APAD(ish) #28: Bookshelves

[nonelvis]

You can tell I'm getting desperate for photos now, because I've been reduced to photographing the geekiest bookshelves in the house. (In my defense, it's been pouring outside all day, so I couldn't go shoot what I'd planned to.)

Not like anyone who knows me or columbina needs further proof of this household's geek cred, but here it is anyway:



Included on these shelves:

• a ridiculous number of Marvel and DC comics collections, including an entire shelf of virtually nothing but X-Men books
  
• a ridiculous number of other graphic novels: all the Sandman books, a whole bunch of Kyle Baker, the complete run of Cerebus (I KNOW, I KNOW, Dave Sim is a sexist pig and a monumental asshole, but at some point I do want to see how the story ends), Keith Knight collections, more Dykes to Watch Out For books than I can count ...
  
• just out of camera range, all our Tintin, Lucky Luke, and Asterix books, many in French
  
• ... and of course, the plush 20-sided die.

Comments

[nipernaadi.livejournal.com]

So nice to see you remembering the
50th birthday of Asterix (http://www.asterix.com/birthday/) by posting the picture of where your copies live!

While I would question the statements of some history-minded fans who insist that Asterix was the biggest ally de Gaulle had in his wish to restore the self respect of the Frensh people after the upheavals of nineteen forties and -fifties, I sure have soft spot for them.

And for my youngest son the Asterix comics were the chicken soup for times being sick! For him the connection between being sick, needing solace and Asterix comics was even so strong that, when I asked to borrow his Asterix comics, he became concerned: "Are you sick?"

[nonelvis]

Oh my goodness! I had no idea it was Asterix's birthday the day after I posted this! I love those books so much.