Great tips! Alert prices can lead to really good deals. And I think all of us tend to forget that our collections should be for ourselves first and foremost. It's about keeping the books you love and will re-read, not the ones that other collectioners want. I'd add: - Use some websites that compare prices online, particularly if you're an international reader. These websites tend to include shipping costs in their comparisons, which is very useful. - If you don't feel excited about receiving books anymore, maybe go a few weeks without buying or/and question what you've been buying!
Your tips are probably more useful than mine Mark 😂 should have defo mentioned the comparison sites, so hopefully people see this comment! But exactly, the collection is a representation of your love for the hobby! Glad you liked the video! WOOF WOOF! 🐶
As someone who really just started getting into comics and graphic novels heavy in the past couple years, I've found your various videos regarding the early journey into this hobby quite helpful. My collection of collected editions is coming up on 100 any day now (I might be there already, I haven't counted in a few weeks) and single issues is probably around 50. I don't have a local comic shop so single issues aren't really my thing, but there are a few ongoing runs I'm trying to keep up with by traveling about 90 minutes to the nearest comic shop every so often. I have recently read and completed my collections of a couple small runs of TPBs (Black Widow by Kelly Thompson, Batman New 52 by Scott Snyder, Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky, Captain America by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Daredevil by Frank Miller, as well as the entirety of The Walking Dead) after falling victim to the volume 1 debacle you spoke of for a little bit. I started to read through Nick Spencer's Amazing Spider-Man run, but I haven't been able to find the TPB of volume 4 Hunted for less than like $95 unfortunately. I do find it somewhat helpful to buy a few volume 1s sometimes and see what grabs me, and then move on from there, but one does have to be careful not to fall into the habit of only buying the first volume of any title. Anyway, I really appreciate your passion for this and all the great advice. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Don’t forget you can do a subscription service through most shops and have them sent to you instead of living close by I’ve bought books from a big New York shop plenty of times and I’m in wa state
Definitely guilty of number 10. I do need to focus on buying only a few lines rather then a lot like i currently do. I only have a limited budget every month so i need to make what i buy worth it. Its hard on a budget but i think i have done alright these last few years. When I buy a book I tend to have never read it before but if it is a writer i like i buy pretty much everything. I have recently made it my goal in getting more into the indie comic stories rather than the big 2.
Great tips...🤘🏼💯✔️ I'm studying and watching your videos, because I can see you're well versed in this field...👌🏼 I'm also serious about starting my collection of comics and getting into this hobby...👍🏼
I'm glad it could help :) I do want to be able to bring something useful in my videos, and I thank you for checking this out :) Thank you! I can't believe it's happened so quick in all honesty haha! I just hope I can keep the quality going in the videos I've got upcoming and continue bringing out videos :) I hope you're looking forward to the room tour coming up in a day or two! :)
Thank you mate! Just wanted do a video to hopefully help more people get into comics and to build their collections :) the room tour went up for 100 subscribers, but fair warning, it's pretty long haha
It was a very informative video. I'm fairly new to Graphic Novels and manga..learned a things or two..need to budget as I'm spending too much on my graphic novel collections..
Shout out from a comic book fan from India. Have been into comics during school days and missed out the time when omnibuses came into existence. I finally returned back into the comics life and after Gem Mint Collectibles and Near Mint Condition channels, I found this video in the "Recommended" section of TH-cam. Being a long term Spider-Man fan, it's real pain to get omnibuses in India. Luckily I managed to get a couple of them and a couple of Ultimate Spider-Man Ultimate Collection trade paperbacks. Honestly, I kind of jumped into the bandwagomnibus (see what I did there? lol), but stumbled upon this video. Thanks for pinpointing out that one should be proud of his/her collection, be it 2 comics or 2000 comics. Rise and shine, mate! You have a new subscriber from today onwards. Hoping to see more videos from you. :) Cheers! :)
Hi Avishek! Cheers for checking out the video, I can't believe that my channel gets promoted alongside two of my favourites on here! You better copyright bandwagomnibus quick because that will catch on! :P But I'm glad this helped, a collection should be personal and tell the story of your comic interests, and it's more about the searching for a book than the owning of it :) Thank you for subscribing, it really helps the channel and feel free to send it to any other comic friends you may have :) I've got my monthly comic haul coming out tomorrow, so hopefully I'll see you in the comments section there!
