Worst of 2006: Collection/Graphic Novel

Usually by the time a trade comes around, you know if it’s worth buying or not. So it’s kind of hard to come up with a worst collection. Looks like its more “collections that annoy us” than anything else. Of course, we can always count on Jean-Claude to actually read the graphic novels none of the rest of us buy and be disappointed with them.

Infinite Crisis Hardcover

“The Infinite Crisis collection. What a rip-off to make people buy it twice to get the proper story. If you’re going to do a story, get it right the first time. That’s like when bands release their greatest hits knowingly leaving off some of their best songs because they know you’ll feel compelled to buy the next version of their greatest hits when it comes out a few years later. Okay it’s not really exactly like that, but both things are irritating.”
-Jim Doom

Cop Out Vol. 1

“No worst, really, but I don’t tend to buy random collections.”
-Doominator

The Runaways Digests

“I want full-sized trades, dammit! I want to see the artwork the way it was originally presented. I don’t want to have to squint to read the balloons. But I’m not going to get what I want because Marvel’s catering to the manga crowd with these things.”
-Fin Fang Doom

Stagger Lee

“I had high hopes for the Image book Stagger Lee, which details the true story behind a famed song that’s seen thousands of incarnations. But writer Derek McCullough never found his stride, so that the narrative gave way to a musical textbook.”
-Jean-Claude Van Doom