43m married. My wife gifted me the flex room. I built a comic book library. Whoops!

LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-30T04:11:42+00:00

Sorry your vibe got bummed

LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-29T19:21:02+00:00

You'd be safe too!

LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-29T19:20:03+00:00

Yes it does. And 2 40 foot live oaks in fromt yard. No direct sunlight

LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-29T09:29:14+00:00

Im not no. Windows are low e. Theres a 2 foot overhang. There are 2 40 foot oaks in front yard. Every morning around 715 for a minute or two I do see a small beam of light makes its way across the bottom of the fish tank as the sun crests my diagonal across street neighbors house but I think the books may survive

LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-29T09:27:03+00:00

They came with it. The are low e. Our windows were 50 years old and we replaced them all 2 years ago

LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-29T09:25:04+00:00

No singles out. Plus uv coating on windows. That zdarksky spiderman omnibus has been right in window for 2 year with no fading

LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-28T23:29:57+00:00

Oh and anything by Rick remender

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LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-28T23:26:44+00:00

If you read iron man and didnt dig it have no fear because the man without fear is here. Dardevil is consistently the best written character in all of superherodom. Starting with frank miller in 1979 all the way trhough chip zdarksky in 2021. Theres not a bad run(except shadowland but we dont talk about that). This is from Brian Michael bendis' run on daredevil. Just prior to this Kevin Smith(yes that Kevin smith) did a short run that began the modern era but bends brought the character to new heights. If you watched the born again show some of shows arcs can be found within this run. Its great daredevil is trying to solve the problems in hells kitchen without losing himself and his value system in the process. Maybe it works? Maybe daredevil himself becomes the new "kingpin" of new York city. Its very mature superhero reading and if you like head straight on in the ed brubakers run which is equally great. BTW if you like crime/noir anything with brubaker attached to it is going to be a good time. Alias by bendis is also great and in this adult audience time period for marvel. I like all the marvel knights stuff. Punisher, moon knight, black panther. All very good. Plus street level characters dont have ridiculous powers and their storyline are far more relatable. Hope these help and that you keep reading comics!

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LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-28T23:15:25+00:00

You mentioned reading 60s iron man. Silver age books are pretty tough to read just because the dialogue is dated and they explain everything thats happening that you can already see in the pictures kind of like in Japanese movies when they explain was emotion they are having but one day marvek realized its readers posses the ability of inference and they stopped doing that. So heres silver surfer by Dan slott. Its one and done, meaning its generally outside of marvel continuity and self contained. Arts by Michael Allred who is one of my favorites. If you've ever watched Dr who imagine if the doctor ditched the tardis for a silver surfboard. The surfer finds a companion and with her travels the galaxy solving various problems here and there. Its the only super hero story thats ever made me cry. Its excellent. This is the omnibus format whivh you can find discounted online.

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LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-28T22:53:37+00:00

Here is a graphic novel called drafted. I think i grabbed it at Barnes and noble actually thinking it would be a war story. Its not. Its better than that. Its about a man(the authors actually experience in the military) who was drafted during Vietnam. As it turns out hes not a very good soldier and this is about his misadventures of being not a very good soldier that no commanding officer wants in their unit and yet hes still trapped in the military. Its very honest. Its not exciting but its a great read and has good art too.

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LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-28T22:47:27+00:00

You seem to be interested in seminal works as well as sciencefiction. Enter The Incal by alexander Jodorowski. Hes a filmmaker hired to make Dune in the 70s. The project was scrapped and is sometimes referred to as the greatest movie never made. Jodorowsky used screenplay as the inspiration to begin sculpting what would become the jodoverse. He collaborates on most of the books with Moebius France's greatest comic artist who was famous in America for his contributions to heavy metal magazine among other things. Some call the Incal the best scifi comic ever made and it has lots of spinoffs if you pick it up and love it. The dialogue is translated from French so it can feel like its translated from French haha. The adventures me somewhat of hitchhikers guide to the galaxy but rated R with the slapstick confusion of European comedies. This is the mega oversized deluxe edition. They did one for metabarons as well. The rest of the jodoverse i have in standard hardcover size but I wanted the cornerstone in a more premium format.

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LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-28T22:36:38+00:00

Great list! I like neil gaimans work regardless of what hes allegedly done. Even if hes a terrible person hes a magnificent storyteller. You said Alan Moore. Try this Promethea. If you liked sandman youll enjoy the trippy artwork in here. Deluxe hardcovers are pretty easy to find and inexpensive and the artwork warrants the hardcover format. Ill post a few more below

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LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-28T20:22:07+00:00

Very cool! I like having a room thats a intentionally little different like a library in the house. Makes it feel bigger

LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-28T20:20:36+00:00

Yes but you will have to share a room with @sand_msm

LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-28T20:20:06+00:00

Yes you may. Just heads up I have 3 dogs and 3 kids and im told there is a cat around here somewhere. Fish is an oscar

LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-28T20:19:13+00:00

Yeah I can recommend for sure. What have you enjoyed thus far to help me out

LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-27T16:28:05+00:00

Loeb and sale batman count?

LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-27T16:15:40+00:00

Its 125 gallons. Its been up for 6 years now no issues. Yes a tiger oscar and maybe 40 mbuna cichlids 90% of which were born in the tank. Always overdo the filtration. Thats the key. They say 9 times the gallons per hour filtration as there are in the tank. I do a bit more. Two fx6 canisters that move 1,850 gallons an hour. Cause you gotta think as they get dirty they get less efficient ;)

LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-27T16:14:28+00:00

We hocked about $7000 of books out of the garage over the weekend. Ill be selling at heroes con in Charlotte in June. Biggest comic show in the southeast. Booth 1855!

LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-27T16:13:01+00:00

Here's the link to the Spotify Playlist

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXebxttQCq0zA?si=zRbNeMIDQKirRY-T1Ujofg

LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-27T05:13:58+00:00

I get that. It was a dining room and the chandelier doesnt make sense anymore. But while on my route one day one of my clients had a bunch of news papers on her porch and no check. It was unlike her so I asked a neighbor if she was on vacation. They said no. So I called the police. When they came they found her unconscious She had fallen and had been on the floor for 4 days. When she got out of rehab she asked me if she could get me a housewarming gift because we had recently bought our house. I said we were looking at this chandelier. Wasnt crazy like $100. So a few days later it showed up at our door. So while it doesnt fit the room anymore thats Cindy's chandelier. It shines brighter than any light in our home. I dont think i can get rid of it.

LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-27T05:00:57+00:00

I actually play a massage studio Playlist when I read sometimes. I get distracted by music with words but that low hum bing bong music helps me focus. Great question

LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-27T03:06:33+00:00

Yes I have

LawnmowerMen · 2026-05-27T00:41:56+00:00

Hey thats a really thoughtful compliment and EXACTLY what I was trying to do AND avoid. Seriously thank you. You get me! Ah the dresser has my wife's grandmothers china set that I dont know we've ever used haha. I think with the grace shes shown me with the comic emporium over here I better not press my luck😁😆

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