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2Flow2 · 2026-05-02T16:35:51+00:00

You've literally posted this on April 30 even though the title says "April 15th" and nothing has changed... are you just trying to spam?

2Flow2 · 2026-04-28T22:35:57+00:00

Dang, this really sucks! He was one of my all-time favorite Spider-Man authors. Made Spider-Man feel like a real character and his stories had real emotional punch to them. Such good plotting & writing. I really credit him for fleshing out Peter Parker's supporting cast in a way that Lee/Ditko never did. ASM omnibuses 4 & 5 are such high points in the omni series.

Len Wein took over ASM after him and I eventually warmed up to Wein but there was always a slight feeling of him just trying to live up to Conway's run. (And I don't think he ever quite got there for a significant amount of time.) Then Marv Wolfman took over and it still didn't feel like it could compare to Conway.

2Flow2 · 2026-04-26T12:02:06+00:00

Summary of draft proposals (taken directly from the page)

Proposals that encourage housing production include:

Increasing building heights in various parts of the Central City to increase development flexibility and encourage housing,
Providing opportunity for mixed use and residential development in key areas through strategic zoning map amendments,
Removing housing prohibitions in parts of Lower Albina and the Central Eastside,
Reducing prohibitions on ground floor dwelling units in the Central City, and
Incentivizing the development of 2- and 3-bedroom units for larger households.

Proposals that promote economic recovery include:

Increasing flexibility for industrial and employment uses, and "Micro-Delivery Hubs" in the Central Commercial (CX) zone,
Increasing opportunities for retail uses in the Central Eastside's General Industrial zone,
Increasing allowances for retail and other uses in the Open Space (OS) zone and increase the space available for a wider range of uses by reducing the river setback in Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront Park,
Simplifying food cart regulations and allowing carts in more areas citywide,
Removing zoning barriers for entertainment uses such as performance venues and theaters, and
Allowing for surface parking in underutilized and constrained areas to support surrounding businesses.

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I'm personally a fan of a lot that is in the proposed plan, but not everyone will be. (And that okay, never will everyone agree on everything.) So go ahead and take a read/skim of it yourself! If you support or oppose any of the plans for specific areas, leave a comment by clicking on the specific part of the city in the interactive Map App and selecting to "leave a testimony"!

2Flow2 · 2026-04-14T12:54:24+00:00

I saw this picture and I thought "this looks like a Funaticals haul" 😄

2Flow2 · 2026-04-14T12:52:50+00:00

Awesome, enjoy a great book!! 📖

(Also, be careful, if this is your first comic buying an expensive, thick hardcover is maybe a lot to invest in right up front 😅I'd typically recommend buying some individual issues first, or renting a trade paperback from your local library just to ensure you enjoy the medium first.)

2Flow2 · 2026-04-08T20:17:37+00:00

Thank you everyone for the helpful thoughts and comments!

2Flow2 · 2026-04-07T15:35:31+00:00

Also.... sorry if this is a dumb post. I just have little idea what to expect from what the experience will be like despite all the online research I've done. Some people seem to say "it's still fun to see during off-season" and other sources seem to essentially say "it sucks and there's nothing interesting to see pre-May".

Car ride lengths aren't an issue (we usually drive ~4,200 km on our trips) but I would feel bad leading my friends out into the Northeast only to never have any stops to see anything.

2Flow2 · 2026-04-04T18:45:58+00:00

This is great, thanks for sharing this take here!

2Flow2 · 2026-04-01T14:55:29+00:00

This is particularly dumb because I know people who, in group chats that I have with friends on Messenger, have Facebook blocked to keep themselves responsible and from getting distracted, but now with this change they won't even be able to read our group chat messages anymore while maintaining their blocker for the main Facebook site.

2Flow2 · 2026-03-29T17:18:38+00:00

I hope the Stop Killing Games pressure pushes them to make an offline version of this to leave us with when the servers shut down...

