Comments on: Blogger baffles self http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:33:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Brian Spence http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31193 Brian Spence Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:46:19 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31193 Could it be a ranking system for the first number, and if you put a 1 or 2 as the second number, that meant you either read that comic an extra one or two times or you obtained an extra copy or two? I'm pretty sure you were connected to the comic world even at a young age, so maybe extra copies were something you'd have run across. Man, this is a cool mystery. I mean, you have to take into account that Young BEAT made some mistakes. Why do you have check marks in most of the annual column, but a few Xs are thrown in there? I see a "79" up in the top left corner. So should we assume this was from 1979? January's Iron Man was issue #124. http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=33525 I don't know about Jamie's theory, why would 51 be for the end of the month?? Also, if you look at a calendar, there's no way those would be days of the month, or what number week of the year it'd be. I'm stumped. You have to provide an update Heidi! Could it be a ranking system for the first number, and if you put a 1 or 2 as the second number, that meant you either read that comic an extra one or two times or you obtained an extra copy or two? I’m pretty sure you were connected to the comic world even at a young age, so maybe extra copies were something you’d have run across.

Man, this is a cool mystery. I mean, you have to take into account that Young BEAT made some mistakes. Why do you have check marks in most of the annual column, but a few Xs are thrown in there?

I see a “79″ up in the top left corner. So should we assume this was from 1979? January’s Iron Man was issue #124. http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=33525

I don’t know about Jamie’s theory, why would 51 be for the end of the month?? Also, if you look at a calendar, there’s no way those would be days of the month, or what number week of the year it’d be.

I’m stumped. You have to provide an update Heidi!

]]> By: Jamie Coville http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31192 Jamie Coville Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:05:34 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31192 I think I figured it out. Here is what I see. At the top you start in the middle of the year. J(uly), A(ugust), S(eptember), O(ctober), D(ecember), J(anuary), F(ebuary), M(arch), A(pril), M(ay), J(une) and yes A is likely Annual, which typically came out in the summer. The numbers I'm think represent which week of the month they came out. the 15, 16, 61, 51 etc.. might just be a split week where the 30th was on a Tuesday and the 1st on a Wednesday. 15 may mean came out at the start of the month, 51 at the end. Shaded in areas are likely bi-monthly titles. They didn't come out on those months. The checkmarks I'm suspect are issues that you bought but don't know which week it came out. The arrows pointing to the next month where a deadline was missed and it came out the following month. The dashes I guess are issues you didn't buy and don't know which week they came out at. I think I figured it out.

Here is what I see. At the top you start in the middle of the year.

J(uly), A(ugust), S(eptember), O(ctober), D(ecember), J(anuary), F(ebuary), M(arch), A(pril), M(ay), J(une) and yes A is likely Annual, which typically came out in the summer.

The numbers I’m think represent which week of the month they came out. the 15, 16, 61, 51 etc.. might just be a split week where the 30th was on a Tuesday and the 1st on a Wednesday. 15 may mean came out at the start of the month, 51 at the end.

Shaded in areas are likely bi-monthly titles. They didn’t come out on those months.

The checkmarks I’m suspect are issues that you bought but don’t know which week it came out. The arrows pointing to the next month where a deadline was missed and it came out the following month.

The dashes I guess are issues you didn’t buy and don’t know which week they came out at.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31191 Daniel Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:04:56 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31191 Heidi, if you figure this out please let us know. I just spent five minutes staring at that image trying to find a rhyme or reason (Why do some boxes have checkmarks? Why are so many Oct books marked "61"? Why does Iron Man have more double digits than the other books?). Heidi, if you figure this out please let us know. I just spent five minutes staring at that image trying to find a rhyme or reason (Why do some boxes have checkmarks? Why are so many Oct books marked “61″? Why does Iron Man have more double digits than the other books?).

]]> By: Michael http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31190 Michael Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:35:48 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31190 It's not really necessary, in my opinion, to defend the buying choices of your 30-years-younger self from hypothetical accusations of not being indie enough. It’s not really necessary, in my opinion, to defend the buying choices of your 30-years-younger self from hypothetical accusations of not being indie enough.

]]> By: The Beat http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31189 The Beat Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:41:39 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31189 Jonathan: thanks for the kind thoughts; the young, isolated Beat is both far away from and very close to the current one. Anyway, it all turned out all right in the end. Jonathan: thanks for the kind thoughts; the young, isolated Beat is both far away from and very close to the current one. Anyway, it all turned out all right in the end.

