I agree that a collection is a reflection of its owner, but I'm not convinced there's any inherent value or merit in that. Sometimes a collection just reflects a guy that spends all day raging out on X when a company doesn't use his preferred color of Blu-ray case or a new Vecna Funko Pop sells out

But: I’m risking undermining Justin’s original/main point which is that people need to pay for the art they want and that Spotify doesn’t count which I 100% agree with

I agree but I've grown cynical/self-critical over the years re: the argument for physical media as mode of permanent, personal access being terribly divorced from materialism (or consumerism); I own more books/movies than I'll ever have time to revisit, and this just doesn't feel like a virtue to me

*Enters the conversation in Worst Guy You Know mode* Ahhh, but ALL ownership is an illusion! (But really, my house could flood or burn down with all my Blu-rays in it tomorrow, y'know?)

One way to make this easier: the Children of Palomar Library digest includes Julio's Day as well as some vol 2 Mario stuff not reprinted elsewhere -- would recommend it over the CoP and Julio's Day standalones just for that, personally!

Me when I am definitely not already a fascist

I’m “enjoying” Vineland and an ear infection myself currently *doffs Pynchon Malady cap*

He has a convo w/ Bill Hader for a recent A24 Podcast ep and near the end they talk about Clowes for a little bit. They're big fans and also apparently both IRL friends with Dan and Erika

It’s a nice touch how these Concerned Citizens always misgender Cyrus in the process also

As a random reader: I got the opposite impression -- just before the quote it plainly states Adam was "dismayed to see reprint costs deducted from *his* income" but if there were no reprints of Adam's work, as he says, then that seems like an incorrect assertion that's also mis-coloring the quote?

<Stephen Tyler voice> 🎶 Gay guy's got a gun 🎶

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