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Designer Toast

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  1. Anyone looking for a place to stay, I have a line on a studio with kitchen and extra fold out bed in the living room, tv and great rooftop view of the city. About a mile from the convention center, easy walk or Uber/Lyft. This is the place I stay every year but the wife and I will be vacationing out of the country in July. Non-refundable.
  2. Does he have any of the signed and numbered Schomburg prints that were from that convention? I have two of those show books, one signed by Steranko, Royer, Chaykin, and a few others. Also have the signed Schomburg print. What a great find, Dave! Let me know if you find any Dave Cockrum prints or if that FOOM 10 is for sale.
  3. Just wait, there's something else coming down the pipe...
  4. Had a dealer friend of mine get in on a private signing with Stan. During the show the signing was at, my pal sent over two of his guys with all the books and cash, price had previously been agreed upon. Suddenly, Max was asking for additional money per book and wanted it in cash. From my experiences and those of others I implicitly trust, Max is one I would never trust and some of his associations confirm this for me.
  5. Have heard many, many accounts of Max being a con man. Had one experience with Max and he's a complete person_who_is_obnoxiously_self-impressed bag.
  6. Shipping is not included. Usually in a sales thread where the price of the book is, it will state shipped if shipping is included. Shipping usually runs $6 for one to five books. I see you're new to the boards and hope this helps.
  7. AMERICAN GODS 1 Dark Horse Comics ECCC Excsluive NM+ $19 each (5 copies available) *stock photo
  8. MERA: QUEEN OF ATLANTIS 1 ECCC Exclusive Foil cover, poly bagged with board (cannot determine exact grade due to polybag and board, all copies look NM+) $25 each (2 copies available) CLAIMED! *stock photo - this was difficult to photograph even under good light
  9. BATMAN 41 ECCC Exclusive Foil cover, poly bagged with board (cannot determine exact grade due to polybag and board, all copies look NM+) $25 each (5 copies available) CLAIMED! *stock photo - this was difficult to photograph even under good light
  10. Welcome to my Toasty ECCC 2018 sale! Hope you all have been well. This will be a light thread as I'm here hanging out with family and friends this weekend. My usual rules apply. - First, come on in and have some fun. This thread is not a serious affair. - USPS Priority shipping; - No returns; - Payment via PayPal; - First rules all; - I sell to those I want to, so PLers, HOSers, mopes, jerks, button humpers, and general turds are not welcome here - you know who you are. - If you're new to my sales thread, I only attend a few shows each year and have been selling on these boards for the last 10 years.
  11. Saw it this morning and it was good. Very colorful, great visuals and a good opening sequence. It wasn't the first Avengers movie, but what really can be? 8 out of 10 pieces of toast for me.
  12. A local gaming shop with some comics bought it from someone. Luckily they wrote a check and canceled it asap. I saw it, not that convincing to me - but to someone with little experience in comics it could be somewhat convincing. The box with the issue number did not have the month in it but had a 12-cent price on it. Pence copies of the book did not have the month in the issue number box, but US copies did.
  13. No amount of greed in this hobby surprises me anymore or the lengths people will go to make money. In my area I've seen a forged X-Men 1 and two bunk copies of Hulk 181.
  14. I don't get it either. It certainly changes the landscape for any show using 'comic con' or any variation of it now. The thing that likely worked against the SLCC organizers was a series of internal e-mails that popped up during discovery. That and (I believe) the trial was held in San Diego. The verdict is the verdict, and we all know it doesn't mean the jury called it right. Rose City Comic Con and a few others have preempted any legal problems by getting licenses to use the term comic con in their event names prior to the verdict. All other shows not seeking permission will likely take 'comic' out of the event name and just go with 'con', or wait for a cease and desist letter. It'll likely be the big shows getting those notices first. This , is going to cost some shows a good amount of money and hassle with buying new URLs, graphics, banners, printing, business registrations, and the like.
  15. BREAKING Jury Decides For San Diego Comic-Con In Trademark Suit Looks like internal e-mails sent between the SLCC organizers may have been a big part of it. SDCC was asking for $20mil in damages, but only received $20K. Let the re-branding commence.
  16. Wizard World in Portland, Oregon the first year was a really good show. I set up there and crushed it. Did well the following year too. I set up there last January and I was one of 5 comic book dealers. There were more guys selling beef jerky than there were comic book dealers - no joke. A lot of empty booths including one directly behind me. I asked if I could occupy the empty booth to fill up space and was told that would be "a 100% no." This after WW was offering people in the area free booths. When I brought that up I got a line of BS that free space was being offered to their media partners. There were around 20 empty booths, Artist Alley had multiple empty spots, they were handing out the program from the 2016 show, the guests were terrible (Kato Kaelin of OJ infamy was greeting people as they came in), and I could go on. I did very well at that show despite the problems, but nobody else seemed to. That empty booth next to me? People started throwing their garbage in it and I joked with another exhibitor about how many raccoons and rats we'd be seeing rummaging through the trash. I told the management about the garbage and they did nothing. People went on the WW Facebook page and absolutely mess all over the show, going so far as going to the personal Facebook page of the owner to complain. Yet, this coming April, WW is coming back to Portland and they have Jason Momoa as a guest.
  17. I have this book shrink wrapped against a cardboard insert somewhere...
  18. I need to catch up from last season still. Saw an article reporting this season's premiere was the lowest watched in five years, over 40% drop. Maybe a lot of people are downloading, DVRing? I'm a dummy when it comes to the ratings system for television.
  19. Dear Bleeding Cool, Could you possibly put more ads on your horribly designed, outdated website?
  20. Unreal. I cannot imagine being in that situation. Best to you and your family, Eggman.
  21. http://comicbook.com/marvel/2017/08/19/daredevil-season-3-born-again-netflix/
  22. I can't seem to find the poop emoji...