]]> By: Brad http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31188 Brad Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:29:30 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31188 I'm thinking either: - a primitive ranking system predating the good folks at the Savage Critic or - a sales/inventory chart predating Marc-Oliver Frisch's efforts much to the dismay of Brian Wood I’m thinking either:
– a primitive ranking system predating the good folks at the Savage Critic
or
– a sales/inventory chart predating Marc-Oliver Frisch’s efforts much to the dismay of Brian Wood

]]> By: DrWorm http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31187 DrWorm Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:19:59 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31187 I noticed that all the numbers are from 1-6. I'm wondering if instead of reading the numbers like 52, it might be a 5 and a 2. Also note that on the two digit numbers one is a 1 or 2, and the other is 4, 5, or 6. I noticed that all the numbers are from 1-6. I’m wondering if instead of reading the numbers like 52, it might be a 5 and a 2. Also note that on the two digit numbers one is a 1 or 2, and the other is 4, 5, or 6.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31186 Jonathan Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:59:00 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31186 Everyone seems to be skipping over what (to me) is the most notable part of this post. That being the adorably heart-breaking comment "since we had no friends at the time!" How morosely cute is that? I'm sitting here, a 26 year old man-child, in a totally quiet office without a peep to be heard, and I actually uttered the sound "awww" outloud. If you hadn't already accepted, and this was 1979 again, then The Beat would definitely get a friend invitation from me. Her comic books, charts, rulers, pencils, paper. I tell you that's a picture so adorable in my head that's maddening. Kinda like when Drew Barrymore tries to eat her steak like a cookie in ET. Everyone seems to be skipping over what (to me) is the most notable part of this post. That being the adorably heart-breaking comment “since we had no friends at the time!” How morosely cute is that? I’m sitting here, a 26 year old man-child, in a totally quiet office without a peep to be heard, and I actually uttered the sound “awww” outloud. If you hadn’t already accepted, and this was 1979 again, then The Beat would definitely get a friend invitation from me. Her comic books, charts, rulers, pencils, paper. I tell you that’s a picture so adorable in my head that’s maddening. Kinda like when Drew Barrymore tries to eat her steak like a cookie in ET.

]]> By: Cary Coatney http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31185 Cary Coatney Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:24:28 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31185 On Tomb of Dracula - maybe you made a mistake and realized that the book was shipping b-monthly instead of monthly? What about the number 41 you have for Master of Kung Fu, Conan, Fantastic Four and What If? What is the relation correlated between those titles? Yeah, I was going through storage a few months ago and I came across a box of some magazines I had poetry published in when I was 19 or 20. I must have been out of my mind in those days. ~ Coat On Tomb of Dracula – maybe you made a mistake and realized that the book was shipping b-monthly instead of monthly?

What about the number 41 you have for Master of Kung Fu, Conan, Fantastic Four and What If? What is the relation correlated between those titles?

Yeah, I was going through storage a few months ago and I came across a box of some magazines I had poetry published in when I was 19 or 20.

I must have been out of my mind in those days.

~

Coat

]]> By: DickMcVengeance http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31184 DickMcVengeance Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:07:34 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31184 How many of those are there? I'd guess it could mean how many issues/year each member of the Beat's staff bought of each title. How many of those are there? I’d guess it could mean how many issues/year each member of the Beat’s staff bought of each title.

]]> By: jim d. http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31183 jim d. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:27:48 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31183 You and young Josh Neufeld, peas in a pod with this stuff. http://www.indyworld.com/josh/vagabonds01.html You and young Josh Neufeld, peas in a pod with this stuff.

http://www.indyworld.com/josh/vagabonds01.html

]]> By: Bruce http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31182 Bruce Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:18:18 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31182 Micronauts! FTW! Micronauts! FTW!

]]> By: J. Edgar Hoover http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31181 J. Edgar Hoover Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:15:48 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31181 I like how the months of the year spell "JASON". You must have had a crush. I like how the months of the year spell “JASON”. You must have had a crush.

]]> By: mark coale http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31180 mark coale Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:59:36 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31180 At first glance, I thought that was a baseball scorebook. At first glance, I thought that was a baseball scorebook.

]]> By: brian h. http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31179 brian h. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:41:13 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/01/22/blogger-baffles-self/#comment-31179 have you ever seen 'a beautiful mind?' i haven't actually, but i imagine it went down something like this. have you ever seen ‘a beautiful mind?’ i haven’t actually, but i imagine it went down something like this.

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