@@MaddoggComics Having viewed your April haul (the first video of this channel) and May haul, I cannot wait to see what grails and whales you got stacked up for June one! :) I will be waiting for that video to go online tomorrow! Woof woof! 🤟😄
I’ve pretty much structured my collecting to both historical and my favorite characters, and I keep it in a certain time. The late silver age early Bronze Age.70-80s I want a history of comics as well as a collection so some big events and a little golden age of your favorite hero’s for later in life you might not enjoy them now but it’s a portal to another time in comics when your older and wiser
I advise setting Ebay alerts for any books you want but are overpriced, bargains pop up now and again - for example I wanted Deadly Class Deluxe volume 1 but as it is oop the price has shot up to over £100 but I recently got it brand new and sealed for £30 through Ebay alerts.
That's a very good shout too, although recently it hurt me because I learned one of my biggest whales was listed for cover price but I just wasn't quick enough :( Thanks for watching the video William!
Great video man! Keep them coming lol. Was wondering if you could make a review/overview on the TMNT IDW series. I see them sitting on your shelf 👀 also another review/overview I feel like ppl would really enjoy is the Invincibles Ultimate Collection.
Hey mate, thanks for watching! I can definitely give it a try :) I wasn't sure if I would be good at Overviews because I tend to ramble on haha, but I may just give it a go :)
After tip 5 i was going to type, to don't buy books just because there hyped atm. But then you mentioned it right after :D I think its very important to note, that this hobby is very addicting, especcialy at the beginning. I've made a few mistakes myself and blind bought omnis/books that at i didn't even enjoyed. Perfect example is currently the SS Omni. It's a interesting book, but it it's silver age and silver age is not for everyone. Good video with some important tips!
Great minds think alike haha! It seems to be a massive issue lately, which is why everything keeps going OOP the day of release. I'm glad it came across that way, it's rare I have to add a disclaimer into a video haha. Ahh that's a shame, I pre-ordered it mainly for the art. Is the story quite a chore? Thank you mate! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Thank you mate! Glad some of the tips helped :) I'm planning on doing more videos focussed specifically on collection building, so hopefully those will be as useful :)
Hey Dogg! CONGRATS on 100 subs!i m sure its gonna be the first of many landmarks!👌👏 Great tips as well,most of them we had to learn by ourselves, usually"paying" for them..its nice to share some of that hard gained knowledge))) I have many rules myself,most are like yours but i think the most important for me may be never pay over cover ;) of course i have 1-2 VERY SPECIFIC exceptions but for the rest,i stand my ground😋 Now let's see that room tour!😍😊😋no excuse anymore😂😂cheers from Greece and 👏on another video well done
Yooooo Dogg! I didn't even notice I was at 100! That's mad haha, happened way quicker than I expected, but hopefully it's a sign that my videos aren't completely awful :P Hahaha, are you brave enough to mention which ones you paid over cover for? ;) If there's any I paid more for, I'll point it out in my collection. However, you will be pleased to know that I took your suggestion, and Absolute Daytripper is on it's way from Amazon USA! Please don't recommend anything else until I get paid, or my books will have to to be used to pay the bills haha! Thanks for checking out the video, feel free share it with anyone who might find it useful, it really helps the channel :)
@@MaddoggComics haven't paid over cover till now but i WOULD do it for Spidey by Stern/ Iron Man Michelinie/Hickman's FF ..but there's paying over cover like +20/30€ and then there are THOSE prices ;) Ι ll happily wait for a reprint... What about you??confess!😂 Wow !you went and done it huh?Absolute Daytripper!👌👌well you wont be disappointed for sure,if you love it i hope you remember your Greek friend that insisted so much on it😂but i DO hope you wont be hit with excessive shipping/customs etc since you said USA!! Get working on that video😋(even though i have a feeling this will come after yr order comes in)😂 Keep at it!lets go for 200 subs!👏🤞
