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[raisintorte]

On the excellent advice of likeadeuce and settai I started reading X-Factor and I am through the first 5 TPB's and on my way through the 6th! ::loves:: I'm so glad the 7th is out now. Once I get my next coupon or gift card, I'm so buying it! I'm kinda debating moving to getting X-Factor on a regular basis instead of waiting for the trades . . . hmm.

I'm also LOVING S.W.O.R.D. - that I am reading as they come out. Agent Brand! Beast! Lockheed! ::loves::

I was able to get the Utopia hardcover 50% by using a combination of B&N coupons, so I'm halfway through that - quite awesome! (I'm too lazy to put in a cut and say what spoilers I liked.)

I think I need to find a better way to read these - right now I'm doing almost all trades except S.W.O.R.D., but with the next Cable and X-Force trades not coming out in paperback for a LONG time, I'm going to get very far behind! The one nice thing about the trades is they collect everything from a story arc and put it in one shiny place for me! I think with Uncanny, that will stay in trades, even if I move off doing the Cable or X-Force ones.

Once I finish X-Factor, Cable & Deadpool is on my B&N wishlist (I used my B&N credit card for work related travel and food purchases, so I've been racking up gift cards and using them to buy the trades).

I'm not sure where to go after that! Suggestions? Any older collections worth picking up?

Comments

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

I was going to suggest buying books cheaper online, but it sounds like B&N is the best move for you now. If you're thinking about going with single issues, but it's not essential for you to get them the day they come out, try Discount Comic Book Service, a web-service that lets you order the books at a substantial discount and have them delivered. You have to pre-order and the process seems a little tedious (I've never done it), but it seems to be the most cost-effective method.

Some people download, which I don't fully endorse, but I'm sure you could find out how without much effort, and could still buy the shiny collected versions later with your gift cards.

As for reccing more collections -- have you tried your local library? Maybe see what they have and figure out what you like? Do you have any idea what other sorts of books you might be looking for? I always recommend (and probably have already recced to you) X-Men First Class and Wolverine First Class. But those aren't in the current Marvel Universe. Depending on what you like about Utopia, you might want to try New Avengers or Dark Avengers or Warren Ellis's run on Thunderbolts, or Iron Man, or certain story arcs of Spider-Man. If you want to get a book coming out now, maybe go a couple issues back and start X-Men Legacy. And have you read 'Astonishing X-Men' already? I think you have, but if not it's basically a prequel to S.W.O.R.D.

[settiai]

I told you so! Isn't X-Factor absolutely awesome? :)

[pixie-on-acid.livejournal.com]

Just an idea

You might want to check out the Five To Pull, One To Pass blog Brad Guigar puts out, also his Scanner Dorkly, which are both here.

I may be way off base, and it may be no help to you at all, but it might be worth a look.