I mentioned having comic book collecting as an eccentric hobby, but I don't know how long that will last.
DC comics is planning on doing this thing after this year's summer crossover, Flashpoint, where there will be changes made along the line to various titles and characters; I'm not sure whether this will be a hard reboot (Crisis on Infinite Earths) or a soft one (Infinite Crisis). All I know is that Birds of Prey is rumored to be one of the books that might be changed and that there is possibility that they may use this opportunity to return Barbara Gordon, currently Oracle, back to being Batgirl, possibly leaving current Batgirl, Stephanie Brown, out in the rain. Heaven only knows what will happen to poor Cassandra Cain. That's my two DC books possibly facing unwelcome tampering.
Over in Marvel, they're cancelling Spider-Girl, leaving the Avengers: Children's Crusade mini as the only title I'll still be getting there. I'm considering maybe getting into the X-23 ongoing but 1.) I missed the first ten issues and don't know when the TPB is planning to be released, 2.) I...have very mixed feelings on Wolverine (though they usually run towards the "enough of the overrated bastard, he doesn't have to be on every superteam" end of the spectrum), so why am I allowing the potential for more Logan in my life, and 3.) I have limited shelf space in my apartment and monthly issues take up more space than graphic novels; heck, I've been considering making the jump to TPBs only...
It's like the universe is telling me, "Find a different eccentric hobby, Diana...this one might be played out at the moment."
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