Colin Kennedy thank you, I’m so glad you liked them! Do let me know what you think of the books you try out. And stay tuned for a few more shelves I still need to get to! 😀
It's such a lovely series. For being such a unique picture of a particular time and place, it also feel very universal - how life, love, youth, family and more are so much the same all over the world. Even thinking of it now makes me feel warm inside! 😁
When you think about it, Eduardo Risso illustrating children's books is a great fit for his easy-on-the-eyes style. And yes, James Jean is brilliant! I noticed one of the Fables covers framed next to your shelf! :)
Ravi Shankar Risso’s liquid curvy art really does work very well in Red Moon! And sharp eyes - that’s the Rose Red+Shere Khan cover I absolutely loved and got myself a ‘neighbourhood photocopy shop’ print of 😀
Wow. Cannot believe how amazing this video run on your shelves is. You have very similar taste to me and have picked up some great tips (the Alec "years have pant's" collection) , some jealousy (POWERS hard backs) and compared some things I have collected more of. I only have a couple of book cases of book format as I have more loose back issues collected. Hugely enjoyable very well made and great fun to compare my collection to yours. Inspiring me want to video my shelves too lol!
Bacchus is essential. The two omnibus volumes are great as are all the original comics. I hope you've filled that gap since this video was made, indeed I eagerly await your Bacchus video.
Thank you so much for this tour. We share a lot of favorites and i added a ton more to my wishlist wich i cannot wait to explore. In return i would like to recommend some titles wich i think you will like a lot. Blast by Manu Larcenet. When David lost his voice by Judith Vanistendael. The Initiates by Etienne Davodeau. Irmina by Barbara Yelin. Omnivisibilis by Lewis Trondheim and last Lydie and WHILE THE KING OF PRUSSIA WAS WAGING WAR WHO DO YOU THINK WAS DARNING HIS SOCKS? by Zidrou. Again thank for all and i will continue to follow your channel with much pleasure!
Welcome! And I'm so glad you liked what you saw! Thanks for all the recommendations; I greatly enjoyed When David Lost His Voice but I have not read any of the other books you list here, so off I go to look them up and add them to my various lists! These look great so thanks once again. I'll feature any I do end up getting in future 'new acquisitions' videos at the very least.
Thank you! Although this is hardly fixed up much, beyond just making sure everything is within reach 😁 And I'm so glad you enjoy these shelf videos; you'll like our very next upload!
Hi! Have you read any of Love and Rockets vol 3? Apologies if I missed it on one of your shelves. I just read "The Love Bunglers", and as a fan of Jaime's Locas stories, I'm 100% sure you'd love and appreciate it. Rarely (if ever) do comics give one the sense of character history that L&R does, and it capitalizes on that fully. You mentioned "Off Season" by James Sturm coming out later this year. Highest recommendation for that book from me. I've been a fan of Sturm's since I stumbled randomly on the issues of The Cereal Killings ~20 years ago and I've read everything of his since, but "Off Season" is by far the most affecting and my favorite work of his.
J Farrell Oh yeah, Love and Rockets: New Stories feature right at the start of my Shelf One video and the Love Bunglers is a masterpiece of delayed closure, if there is a such a thing. And while I have not yet read Sturm’s take on the FF in Unstable Molecules and will always have a soft spot for The Golem’s Mighty Swing, I was captivated by Off Season, which I talk about in my last ‘Recent Reads’ video (the one with Moomin!) . What a heartbreaking work that was!
Roughneck has to be one of his best works for Jeff Lemire. I got the entirety of the message what he was trying to say through the story you know about how this leaving character had this anger and how he was trying to basic work through it and it just in kind of wrecked his life and he comes to the end of the book with his sister who's dealing with her problems of just letting it go and it's like everything just clicked into place.
@@ftloc I only have the first one I'm kind of waiting for to if it ever comes because there's only so many out there that were printed and I still haven't even ordered 3 through 5
Just love this shelf with all indie collections (especially daniel clowes big time fan). Will have to chk out rust and remind looks cool. And berlin, i know its highly recommended but old time German history never really interested me, u habe to do a video o on it inorder to sway my opinion.
@@ftloc ended up buying any empire, ur videos always does this and now iam broke (was saving up for aquaman omnibus, seems that's not going to happen anytime soon) 😋
Nivin Basheer haha, that’s quite a drastic turn from Aquaman, but I think you’ll find Any Empire to be a very worthwhile read. Let me know what you think of it!
@@ftloc read any empire it's ok, swallow Me Whole was great. And yes i write this inorder to inform u that i ended up buying berlin thanks again there goes my whole aquaman omnibus dream.
