My pull list used to be just whatever looked cool on the rack

Back in high school I'd literally flip through the first 5 pages at the shop and grab anything with a shiny cover or a character I vaguely recognized. Now I'm 34 and I actually check who's writing and doing art before I buy, and I stick to like 4 titles a month max. The switch happened around 2018 when I realized I had a longbox full of junk I never read twice. Anyone else go from buying everything to being super picky about creators?

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caseyfox3mo ago

Was it a specific book that made you realize you had to tighten up your pull list, or was it more gradual like you described? I pared down around the same time and for me it was Bendis leaving Marvel that made me stop buying just because a writer's name was attached. Curious if you had a similar moment or just woke up one day looking at that longbox full of regret.

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abby_kim553mo ago

Oh man, the Bendis leaving Marvel thing is so real. For me it was when Tom King wrapped up his Batman run I had been buying literally everything he wrote for like 3 years. @caseyfox when I finally looked at my longbox and realized I had 20 issues of random stuff from writers I used to love but hadn't even cracked open I felt so dumb. Now I only pull 5 books a month and actually read them instead of just hoarding.

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