wish list for xmas, bday, etc. This page is mostly for my family, but i also use it myself when looking for comics, books, CDs, etc.
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NOTES
- not listed in order of desire
- many of these things may be hard to find in stores; feel free to order online as a gift even if they dont get here in time for the occasion --i certainly wont mind!!
- used stuff is great (esp. since some of these things are out of print!)
EXPENSIVE STUFF
- ergonomic chair for typing (i'll pick one)
- new phone (next gen qwerty unlocked androids should be coming out soon) (let me pick)
- .5-1TB portable hard drive (let me pick)
- capacitative multitouch convertible netbook (let me pick)
MODERATELY EXPENSIVE PHYSICAL STUFF
- up to 3 16GB class 6 SD cards
COMICS
in descending order of preference:
also, lower priority, some others in the Marvel comics moebius collected editions:
- Volume 0 - The Horny Goof
- Volume 1/2 - The Early Moebius (is this published by Marvel or Graphitti?!?)
- #2: http://www.amazon.com/Moebius-2-Arzach-Jean-Giraud/dp/0871352796/ref=pd_sim_b_3
- Schuiten, the tower: http://www.amazon.com/Tower-Stories-Fantastic-Ser/dp/1561630705
- Dolores (if this is in English)
- Brusel (Cities of the Fantastic) (umm.. surely this can be found cheaper than the $100 offered on Amazon?)
- Invisible Frontier: Cities of the Fantastic Volume 1 (I have Volume 2)
- Ghost In The Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface
- Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor
- Any comics by Evan Dahm
- P. Craig Russell books:
- Girl Genius comic books ("softcover collection"; there are #s 1-6) (i've read this already online but i'd like to support the authors by buying one)
- A Miracle of Science, Volume 1 (i've read this already online but i'd like to support the authors by buying one)
- More Moebius that hasn't been translated; you can get some of these from his official site ( http://www.jeangiraudmoebius.fr/Le-site-Officiel-de-Jean-Giraud-Moebius-LIVRES-A ) (note: here are more notes on moebius's list of works)
- Chasseur Deprime (the depressed hunter?) [1] [2]
- Inside Moebius, volumes 1-5 [3] [4]
- Miyazaki Moebius [5] [6]
- 40 days dans le Désert B (in french, 40 jours dans le desert B; why the title is partially English, partially French, I don't know) (40 days in desert B) [7] [8] [9] [10]
- Le Desintegre Reintegre [11] (Les Humanoïdes Associés 1984; "Les oeuvres complètes de Moebius - Tome 5")
- La citadelle du vertige (Major Citadelle?) [12]
- Cortambert (Gir-Moebius Fou et Cavalier) http://www.jeangiraudmoebius.fr/Le-site-Officiel-de-Jean-Giraud-Moebius-LIVRES-B
- Une année pleine d'amour (a year full of love) [13]
- Le petit larousse illustre (Larousse) [14]
- Venise céleste (heavenly venice) (1984), writer & artist [15]
- Starwatcher [16]
- La Citadelle Aveugle (the blind citadel) [17]
- Mystere Montrouge [18]
- Mourir Et Voir Naples (die and see naples?) [19] (is this just one picture?)
- Le sourire de cristal (the smile of the crystal?) (with Dominique Mirambeau) [20]
- Moebius : La mémoire du futur (Fusées) (the memory of the future?) (with Jean Annestay, Jean-François Jousson, Paula Salomon )
- Les Vacances du Major [21]
- Les merveilles de mon univers (Carnet Les merveilles de l'univers) http://www.jeangiraudmoebius.fr/Le-site-Officiel-de-Jean-Giraud-Moebius-LIVRES-B
- More copies of some of my favorite moebius comics (so I can lend out more):
- Volume 3 - The Airtight Garage (I have this but it's so good that I'd like multiple copies)
- Volume 5 - The Gardens of Aedena (I have this but it's so good that I'd like multiple copies)
- Volume 6 - Pharagonesia and Other Strange Stories (I have this but it's so good that I'd like multiple copies)
- Moebius 1: Upon a Star
- Moebius: Fusion
- Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Vol. 1, vol 2, Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Vol. 3 thru Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Vol. 4.
