RedheadedAtrocitus

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I'm a DC snob apparently!

    Funny story.  I'm just back from my run to the comics shop to get my weekly holds when I'm chatting it up with the store owner and a patron, both of whom I know quite well and am friends with.  Suddenly the discussion of Marvel crossovers come up and then out of nowhere the store owner, quite jokingly and sarcastically I might add, points out that I am a "DC snob." And absolutely lost it and began to laugh with them about that reality because in a way I cannot help but see that he was correct.  
    For me, I don't get hardly any Marvel titles monthly at all, with the exception of Hulk.  At one time I got more of the Hulk titles when they were all interrelated, especially in the build up to and events culminating in the Fall of the Hulks and World War Hulks crossovers.  Obviously then I would have gotten the limited titles as well as the Incredible Hulk(s) ongoing titles so that I could collect that.  But now that that big story is over, I'm back to just enjoying Hulk on its own.  And compared to other publisher titles I get, I really cannot help but think the store owner was right in saying I was a DC snob.  The majority of my monthly titles and special things I get are from DC, whereas with other publishers I get only one monthly title from Marvel, IDW, and Image apiece.  
    In conclusion, while I know he was just joking, I actually cannot help but take that title with pride.  But its not for sake of not wishing to branch out into other titles.  I just don't know exactly what to get.  After all, so much comes out monthly that its hard to choose and on top of work and other responsibilities its hard for me to sit down and do some research on just what I would and would not like to get.  Truth is I'd LOVE to get more Marvel titles and others as well, but partially what holds me back is not knowing where to start (though the other patron I was talking to said that a good starting point for me might be the upcoming Fear Itself event.  Secondly, and probably most importantly, is the issue of money.  Quite simply I don't have the funds to just get so much stuff, so I have to be selective.  So if that makes me a DC snob then I guess I just am.  What do you people think?!

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