One thing that leaps to mind when I need to defend this heinous practice is that many a time I have tried to get Comic Shop Guys to allow certain titles to build up to 3 or 4 issues before I buy them. They will not do it. They act as though they cannot; as though the concept is harder to understand than quantum mechanics.Even if you explain, on a daily basis, what it is that you want done(and why), they just nod and say "Yeah", while thinking their interest in comics(or lack thereof)is cooler than the dopey customer making daft fucking requests in front of them.
Every time I have tried to let a few issues slip by before buying, I end up with the dreaded number gaps in my collection, something I hate more than mere words can describe To geeks like me, the idea of counting up say 45, 46, 47, 48, then shock horror, what the shitting hell:-50!!!! easily brings out our inner Rain Man, and can result in sitting with a pile of comics on our lap, pounding our poor empty heads with another couple. .Therefore, I have taken to downloading certain titles(American Vampire, Knight and Squire, Batman Beyond, Ultimate Avengers, etc.)and waiting a few months to read them. I done this with Wonder Woman, the new weird re-vamp, alternate wotsit that's been going on and I have to say, if I'd paid for that shit, I would be unhappy about it, and for any one who says the writers are upset about the loss of money through downloading-J Michael Straczynski was so eager to get his, he dropped the the fucking title altogether, halfway through his big whatever the fuck he wass doing with it!