- Judge Dredd: the complete case files 01-03
- the last Lucifer trade paperback
- DMZ trade paperbacks #1 and #2
- Moebius: Is man good? (I'm not sure if I have all the stories in this one or not, i think not)
Comics below this point may be very hard to find.
The following Moebius stories from Heavy Metal, or the Heavy Metal issue containing:
- Moebius - A Tale Of Christmas
- Moebius - Arzak
- Moebius - Ballade
- Moebius - Black Thursday
- Moebius - Emerald Lake
- Moebius - Fildegar
- Moebius - Free Fall
- Moebius - Harzak
- Moebius - Hitman
- Moebius - Ktulu
- Moebius - Mysteries
- Moebius - Paradise Nine
- Moebius - Prince Charming
- Moebius - Split
And other Moebius stories:
- Moebius - Arzach, Made in USA
other comic books by P. Craig Russell:
- 01. The Chimera, 1973
- 02. Dr. Strange Annual #1, 1973-76
- 05. Parsifal, 1976-77
- 06. The Avatar and the Chimera, 1978
- 08. La Somnanbula, 1979
- 11. Isolation and Illusion, 1981
- 12. Elric: While the Gods Laugh, 1981
- 13. Killraven: Last Dreams broken, 1982
- 14. King of the Castle, 1982-83
- 16. The Drinking Song of Earth’s Sorrow, 1984
- 18. Unto this World, 1984
- 20. Eine Heldentraum, 1985
- 21. Pelléas & Mélisande, 1985
- 22. Elric: The Dreaming City (2nd version), 1986
- 23. Salomé, 1986
- 26. Ariane and Bluebeard, 1988
- 27. Human Remains, 1989
- 29. From Beyond, 1994
- 30. The Golden Apples of the Sun, 1992
- 31. The Gift of the Magi, 1990
- 32. A Voyage to the Moon, 1991
- 33. Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: The Selfish Giant, 1992
- 34. Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: The Star Child, 1992
- 36. The Sandman: Ramadan, 1992
- 37. Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: The Young King, 1993
- 38. Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: The Remarkable Rocket, 1993
- 39. X: Devils, 1994
- 42. One Life, Furnished in Early Moorcock, 1996
- 43. Dr. Strange: What is it that disturbs you, Stephen ?, 1996
- 44. Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: The Birthday of the Infanta, 1997
- 45. The Clowns, 1997
- 49. Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: The Devoted Friend, 2004
- 50. In Flanders Field, 2002
- 52. Between Two Worlds, 2002
- 54. Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: Nightingale and the Rose, 2004
- 55. Gone, 2003
- 58. The Godfather’s Code, 2004
- 59. Lucifer #50, 2004
- 61. Conan: The Jewels of Gwahlur, 2005
- pretty much any other comic book by P. Craig Russell, except:
- the Rings of the Nieblung series (i have it)
- the Jungle Book (have it)
- "Star Wars: Crimson Empire, Volume 1" (don't want it)
- "9-11: September 11th, 2001 (Stories to Remember, Volume 1)" (don't want it)
- Isolation and Illusion; collected short stories 1977-1997 (have it)
- night music #1,2 (have it)
- some Elrics
- starreach 8-12,14-15 (starreach isn't all P. Craig Russell, but he is in some of them; these are the ones i already have)
- imagine #3
- the magic flute (i have all of them)
- murder mysteries
- the dream hunters
- (this is here so that i can remove them from the above list someday)
- scarlet letter
- killraven
- death in venice
- coraline (note: a complete list of P. Craig Russell stuff can be found at http://www.pcraigrussell.net/opus-list )
- Moebius: The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius.
SCIFI BOOKS
- Books by Charlie Stross, except for Accelerando, Glasshouse, Singularity Sky, Iron Sunrise, and the Atrocity Archives, all of which i already own/have read
- A fiction book by Jeff Noon (I've already read Vurt, which was awesome by the way, and I already have nymphomation)
DVDs
Art books
- books with paintings by Gil Bruvel
CDs
And of course, Black Sabbath tributes:
GAMES
MISC
- about $15-50 for me to use on my website and domain name registrations (pls just give me an IOU rather than a gift certificate b/c i already have accounts with a web provider and a domain name registrar)
- i spend over $60/year on this stuff
- some money for me to spend at the Container Store
HARD TO FIND?