So, Mark Millar has a big ol’ interview on Newsarama about his upcoming run on Wolverine. It’s more interesting that in sounds. Here’s the bit that has me thinking:
NRAMA: Let’s keep it up with the psychoanalysis of the character in print. What stories, to you, define the character and make him unique?
MM: I’m the wrong guy to ask, probably, because I don’t have a comprehensive collection of Wolverine comics… I’m sure there’s lots of bad Wolvie stories out there, but obviously nobody recommended them and so I’ve only read the cream…
I’ve done this with my entire comic collection recently. I just gave away all the crap I hung onto for God knows whatever reason makes us horde bad comics. Now my shelves are just filled with the truly great stuff. It’s called de-cluttering and, when I dip into my study and look for something to read, I just see Moore’s Captain Britain, the Morrison Doom Patrol and Animal Man books, Milligan’s Enigma, Brian’s Ultimate Spidey and so on. In my world, bad comics just don’t exist. It’s beautiful.
What a fantastic idea. I know I have lots of crap that I’ll never look at again. And I know it’s literally moldering in the basement. I should just chuck a lot of it. I wonder how much I would consider worth keeping? 75%? 25%? It’s an interesting idea for de-cluttering. Of course, I know I’ll likely have no time for this, but I guess you never know.
Michael | 28-Jul-04 at 10:22 pm | Permalink
I can’t imagine doing it either. And not becaue it’s a bad idea, or that I’m too attached to the books I still have. I just can’t imagine digging through all of those long boxes.
Ugh.
As if I need *another* reason to stay in the Trade Nation, digging through 20 years of collected comics would certianly keep me on the path.