Nivin Basheer I’m so glad you like Swallow Me Whole; that was my first Nate Powell book I believe. Were there specific reasons you didn’t enjoy Any Empire as much? Being a kid who played ‘war’ and ‘battle’ a lot, and having seen it as a very common thing across many cultures, I found it a fascinating book, but I’d be interested I knowing what doesn’t work for people. I hope you get a chance to check out ‘The Silence of Our Friends’, which I showed a bit in the Shelf 3 video; as well as the March trilogy, of course.
You know, I've been considering exactly that video, sort of like my Usagi Yojimbo and Will Eisner 'How to start reading' videos! Do you want to read them chronologically? It's not absolutely necessary but if you do, I'd say pick up either 'Maggie the Mechanic' (for Jaime's stories) or 'Heartbreak Soup' (for Gilbert's) in those 'new' Fantagraphics squarish paperbacks. 'Maggie' starts very differently than where the Locas stories later end up, but settle in quickly and then get great. 'Heartbreak Soup' I think is wonderful from the very start and I highly recommend it as a starting point. Then you can see if you prefer one's stories to the other, and pick more in that line of paperbacks to read based on that! You have also nudged me on to attempt this video so thank you! 😁
@@ftloc that would be awesome if you could do a video on love and rockets! I think I will start with heartbreak soup and go from there since you said it has a stronger start. I also wanted to say that I love the channel and really appreciate the content you put out! If it wasn’t for you and earl grey, I would have missed out on so many great series.
I definitely got to start getting more into manga because I did see some of the episodes of Attack on Titan it's very interesting I think I could get into it
Man! my OCD gene is flaring up! I don't understand why you don't put all the books fom the same creators together. Why is that lone Elfquest book on the above shelf not with the rest of the Elfquest books on the shelf below? Why are the ACME sketchbooks not on the same shelf as the rest of Chris Ware's work? It's almost hard too hard watch! Hahaha!
Rangersly hahaha I do it to bother people because it sure bothers everyone I know! 😀 But in most cases, it’s a size thing. I group books by format and size most often, and those Elfquest tpbs are smaller than the omnibuses, those Acme Date Books are smaller than most other Wares etc. There is some randomness too, but it’s usually quite logical (to me) and I always know where to find a book because I know which edition / size I’m looking for!
@@jaes1346 I've been planning at least a Ghost World episode, even a full Clowes one, since I started this channel but haven't yet found the right 'shape' for one. But thanks for the nudge; I'm definitely going to start working on it seriously now.
And how could i fotget some reccomandations from my home country?! Not a lot gets translated but here are two who did and wich i really liked. The return of the honeybuzzard by Aimee de Jongh and Andy by Typex.
I've seen Andy in a bookstore but never looked inside; I'll definitely take a closer look. And I've already added The Return of the Honeybuzzard to my list, thanks for that!
Yes, that's true, so maybe 'warm up' is too much. But I do think that one needs a bit of empathy or at least sympathy, even if fleeting, to make a story somehow 'worth' the reading. I definitely don't think all protagonists need to be likable, but maybe they should be, in some marginal way or the other, at least understandable, if not relatable? I think of Clowes' Wilson or Noah Van Sciver's Fante Bukowski as examples of characters that give me at least a bit of that to hold on to...
Jaw drops when you realise the shelf number actually represents an entire bookshelf. Love your collection. Much helpful.
Thank you so much, and I'm thrilled you're enjoying the tour!
Just finished the entire playlist, added a ton to my reading list. Excellent collection, superb overview!
Colin Kennedy thank you, I’m so glad you liked them! Do let me know what you think of the books you try out. And stay tuned for a few more shelves I still need to get to! 😀
Really loved Aya. Gives the feel of the ivorian life set in the 70s. Planning to get the second and the third volume as well.
It's such a lovely series. For being such a unique picture of a particular time and place, it also feel very universal - how life, love, youth, family and more are so much the same all over the world. Even thinking of it now makes me feel warm inside! 😁
When you think about it, Eduardo Risso illustrating children's books is a great fit for his easy-on-the-eyes style.
And yes, James Jean is brilliant! I noticed one of the Fables covers framed next to your shelf! :)
Ravi Shankar Risso’s liquid curvy art really does work very well in Red Moon! And sharp eyes - that’s the Rose Red+Shere Khan cover I absolutely loved and got myself a ‘neighbourhood photocopy shop’ print of 😀
Wow. Cannot believe how amazing this video run on your shelves is. You have very similar taste to me and have picked up some great tips (the Alec "years have pant's" collection) , some jealousy (POWERS hard backs) and compared some things I have collected more of. I only have a couple of book cases of book format as I have more loose back issues collected. Hugely enjoyable very well made and great fun to compare my collection to yours. Inspiring me want to video my shelves too lol!
