I finally leaned over the edge a bit too much and jumped in.

It has been a long time now and I have to admit. When The Walking Dead first came out, I had missed it. It was at a time I was not into comics, and by the time I got into comics this was a comic that had a resell value in the triple digits, And since I had just gotten back into comics, I was not going to spend that much on a modern comic. Boy, I should have learned more quicker. I also have to admit my collecting mentality was not as broad as it is now, compared to when I got back into collecting.

Well lets have a bit of a flashback moment. About three weeks ago I was home and bored. I was surfing the internet and saw that Netflix had a free months trial, So I decided to join to see what I could get to watch for free. Turns out it wasn't a whole lot, but it also turned out, they had The Walking Dead season one and two. Been a fan of horror, zombies, vampires and the such I decided to check it out. Man was I hooked, first it was ok one more episode and I'm going to sleep. Then it was well its only one in the morning and I don't have to wake up until late for work.

The next thing I knew I was finished with season one. Albeit it was a short season I jumped right into season two. When I was done with what Netflix offered I quickly searched for season three online. It turned out there are many online sites just offering TWD for free. I knew quickly I was in trouble, I blasted through the entire season three in one week.

So you may be asking, what does this have to do with the comic version of TWD? Well, now that I'm completely addicted to TWD and season four does not begin until later this fall. I decided to start reading the comics.

I also found out I am really late to this series. As of right now TWD comics is up to issue 109 with some earlier numbers been fairly valuable. So in order for me to catch up all the way from number one, I will either have to shell out lots of money or buy the collected versions. Knowing me, one day I'm going to sell a kidney to get the first thirty issues... well not really. But as for now I have turned into a complete TWD addict, and will be foraging into the herd to find out the story of the comic book version.

Buying modern comic books as an investment?

I'm pretty sure you've all heard of people telling you that modern comic books are not worth anything. They all say that if you want to invest in comic books, buy high grade Silver Age comics. And I'm pretty sure you have seen tons and tons of modern comic books in bargain bins at your local comic shop. Well I'm here to tell you, stop listening to those people.

You see there is a reason why comic stores dump tons of modern comic books into their bargain bins. It's not that they're not good, although I have to say some are horrible, but thats not the point. They dump those books in there because...

1. Those are the damaged comics that they can't sell

2. The comics are overstocks, they ordered too many and need to free up space

3. The book is horribly written and/ or drawn and thus are sitting in their store for too long

4. The owner don't know what they are doing

However, these are not reasons why you should think modern comics are worthless. I can't tell you how many times a comic book was selling for only a few bucks only to have it turn out to be a huge moneymaker.

A few examples would be Walking Dead #1, Chew #1 and even though comics like Morning Glories #1 are not worth as much, keep this in mind. When Morning Glories #1 first came out it was selling for $20 on ebay. If you had bought five copies for cover price you could have made a nice tidy profit of around $70. And at one point it went up to $50, if you had five copies... well you can do the math.

Another example would be Severed which was recently published by Image. When the book first came out it was selling for $10 on the bay. It has settled down now, but if you had bought several copies for cover price, a quick flip could have made you a quick profit as well. I have rummaged through bargain bins and found stacks of books selling from $5 to $10 on the internet. But don't take my word for it, look into some of the books for yourself.

And yeah sure you can argue that its not that easy to find a comic that will be worth. But as it is with everything in life, you have to work to find out which ones. If you go around blindly buying comics, thinking you're going to retire on them you're in for a rough ride. As is the same as it goes with life.

Back issue comic book collectors who hates new comics

So I often hear back issue collectors complaining about the new comics. They always complain about the same things. The art is not good, the writing is not good and its not what old comics were. I have heard this not just from one collector but from many different collectors. Some have even gone into extremes of refusing to buy any modern comics. Now I have wrote before about how comic shop owners / dealers are killing the hobby. Well now I'm going to say this, if you think this way then you are killing the hobby.

You see, change in anything is inevitable. Comics is a very minor thing that changes through time, many other things, more important things, will also change through time. These things will affect your life drastically. If you can't accept a minor change such as the art of a comic book how are you going to live in a world thats constantly changing?

Back to the subject, comics have changed. Newsflash, yes comics has changed. Gone are the old ways of writing, gone are the old styles of art. Not everything out there is good but nor is it bad. You just have to pick and choose what you like. If you don't like it don't buy it, but don't shun all of them either. Buying new comics is not the easiest thing to do, you wait every month for one book to come out and you have to constantly follow the title. If you grow tired of it or if your taste changes simply buy something else.

The more comics you stop buying the more the comic book business will suffer. And the more they suffer the less comics they print. If everyone thinks this way not only will the comic book hobby suffer there might be a possible chance that the comic book hobby ceases to exist. And in case collectors don't know, the back issue hobby and the new issue hobby goes hand in hand. Because eventually those new comics become back issues.