Shelf Shift - May

Shelf Shift - May - 2024

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2 ай бұрын

Time to do some shelf shifting! What's shelf-shifting? Shelf shifting is when you have to move a bunch of books around to maintain your self-imposed ordering system and still have room for new additions. All readers and collectors will face this task eventually...
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After more than four decades collecting and reading comicbooks and related pop culture (TV, movies, video games, etc) as of 2022 I am sharing reviews/overviews of my collection. The plan is at least one new video every Monday!
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@LarrysLibrary Ай бұрын

I posted a part two here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iq-Fh5SbkrG4iKc.htmlsi=pwfSji9LLgJpKsKh

@panzergod26 2 ай бұрын

As a collector I find this content really satisfying to watch. Great collection!

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! I hoped people might enjoy watching this!

@GimilitheGreat 2 ай бұрын

Awesome collection! ❤

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@garagegeek4863 2 ай бұрын

My back is hurting just thinking about you moving all those books. Your bookend is adorable.

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

it's a pair I should have showed the mate!

@sean210420 Ай бұрын

You should make an hour long video showing your shelves and talking a little about your favorites!

@LarrysLibrary Ай бұрын

I do need to make an updated Tour Video soon!

@deathtone1614 2 ай бұрын

Great collection, Larry. The layout is superb. When you speed up the video I imagined the Yakety Sax song being played.

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

Hah-hah! I almost put some music behind it!

@comicsvstheworld Ай бұрын

I'm surprised that you'd leave a full shelf empty for Brubaker! He's only releasing around two books a year, and they're all pretty slim, so that shelf could take 10 years to fill 😂 Good idea for a video though, I enjoyed the behind the scenes look!

@LarrysLibrary Ай бұрын

Thanks! I actually have 3-4 unread Brubaker books so I already have a head start on that space!

@newspooiechannel 2 ай бұрын

I think the easiest answer to this conundrum is simply to continue adding new rooms to your house and making "Indie Shelve Deux" 🤷‍♂ I'm not sure what I consider Indie these days. I never considered Image or Dark Horse Indie... and as the years have passed, I don't consider even Boom! or IDW or Dynamite or Fantagraphics or Valiant or several others, Indie. Once you get a certain market share and I can find your stuff in Barnes & Nobel, it is hard for me to call it Indie, personally. The only one way I know to really tell if you're an Indie book is if it doesn't have a barcode on it. That way, you know it was a vanity passion project, or a small print run through an obscure publisher or something kickstarted on your own. That doesn't mean it's the only thing that is an "Indie" book... just a good way to know it is in an Indie book. It was not created for the mass market.

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

Hah....fair points. "Creator Owned" is easier to define!

@ZizouZico 2 ай бұрын

Great idea for a video, Larry. I’m at an age where I’ve decided to not buy more shelves. Instead, when I run out of space, I cull my collection and give away some books to clear shelf space. I’ve reread everything (sometimes several times) by this point that I’ve had for a few years, so I just pick to give away the books that I don’t think I’ll reread yet again. So far, that’s worked well for me. I still create enough space for new stuff and haven’t yet regretted giving anything away.

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! I expect this will happen for me too....eventually. I don't plan to extend past this one room (except for my Tolkien shelf which is by desk in the bedroom). I have a few more places in this room where I can add some more shelves....and then that will be it. Then the culling may have to occur!

@ellesse3862 2 ай бұрын

Ah collection rotation, I think we all know what thats like. I like dinosaur bookend.

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! It's actually a set...I should have showed the other one. Same design but painted grey.

@typewritermark 2 ай бұрын

Larry you put my shelves to shame!

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark. Why don't you post yours someplace?

@chitownbud4769 2 ай бұрын

👍

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

👍

@Phillys_Phiction 2 ай бұрын

Good job Larry. We've all been in similar position. Getting our sweat on while making room for new books. It's a never ending battle but we soldier on. 😂

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Phil!

@jimmyowens5415 2 ай бұрын

Rick Remender is my favorite! I have every book of his I can get aside of Strange Girl, and some singles I can't find online. His 3 current series are all great and I've collected the singles until current,The Sacrificers, The Holy Roller,Napalm Lullaby and coming out the 29th I'll get Grommets, Lemire is my second favorite, I love his art too, Something about the simpleness of it I think is great, so I prefer when he is the artist as well but haven't disliked a book yet by any of these two, nice job Larry and thanks for the video

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Remender and Lemire are certainly shelf fillers!

