1000 books in 2016

[Balakin]

Since the "1000 books in 2015" challenge was a success, here is a new thread for 2016.

The goal is to read a 1000 comic book issues this year to enter the exclusive 1000CLUB of extraordinary gentlefolk.

Keep us updated of your progress and write a few lines about what you've read, what you liked and disliked, just to keep things interesting and informative.

Usually a 22 pages comic counts as one issue, in case of other formats just divide it with 22. If you feel like your 48 pages long french album is really wordy and takes just as long to read as a 120pg american tpb then feel free to count it as 5 issues, nobody gonna shout at you, it's all for fun.

Happy reading guys!

[victorxd1999]

YES! Looking forward to it! Still a bit hungover so won't be reading anything today probably but I'll definitely start making progress the coming couple of days. Still have at least 150 issues on my shelf not including digital and MU so that's going to keep me busy

[chongjasmine]

I hope to reach the target this year.

Hellblazer 4 issues
Amazing spider man 4 issues
Walking Dead 2 issues

Total: 10 issues

[John Aston]

Afterlife w Archie 9-10 2
Amazing Spidy HC 1. 12
American Barbarian. 10
Archer & Armstrong Omn 31
Archie 4-12 9
Astonishing wolfman 11. 1
Astro city vol 12. 6
Auteur vol 1-2. 10
Essential Avengers 6 (partial) 18
Essential Avengers 7. 25
Batgirl vol 1-2 (Cain) 26
Batman rebirth 1. 1
Batman all star 1. 1
Batman G.A. Omnibus. 41
Big Guy & Rusty HC. 3
Black Widow 1-7 7
Bone. 55
BPRD HoE vrol 11. 5
BPRD HOE vol 12. 5
BPRD EoD vol 13. 5
Buddy Does Seattle 3/16. 3
Capt. American 307-333 27
Chrononauts 4
Concrete park HC 1-2. 10
Damage Control TPB. 16
Daredevil '15 1-12, Ann 1 13
Daybreak 160pg. 7
Deadly Class Vol. 1-4 21
Detective 500-520 20
DMZ 1-72. 72
Echo omnibus. 30
Essex county HC 510pg. 23
Faster than light v1. 5
FF omnibus byrne 1. 47
Freddie & me 304pg. 14
Godzilla 1/2 Centur War. 5
Green Lantern Omni 3 36
Harley Quinn 26-18 3
HQ: April's Fools 1
HQ: BLack book? 3 1
Huck vol 1. 6
Humans 0-10. 11
Injection 1-2. 2
Invincible vol 1-22 126
Kaptara 1-5. 5
Martha Washinngton 600p 27
MATU mini comic HC 1/72 1
Mercury 234pgs. 11
Metabarons 532pg. 24
Mind MGMT v1-6. 36
Ms marvel '14 .1,1-11. 12
Nailbiter v1-4. 20
Orc Stain v 1 5
Outcast 1-12 12
Paper Girls v 1. 5
Power man/iron 1-9 9
Preacher HC 1-6. 72
Pride of Bagdahd 4
Private eye 1-10 10
Punisher Max v1-2. 35
Ragnarok 1-6. 6
Rat queens HC 1. 11
Rebirth 1 1
Rumble v1. 5
Savage dragon 209-16. 8
Seconds 322 pgs. 15
Skyborne 1-2. 2
Son of the Gun 224pg. 10
Spectre (1992) 12
Starve Vol. 1 5
Strong female protagonist 220pg 10
Superspy 336 pgs 15
This one summer 320pgs. 6
Tokyo Ghost. 5
Tourist. 4
Two brothers 228pg. 10
Uncanny Xmen Omni 1. 40
Uncanny xmen Omni 2. 30
Uncanny xmen Omni 3. 35
Uncanny xmen 176-200 34
Wonder Woman E1 6
Wonder Woman 77. 4
Wonder Woman rebirth. 1
Wonder Woman 1-7. 7
Y the Last Man 1-60 60

Total 1397

[Taral-DLOS]

My final count for 2015 was 1582 comics.

My goal for 2016 will resemble that of the Jerry Lewis telethon: one more than last year.

[MartinNL]

I'll be joining this year. One of my new year's resolutions is to read everything I buy, and a target of 1,000 books should make that happen, I hope.

Anyway today I read:

Goddamned #1 (1 issue)
This was awesome stuff. Loved Guéra's art and loved the funny dialogues.

