Ken Aldred

I left that one for Kav. He’ll be disappointed.

Molecule Man (I’m being serious for a change)

You must have seen Guardians of the Galaxy 2 ?

Are they really worse than Taserface?

Everyone forgets about Mindworm and The Big Wheel.

It could be Doom, Steve. Relaxing in front of the TV after a hard day of ordering the people of Latveria around and threatening the FF.

They’ll need to get moving with that one, to beat DC with their character, Argh! Yle!, a living, sentient, alien sock with all of the powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes’ socks. The sock equivalent of the Composite Superman.

Hard to believe that Hellcow is still being overlooked.

Still haven’t watched ‘Rubber’.

It’s really impressive, that’s for sure.

Just finished watching it. So much better than the Whedon cut. I wonder what other boardies thought about the Blu-ray sound. On my system, one of the loudest mixes I’ve ever heard. Clear, but in your face.

Couldn't Swamp Thing just keep reforming himself physically, so eventually Superman would just get frustrated, bored, and give up?

Slight spelling error there. Robbins, spelled Eisner. (The old school top 3)

I thought that. Looked good for his age.

He can sound quite blunt, but so can someone like myself, from the north of England, so I find him perfectly okay to talk to. Just an observation about a similarity.

Funny because it's plausible.

Very true, pal. Undeniable.

I haven't bought a physical comic of any kind; back issue, new comic, trade collection, since the last LSCC at London Excel. Judging from reports posted by boardies about the MCM conventions, those still have a way to go to offer something similar to LSCC, but, in any case, I doubt I'll attend another large convention. The dealers appear to have moved onto much more deep-pocketed individuals, and that market is quite unaffordable to me. I find that when I read a digital version of a story I have a nostalgic fondness for, that it often isn't quite as good as I inaccurately 'recalled' it to be, and I can live without a physical copy. There's no longer a need to comply with the demands of an extortionately-priced secondary market. Same thing with new comics. I'd read a trade paperback or hardcover collection and wonder if, in the final analysis, it was worth even the convention-discounted price I'd paid, and ended up, after LSCC, being far happier buying those stories in a much cheaper digital format via Comixology or Humble Bundle. The same type of material I'd look for at cons, but a far wider range. I won't miss the social aspect of conventions. The experience is far too overwhelming, non-stop autistic overload, and I've become increasingly disinterested in returning to that onslaught. Much happier with the calm and detachment of getting my reading material without all of that stress, without even needing to leave the house, something emphasised even more by lockdown. Interesting to experiment with the social experience, but it really doesn't work for me. I would guess that it's not only the back issue market that's been evolving dramatically over the last five years: I have too.

Expected, as it’s all subjective, anyway.

Overall that’s considered by many to be Kirby, but Atoms is a popular top 3 choice. Which isn’t bad.

Always one of my favourite artists. Happy Birthday !

If it’s the one at the Royal National Hotel, near Euston railway station, I haven’t done that since 2004. Hopefully another Brit will be along to offer some up-to-date advice.

Not many, really, but it’s varied since starting collecting in the late 70s. I’ve only known two other collectors from my area. The first I met at the newsstand I went to as a kid, and for a couple of years we’d go to the comic marts in Manchester and the book exchanges and bookshops there. I’d also go to the marts further away in Leeds alone. We lost touch in 1981, and for the remainder of that decade I’d be out on the hunt alone, including the 6 years I spent living in London. The only other dedicated collector pal I had was one I met up with again in the early 90s, and we did the northern marts and the TUC Hall marts in London up until 1995, all through the speculator period. Thereafter, I’d do the events alone. Throughout, 1970s to 2010s, I’d make the weekly trek to the LCS by myself. I never really thought about the situation in isolationist terms, having Aspergers and being extremely comfortable without any extensive social group. Never bothered me. The family never got why I collected comics but weren’t really critical about my obsession. Disinterested, not sarcastic.

Even your hearing? That’s a good comic.

The cover would’ve made more sense if he’d been inside the event horizon of a black hole.