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It looks like yours got dinged URC. Is it pretty bad?

Not to mention signing 100's of TPBs. I have to say, he and Century Guild are getting a lot of mileage out of his first volume.

It also looks like you dropped it. It was shipped in an envelope... +1 i have a jacked up corner. As do I. I have one of the orange-logo'd editions and I really wish they had put in stiffer backing as the book looks like it was bent in half with banged up corners.

No seriously, how can you tell what is a vintage staple versus a "modern" staple? Metal composition? Manufacturing marks? The way the ends are cut? Coatings? (which sort of begs the even sillier question, are there Bronze or Copper staples?)

How can CGC figure out if a staple is vintage? A tiny date stamp on the wire?

Julio, you are a mensch. Olympian Publishing has got to be a small op because they act like a small operation. QC failed and now their response is lacking. Addendum or errata pages are somewhat acceptable for textbooks, but for a publication where the printing itself is part of the art, taping a page into the book seems (charitably) inelegant. Should it matter to an artist that their pride and joy is so shabbily represented? It is disappointing Olympian is not offering to replace the issues especially in light of the success of the Kickstarter project. $36,000 for them and Jeremy, $1,500 of it paid for by the backers of this edition. It is disappointing because this is their or their printer's problem. Perhaps they don't want to have to go through the pain of having to re-print the issue and then fly Jeremy back out for the sign, remark and stamp. It just seems tragic that Olympian cannot at least make an effort at wanting to do right by Julio, who paid for and negotiated the right to produce these books. Olympian should at least offer to replace the issues as originally intended--stamped, sketched, signed, wholly complete and with the pin-ups.

Sweet stuff, Julio! The inscription sketch looks great. One thing is for sure, Bastian has some pretty nice handwriting for a dude.

It rhymes with Benis. Tennis? Fill in the blank ----- roach Papa Roach!

Frank is a standup seller. Good stuff, thanks.

It rhymes with Benis. Tennis? If it's ADD or not, the result seems to be Sienkiewicz's people skills just aren't his strong suit, where art is. It probably explains why he's nice to some people and not so nice to others as everything hinges on an unspoken understanding that if you pay somebody to do something for you, you expect a good job as well as some level of respect. Again, this is mostly unspoken standards the majority have come to accept. Sienkiewicz's understanding of these standards seem to be different than most in his own mind, it's probably okay to treat people who don't interest him the way he has. It's not an excuse, but a weakness to not be able to "play with others nicely". This is why artists need agents and PR reps.

I like Sienkiewicz's art, but after following this thread, I'm definitely rethinking my priorities. If you treat fans like that, I guess you really don't need fans.

Kudos to joeypost for a boxful of misc stuff/grab bag.

Kudos to johnenock for a whole BOXFUL of Star Wars, well packed. Sweet!