The Comic Book Industry - Collected vs Single Issues

[Obeythemoderators]

the only comic book issue that I have ever picked up during it's original run in single issues was the Garth Ennis The shadow series.

[Noob_Nathan]

I only buy trades now, i did start buying the star wars floppies when they came out but it being a hassle to get to the comic book store 1hr away and also being pretty erratic in comic collecting tpb's are just so much easy. I can pick up one whenever i feel like and can read a complete story arc and they also look great on my bookshelf.

[ROM Spaceknight]

Yes, agree with this. My local comic store was around 45 minutes away, and it got to be a huge hassle to go there to get my floppies. Also having to deal with bags/boards was another hassle as well. Actually, collected editions take up less room than floppies of the same # of issues, specifically because of the bags/boards.