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Drokking Amazing.

[200-250€]

My spouse has birthday in 3 Weeks and i have to arrange a collective present for her from the party guests. I have 200-250€ in total to invest.
She got a new hobby 6 months ago which is to draw comics on a professional level. (To be more precise: She's learning how to do it and it's foreseeable that she will do it the rest for her life, because she loves it.)
She has bought some utensils until now and we want to support her with more stuff. And because the amount of cash i have for disposal isn't so little, I think we can buy her some nice things. I did some research of what exists on the market and what it's used for, but i still don't have the needed perspective of what she needs. I would be very happy if some of you professional artists can give me some advice on how you would spend the money.

Here are her current utensils (lying on top of a cheap ikea table which has no resistance to any environment influences at all):


+ some books, some rulers and some extra blocks of paper for the copic markers.

She told me yesterday that she really likes the way the spawn comics are drawn and showed me some covers/pictures she likes:
http://geek-news.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/spawn200_cover_liefeld.jpg
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/153/b/9/Spawn_TPB_1_by_TheGregCapullo.jpg

She really likes the copic markers and therefore, i have two ideas for now:

#1: Put together a set of copic markers/sketch markers with different colors, pens for the sketching etc. This is where your advice comes in. Or
#2: Get her this Copic A3 Light Box:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Copic-CMA3-A3-Light-Box/dp/B00317ZIGU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363174865&sr=8-1

So, dear artists, i would be glad if you could give me some advise/ideas of what i should get her.
Plus if some of you guys know of professional artists in here, i would be thankful if you could call their attention to this tread.

Thank you very much in advance 

[Item Name:]

Item Name: Leatherjack
Location: Austria
Price: Another Graphic Novel. See Description.
Description:
Well, i am new to the comic scene but i already have a new second copy of it. Is anyone in for a trade? I will send you the new copy of Leatherjack and you will send me a copy of <WRITE SUGGESTION BELOW>.

[Acquisition]

Well, this is my first post aside the "Welcome to the forums" one. Due to the fact that I'm a Newbie in the "Comic Scene", I would be glad if some of you "long time professionals" could help me.

Acquisition
I live in Austria where Comic Shops are very rare and only available in bigger cities like Vienna (if existent at all). And if there are any, they have the german editions of the comics and sell them overpriced. So i have to rely on online sellers like the 2000AD shop, Amazon UK and Ebay UK. I auctioned some great deals in the last weeks (like a 20 piece Graphic Novel bundle for 52GBP on Ebay or Bec&Kawl for 1 Cent on Amazon), but I am missing a trusted, well-stocked online retailer. I am very happy with the official 2000AD store, but the problem there is, that everything old is missing. On Amazon, the most of the marketplace retailers don't ship to Austria. Ebay is working fine so far, but the shipping costs are rather high there. Royal Airmail costs about 6GBP per graphic novel and therefore it "costs a pretty penny" to send them over. (@native english speakers: Did i use this collocation correctly?) There are some very cool established ebay sellers like "wordery" and "fairandfastltd" who ship for ~80p, but their stock isn't that full anymore. So, my questions are: Where do you buy comics? Can you recommend an online retailer?

Characteristics of "our" Scene
Is it a saleable behaviour to exchange Comics/Graphic Novels for another? I have only concerned myself with the purchase of Graphic Novels, not with trading them. I'm sure that the model Graphic Novel A <-swap-> Graphic Novel B is widespread, but are there also other common "patterns"? Like: I have 100 Progs and i set a price for 1GBP per piece. The other side can choose 15 progs from my collection and i get a Graphic Novel with the equivalent worth of 15GBP. I know that this is a naive and featherbrained question and can be answered with a straight "Well, that's up to you. If you find a Trader who is willing to do that, you can.". But is it a common used trading method?

Different Editions from the same Graphic Novel
I currently own "Fort Neuro", "Eye of the Traitor", "To the Ends of Nu-Earth" and "Re-Gene" from the Classic Rogue Trooper Series. So, as some of your sharp eyes maybe already spotted, I'm missing "The Future of War" Edition. I did some research and found out that there are multiple editions with different ISBN. One is the edition with the ISBN 1904265286, which is the one from the 2000adonline book page. Another one is ISBN 1401205771, which has the publisher tag "DC Comics" on Amazon. And the third has ISBN 1840234814 and "Titan Books". Does it matter which one i am going to buy? Is it also scene-wide accepted as a "Full Classic Rogue Trooper Collection" with another edition (means: with different ISBN) than the one from the 2000AD book page?

The Numbers
Can you please tell me how much Graphic Novels you own? Just out of interest (Graphic Novels only, no progs or comics)

Thank you all very much in advance. More Questions to come (if i have any).

I just joined the forum and want to say "Hoi" (A special derivation of the german "Hallo" in my province). 

I read some of the other "Welcome to the board" threads yesterday evening and I'm impressed by the friendliness of the board users towards new members, as well as the interesting "Why i am here" stories of the newbies.

My nickname (online and in real-life) is "Falke", which derivates from my last name. I was born in 1986 and live in Vorarlberg, which is the most western province of Austria. (In preventive foresight: Austria, NOT Australia. Means: Cows: YES, Kangaroos: NO *grin*). I study Computer Science at an Austrian University and graduated from a school for mechanical enginnering before that.

My 2000AD/Comic story starts last December, the 11.12 (Birthday) to be exactly. I never was into Comics/Graphic Novels my whole life. Not because of my lack of interest, but rather because i hadn't had any contact with the paper form. I have seen tons of comic film adaption out there and play a lot of video games, so one could say i have some kind of "preparatory education" (I believe that's the right term in english). When i heard about the Dredd Movie, i got very excited. The look, action, the R-rated Material, its cinematography and everything about the trailers looked very cool. After seeing the movie on 15.11.2012 i was blown away. I had the urgent feel to do some research about the comics, it's publisher, writers, artists etc. and found 2000AD. A month passed and i hadn't bought a single graphic novel/book. At my birthday, i got a special present from by girlfriend: She grinned and smiled the whole time i tried to unwrap it and whispered something like "I hope this will blow you away." Long story short: She imported a fresh copy of "Judge Dredd: Complete Case Files v. 1" from the UK for me. I read the first book in two evenings and was (again) blown away. I immediately ordered the Complete Case Collections 2-10 from Amazon UK and well, that's how it began. I don't have much Graphic Novels for now, but i can say: I got a new hobby.

Due to the fact that i don't have much stuff for now and i only collect paperback Graphic Novels, i started a chronological list. Maybe our in the future planned kids will read the list and say "Hey look, dads comic history!".

So for now, this is my complete list in chronological order:

Judge Dredd: Complete Case Files: v. 1
Judge Dredd: Complete Case Files: v. 2-10
The Ten Seconders
Leatherjack
Fiends of the Eastern Front
Caballistics Inc: Creepshow
Caballistics Inc: Going Underground
Absalom - Ghosts of London
Bec & Kawl - Bloody Students (for 1 Cent from Amazon, 3 GBP shipping costs)
Strontium Dog -  The Life and Death of Johnny Alpha: The Project

and a Bunch of 20 new (!) 2000AD Graphic Novels from Ebay:
Link to photo: http://www.bilder-upload.eu/show.php?file=c24d58-1362922655.jpg
This bundle cost me 52 GBP in total (incl. shipping), so i got a really good deal there i believe.

So that's it from my side and I'm really happy to be here. I'm pretty sure that we will have some good conversations and maybe it's the start of one or another online friendship for lifetime.

PS: As i could read in some other threads that new users have to be unlocked for all the other threads and the account settings like avatars, i would hereby politlely ask to approve me.