Chris Partin

Former (and now recovering) comic book addict. Last purchased comic book Dec 27, 2025.

[Chris Partin @ChrisPartin]

With the 3rd collection purge over, I'm able to start picking back up back issues.

I picked up @TopCow's Witchblade #1-12 over the weekend. My original copies were right off the shelf as they were released, but lost to a necessary purge 15+ years ago.

[Chris Partin @ChrisPartin]

@GavHigginbotham Yep. All in bulk. I spent the better part of a year trying to decide how I wanted to sell them - bulk, ebay, whatnot, etc - but I just didn't care at that point. I just wanted them out of the house. LOL

[Chris Partin @ChrisPartin]

Last week I sold close to 6000 comics from my collection. Now I'm down to about 1000 or so. I sold a lot of books I thought I'd never sell, but just never found myself going back and reading them more than the first time.

I'm still working on my Event Comics collection.

[Chris Partin @ChrisPartin]

It's hard to believe we're here. I wish, and I'm sure Liefeld does to, that we got to #100 before now, but here we are. As a Day 1 Image Comics reader and fan I'm celebrating this book. The current issues have been a lot of fun, and I'm looking forward to picking this one up.

[robliefeld @robertliefeld]

The OG Youngblood #100 covers! Todd, Marc, Erik, Jim. Your retailer is ordering these for FOC this weekend.

[Kyle Higgins @KyleDHiggins]

This is why pre-ordering comics matters @ImageComics

[BJ KICKS @BJKICKS]

Crazy deal at PBC. Buy the Invincible Omnibus, get Radiant Black AND Rook Exodus Deluxe editions for free! https://t.co/6STxLpv4XX

[Jimmy Palmiotti @jpalmiotti]

I self publish through my site https://t.co/t0OpPrVT6P. Have been for 25 years. #SelfPublishing

[Chris Partin @ChrisPartin]

@jpalmiotti I was afraid that was the answer. It was a good book.

[Chris Partin @ChrisPartin]

Newly added to my back issue hunting list is the 2012 anthology series Creator Owned Heroes published by @ImageComics. If you haven't checked out this series, I highly recommend it. I owned all of the issues back before a collection purge in 2016 and I think it's time.

[Chris Partin @ChrisPartin]

@ImageComics Popgun Vol.2 because I can't find a copy locally.

[Chris Partin @ChrisPartin]

Picked this Topps Heritage today. Let's see what happens.

[Jimmy Palmiotti @jpalmiotti]

OUT TODAY in a comic shop near you- the Hardcover collection!

[Chris Partin @ChrisPartin]

@CardsCtb

[Chris Partin @ChrisPartin]

@NearMintCon @AbramsComicArts I'm looking forward to this very much!

[Chris Partin @ChrisPartin]

Jimmy can put together a great comic.

[Jimmy Palmiotti @jpalmiotti]

I want people to read my books...collecting all the covers is nice, but in the end, open that book and really take in why comics are great and not just giant trading cards.

[Jimmy Palmiotti @jpalmiotti]

6 DAYS LEFT, FOLKS.

If you have not looked at or backed the campaign, please give it a look. I think comic art fans will go crazy over this one.

PAINKILLER JANE: UNCOVERED by JIMMY PALMIOTTI on @Kickstarter https://t.co/mvDSfp29AH

[Chris Partin @ChrisPartin]

@AaronMeyers That's awesome. I'm pretty sure I was reading all of those books at that time.

[Chris Partin @ChrisPartin]

Check out The House of Lowther: Vol. 3 by K.lynn on @Kickstarter https://t.co/GJX5fy0ear

[Jimmy Palmiotti @jpalmiotti]

My review: A really good start. Very Positive. Thank you for making something with just one cover. lol..

INSIDE: 35 pages of content not including the ads.

Inspired by Wizard magazine and others, it does a lot of what that did, including an Artists teaching section- limited price guide- of CGCbooks- sponsored by CGC- and a bunch of top 10 lists ...and a letters page thats an inside joke to start. I am sure real letters will be flooding in. All of this not a bad thing at all. Like it.

The articles were good, , liking the interviews with creatives- my only note is when interviewing creators- always include all their photos, including the interviewer- give is some faces please. This worked well on comics roundtable. Liked the call back to Rick Veitch and Swamp thing.

I like the short comic pages inside.

Good history of Fanzines...nice way to catch people up. Left out my own Creator Owned heroes series at image that did this - was bummed but over it.

Art School- excellent. Always a plus.

The Our Picks section- let us know who is picking these- Good picks.

MY NOTES: Unpopular opinion maybe, but charge a dollar more and add another 16 pages at least -of content. Yes, it is a good sign me asking for more.
Get some retailers a bit of space here to talk about store trends and again, more photos and maybe add a Convention report to round out the magazine.
If offering art lessons, please devote a page of where people can purchase the products and maybe get them to do some ads. Artists recommending supplies, and tools is another idea as well.

So yes, if you are a comic book fan, go get this asap please and support it.