long as I know where they are, I don't see why volumes of a series *have* to be in order. I register them on the shelf simultaneously, and grabbing the one I need is no harder than any order when all volumes numbers are visible. Now a continuous image like on the Love and Rockets box being messed with? That I can completely understand and I have taken a librarian's hand to rectifying that already! 😁
But I do think for some the wilder garden appeals a little bit more than the manicured and all that!
@@ftloc I mean I agree the comics are all there, can be grabbed and read as you desire. But does that make it right? Well picture this scene:
Humankind is about to reach out to the stars. The sleak beautiful rockets stands proud and powerful, ready to blast into space to expand our as yet limited horizons. The world watchs in wonder as the countdown begins...
Ten
Nine
Four
Six
Two
One
Three
Eight
Five
Seven
BLAST OFF....
A single tear of sad confusion rolls down the cheek of a watching child "... all the numbers were wrong mummy..."
Oh sure the numbers were all there...but does that make it right, does it... am I getting carried away with this... do I need to let it go...
Come on now… you can’t give us that sneak peek at the Lego shelf and then not show us the rest of the collection… it looks like you lean towards Castle. Is there a Classic Space shelf too?
Haha AFOLs unite! I've had to stop with the Lego as there really is no room to even store anything, let alone display.
But you're right - Castle, Kingdom and medieval ones were my favourite. Also, minifigures in general and a bit of city.
Alas no space outside of a few minifigs.
I've kept non comics interests (Lego, board games, video production) out of videos on this channel for fear of muddying the waters for new viewers, but plan on doing more about them on our Patreon. Not enough material or expertise for a second channel 🤣
@@ftloc well the Lego tease was a nice Easter egg! Appreciate all the effort you put into these videos and the passion you have for the subject, it comes through in the final product, and it's why i keep coming back.
@@sandyzita3115 Very kind of you to say; long may it continue! 😉
sad to see almost zero Indian comics in collection
I see arround twenty, but everything is zipping by pretty fast I guess 🙂
4:25 : Alec by Eddie Campbell I am thrilled you have this in your collection I don't want to include and spoilers for the non initiated but only say this essential volume provides "an artists life" autobiography of life's trials and tribulations and also WHY FROM HELL is Alan' Moore and Eddies finest hour 1k better than Watchmen ( not Swamp Thing ) , to laugh there exists a color edition of From Hell I simply refuse to acknowledge its existence the only analogy I have is trying to watch a new colorized version of 1933's King Kong .
Giant fan of DUNCAN THE WONDER DOG here 👍🏿🤌🏿🕶️
I think it's due for a re read!
@@ftloc same 🐺🐺🐺
So you're in the missing Transmetropolitan 3 club also.😂
Like half the people with 1 and 2! 😁
5:20- Green River Killer graphic novel - hands down the worst most overpriced in the serial killer genre I mean with giant explosive titles like My Friend Dahlmer or Brian Micheal Bendis Torso focusing on Eliot Ness's search in Cleveland. These titles in mind the genre NEEDS MORE SERIAL KILLERS stories - John Wayne Gacy Richard Ramirez the Night Stalker Ted Bundy Henry Lee Lucas Sam Berkowitz , Joseph Christopher ,22 Calibre Killer the market appetite is unlimited I can't understand why they're letting this chance slip them by ?
It's impossible for me to offer any suggestions because you're the quintessential comics guru - that being said I'm sure the time difference in India is problematic with live streams with other CZcams channels I would love to see some collaborations but honestly there may be growing pains along the way you would risk blowing them out of the water the GOOD THING is you can branch off with manga ( didn't know you were immersed but why and I not surprised ?) and other content creators you have unlimited growth potential but are a busy professional and don't want to dive into CZcams full time . I love all the Drawn and Quarterly and Fantagraphics titles honestly if it were not for them and manga publishers I would get bogged down with the sterile putrid endless loop repeats of Marvel and DC extinct superhero tropes. Heads up Chris Ware has a three volume hardcover slipcased set of his Acme Novelty books being released from D&Q Montreal Canada publishers on 10/29/24. Chris Ware vs Daniel Clowes ? Why even bother they're both comic gods who provide readers with a Buddhism centric creative vision of The Four Noble Truths.
Thank you so much for your ever kind and ever excessive praise!
I'd love to collaborate more, just need to settle down into a new schedule and setup to accomodate the time zone stuff you highlight!
Re: Ware, it's the third Acme Datebook that's coming out, and I have the first two. Interestingly, they are also bringing out just the box for people like me! 😁