The only one I can think of without looking at my shelves is Cap by Brubaker Vol 1, and this was like before the first Cap movie haha! Showing my age now, but there's probably others and I'll point them out in the video :) Yeah man, you influenced my decision and whether good or bad, the peer pressure got to me haha! Amazon don't seem to have tax for some reason, and there's a decent 3 for 2 offer at the moment which is why I got it :) I bet you can't guess the other two books I ordered haha! Thanks man! I appreciate your support, you've been there since Day One, just gotta make sure I keep the standards high. Next months haul might be a bit light because I wanna get a microphone and better set up so the videos can improve :)
@@MaddoggComics damn,now i wanna know the other two😂😂😂maybe you found Gotham Central for a decent price from the Americans?🤔😂have ordered once or twice from the US but usually customs slays us so i stay away (((
I wish I did, that book will have to be found in the wild now, if I can find it for under cover :/ but, I've got the 4 HC's so I don't feel as disappointed in not having it, and there's always the chance for a reprint :) That's a shame though, for the UK there doesn't seem to be any customs charges, but stuff in eBay's global shipping program works out best :)
My only problem is that paperbacks and hardcovers mix up in my collection because I have no choice because of availability online. Especially when I'm collecting a series like Hickman's Avengers and it looks weird on the shelf because of the height difference
Great idea for a video. Some real wisdom in here. I wish I'd have had something like this when starting out... although admittedly I would probably have ignored a lot of the advice because I'm an idiot :P Along with using Amazon's pre-order price guarantee to your advantage, I would also add using their awesome return policy to your advantage! I know they don't pack their books well and you quite often have them turn up with some form of damage... which is why I always send them back for a replacement until I get one that they can get to me in an acceptable condition! I do find it massively inconvenient to have to return so many books but it's better than living with something that you've paid a lot for but will always make you sad to look at on your shelf because you know it's damaged. I bought the Astonishing X-Men omnibus from Amazon back in the day before it ever became a whale. It came a bit beat up, but I think I only paid something ridiculous like £25 for it so I didn't want to make a fuss about it. I never realised what a nice book that would be to own (and what a whale it would become) if only it were in good condition. Once it became a whale I was gutted that my copy was messed up because I thought I'd be stuck with it forever in its sorry looking condition - no way I'd ever be able to justify spending the money to replace it. I always wished that back when I bought it, I had just asked Amazon for a replacement. It would have been so easy, and very much worth it in the long run. Thankfully they announced the reprint and I jumped at the chance to sell mine (for a non-whale price, reflective of its condition) and upgrade to a nice fresh undamaged copy.
Same here, I'm trying to be the channel and make the videos that I wish existed when I started collecting, but don't feel bad, most of these tips are because I didn't do them the first time around haha! That's a good point, so it's always win-win with pre-ordering. Not sure about you, but I get nervous lately with stuff like JMS AMS Vol 2, because if it arrived damaged it looked like there was no replacements haha! Ahh, that's a shame, that's a book that deserves to be in a great condition, at least you got it now though, but that story is very reminiscent to my Brubaker Cap Vol 1... hoping for a reprint!
Great tips! Alert prices can lead to really good deals. And I think all of us tend to forget that our collections should be for ourselves first and foremost. It's about keeping the books you love and will re-read, not the ones that other collectioners want.
I'd add:
- Use some websites that compare prices online, particularly if you're an international reader. These websites tend to include shipping costs in their comparisons, which is very useful.
- If you don't feel excited about receiving books anymore, maybe go a few weeks without buying or/and question what you've been buying!
Your tips are probably more useful than mine Mark 😂 should have defo mentioned the comparison sites, so hopefully people see this comment! But exactly, the collection is a representation of your love for the hobby! Glad you liked the video! WOOF WOOF! 🐶
I know this is late but do you know what a good website is called?
