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On 4/4/2018 at 2:40 PM, Lucky Baru said:

Very stoic almost like statues.  I'm digging that cover.

I believe it's the first Russ Heath cover in that series too. 

I miss seeing all the sketches in this space too.  It's fun to see some of the same guys post here though! 

I actually learned a lot through the Signature Series group here and practiced on how to ask artists for sketches in this space.  Now I'm working with Rahsan Ekedal on our own graphic novel titled Soldiers Unknown.  It's going to be published this summer!       It's a story about Native Yurok soldiers in the Meuse-Argonne battle in World War One.  I've shared one of Rahsan's work in progress pages here.  My thanks to all you fellas who I talked with for years here!  You all encouraged me. 

I have my Star Wars Sith jam by the talented Steve Kurth.  The back was just signed by Andy Serkis (Snoke) to go along with Hayden Christensen (Vader).  The front cover has Ray Park (Maul) and Iam McDiarmid (Emperor). 

Its been a while since I've posted.  Here are three Larry Hama sketches I just received.  Cobra Eel, Wild Weasel, and Roadblock! 

Some great recent sketches by the legendary Larry Hama!      I've always thought the original Cobra villains were unique.   Here's the Cobra Eel, Snow Serpent, and Wild Weasel in cockpit! 

Hi fellas, been a while since I posted.  I thought I'd share this sketch of Sgt. Rock here.  It was created by the Emma Kubert, the granddaughter of the late, great Joe Kubert! 

I had this great Wonder Woman sketch by Joe Weems in my collection for years.   Now signed by the awesome Gal Gadot!  The book went from 9.6 to 9.8 too. 

I really like the movie.  I thought that Hamil played this version of Luke really well.  This is a tormented man living in self-exile.  He doesn't want to fight another lightsaber duel ever again.  He carries enormous guilt and self-doubt.  He made a bad decision (Like Ben) and paid for it dearly.  Yet he did what he could at the end to give another generation a chance. 

I'm in the minority but I like Kylo Ren as a character, and am looking forward to what happens next for him.  He had genuine reasons to be conflicted and make wildly different decisions while in battle.  I liked how the director used different types of light on Ren and Rey when they were in Force communication.  The contrast in they way they stood and moved was striking to me.  The use of the color red was different and executed really well throughout the movie.  The beginning space battle was exceptional and I really like the homage to WW2 ball-turret gunners in the Rebel bombers.  

I liked the humor in the movie.  I think the older Star Wars actors must have all agreed to return to their roles with a sense of bemusement anyway.  They seemed to have fun with it all.  

I thought the acting was great throughout the movie.  I agree that Snoke's backstory is important and that should have been delivered, but his demise was awesome and unexpected.  We didn't know anything about the Emperor either when he died onscreen in Return of the Jedi.  

In all, I think the movie will age really well.       

  Congrats!

On 10/23/2017 at 6:00 PM, creaturefan95 said:

  One of my favorite war covers! 

  I hope to get to one of these next year! 

Hello,

I'm refocusing my collection and have listed some great CGC SS 9.8 sketches on Ebay.  Batman by Zeck, Iron Man by Bob Layton, War Machine by Kev Hopgood, Superman and Doomsday by Dan Jurgens, Catwoman and Poison Ivy by Guillem March and more!  I also listed a CGC 9.8 Ultimate Fallout #4 variant cover by Djurdjevic!  Here: 

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1 hour ago, MedicAR said:

And the last is from the great Russ Heath from his recent Silicon Valley Con appearance.  Big thanks to spidermanbeyond for getting this and a couple of others that are still in Sarasota done! 

 

2 hours ago, CheeseFrog said:

CGC 9.4 w G.I. Joe issue #21 - $70

 

 

  Awesome Buffy sig!

I hope to one day attend your show too!  It's on my bucket list. 

1 hour ago, thirdgreenham said:

 it is Kubert, though. Still okay to grab it? 

7 hours ago, BeachBum said:

Helped a boardie pick out this 1:1000 and sub it to CGC on site grading at the show.

 

Wow! 

1 hour ago, Chuck Gower said:

I certainly HEAR that from a lot of people online. But are they people who've been buying the comics in the first place? Or just people who 'don't like the idea'?

Thor has remained one of Marvel's best selling regular titles, throughout Jane Foster's handling of the hammer, and through the first 5 issues, Riri's Iron Man is right behind it. 

If this is all such a failure, why are those two books, two of Marvel's better selling regular titles?

If 'what this hobby needs' are the 'original heroes written like they were before', then why has no one brought up the Avengers .1 series, currently written by Mark Waid and drawn by Barry Kitson, done in retro Marvel style?

A comic that finished outside the Top 100 and was outsold by such top notch talent as Totally Awesome Hulk and Gwenpool. 

I thought it was great!

Come to think of it, why does classic comic book fare like that Avengers series, Batman adventures, Avengers assemble, Spider-man Year one, etc. always get cancelled?

Comics specifically geared toward telling classic stores, with the original characters, aimed at that specific audience?

Because they don't sell. 

But isn't that what everyone is clamoring for?

No. what everyone is 'clamoring' for is the same feeling reading comics they got when they first discovered them. 

And that feeling is never coming back. 

Marvel gears its comic line toward the people they've always geared it towards: The people who want multiple titles a month, who have to get the crossovers and all the event books, etc. 

No matter how small that pool of people gets, they still jump when Marvel has an event or a new #1 or a controversy. 

And that's who Marvel caters to.

The people online who complain about what Marvel's doing but don't buy anything anyway?

Why would they care about them?

Because, beyond the fact they aren't and won't spend any money with Marvel anyway, they're asking for one thing that Marvel will NEVER be able to provide them: The same feeling they got when they first started reading comics. 

That's one thing the 'House of Ideas' CAN'T replicate. 

This is very insightful and I agree! 

On 4/14/2017 at 6:17 AM, bronze johnny said:

Had it for quite some time- managed to finally dig it out for a photo. Need to now did out the "other" Unknown Soldier book, SSWS 151. 

Looking forward to seeing 151 too.  I love the Unknown Soldier. 

    Where did you get that book?  Very cool indeed. 

On 4/5/2017 at 0:46 PM, thirdgreenham said:

Hello! What do we have here???

 

 

Nice!  Where did you find those?  I didn't know they could be graded. 

Star Wars SS, G.I. Joe, Batman SS, Ultimate Spiderman

I will be listing over the next week.  Those listed below on Ebay now.  Lots of Star Wars Signature Series and blue label books, some G.I. Joe sketches, Ultimate Spiderman book, lots of Batman SS books, and other CGC books.  Thanks for looking!   Just listed some SS Knightfall and Knightquest books for Batman fans.

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