COMMENT: Pull List Massacre, Part I

Just lopped a bunch of titles from my Midtown Comics pull list, and what’s left appears below. The titles in bold are pretty safe from the axe, for now, while the italicized titles are on the chopping block, either outright or via wait-for-the-trade. I feel like there’s a few titles missing, too, probably stuff I pick up on sight but haven’t added to my pull list yet.

Dark Horse
Conan
Conan: Book Of Thoth

DC
All Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder
American Virgin
American Way
Astro City: The Dark Age
Batman
Batman And The Monster Men
Detective Comics
Ex Machina
Infinite Crisis (George Perez Cover)
JLA: Classified
Jonah Hex
Teen Titans
Testament

IDW Publishing
Fallen Angel
Supermarket

Image
Atheist
Bomb Queen
Expatriate
Fear Agent
Fell
Godland
Grounded
NYC Mech: Beta Love
Season Of The Witch
Strange Girl

Marvel
All-New Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe A-Z
Black Panther
Captain America
Daredevil
Daughters Of The Dragon
Iron Man: The Inevitable
Moon Knight
New Avengers: Illuminati One-Shot
New Thunderbolts
Next Wave
Powers Vol 2
Son Of M
Spider-Man & Arana Special
Storm
X-Factor
X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl
Young Avengers

Independents
100 Girls
Action Philosophers!
Alan Moore’s Hypothetical Lizard (Wraparound Cover)
Amelia Rules
Atomika
Elk’s Run
Elsinore
Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy
G.I. Joe: America’s Elite
G.I. Joe: Sigma 6
Johnny Raygun Quarterly
Jova’s Harvest
Monkey In A Wagon Vs. Lemure On A Big Wheel
Mouse Guard
Nat Turner
Revolution On The Planet Of The Apes
Robotika
Secret Voice
Surrogates
Vaistron

All in all, it’s the first step towards emphasizing comfort over experimentation, and there’s several mini-series in there that will come off the list naturally and bring the total down to more a comfortable monthly tally. Ideally, I’m thinking I’d like to cap it around 25 comics per month (approx. $75), including mini-series, and start focusing more on TPBs and OGNs, especially older classics that I missed the first time around, like Preacher, Transmetropolitan, and many of Burgas‘ recommendations.

I’m sure I’ll still do some sampling of new titles that catch my eye, but it’s going to take something special to get on the pull list from now on, and it just may come down to an either/or decision with something else getting cut in order to make room.

Written by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez is the Chief Content Officer for LibraryPass, and former publisher & marketing director for Writer’s Digest. Previously, he was also project lead for the Panorama Project; director, content strategy & audience development for Library Journal & School Library Journal; and founding director of programming & business development for the original Digital Book World.