Beauty signature on that Foom!

On 5/17/2023 at 12:12 PM, Dr. Balls said:

Foom

Turned out really nice. I was shocked it came back that high, but not complaining!

On 5/17/2023 at 9:13 AM, scburdet said:

Turned out really nice. I was shocked it came back that high, but not complaining!

I met him years and years ago and had him sign that NFAoS #1 because it's such a cool cover. This was when he wouldn't sign unless it was inscribed to a person - which was ok for me. I love seeing the ones where it's just his signature.

On 5/17/2023 at 12:30 PM, Dr. Balls said:

inscribed to a person

That explains a lot of the signed fanzines and other outside the mainstream books I see for sale. I've been scrounging around for something that everyone doesn't get him to sign for an upcoming opportunity. So far, I have a Spyman #1, but a lot of the rest I can find don't look like great options (dirty or have a significant/noticeable defect).

On 5/17/2023 at 11:25 AM, scburdet said:

That explains a lot of the signed fanzines and other outside the mainstream books I see for sale. I've been scrounging around for something that everyone doesn't get him to sign for an upcoming opportunity. So far, I have a Spyman #1, but a lot of the rest I can find don't look like great options (dirty or have a significant/noticeable defect).

At the time (2009) he said he has to put a name because he was tired of seeing his signatures turned around and sold on EBay. Which, I understand, because he signed my book for $5, and if I recall, I’d you bought something, he’d sign for free (I bought a couple calendar prints). Pretty inexpensive to get a significant autograph by a big time artist.

I don’t know when the CGC SS program started, but I’m assuming that he gets compensated decently to sign SS books with no name inscription.

On 5/17/2023 at 3:17 PM, Dr. Balls said:

$5

my back of the envelope calculation is that creators typically get $20-40/signature for CGC SSs. Up to $60-70 for the biggest names. I've got no problem putting $$$ in creator pockets, especially some of the older ones who I don't think were compensated appropriately for their IP that made, and often continues to make, the publishers profit, I can certainly see a creator taking issue with signing for $5 so someone can sell their comic for significantly more than it would have unsigned.