One Last Thing About Those End of Year Lists.

OK, so, there’s been some discussion (about the two lists I made for my recommendations for 2007, and it amazes me that I have to explain this, but there are two reasons I didn’t put the comic, graphic novel, or trade paperback you feel is deserving on the list:

1. I read it and did not like it as much as you did. That should be fairly straightforward, shouldn’t it? The inverse applies – many things on my lists were there because I like some things that you may not like. It happens.

2. I didn’t read it, so I didn’t put it on the list. For instance: Alice in Sunderland. While I could probably request it from the library, I’m already inundated with books I’ve bought (and I just got another batch in last night!) Despite my best efforts, there’s no way I could cover everything out there that’s worthy of the time. Please note that I’m determined to catch up on those Terry and the Pirates and Dick Tracy reprints, but I’ve already got a significant amount from both strips in my archives. Are they worthy projects? Definitely, but I’ve not read the new editions, so I didn’t feel it was fair to slide them into the lists arbitrarily under the “Well, everyone else says they’re great” clause.” (I’ve only got so much money, people! The best thing you can do to help me buy more comics you like so they end up on the year-end lists is to use my Amazon shopping link on the right. Sure, Sterling begs you to do it allatime, but I heard he punched a baby once.)

And that’s it for me and the end-of-the-year stuff. Now go away, daddy’s drinking because he just found out that Lily Allen got pregnantized by one of the Chemical Brothers. What the hell is this damn world coming to?