Krasse knarren vol. 3 (3 issues)
A dutch/french comic book, that was a joy to read again just like the other installments of this series. It's about some really old folks that are up to lots of mischief. Hilarious!

Veil (5 issues)
't was okay. I expected better from Rucka and the art is not really my cuppa tea. Nothing special here.

Zwijgen als vermoord (3 issues)
Another BD. This was pretty good, but I expected more from the Zidrou's scenario of this crime comic. Berthet's art is as beautiful as ever. Nice one.


Total: 12 issues

[DialHForHagai]

Alright, let's do this:

Batman: #48 - 1
Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham - 3
Black Science: Beginner's Guide to Entropy - 16
Citizen Jack: #3 - 1
Dark Knight: Master Race: #2 - 1
Grayson Vol. 1-2 - 10
Hellboy: Library Edition Vol. 2. - 22
I Hate Fairyland: #4 - 1
JLA: #7 - 1
Justice League 3001: #8 - 1
Kaptara: Fear Not, Tiny Alien - 5
Magneto: #1-6 - 6
Pencil Head: #1 - 1
Punisher by Garth Ennis: Complete Collection vol. 1 - 16
Tokyo Ghost: #1-5 - 5

TOTAL: 90

[Diamond]

ANAD Avengers #4
Ghost Racers #2
Squadron Sinister #1
Carnage #4: Conway and Perkins are doing an amazing job!
Old Man Logan #1: Lemire writes a very interesting first chapter, but Sorrentino's art is a big letdown. I'm beginning to see the flaws in his work.
Marvel Knights Spider-Man v2. #1: Trippy.
Venom Spaceknight: Decent, I guess
Prison School Ch. 200-2 (1 issue worth): Love this series so much.

Total: 49

[DialHForHagai]

Updating!

Amalgam Age of Comics: The DC\Marvel Collections - 12
American Splendor: Another Day - 4
Batman: #48-49 - 2
Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham - 3
Black Science: Beginner's Guide to Entropy - 16
Citizen Jack: #3-4 - 2
Crécy - 1
Dark Knight: Master Race: #2-3 - 2
DC One Million (Main TPB plus Adventures of Superman, Green Lantern and Shadow of the Bat) - 7
Defenders: Indefensible - 5
Doom Patrol, Book One - 16
Exiles: #1-11 - 11
Ex Machina, Books 1-3 - 33
Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules - 5
Grayson Vol. 1-2 - 10
Hellboy: Library Edition Vol. 2-3 - 30
I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League! - 6
I Hate Fairyland: #4-5 - 2
JLA: #7 - 1
Justice League - #48 - 1
Justice League 3001: #8-9 - 2
Kaptara: Fear Not, Tiny Alien - 5
Klaus: #3 - 1
Magneto: #1-6 - 6
Pencil Head: #1-2 - 2
Punisher by Garth Ennis: Complete Collection vol. 1 - 16
Space: Punisher TPB - 6
Spider-Man: Fever - 3
Tokyo Ghost: #1-5 - 5

Total: 212

[awayne83]

Update:

Archer & Armstrong HC v2 (15) - This series is very up and down for me. Still my least favorite of the valiant i've sampled, but not bad.

Secret Identity HC (4) - Immonen is fantastic on this series. Story's pretty good too.

Manhattan Projects HC v1 (10) - I love, love, love this series. It's one of the most interesting and unique books out there. As good as EoW is, this is my favorite Hickman work.

188 + 29 = 217 for the year

[DialHForHagai]

Update.

Amalgam Age of Comics: The DC\Marvel Collections - 12
American Splendor: Another Day - 4
Batman: #48-50 - 3
Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham - 3
Best of Milligan and McCarthy - 7
Black Science: Beginner's Guide to Entropy - 16
Citizen Jack: #3-5 - 3
Crécy - 1
Dark Knight: Master Race: #2-3 - 2
DC One Million (Main TPB plus Adventures of Superman, Green Lantern and Shadow of the Bat) - 7
Defenders: Indefensible - 5
Doom Patrol, Book One - 16
Exiles: #1-11 - 11
Ex Machina, Books 1-3 - 33
Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules - 5
Grayson Vol. 1-2 - 10
Grizzlyshark: #1 - 1
Hellboy: Library Edition Vol. 2-3 - 30
I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League! - 6
I Hate Fairyland: #4-5 - 2
JLA: #7 - 1
Justice League - #48 + Darkseid War Special - 2
Justice League 3001: #8-9 - 2
Kaptara: Fear Not, Tiny Alien - 5
Klaus: #3 - 1
Locke and Key: Vol. 1 - 6
Magneto: #1-6 - 6
Mesmo Delivery - 1
Ministry of Space - 3
Nameless - 6
Oh, Killstrike - 4
Pencil Head: #1-3 - 3
Punisher by Garth Ennis: Complete Collection vol. 1 - 16
The Rattler - 1
Space: Punisher TPB - 6
Spider-Man: Fever - 3
Starlight: #1-6 - 6
Star Wars: Lando - 5
Tokyo Ghost: #1-5 - 5
Wonder Woman (Azzarello): Vol. 1-3 - 19
Wonder Woman: Earth One - 1

