GoldenGuardian

It is with an extremely heavy heart that I write this post. The tragic and unexpected loss of Raphael Loh has left both his friends and family heartbroken and deeply sadden. For those of you whom don't know me, my name is Ben Judkiewicz and I considered Raph to be among my closest friends. Just over ten years ago I had began my journey into comic book collecting. I was introduced to Raph while attending my very first comic-con. A mutual friend of ours saw me at the show and told me "I've got someone you've got to meet!' And just like that I met Raph and was introduced to the real world of comic-book collecting. Without a second thought Raph took me under his wing, introduced me to "windowed bags", "CGC", "SS" and to these very boards. Over the course of the next couple of years, Raph and I traveled to countless comic-cons together, hunted for our grails, stood in lines for hours at a time and our friendship grew and grew. Without Raph, I would never have known how rich and diverse the comic book world truly was and would never have been exposed to the many opportunities that I was privileged enough to take part in. Nor would I have met any of the other incredible people from this comic community. Thank you all for your kinds words and generosity in this tragic time. I will end my post with this picture. When my girlfriend saw it, she said "how come you didn't smile?" and I said "Because Raph always smiles big enough for the both of us"

1+ Very nicely done (thumbs u

I'm pretty sure that's what some of the guys have done to get those book Welcome to the big top

Forget about the sketches, check out all those NES games!

Huge Kudos to The Hero Initiative for putting this book together: Signed by Team Sandman: Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringenberg, and Sam Kieth!

That's quite the way to break the ice. WTTB!

This page is full of epic books. Jealously level rising! Congrats to all the lucky owners!!

Wow Joel! That's a fantastic book. Congrats on what's certainly going to remain a lone top census CGC SS book (thumbs u

Thor# 615 Black & White Variant - Signed by Matt Fraction Spawn #200 Finch Sketch Variant - Signed by Todd McFarlane & Signed/Coloured by David Finch Fear Itself #2 Variant - Signed by Matt Fraction, Stuart Immonen & Steve McNiven

Amazing Spider-Man #546 Sketch Variant - Signed by Steve McNiven [Front] Amazing Spider-Man #546 Sketch Variant - Sketched by Steve McNiven [back]

Congrats on getting one of your grails!

Congrats on those fantastic books!

The coloring on this one steals the show!

Figured these would go nice together:

A Mico opp?? Mike...stop...please...my poor wallet That sketch is hot fire, brother!