I'm a huge fan of those Master Keaton books and pretty much anything Urasawa does. The stories in Master Keaton remind me of the Tintin books I used to read when I was a kid.
It was kind of a spur of the moment quick sale as if I thought about it I wouldn’t have done it…plus the price of them were crazy and I could not sell them to a person I knew as I felt bad enough selling them to a stranger! 😂
Crazy crazy haul! Totally understand why you went TPB with Usagi but probably wasn’t an easy decision. Do you think Image will release an omnibus or at least oversized editions with the Reckless series?
It was a mentally hard decision but it’s far easier and less paranoid-packed reading Usagi in my house now! I do think they will in future. Obviously until nothing is set until it’s printed but the standard versions are such good sellers they would be mad to not reissue and repackage in future.
You may have just convinced me to get into Usagi Yojimbo 😆🙈 I have Sneeze! And have actually read it! XD Quite fun, enjoyed most of the stories, I recall my bookmark for it at the time quite coincidentally was a folded tissue 😅 I really enjoy Master Keaton, and that they're a bit disconnected(/episodic as you say) so you can pop in and out of it rather than read it in one go - I'm only on volume 3 so far. First heard about it at the Urasawa exhibition in London a few years ago, but they were all out of volume 1 at the gift shop so didn't start collecting till years later! Thanks for also dispelling the "only hardcovers are sewn binding" myth. I have at least 2 paperbacks with sewn binding and always rubs me the wrong way when some RUclipsrs imply it's only used on hardcovers OR that all hardcovers are automatically using sewn binding... Can't believe you dissed Marvel omnibuses! You got balls! 🤣 Great video as always, and my wishlists are a few entries longer 😂😅🙃
My work is done! Personally I don’t think you can go far wrong with Usagi! Hope you enjoy it if you do jump into it. Would have loved to see that exhibition in person; I’ve seen some online but seeing things like that nonperson is always needed. It is strange how a paperback is often seen as light years away from a HC but tbf often there very little differences and I’m happy I could highlight some of that on this vid!…the Marvel crowd are not gonna be happy mind!…all joking aside I think it’s true; IPs over quality basically.
Seeing this video pop up in my subscriptions and clocking in at a whopping 28 minutes made me fear my downfall yet again. I looked over to my wallet on the table, he looked back at me with a scornful scowl, I tried to explain - "man, you know, Chris is always on point with his acquisitions", -"you ALWAYS do this!" he snapped right back at me, his voice trembling with frustration. My patience now wearing as thin as my account balance I told him "we're doing this, whether you like it or not", to which the only response was the faint sound of a zipper closing, I suppose he finds some comfort in holding on to whatever meaningless coins I've still been carrying. "Play" was pressed and the following half hour passed in awkward silence. In the end I'll be getting that damn Girl on the Other Side and Harrow County, and I guess a credit card holder from the looks of it. Great stuff as always Chris.. bringing peace to our homes...
Just so happy to have all the Harrow County Library Editions Chris. Wished I’d gone down the paperback omnibus Mind MGMT route. Trying to get volumes 4 and 6 in hardcover proving a challenge for sensible money. Keep up the good work old bean 😁👌
I don't know if you'll reply but how do you go about selling books you no longer need? I have so many duplicate stories due to different edition upgrades and whatnot and have no clue where to start, eBay? Also fantastic video as well as haul, Master Keaton does not get the recognition it deserves!
Thank you for the compliments! As you may imagine there are loads of ways to sell your books but for me I just tend to use two places theses days. EBay is always good to sell but the fees are a nightmare; the buyer and seller protection rules are great though. Then I use Facebook (i know many who use instagram in the same way). I don’t tend to use facebook marketplace directly I find groups that have been created to sell comics and all that then upload what I have and message interested ppl back and fourth until a price and a sale cone about. There are tons and tons of groups so I would join some, read their group rules, watch how sales work and ask questions as most are happy to help, then start listing what you have. This will be a little more demanding than eBay as you will be answering loads of questions and all that but you save on the fees so it’s a trade off. Always use PayPal goods and services for payments from and to you though as that gives you some coverage if the sale goes wrong. There is a small fee for that.
You are right! There will be one more volume of the origin series then no more. No idea if DH will be continuing it or not there are little to no plans announced for the new season sago books over there.
@@ChewieD2 did a video on legends yesterday which will be out in a few weeks and volume 8 is scheduled for august 8 2023 and I would hope after that the do a second print on the legends paperback; it would be very strange if they just left that one out of the reprints tbf.
It’s a little confusing tbh…Samurai is the first story arc featured but there are storylines before that that are not colourised and collected here. After volume 1 they do go in chronological order but some issues are left out here and there. They basically picked the best story arcs out of the fantagraphics years and coloured them. A fourth and final volume is out soon and that’s the colour collections done. Hope that helps.?
