I'm trying to sort out my pull list and when it comes to this Marvel is far worse than any other company and as such I'm in need of assistance. I often find it confusing and infuriating trying to deal with solicitations, upcoming titles and current titles when it comes to Marvel, "Indies" tend to keep cleaner house and rarely change things up too much, DC I could handle (and has been incredibly easy to keep track of since the New 52, say what you will about the books but keeping track of everything is a breeze compared to Marvel).
In recent times though I've been able make dealing with upcoming DC titles and those that have already passed since the New 52 extremely easy since I found these two Wikipedia pages which appear to be meticulously updated as soon as any information comes forward:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_DC_Comics_publications
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_New_52_publications
The best part is that for the most part it just lists the item in question (or at most a short tagline blurb in the second one) and isn't a ****ING advertisement wasting space and time unlike the diamond solicits (No Matter what company it is, the Diamond solicits are always a pile of ****) and the Marvel.com website (which is one of the most pathetic and poorly laid out things I've seen in my life, all flash and conveys information poorly). The New 52 also encompasses ALL comics in the main universe, Marvel NOW! (and it's subsequent re-branding "second wave") apparently comprises most but not all the Marvel books being published because reasons (For example if you check on Avengers Assembled and Hawkeye you'll find that these aren't one of the cancelled books nor are they listed as ongoing Marvel NOW! books, they're covered in the Marvel NOW! logo and it says it on the books but apparently they don't count currently nor going forward, they're still in print but they're unlike the other books because we can't have **** make any ****ing sense now can we?!
If you're still here you are probably wondering why I'm complaining, surely I can find something as amazingly useful as those aforementioned Wikipedia pages on Marvel right? Wrong. Wikipedia lacks a current publications page (all searches will redirect you to an all-time publications record which for the purposes of checking current titles is useless to the point that you might actually think that the current solicitation system isn't a giant turd), although a Marvel NOW! page exists, but it's of no use because as I previously stated; Not Main Universe titles count as a Marvel NOW! title because reasons, meaning that this page is of no use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_NOW!
I've been looking for months without luck (and by searching I mean I make multiple Google searches every few days and go through the near infinite number of pages my search brings up, hoping I'll find something that works) and have decided to simply break down and annoy you, the few forum-goers who have not already left because of my inane rantings.
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Just adding this section ahead of time to head off a couple of responses that I may potentially receive:
1. You're a DC fanboy, Marvel is fine.
No, I prefer Marvel over DC, I brought it up because I wanted to whine and, at least since the New 52, DC has been provably and factually more organised with their books (from a sorting standpoint I mean, creator organization, story and plotting and just general direction has been beyond abysmal).
2. It's not that bad, you're making it sound worse than it is/If you can't handle it you don't deserve to read these books [This is the same basic point, but for two seperate reasons, the latter is a pathetic attempt at elitism, the first is an argument for complacency on behalf of the companies]
If you make the second point made in number 2 then I request that you stop breathing right now because you're clearly a colossal tool who really needs to find an actual source of self-esteem outside of comics. If you made the first point then I'd just like to remind you that no other industry is run this poorly, no other industry is this customer unfriendly, to say that the current system isn't a steaming pile of dog **** is like saying "That guy who punched me in the gut was so nice and kind, he could have kicked me in the balls". [This statement applies to the comics industry as a whole, but Marvel FAAAAAR more than anyone else]
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