It's official - I'm done

[holtom2000]

Originally Posted by tofu

I hope I don't sound rude but cmon you're stopping reading comics which does not equal to losing your kid etc. I stopped reading comics but you come back especially reading how passionate you are spreading the joys to others, give it a matter of years.

Of course it's not even close. This is just a hobby I've just lost my passion for.
My kid is actually a bigger fan than I am at this time. I was buying her the Super Friends comic. Now I'll have to see if they have it at the local store.

[ks0385]

Originally Posted by holtom2000

an award-winning one.
Zing.
seriously, I'm a newspaper editor. I write mostly editorials and sports. I just wrote my first book. And I plan to own my own (weekly) newspaper within two years.

Oh that's cool, writers interest me. I was asking becuase I just finished a short story and am looking for people to edit it.

[holtom2000]

Originally Posted by ks0385

Oh that's cool, writers interest me. I was asking becuase I just finished a short story and am looking for people to edit it.

I'm not the best proof reader per se. I'm more of a given direction and come up with ideas and layout type of editor.
good luck with the story.

[Sean McKeever]

If you like Geoff Johns' work, why don't you continue to buy his series? Do you plan to pick it up in trade, or are you done with the medium altogether?

(Just genuinely curious.)

[tofu]

Originally Posted by holtom2000

Of course it's not even close. This is just a hobby I've just lost my passion for.
My kid is actually a bigger fan than I am at this time. I was buying her the Super Friends comic. Now I'll have to see if they have it at the local store.

Well I hope you reconsider because nothing was bad as the 90s, heck even Spawn is great now. All the best though and yeah get her Tiny Titans too though I suspect a savvy collector like you knows already.

[Question86]

Originally Posted by holtom2000

perhaps someday. maybe I just need a break. 25 years is a long time to do anything

Ive been collecting comics for half my life. I think youre insane.

[pabscm]

I moved from Saskatoon to Vancouver Island about a year ago. I miss the comic book stores there and it's good to hear someone talking about 8th St comics. The comic store up here isn't great, though I try to support it a little.

I don't understand why you would give up reading comics just because of a couple of DC stories. So are you going to give up reading books too? Surely there must something of quality out there.

[SouthtownKid]

Originally Posted by holtom2000

an award-winning one.
Zing.
seriously, I'm a newspaper editor. I write mostly editorials and sports. I just wrote my first book. And I plan to own my own (weekly) newspaper within two years.

Putting aside the main topic for a second, congratulations. Sounds like you have cool stuff going on.

[GrundyPants]

I can see scaling back or quitting if it seems like it isn't money well spent.
I scaled back then quit altogether in the early 90s. I didn't start collecting again until 2005!

Three years on, I am having fun again...

[Shonborn]

Originally Posted by Sean McKeever

If you like Geoff Johns' work, why don't you continue to buy his series? Do you plan to pick it up in trade, or are you done with the medium altogether?

(Just genuinely curious.)

Isn't that your cue to get rid of some Waiting Place backstock?