Finally beat my pull list backlog after 4 months of letting it pile up

So I had this stack (like 27 issues) sitting on my nightstand since March. I kept saying I'd get to them, but work and life got in the way, you know? Then last weekend I committed to reading 5 issues a day, which felt manageable. I made it through by Tuesday night (with some coffee breaks, obviously). Now my nightstand is clear and I actually remembered why I loved these characters in the first place. Has anyone else ever let their pull list get that out of control, or was it just me?

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oscarb711mo ago

Honestly, 27 issues in 4 months is pretty tame tbh. I had a stack of like 45 books from the DC Rebirth era that sat untouched for over a year. The guilt was real every time I looked at them. But once I actually sat down and read them, I remembered why I loved comics so much. It's like binge watching a show you forgot you were into. The hardest part is just starting.

joelp811mo ago

Ngl I still haven't finished that Tom King Mister Miracle run from three years ago.

paule5317d agoTop Commenter

Me too, @joelp81. What finally got me through that run was treating each issue like a commercial break. I'd read one, then put it down and watch ten minutes of something dumb on YouTube before the next one. Made the whole thing feel less like homework and more like a reward. The art in that series deserved to be looked at, not rushed through. By breaking it into those tiny chunks it took me two weeks but I actually remembered what happened.