Jimmy Quick Thanks so much! And if you make a video, be sure to share the link with me - I’d love to compare as well! 😀
Bacchus is essential. The two omnibus volumes are great as are all the original comics. I hope you've filled that gap since this video was made, indeed I eagerly await your Bacchus video.
Unfortunately, they're just not available here. I'll probably have to succumb and try and find a CBR file to read it 😒
Baapre! The collection, omg! 🤩
Haha thank you, but it sort of just happens over the years, you know? I hope you enjoy the other 'shelf videos' I have on this playlist! Cheers!
Thank you so much for this tour. We share a lot of favorites and i added a ton more to my wishlist wich i cannot wait to explore. In return i would like to recommend some titles wich i think you will like a lot.
Blast by Manu Larcenet.
When David lost his voice by Judith Vanistendael.
The Initiates by Etienne Davodeau.
Irmina by Barbara Yelin.
Omnivisibilis by Lewis Trondheim and last
Lydie and WHILE THE KING OF PRUSSIA WAS WAGING WAR WHO DO YOU THINK WAS DARNING HIS SOCKS? by Zidrou.
Again thank for all and i will continue to follow your channel with much pleasure!
Welcome! And I'm so glad you liked what you saw!
Thanks for all the recommendations; I greatly enjoyed When David Lost His Voice but I have not read any of the other books you list here, so off I go to look them up and add them to my various lists! These look great so thanks once again. I'll feature any I do end up getting in future 'new acquisitions' videos at the very least.
This is the video that made me subscribe to For the Love of Comics - incredible collection, and possibly my fave shelf :)
Then you'll love Shelf 15 too! Thanks for watching!😀
I think you'd like Charlies War (about WW1) written by Pat Mills and drawn by the late genius Joe Calquhoun.
Haha what a coincidence - check out my latest video, on a box of comics sent to me by a friend in the UK! ruclips.net/video/cbHnP1IibqQ/видео.html
I love your collection videos. Inspires me to fix mine up lol
Thank you! Although this is hardly fixed up much, beyond just making sure everything is within reach 😁
And I'm so glad you enjoy these shelf videos; you'll like our very next upload!
Hi! Have you read any of Love and Rockets vol 3? Apologies if I missed it on one of your shelves. I just read "The Love Bunglers", and as a fan of Jaime's Locas stories, I'm 100% sure you'd love and appreciate it. Rarely (if ever) do comics give one the sense of character history that L&R does, and it capitalizes on that fully.
You mentioned "Off Season" by James Sturm coming out later this year. Highest recommendation for that book from me. I've been a fan of Sturm's since I stumbled randomly on the issues of The Cereal Killings ~20 years ago and I've read everything of his since, but "Off Season" is by far the most affecting and my favorite work of his.
J Farrell Oh yeah, Love and Rockets: New Stories feature right at the start of my Shelf One video and the Love Bunglers is a masterpiece of delayed closure, if there is a such a thing. And while I have not yet read Sturm’s take on the FF in Unstable Molecules and will always have a soft spot for The Golem’s Mighty Swing, I was captivated by Off Season, which I talk about in my last ‘Recent Reads’ video (the one with Moomin!) . What a heartbreaking work that was!
Roughneck has to be one of his best works for Jeff Lemire.
I got the entirety of the message what he was trying to say through the story you know about how this leaving character had this anger and how he was trying to basic work through it and it just in kind of wrecked his life and he comes to the end of the book with his sister who's dealing with her problems of just letting it go and it's like everything just clicked into place.
I agree, I thought it was a poignant work that doesn't get talked about as much as some of his other books but is just as good!
The Legend of Sally Jones were written before Mördarens apa. Recieved the honorable August Prize in Sweden for best Children Story that year.
Oh thanks for that clarification, that means I can read it first! 😁
I really love those hard covers for bbrd hell on Earth.
Lovely, aren't they? Too bad only have the first 2...
@@ftloc I only have the first one I'm kind of waiting for to if it ever comes because there's only so many out there that were printed and I still haven't even ordered 3 through 5
@@williampressley5195 3 to 5 aren't even available here, unfortunately! 😥
Just love this shelf with all indie collections (especially daniel clowes big time fan). Will have to chk out rust and remind looks cool. And berlin, i know its highly recommended but old time German history never really interested me, u habe to do a video o on it inorder to sway my opinion.