As someone who really just started getting into comics and graphic novels heavy in the past couple years, I've found your various videos regarding the early journey into this hobby quite helpful. My collection of collected editions is coming up on 100 any day now (I might be there already, I haven't counted in a few weeks) and single issues is probably around 50. I don't have a local comic shop so single issues aren't really my thing, but there are a few ongoing runs I'm trying to keep up with by traveling about 90 minutes to the nearest comic shop every so often. I have recently read and completed my collections of a couple small runs of TPBs (Black Widow by Kelly Thompson, Batman New 52 by Scott Snyder, Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky, Captain America by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Daredevil by Frank Miller, as well as the entirety of The Walking Dead) after falling victim to the volume 1 debacle you spoke of for a little bit. I started to read through Nick Spencer's Amazing Spider-Man run, but I haven't been able to find the TPB of volume 4 Hunted for less than like $95 unfortunately. I do find it somewhat helpful to buy a few volume 1s sometimes and see what grabs me, and then move on from there, but one does have to be careful not to fall into the habit of only buying the first volume of any title. Anyway, I really appreciate your passion for this and all the great advice. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Don’t forget you can do a subscription service through most shops and have them sent to you instead of living close by I’ve bought books from a big New York shop plenty of times and I’m in wa state
Definitely guilty of number 10. I do need to focus on buying only a few lines rather then a lot like i currently do. I only have a limited budget every month so i need to make what i buy worth it. Its hard on a budget but i think i have done alright these last few years.
When I buy a book I tend to have never read it before but if it is a writer i like i buy pretty much everything. I have recently made it my goal in getting more into the indie comic stories rather than the big 2.
Awesome advice again mate. Great video
Deffo focusing on certain series too. Seem to be getting into Hawkeye atm.
Great tips...🤘🏼💯✔️ I'm studying and watching your videos, because I can see you're well versed in this field...👌🏼 I'm also serious about starting my collection of comics and getting into this hobby...👍🏼
I’m not new to collecting but some of these tips were new to me thanks maddog and congrats on 100 subs here’s to future of you channel
I'm glad it could help :) I do want to be able to bring something useful in my videos, and I thank you for checking this out :)
Thank you! I can't believe it's happened so quick in all honesty haha! I just hope I can keep the quality going in the videos I've got upcoming and continue bringing out videos :) I hope you're looking forward to the room tour coming up in a day or two! :)
Some good tips - thanks bud! Congrats on 100 subs & keep up the good content!
Thank you mate! Just wanted do a video to hopefully help more people get into comics and to build their collections :) the room tour went up for 100 subscribers, but fair warning, it's pretty long haha
@@MaddoggComics I'll check it out thanks!
I have not seen another comics video that talks about how to smartly buy. Great content!
incredibly good tips !
- from a new collector
I don't really *need* to buy them bc I read online but I really like having them and prefer reading the real things!!!so this helped a lot!!! Tysm!
It was a very informative video. I'm fairly new to Graphic Novels and manga..learned a things or two..need to budget as I'm spending too much on my graphic novel collections..
Great content. You deserve more views.
Thank you mate, glad you enjoyed it! Hope you like some of my other videos too! WOOF WOOF! 🐶
Very good video for new comic collectors
Great tips 👍
How do you keep the books in good condition dust free, clean, looking after the spin?
I dust them when I notice a problem :) but the shelves often keep the majority of the dust away :) thanks for watching the video mate!
Shout out from a comic book fan from India.
Have been into comics during school days and missed out the time when omnibuses came into existence. I finally returned back into the comics life and after Gem Mint Collectibles and Near Mint Condition channels, I found this video in the "Recommended" section of TH-cam.
Being a long term Spider-Man fan, it's real pain to get omnibuses in India. Luckily I managed to get a couple of them and a couple of Ultimate Spider-Man Ultimate Collection trade paperbacks. Honestly, I kind of jumped into the bandwagomnibus (see what I did there? lol), but stumbled upon this video.
Thanks for pinpointing out that one should be proud of his/her collection, be it 2 comics or 2000 comics.
Rise and shine, mate!
You have a new subscriber from today onwards. Hoping to see more videos from you. :)
Cheers! :)
Hi Avishek! Cheers for checking out the video, I can't believe that my channel gets promoted alongside two of my favourites on here!