Hey man. I recently re-read the Harrow Country books after not being blown away the first time I read them. Second time around I enjoyed them a whole lot more. Same goes for what I considered my worst buy which was the Immortal Hulk trade omnibuses which I thought were childish drivel...read them again a few months ago and thought they were all right. Recently I bought and read the ice cream man sundae edition and I couldn't understand all the praise it was given?!? That said I enjoyed the second half of it more so and loved the superior make of the book. I also believed I'd enjoy it more down the line. We are so moody as humans...lol...I reserve all my opinions now until I've read said book twice, months apart! Art, in all its fashions, never changes once set but we all do! So here's my question to you good sir. What have you read that initially didn't impress you but when re-read down the line, did? :)
Hey! Honestly there are loads! Some I didn’t even like till the 3rd or 4th time round, there’s also a good few that were way worse when I gave them another chance. Ronin by Frank Miller is probably the one that sticks out though as at first I just didn’t get it and it felt like a chore to read. But revisiting years after I didn’t understand what I didn’t like about it and now I’ve read it a good few times and it’s one of my favourites. Criminal by brubaker I read volume 1 back in 2013 and thought it’s okay but I wasn’t impressed. Then I had the HC volume 1 collecting the first 3 volumes and I loved it and all the subsequent volumes. Just gotta be in the right mindset for stories sometimes!
@@OffMyShelves Fully agree man. It's the same with music. I remember a mate at school years ago lending me Nine inch Nails first album " pretty hate machine " telling me it was amazing. I listened to it ( being a massive fan of the grunge scene then with Alice in chains etc and a budding musician ) and thought it was electro synth terrible music and told him so! Lol 8 months later when I split from my first true love I happened to listen to it again ( The entire album is a bitter take on his relationship breakup ) was absolutely blown away lol I apologized to him for being an imbecile lol but I guess the first time round I wasn't ready for it's message :) I bought Ronin not so long ago by Miller and I enjoyed it but it pales next to sin city imo but again I've only read it once ;) I love the re-read journey. You should do a video on the Art of a re-read and how important that becomes once undertaken! I've never seen anyone cover a re-reads merits. Peace :)
I'm a huge fan of those Master Keaton books and pretty much anything Urasawa does. The stories in Master Keaton remind me of the Tintin books I used to read when I was a kid.
That’s is a very good call indeed! It does have that globe trotting, investigating feel that is reminiscent of Tintin.
I would have bought some of them Usagi HC off you if I had known. I hope you got a good price for them.
Nice haul.
It was kind of a spur of the moment quick sale as if I thought about it I wouldn’t have done it…plus the price of them were crazy and I could not sell them to a person I knew as I felt bad enough selling them to a stranger! 😂
Crazy crazy haul! Totally understand why you went TPB with Usagi but probably wasn’t an easy decision.
Do you think Image will release an omnibus or at least oversized editions with the Reckless series?
It was a mentally hard decision but it’s far easier and less paranoid-packed reading Usagi in my house now!
I do think they will in future. Obviously until nothing is set until it’s printed but the standard versions are such good sellers they would be mad to not reissue and repackage in future.
Grate variety of books. Think I’m going to have to add spriggan to my list.
Hope you enjoy it!
Great haul man 👌
You may have just convinced me to get into Usagi Yojimbo 😆🙈
I have Sneeze! And have actually read it! XD
Quite fun, enjoyed most of the stories, I recall my bookmark for it at the time quite coincidentally was a folded tissue 😅
I really enjoy Master Keaton, and that they're a bit disconnected(/episodic as you say) so you can pop in and out of it rather than read it in one go - I'm only on volume 3 so far. First heard about it at the Urasawa exhibition in London a few years ago, but they were all out of volume 1 at the gift shop so didn't start collecting till years later!
Thanks for also dispelling the "only hardcovers are sewn binding" myth. I have at least 2 paperbacks with sewn binding and always rubs me the wrong way when some RUclipsrs imply it's only used on hardcovers OR that all hardcovers are automatically using sewn binding...
Can't believe you dissed Marvel omnibuses! You got balls! 🤣
Great video as always, and my wishlists are a few entries longer 😂😅🙃
My work is done! Personally I don’t think you can go far wrong with Usagi! Hope you enjoy it if you do jump into it.
Would have loved to see that exhibition in person; I’ve seen some online but seeing things like that nonperson is always needed.
It is strange how a paperback is often seen as light years away from a HC but tbf often there very little differences and I’m happy I could highlight some of that on this vid!…the Marvel crowd are not gonna be happy mind!…all joking aside I think it’s true; IPs over quality basically.
Great pickups! I’ve given up on the Usagi hcs also and am just getting the tpbs. They are super nice
Thank you! I’m just happy to read Usagi without taking out insurance! They are all lovely fair play.
@@OffMyShelves 100% I snagged the Grasscutter Artist select book as the nice collectors item type book and softcover for the rest
Seeing this video pop up in my subscriptions and clocking in at a whopping 28 minutes made me fear my downfall yet again. I looked over to my wallet on the table, he looked back at me with a scornful scowl, I tried to explain - "man, you know, Chris is always on point with his acquisitions", -"you ALWAYS do this!" he snapped right back at me, his voice trembling with frustration. My patience now wearing as thin as my account balance I told him "we're doing this, whether you like it or not", to which the only response was the faint sound of a zipper closing, I suppose he finds some comfort in holding on to whatever meaningless coins I've still been carrying. "Play" was pressed and the following half hour passed in awkward silence.