Well then I guess a video on Berlin will have to be made, that's all there is to it! 😁
@@ftloc ended up buying any empire, ur videos always does this and now iam broke (was saving up for aquaman omnibus, seems that's not going to happen anytime soon) 😋
Nivin Basheer haha, that’s quite a drastic turn from Aquaman, but I think you’ll find Any Empire to be a very worthwhile read. Let me know what you think of it!
@@ftloc read any empire it's ok, swallow Me Whole was great. And yes i write this inorder to inform u that i ended up buying berlin thanks again there goes my whole aquaman omnibus dream.
Nivin Basheer I’m so glad you like Swallow Me Whole; that was my first Nate Powell book I believe. Were there specific reasons you didn’t enjoy Any Empire as much? Being a kid who played ‘war’ and ‘battle’ a lot, and having seen it as a very common thing across many cultures, I found it a fascinating book, but I’d be interested I knowing what doesn’t work for people. I hope you get a chance to check out ‘The Silence of Our Friends’, which I showed a bit in the Shelf 3 video; as well as the March trilogy, of course.
Where do you recommend starting love and rockets? I’ve been trying to find a reading order and I’m a little confused
You know, I've been considering exactly that video, sort of like my Usagi Yojimbo and Will Eisner 'How to start reading' videos! Do you want to read them chronologically? It's not absolutely necessary but if you do, I'd say pick up either 'Maggie the Mechanic' (for Jaime's stories) or 'Heartbreak Soup' (for Gilbert's) in those 'new' Fantagraphics squarish paperbacks. 'Maggie' starts very differently than where the Locas stories later end up, but settle in quickly and then get great. 'Heartbreak Soup' I think is wonderful from the very start and I highly recommend it as a starting point.
Then you can see if you prefer one's stories to the other, and pick more in that line of paperbacks to read based on that!
You have also nudged me on to attempt this video so thank you! 😁
@@ftloc that would be awesome if you could do a video on love and rockets! I think I will start with heartbreak soup and go from there since you said it has a stronger start.
I also wanted to say that I love the channel and really appreciate the content you put out! If it wasn’t for you and earl grey, I would have missed out on so many great series.
This video is really good
Thank you; I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
I definitely got to start getting more into manga because I did see some of the episodes of Attack on Titan it's very interesting I think I could get into it
Definitely very entertaining!
Definitely very entertaining!
🤤🤤 What an excellent library you have! Where can one buy all these books in India?
Thank you! Most of these I bought off Amazon India, Infibeam (now defunct), and Bookswagon, with some I pick up while traveling.
Man! my OCD gene is flaring up! I don't understand why you don't put all the books fom the same creators together. Why is that lone Elfquest book on the above shelf not with the rest of the Elfquest books on the shelf below? Why are the ACME sketchbooks not on the same shelf as the rest of Chris Ware's work? It's almost hard too hard watch! Hahaha!
Rangersly hahaha I do it to bother people because it sure bothers everyone I know! 😀 But in most cases, it’s a size thing. I group books by format and size most often, and those Elfquest tpbs are smaller than the omnibuses, those Acme Date Books are smaller than most other Wares etc. There is some randomness too, but it’s usually quite logical (to me) and I always know where to find a book because I know which edition / size I’m looking for!
Can you do a comparison of the Ghost World editions?
Even a Clowes deep dive or overview would be good.
@@jaes1346 I've been planning at least a Ghost World episode, even a full Clowes one, since I started this channel but haven't yet found the right 'shape' for one. But thanks for the nudge; I'm definitely going to start working on it seriously now.
For the Love of Comics awesome cant wait to see what you have to say.
And how could i fotget some reccomandations from my home country?! Not a lot gets translated but here are two who did and wich i really liked. The return of the honeybuzzard by Aimee de Jongh and Andy by Typex.
I've seen Andy in a bookstore but never looked inside; I'll definitely take a closer look. And I've already added The Return of the Honeybuzzard to my list, thanks for that!
I just got The Return of the Honey Buzzard and loved it - thanks for the great recommendation!
I don't exactly think you were supposed to warm up to Pussey...
Yes, that's true, so maybe 'warm up' is too much. But I do think that one needs a bit of empathy or at least sympathy, even if fleeting, to make a story somehow 'worth' the reading. I definitely don't think all protagonists need to be likable, but maybe they should be, in some marginal way or the other, at least understandable, if not relatable? I think of Clowes' Wilson or Noah Van Sciver's Fante Bukowski as examples of characters that give me at least a bit of that to hold on to...
@@ftloc I understand. You gotta warm up to the story. What I meant is the asshole character Pussey himself.
AoT is great