You better copyright bandwagomnibus quick because that will catch on! :P
But I'm glad this helped, a collection should be personal and tell the story of your comic interests, and it's more about the searching for a book than the owning of it :)
Thank you for subscribing, it really helps the channel and feel free to send it to any other comic friends you may have :) I've got my monthly comic haul coming out tomorrow, so hopefully I'll see you in the comments section there!
@@MaddoggComics Having viewed your April haul (the first video of this channel) and May haul, I cannot wait to see what grails and whales you got stacked up for June one! :)
I will be waiting for that video to go online tomorrow!
Woof woof! 🤟😄
I’ve pretty much structured my collecting to both historical and my favorite characters, and I keep it in a certain time. The late silver age early Bronze Age.70-80s I want a history of comics as well as a collection so some big events and a little golden age of your favorite hero’s for later in life you might not enjoy them now but it’s a portal to another time in comics when your older and wiser
I advise setting Ebay alerts for any books you want but are overpriced, bargains pop up now and again - for example I wanted Deadly Class Deluxe volume 1 but as it is oop the price has shot up to over £100 but I recently got it brand new and sealed for £30 through Ebay alerts.
That's a very good shout too, although recently it hurt me because I learned one of my biggest whales was listed for cover price but I just wasn't quick enough :( Thanks for watching the video William!
Great video man! Keep them coming lol. Was wondering if you could make a review/overview on the TMNT IDW series. I see them sitting on your shelf 👀 also another review/overview I feel like ppl would really enjoy is the Invincibles Ultimate Collection.
Hey mate, thanks for watching! I can definitely give it a try :) I wasn't sure if I would be good at Overviews because I tend to ramble on haha, but I may just give it a go :)
Maddogg Comics Looking forward to it! Hopefully in the near future
After tip 5 i was going to type, to don't buy books just because there hyped atm. But then you mentioned it right after :D
I think its very important to note, that this hobby is very addicting, especcialy at the beginning. I've made a few mistakes myself and blind bought omnis/books that at i didn't even enjoyed.
Perfect example is currently the SS Omni. It's a interesting book, but it it's silver age and silver age is not for everyone.
Good video with some important tips!
Great minds think alike haha! It seems to be a massive issue lately, which is why everything keeps going OOP the day of release. I'm glad it came across that way, it's rare I have to add a disclaimer into a video haha.
Ahh that's a shame, I pre-ordered it mainly for the art. Is the story quite a chore?
Thank you mate! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Please can you tell me the best x men yo read and ehat do you think about titan and painini comics
Thanks man
Very good list, I'll have to keep these points in mind as I continue my collection. Love the channel and videos so far
Thank you mate! Glad some of the tips helped :) I'm planning on doing more videos focussed specifically on collection building, so hopefully those will be as useful :)
Hey Dogg! CONGRATS on 100 subs!i m sure its gonna be the first of many landmarks!👌👏
Great tips as well,most of them we had to learn by ourselves, usually"paying" for them..its nice to share some of that hard gained knowledge)))
I have many rules myself,most are like yours but i think the most important for me may be never pay over cover ;) of course i have 1-2 VERY SPECIFIC exceptions but for the rest,i stand my ground😋
Now let's see that room tour!😍😊😋no excuse anymore😂😂cheers from Greece and 👏on another video well done
Yooooo Dogg! I didn't even notice I was at 100! That's mad haha, happened way quicker than I expected, but hopefully it's a sign that my videos aren't completely awful :P
Hahaha, are you brave enough to mention which ones you paid over cover for? ;) If there's any I paid more for, I'll point it out in my collection. However, you will be pleased to know that I took your suggestion, and Absolute Daytripper is on it's way from Amazon USA! Please don't recommend anything else until I get paid, or my books will have to to be used to pay the bills haha! Thanks for checking out the video, feel free share it with anyone who might find it useful, it really helps the channel :)
@@MaddoggComics haven't paid over cover till now but i WOULD do it for Spidey by Stern/ Iron Man Michelinie/Hickman's FF ..but there's paying over cover like +20/30€ and then there are THOSE prices ;) Ι ll happily wait for a reprint...