@sean210420 Ай бұрын

They are about to release Strange Girl again in deluxe hardcover!

@LarrysLibrary Ай бұрын

@@sean210420 Hmmmm...may have to check into that!

@peterlinfield 2 ай бұрын

It's a constant evolution. I've settled on some creator owned shelves as well, but I actually took it a step further and only allow single creator books in that area. So it's become the auteur section! Any publisher is okay, so long as it's a single creator vision (okay, to be fair I'm not counting colourists or letterers). So DWJ's WW: Dead Earth and Darwyn Cooke's New Frontier from DC are in there alongside Charles Burns, Chris Ware, etc. Lemire is in there too - but again only the books he's created on his own (so Black Hammer, Descender, etc. are shelved elsewhere).

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

Very interesting and inventive system!

@RedKingdom28 2 ай бұрын

Awesome collection thus far. Love this, hope it’s a monthly series very intriguing. Wishing you all the best Larry! 🤍😊 That custom book end dinosaur is amazing 🦖 Also, where’d you get those shelves I’d like some myself 😊

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

I built the shelves into the wall when we built the house.

@williamlee2182 2 ай бұрын

Nice new video! Haven't seen this type of content before. Oh the pains of being a collector lol

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

Thanks William! Glad you liked it! Sharing the pain!

@mrwasi99 2 ай бұрын

Nothing better than Led Zeppelin and comics!!! I'm always shuffling and it's a pain because I'm running out of room as well. The downfalls of being a comic connoisseur 😂

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

Then we have to start really deciding on what is good enough to STAY in the collection I guess!

@mrwasi99 2 ай бұрын

@LarrysLibrary that's the problem! I've tried Larry, oh I've tried. Luckily, I've convinced the wife to sell the house and move into something bigger 😉

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

@@mrwasi99 There ya go!

@juliosalazar7273 2 ай бұрын

Did you build these shelves? Would love to see a video about the actual shelving you use!

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

I did....with some help from my Father-In-Law. But it was all my design. I wish I had took some footage/pics of the build process. But it was before I had the channel. I am working on a sequel video though where I built a couple more shelves. I DID take pics and footage this time though!

@juliosalazar7273 2 ай бұрын

@@LarrysLibrary cant wait to see that video and see your designs. Planning my own shelves at the moment and needing some help

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

@@juliosalazar7273 Nothing fancy. Pretty simple but strong enough for the heavy hardcovers.

@toddbenedict3555 2 ай бұрын

how many waking dead hardcovers are ther in the series.?

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

I think 17 counting the skinny one Brian K Vaughn wrote.

@GoreVidalComicbooks 2 ай бұрын

Don't call it "creator owned." You didn't refer to your daughter as "creator owned" while she was a minor, right? "Indie" is fine for non Marvel and DC comics. I see your "S's" are packed. No problem, just get rid of Saga. Problem, solution!

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

Hah-hah! You're funny!

@GoreVidalComicbooks 2 ай бұрын

@@LarrysLibrary A few days ago my shop let me know that I'd ordered the latest Saga issue on Previews. I reminded them that I"d dropped it over a year ago. Since Saga has been on hiatus, yet again, they'd forgotten to take it off. The owner joked with me if I was sure about dropping it, since I continued to read it to annoy friends and acquaintances who adored the series, the same ones who for a couple of years had told me I must read it. Careful what you wish for:)

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

@@GoreVidalComicbooks Hah....I'm still loving Saga but I'm only reading/buying the HCs as they come out

@GoreVidalComicbooks 2 ай бұрын

@@LarrysLibrary BKV, my nemesis, said Saga would be over 100 issues. At this rate, with a 3 and half year hiatus, followed by even more months off (a Saga issue hasn't come out since last year), it will likely finish in 2030. At my shop only 3 people have it on their pull list. And no one asks for the trades. Amazing given that before the 3 year hiatus it was a top seller. Many readers dropped off and didn't come back.

@LarrysLibrary 2 ай бұрын

@@GoreVidalComicbooks That is wild. Definitely didn't realize it was taking that long!