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Name: Akbar Abidi

Bio: I just recently got into comics, after having read one issue of Preacher online and ordering all the trades of the series within the hour. I came from a strict family with a heavily academic background, so of course comics were considered sinful and taboo to the utmost degree, and as a child and even into my late teens I had never even touched a single issue. I have since then gone on to explore many of the greats and modern classics (most of which happen to be published by Vertigo), and have developed into a solid DC freak; I think I've got a handle on the entire DC Universe continuity from the start, including all Crises. At this time, I only read my books in trade, aside from collecting a few rare back-issues, and I've also collected every Absolute Edition, with the exception of two books, and I hold the collection very near and dear to my heart and intend for it to be the family legacy that I pass on to my children and their children. Preacher is without a doubt my favorite graphic novel/comic and is up there as one of my favorite books of all time (this is coming from an English major).

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March 14, 2012 6:16 am Daytripper.

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The Comic Book Pirate Interviews, Part I

October 24, 2011 3:54 am Thread's a bit dated but I just wanted to drop a couple pennies. I never read comics. I didn't know shit about comics until about a year ago. I was browsing a torrent site and saw that there was a comic that I could download hidden amongst all the movies and music and shit. I had no idea what it was, I didn't look it up, I just downloaded it. It was called Preacher. Within 12 days, I had on my shelf every trade of Preacher. Then the same thing happened with Y: The Last Man. 100 Bullets. Fables. Transmetropolitan. I would download the entire series, totally pirated, and then purchase the entire comic run because I loved the stories. I was lucky in my selection, because I had nobody to guide me and recommend things, it was before I discovered iFanboy. Then I downloaded Watchmen. Then I did some research and purchased Absolute Watchmen. Then I purchased every other Absolute Edition that exists. It's a habit. Now, the way I read comics, isn't like how most others read comics. I've never been inside a comic store because I don't know of any nearby to where I live. I have in digital form pretty much every major critically acclaimed comic book and series, and I have purchased them all usually from Amazon. Anyway, the point is that piracy didn't destroy the world. It introduced me to comics, and kept me coming back for more. If I couldn't discover new ones online to download, I wouldn't have read past Preacher. Now my shelves are about to crack under the weight of several hundred trade paperbacks and Absolutes. I don't know if everybody else would do the same as I did, but the comic industry was definitely helped (for my small part in it) because of piracy. Every book I have digital, I have in print. There, that's it. Do with me what you will.

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