Total: 279

[Balakin]

Darn, I forgot Wonder woman Earth one.
Solid story from Morrison but it felt a bit like a part one. And given that this one took like 5 years to make can't imagine a volume 2 coming out any time soon.
I liked all the weird stuff and going back to the original Marston ideas. Also the artwork is beautiful.
The bigest negative: Etta Candy. Hated her in the golden age stuff and here as well. Every time she said "WooWoo" I wanted to rip the page out.

So total is 492 with this now

[MartinNL]

Piraten van Barataria (~8 issues) - Very entertaining journey that unfortunately ends quite anti-climatic. Still more than enjoyable to continue with the series, not in the last place because of the beautiful artwork.

Okko vol. 10 (~3 issues) - The final volume in the Okko series is a wonderful finale of one of the best series in recent years. Hub took about 10 years to masterfully craft each volume. This final cycle sucks us into Okko's past as Noshin tells Tikku about the young Okko's life. This cycle, like all the others in the series works again very well and are accompanied by some of the most detailed drawings around. Okie is a series that will be reread by me again and again.

April total: 49

Total for 2016: 343

[DialHForHagai]

Airboy - 4
Amalgam Age of Comics: The DC\Marvel Collections - 12
American Splendor: Another Day - 4
Batgirl: #35-40 - 6
Batman: #48-52 - 5
Batman: Rebirth #1 - 1
Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham - 3
Best of Milligan and McCarthy - 7
Black Science: Beginner's Guide to Entropy - 16
B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs Vol. 1 - 16
Citizen Jack: #3-6 - 4
Crécy - 1
Dark Knight: Master Race: #2-4 - 3
DC One Million (Main TPB plus Adventures of Superman, Green Lantern and Shadow of the Bat) - 7
Defenders: Indefensible - 5
Doctor Strange: The Oath - 5
Doctor Strange Vol. 1 - 6
Doom Patrol, Book One - 16
Exiles: #1-11 - 11
Ex Machina, Books 1-5 - 54
Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules - 5
Grayson Vol. 1-2 - 10
Grizzlyshark: #1 - 1
Hellboy: Library Edition Vol. 2-3 - 30
Howard the Duck Vol. 1 - 7
I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League! - 6
I Hate Fairyland: #4-5 - 2
JLA: #7 - 1
Justice League - #48-50 + Darkseid War Special - 4
Justice League 3001: #8-11 - 4
Kaptara: Fear Not, Tiny Alien - 5
Klaus: #3-5 - 3
Locke and Key: Vol. 1 - 6
Magneto: #1-6 - 6
Mesmo Delivery - 1
Ministry of Space - 3
Nameless - 6
Oh, Killstrike - 4
Pencil Head: #1-4 - 4
Punisher by Garth Ennis: Complete Collection vol. 1 - 16
The Rattler - 1
Rumble: #1-10 - 10
Secret Warriors: Complete Collection Vol. 2 - 13
Space: Punisher TPB - 6
Spider-Man: Fever - 3
Starlight: #1-6 - 6
Star Wars: Lando - 5
Tokyo Ghost: #1-5 - 5
We Stand on Guard - 6
Wonder Woman (Azzarello): Vol. 1-3 - 19
Wonder Woman: Earth One - 1

Total: 385

[awayne83]

Airboy - 4
Amalgam Age of Comics: The DC\Marvel Collections - 12
American Splendor: Another Day - 4
Batgirl: #35-40 - 6
Batman: #48-52 - 5
Batman: Rebirth #1 - 1
Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham - 3
Best of Milligan and McCarthy - 7
Black Science: Beginner's Guide to Entropy - 16
B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs Vol. 1 - 16
Citizen Jack: #3-6 - 4

Total: 385

How was airboy? Thought about picking up the HC...