bronze_rules

Coming from a comic background, kang is no thanos. Hearing them talk about him as the big, big bad is going to be a lot to deliver (and I watched the loki version) over the comic version. That being said ms. marvel was no phoenix either, until the movie rendition came out. 

On 1/8/2023 at 6:39 PM, alexgross.com said:

this is an old cabinet card photo circa 1880s that i painted over and transformed into a white walker. at left is the before image. 

I find this really interesting because the eyeballs are almost identical, yet the gaze is completely different.

The more I study eyeball renditions, the more I learn that even the most trivial difference can make a huge impact.

Gil kane used to put theses heavy black dots as eyeballs, and I could almost tell if it was gil or not from that small feature alone (not to mention the nostrils).

Don’t forget Trs80, affectionately known as trash 80

https://comicbookinvest.com/2019/06/13/homage/

Heads up kindle/ marvel masterworks sale .99/1.99 per title. Outstanding deal.

https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/comics-store/sales?tag=slickdeals09-20&ascsubtag=2c6ddb627d8e11edbf7e264570c22ffb0INT&slot=desktop-atf-7

Here's your chance to pick up most of the entire library for a song. I did it and never regretted.

https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/comics-store/sales?tag=slickdeals09-20&ascsubtag=2c6ddb627d8e11edbf7e264570c22ffb0INT&slot=desktop-atf-7

On 11/2/2022 at 9:54 AM, Qalyar said:

I tried finding earlier books that met your interest here. I sort of hoped that maybe there was a mob accountant on a cover of Crime Does Not Pay or something, but it doesn't seem like that was ever the case. There are a bunch of accountants in miscellaneous early romance books (generally as the "safe, right choice" that the title woman rejects for her foolish enjoyment -- alas!) and a few mob accountants in stories. Lone Ranger 86's first story is about an accountant sent to audit the books of the Circle Bar cattle ranch (the managers are cooking the books, and try to kill him before he arrives). Unfortunately, that didn't make the cover, and the cover they went with is... erm, let's go with "culturally inconvenient" now.

If you're fine with more recent books, my best picks would either be Tick's Big Tax Time Terror (2002), or Taxman (2000, cover A only):

I was thinking same thought about EC in general, or crime titles.

On 11/2/2022 at 8:25 AM, fmaz said:

Well, then I’m nuts.

I’ve taken a look at some large collections and you know in two minutes if it’s all spoon.  I’m not saying he’s going to give the owner a detailed evaluation, but in two hours he can do a quick glance and know if it’s chock-full of major keys or long runs of silver age books, or just boxes upon boxes of copper age nonsense, etc. 

My point EXACTLY the same as yours - this isn’t to be entered into half- assed. So rather than do it on the cheap, or to spend thousands of dollars cataloging books that are worthless, pay a bit of money for someone to just give a quick high-level look and say ‘yeah there’s some value here, it’s worthy of investing some time in cataloging this” or not.

At $1 per book for evaluation (which is a reasonable rate) this owner would be $12k deep into this … you’d think he’d rather spend $500 to get an estimate up front so someone could say they saw real value in this so it would be worthy of going forward.

But maybe that’s just me. Apparently, I’m nuts. 😄

 

Reading the thread, this was my thought as well. I would expect someone with 12k books, to know enough to put the premium ones in a separate area than the less desirable ones. I wonder if anyone runs across a truly random placement of multiple boxes (to be fair I have seen this with an older collector but he still had multiples stacked together and there was enough to get a sense). 

I must be time travelling, because I could swear I read this thread weeks, if not months ago. Esp. the reply from whisp.

Now this is looking good! And I wouldn't say that about the last few Marvel films or trailers. This is giving me feelings of Infinity Gauntlet/GOTG phase.

On 10/4/2022 at 6:33 PM, Cat said:

Here's the exclusive print it comes with, followed by an interior page just to show what the book is like. 

 

Something that blew me away, was that he literally hand constructs 3d models to sketch from. Sometimes several times to get the size right for him. I was aware he used human models but not custom figures. That was always a dream of mine, but no idea how to do it properly.

On 10/4/2022 at 8:56 AM, mytastebud said:

Haven?t heard about the Gallery Edition. Anyone know the details and where to buy?

The reduced price copies (kelly jones) I picked up are here. https://www.ebay.com/str/torpedocomics

still some available. Downside is shipping is 15 per book, but even then the net was lower than main website.

Best reviewer for Artist Editions in general with ample samples is here https://aeindex.org/reviews/batman-kelley-jones-gallery-edition/

On 9/23/2022 at 10:22 PM, lizards2 said:

Alternately, the sad part of this thread is that I can't remember any of the comic books I have read in this life time.  

On a positive note, everything is always so fresh and new!  

I used to think, one day all those hundreds of movies I've watched so many times and memorized will be like new again. Sadly I'm getting there.

This has been discussed on the boards before. One big issue as I see it is lack of examples to learn from. That's where CGC database could shine.

On 9/20/2022 at 2:59 PM, Dave2739 said:

Aw man, I just checked and mine is the messed up version. I wish you guys didn't know so much. I was happier when I had no idea about the misprint.

If it helps any, I paid over double for the messed up version and still have it. I'm not as upset about a few pages here or there that are messed up. I had an Avengers omni, with several pages literally stuck together. I just cut them with a scissors.

Yes, very interesting. Note...According to the 1910 census, Benny Kurtzberg once lived at 136 Suffolk Street.

 http://alphabettenthletter.blogspot.com/2017/08/creator-jack-kirby-in-census-and-army.html

Delancey and Suffolk 1906...

As a complete side note, I thought his son's take on the Black Phone was a pretty novel concept, while still somewhat 'kingish.' Most people don't know he has a son that is an author (also wrote lock and key comic series).

Really hope this comes to Paramount Plus soon.