In the end I'll be getting that damn Girl on the Other Side and Harrow County, and I guess a credit card holder from the looks of it.
Great stuff as always Chris.. bringing peace to our homes...
That made me laugh fair play! Hopefully I can continue bringing peace to your home. Thanks for watching as always.
I love Usagi Yojimbo very cool bro bro
Just so happy to have all the Harrow County Library Editions Chris. Wished I’d gone down the paperback omnibus Mind MGMT route. Trying to get volumes 4 and 6 in hardcover proving a challenge for sensible money. Keep up the good work old bean 😁👌
Me too, great books! Didn’t think the mind HCs were so awkward to find these days; if you tap out the paperbacks are great!
I don't know if you'll reply but how do you go about selling books you no longer need? I have so many duplicate stories due to different edition upgrades and whatnot and have no clue where to start, eBay? Also fantastic video as well as haul, Master Keaton does not get the recognition it deserves!
Thank you for the compliments! As you may imagine there are loads of ways to sell your books but for me I just tend to use two places theses days. EBay is always good to sell but the fees are a nightmare; the buyer and seller protection rules are great though. Then I use Facebook (i know many who use instagram in the same way). I don’t tend to use facebook marketplace directly I find groups that have been created to sell comics and all that then upload what I have and message interested ppl back and fourth until a price and a sale cone about. There are tons and tons of groups so I would join some, read their group rules, watch how sales work and ask questions as most are happy to help, then start listing what you have. This will be a little more demanding than eBay as you will be answering loads of questions and all that but you save on the fees so it’s a trade off. Always use PayPal goods and services for payments from and to you though as that gives you some coverage if the sale goes wrong. There is a small fee for that.
Am I right in thinking the IDW Origins (colourized versions) has stopped now too? Are Dark Horse planning on continuing that idea?
You are right! There will be one more volume of the origin series then no more. No idea if DH will be continuing it or not there are little to no plans announced for the new season sago books over there.
@@OffMyShelves fingers crossed they at least reprint Usagi Yojimbo saga legends in paperback!
@@ChewieD2 did a video on legends yesterday which will be out in a few weeks and volume 8 is scheduled for august 8 2023 and I would hope after that the do a second print on the legends paperback; it would be very strange if they just left that one out of the reprints tbf.
Are the color versions of usagi yojimbo in chronological order
It’s a little confusing tbh…Samurai is the first story arc featured but there are storylines before that that are not colourised and collected here. After volume 1 they do go in chronological order but some issues are left out here and there. They basically picked the best story arcs out of the fantagraphics years and coloured them. A fourth and final volume is out soon and that’s the colour collections done. Hope that helps.?
@@OffMyShelves yes very helpful I tought they were gonna do the whole series but I heard license went back to dark horse
Hey man.
I recently re-read the Harrow Country books after not being blown away the first time I read them.
Second time around I enjoyed them a whole lot more.
Same goes for what I considered my worst buy which was the Immortal Hulk trade omnibuses which I thought were childish drivel...read them again a few months ago and thought they were all right.
Recently I bought and read the ice cream man sundae edition and I couldn't understand all the praise it was given?!?
That said I enjoyed the second half of it more so and loved the superior make of the book. I also believed I'd enjoy it more down the line.
We are so moody as humans...lol...I reserve all my opinions now until I've read said book twice, months apart!
Art, in all its fashions, never changes once set but we all do!
So here's my question to you good sir.
What have you read that initially didn't impress you but when re-read down the line, did?
:)
Hey! Honestly there are loads! Some I didn’t even like till the 3rd or 4th time round, there’s also a good few that were way worse when I gave them another chance. Ronin by Frank Miller is probably the one that sticks out though as at first I just didn’t get it and it felt like a chore to read. But revisiting years after I didn’t understand what I didn’t like about it and now I’ve read it a good few times and it’s one of my favourites. Criminal by brubaker I read volume 1 back in 2013 and thought it’s okay but I wasn’t impressed. Then I had the HC volume 1 collecting the first 3 volumes and I loved it and all the subsequent volumes. Just gotta be in the right mindset for stories sometimes!
@@OffMyShelves Fully agree man. It's the same with music.
I remember a mate at school years ago lending me Nine inch Nails first album " pretty hate machine " telling me it was amazing.
I listened to it ( being a massive fan of the grunge scene then with Alice in chains etc and a budding musician ) and thought it was electro synth terrible music and told him so! Lol
8 months later when I split from my first true love I happened to listen to it again ( The entire album is a bitter take on his relationship breakup ) was absolutely blown away lol
I apologized to him for being an imbecile lol but I guess the first time round I wasn't ready for it's message :)
I bought Ronin not so long ago by Miller and I enjoyed it but it pales next to sin city imo but again I've only read it once ;)
I love the re-read journey.
You should do a video on the Art of a re-read and how important that becomes once undertaken! I've never seen anyone cover a re-reads merits.
Peace :)