Okay, Let me start over. I have to start over. I know that seems like an odd way to 'start' a post, but I have to do just that. See, originally, about 3 minutes ago, I wrote this -
Man, I don't know, Jiimy. If you got all the way to issue #8 and you were not in love, I don't think you ever will be. Yes, I didn't even change my misspelling of your name, I just left it the way I had wrote it. I honestly felt that way. I mean you got 8 issues in and it didn't make it to your top 6? That sir is bullshit. Well, that is what my originally post/intent was, but when I wrote that sentence and opening, I stopped, went to my shelf and opened my HC to issues 7 and 8 and scanned them to refresh my memory.
Yep, I can see this title not being in your top 6 if you only got that far. I can honestly get it. It would still land in mine, but probably just barely, so I certainly understand it not making yours.
However, I quickly scanned back through issue 9 and 10 and 11 and suddenly my love for this title just blossomed all over again. Remembering how strong this book became during these issues. How much impact it had once issue 12 rolled around. I hate to say you just barely missed the turning point, but I honestly feel that you did. Not your mistake, obviously, as like I said if I had stopped about the same time you did I would have come close to dropping it myself. But Jimmy, I will not put forth a challenge, as there may be a chance this title will just never hit for you and that's cool, but if I can just convince you to somehow re-read those first 8 issues and then ... somehow ... read the next 3 or 4, I honestly believe you will be shocked at the change you feel.
I knew at issue #2 I wanted to have this on my book shelf for the pure sci-fi/fantasy aspect alone. After I had it in my hands I knew by issue 4 that this damn title is weird as shit. Plain and simple. I believed by issue 6 or so that it was maybe a little too ... off the norm ... for me. And then, by issue 9 something happened. It wasn't the sea-horse agent that the bounty hunters union used, it wasn't more events that I can't name, but something happened where this book hit me like a ton of bricks. THUD. Holy hell this is a great title.
You start to get really close to the characters, yes, strange and perhaps bad that it takes this long, but you do. And not just the 'main' characters, but all of them. Lying Cat? Went from "ha, that's cool" to me caring about the damn thing and I hate cats.

The ghost? Love her!!! The parents ... fantastic!!
Anyway, while at first I didn't understand your reasoning for stopping at issue 8, I do now remember and understand. I just really do wish there was a way for you to get issues 9-11 or 12, re-read the entire 12 and see what you think after that.
I do not however want you spending any money on those other issues because if you did and you still didn't like it, I would feel really bad.
"I told you I didn't like it, Perry. Damn you!!"

(And please know that I understand you never said you didn't like it, but that is just didn't make your cut down list. I am just thinking it probably would have if you just had to cut down a month or two later than you did

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