What about you??confess!😂
Wow !you went and done it huh?Absolute Daytripper!👌👌well you wont be disappointed for sure,if you love it i hope you remember your Greek friend that insisted so much on it😂but i DO hope you wont be hit with excessive shipping/customs etc since you said USA!!
Get working on that video😋(even though i have a feeling this will come after yr order comes in)😂
Keep at it!lets go for 200 subs!👏🤞
The only one I can think of without looking at my shelves is Cap by Brubaker Vol 1, and this was like before the first Cap movie haha! Showing my age now, but there's probably others and I'll point them out in the video :)
Yeah man, you influenced my decision and whether good or bad, the peer pressure got to me haha! Amazon don't seem to have tax for some reason, and there's a decent 3 for 2 offer at the moment which is why I got it :) I bet you can't guess the other two books I ordered haha!
Thanks man! I appreciate your support, you've been there since Day One, just gotta make sure I keep the standards high. Next months haul might be a bit light because I wanna get a microphone and better set up so the videos can improve :)
@@MaddoggComics damn,now i wanna know the other two😂😂😂maybe you found Gotham Central for a decent price from the Americans?🤔😂have ordered once or twice from the US but usually customs slays us so i stay away (((
I wish I did, that book will have to be found in the wild now, if I can find it for under cover :/ but, I've got the 4 HC's so I don't feel as disappointed in not having it, and there's always the chance for a reprint :)
That's a shame though, for the UK there doesn't seem to be any customs charges, but stuff in eBay's global shipping program works out best :)
What omnibus is in the top left corner of his shelf?? It looks so cool
TMNT
My only problem is that paperbacks and hardcovers mix up in my collection because I have no choice because of availability online. Especially when I'm collecting a series like Hickman's Avengers and it looks weird on the shelf because of the height difference
He's right you know.
Great video
Thank you, my Dogg! Glad you enjoyed it and hope some of the tips build your collection :)
Great idea for a video. Some real wisdom in here. I wish I'd have had something like this when starting out... although admittedly I would probably have ignored a lot of the advice because I'm an idiot :P
Along with using Amazon's pre-order price guarantee to your advantage, I would also add using their awesome return policy to your advantage! I know they don't pack their books well and you quite often have them turn up with some form of damage... which is why I always send them back for a replacement until I get one that they can get to me in an acceptable condition! I do find it massively inconvenient to have to return so many books but it's better than living with something that you've paid a lot for but will always make you sad to look at on your shelf because you know it's damaged.
I bought the Astonishing X-Men omnibus from Amazon back in the day before it ever became a whale. It came a bit beat up, but I think I only paid something ridiculous like £25 for it so I didn't want to make a fuss about it. I never realised what a nice book that would be to own (and what a whale it would become) if only it were in good condition. Once it became a whale I was gutted that my copy was messed up because I thought I'd be stuck with it forever in its sorry looking condition - no way I'd ever be able to justify spending the money to replace it. I always wished that back when I bought it, I had just asked Amazon for a replacement. It would have been so easy, and very much worth it in the long run.
Thankfully they announced the reprint and I jumped at the chance to sell mine (for a non-whale price, reflective of its condition) and upgrade to a nice fresh undamaged copy.
Same here, I'm trying to be the channel and make the videos that I wish existed when I started collecting, but don't feel bad, most of these tips are because I didn't do them the first time around haha!
That's a good point, so it's always win-win with pre-ordering. Not sure about you, but I get nervous lately with stuff like JMS AMS Vol 2, because if it arrived damaged it looked like there was no replacements haha!
Ahh, that's a shame, that's a book that deserves to be in a great condition, at least you got it now though, but that story is very reminiscent to my Brubaker Cap Vol 1... hoping for a reprint!
When's that room tour coming champ! We need to see the goods!
It's getting filmed for you all today :) gonna make sure it's out in the next few days, so I'm hoping you all enjoy it :)
I have to start a whole new collection because i sold all of my comics i had before
Ahh man, sorry hear that! But the hunt for the books is most of the fun! :) thanks for watching the video mate!
Build comic your haul
Great tips. I’m just starting out on my journey so loads of these are very useful.
P.S it’s bought, not brought.
Love you bro you have discord or WhatsApp maybe TikTok ?😊