FOUND MY SPECIAL INTEREST HOLY GRAIL THIS IS SO UNREAL

When it comes to this comic, you're shit out of luck these days. They aren't (legally) digitally available, have been out of print for almost a decade and are very sought after. If you're lucky, you'll find these TPBs (which are 1 cm thick books that collect 3-5 issues, by the way) listed for 50 euros individually and 30+ if you buy all of them at once. Some of the more sought after issues go for 500 FUCKING DOLLARS. And I am saying dollars because most listings are American, and I am not.

Pirating them is rarely, if ever, condemned among fans, because what first time reader, or any reader for that matter, would be able to spend that kind of money?

So, I was counting on a reprint. One that may be on the table, but won't happen in years, if it ever does.

AND THEN IT HAPPENED. I FOUND IT. Among the mediocrity and trash I usually sift through on the resale websites, I found it. 5 TPBs. Sold in my part of Europe. For 20 euros each. Including the one of them that sometimes goes for 400+ dollars. It was insane. It didn't feel real. I literally started to shake. I just got my special interest holy grail handed to me on a silver platter, and I had to act NOW.

But... it's a lot of money! I COULD just keep reading the PDFs. I could keep refusing to spend money on nice things for myself. It could be wasteful! What if I got scammed! I can afford it, but what if I'm being irresponsible! What if I regret it?

Eventually, after 20 minutes of shaking, indecision and calling up a friend to get some sense into me, I DID IT!

I AM SO UNBELIEVABLY HAPPY. THIS IS UNREAL. I HAVE LITERALLY FANTASIZED ABOUT FINDING THE COMICS LIKE THIS. In every comic store, thrift store, comic collector's house I've been to, every time I sift through the listings. Hoping to find it at all. To even see it with my own two eyes. Dreaming of buying it at a reasonable price. Figuring it would never happen. And now it is mine? IT'S MINE? IT HAPPENED? WHAT