Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

A couple of months back I did my first round of Pull List pruning, in anticipation of some real world changes necessitating a decreased comics budget, as well as a shift towards “emphasizing comfort over experimentation” in my selections. Originally I was expecting to cut it roughly in half, to $75/month (including my hefty discount), with another $25/month towards sampling and/or TPBs. Now I’m thinking $50/month with a much more selective eye towards sampling might be in order.

Thankfully, several mini-series I was buying have ended or have only an issue or two left, so it wasn’t quite as painful as I thought it would be. One of the biggest losers is Image, though, whose erratic shipping schedule means almost all of their titles I was following will shift over to my sampling budget, which unfortunately means they’re effectively cut. Reality bites.

Italicized titles are on the chopping block, either outright or via wait-for-the-trade.

Marvel
All-New Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe A-Z
Black Panther
Captain America
Civil War
Daredevil
Incredible Hulk (“Planet Hulk”)
Moon Knight
Nextwave: Agents Of H.A.T.E.
Powers Vol 2
Thunderbolts
X-Factor
Young Avengers

DC
All Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder
Batman
Blue Beetle
Detective Comics
Firestorm: The Nuclear Man
Jonah Hex
Robin
Shadowpact
Teen Titans

American Way
Ex Machina

Dark Horse
Conan (plus all mini-series)

IDW
Fallen Angel
Supermarket

Image
Fell
Godland
Hysteria: One Man Gang
Strange Girl

Independents
Action Philosophers!
Atomika
Black Coat: Call To Arms
Elk’s Run
Elsinore
Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy
G.I. Joe: America’s Elite (and most mini-series)
Mouse Guard
Nat Turner
Revolution On The Planet Of The Apes
Super Real
Talent
Tron: The Ghost In The Machine
Villains
Werewolves: Call Of The Wild

Clearly there’s more cutting to be done to get down to $50/month, though the majority of the Independents are short mini-series so there’s some flexibililty there over time. DC’s One Year Later has mostly been a wash for me, with several of the titles I added a couple of months ago already on the chopping block. Marvel faces a similar fate depending on how they handle Civil War, though at this moment, I’m thoroughly enjoying everything from them that remains on my list, and the two series on the chopping block are purely budgetary sacrifices.

What are YOU buying on a regular basis?