Posted January 09, 2015
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There are no comic stores in my city (at least right now, to my knowledge) although every now and then someone opens one for a while. Fortunately, I live like five hours away from the big capital, Mexico City and of course you can get comics there.
In 2002 I took the plunge and bought the first TPB of Transmetropolitan (and Sandman too by the way) and everytime I found myself going there for something I looked for the next part of those series. Sometimes I found them, sometimes they were out of stock. In 2004, I think, I finally managed to complete it.
And it was worth it. Every peso, every trip to the store and every kilo I carried.
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I don't expect to see a Vertigo bundle anytime soon (and I'd love to be wrong) so local store sales or Amazon are probably the best offer.
As soon as I read about the series I checked amazon. It's all there, just over $10/trade paperback collection. Wishlisted.
It's a shame you're 5 hours away from a comic store. And 5 hours away from one of my favorite cities in the world. :) The population density of my neighborhood is higher than any other between SF & Vancouver and we just got our shop not long ago - the first one in the 'hood in decades. However our situation before the opening was much better than yours - there's a shop in the Pike Place Market, about 20 minutes away by foot. I can only hope the one a few blocks from me stays open - once I get a slight handle on the modern scene I'll have to patronize them to show some support.
EDIT: I'm dense, but not so dense as to have never heard of Sandman, btw. ;)
Post edited January 09, 2015 by budejovice