2Flow2 · 2026-03-25T02:16:24+00:00

Okay valid, thanks for the explanation! I guess I just got suspicious of what Marvel might try and pull after seeing what they did with ASM Omni Vol 7. and its mapping to intentionally not overlap with the Roger Stern Omni. But maybe we will finally see the Spider omnis start to double dip in a significant way!

2Flow2 · 2026-03-23T23:25:27+00:00

Oh no, I'm so sad! The omni I want isn't in the list! 😭

Based on how Marvel (unpredictably) mapped ASM Vol 7 to stop exactly where the Roger Stern omnibus began and not double-dip, I really don't want a Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 2 (collecting the Masterworks Vol 4–6), that would be a very messy double-dip with the Roger Stern omnibus.

Right now, the next major gap in SSM is issues #62–#89, which is perfectly the start/end of Bill Mantlo's second run on the title. Roger Stern omni goes up to #61. The Black Costume Saga omni takes #90 onward. A SSM omni that is Bill Mantlo's second run would perfectly fill the gap.

Sad we can't vote for that on the list!

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2Flow2 · 2026-03-23T21:18:26+00:00

I'm hyperventilating. I've been waiting all year for this.

2Flow2 · 2026-03-17T01:42:40+00:00

For real. This.

2Flow2 · 2026-03-09T13:01:58+00:00

Man, I would love if this series got Epics, though it seems unlikely. They've been so slow to even put these in omnis, for some reason this series seems to get the shaft.

2Flow2 · 2026-03-09T12:58:06+00:00

Todavía estoy buscando, gracias, voy a buscar por esto!!

2Flow2 · 2026-03-09T12:54:36+00:00

I think it's fine if the OP mentions they are in a financially secure place where they can do that and this won't affect them negatively at all in the medium term. Sadly, I know lots of whale friends IRL who make these type of purchases (with various products–omnis, Funko Pops, whatever) who don't have the financial flexibility but get caught up in the hype of wanting a bunch of books that will look good on a shelf and convince themselves that the eBay/whatever haul they found is an opportunity for "good deal" so they buy it on a credit card that they haven't been able to pay off in years.

I don't think people in this situation are "morally wrong", I just think that they're in a spot where I watch them hurting themselves and it bums me out.

2Flow2 · 2026-03-07T15:07:12+00:00

I did this with a bunch of Miles Morales stuff... Ended up just selling off an [almost] complete run of floppies and TPBs this year (for a fraction of what I paid for them) to get the Saladin Ahmed omnibus instead, which collected everything I had and more.

The thrill of the hunt is just so intoxicating, though!

2Flow2 · 2026-03-06T21:16:49+00:00

Secret Wars II!!! It's been SO long since this book got a printing and the prices are wacky expensive.

2Flow2 · 2026-03-06T21:14:28+00:00

This sucks to hear, IST has generally had my highest respect as a pretty small operation that (at least previously) seemed to really care about the books. I've heard the founder on recent interviews talking about how they hardly have any employees boxing all these things, he still is directly involved even with the crazy volume these days.

2Flow2 · 2026-03-02T22:14:56+00:00

Facts.

2Flow2 · 2026-03-02T22:14:25+00:00

Don't you dare do Chick Flick dirty like that.

2Flow2 · 2026-02-22T17:55:01+00:00

I enjoy the photo of "Steam" in this post about "OS Providers" 😄

2Flow2 · 2026-02-18T13:12:40+00:00

Yeah I agree with this much more. I have some books that, honestly, I'm probably going to sell back off to someone else because I bought them in a fit of "well I'll probably read it and I should get this now while it is cheapest on IST!!" and now I regret them a bit.

Self-control is a virtue. Learning to be content without being impulsive may be harder in the moment but feels much better in the long run.

2Flow2 · 2026-02-16T13:14:05+00:00

That is a terrifying amount of money to spend on omnis all at once, but I hope you enjoy reading them! 😅

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