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Nice Drew Johnson cover, his stuff is always nice and and don't know why he doesn't get more artist alley traffic after working on long Wonder Woman run and Supergirl as well. I wish I bought more of his Supergirl pages a couple years ago when he had them still, that was a great artistic run with very clean lines.

I read something similar yesterday where they go on to say lookout for another bunch of copycat shows from the other networks....... Ian *Cross Fingers* they make a "Raise the Dead" show, I have that series in my back issue bin and the Sudyam covers were nice to boot.

I just sold a copy of #871 and #880 first prints raw on eBay and they didn't perform anywhere near to where I thought they would. Both were NM+, and the #880 was the only copy on eBay UK at the time of listing, and it fetched £9.50 (around $14.25) whereas a copy listed as VF/NM ended at £16.00 (around $24) just 12 days before. There's plenty of mileage in that book but I think it will take a while to reach its peak. The #871 did fare slightly better finishing at £11.01 (around $16.50) which seems to be at the higher end at the moment. Again, plenty of mileage in the book but I think this one will peak before #881. In summary I think I should have pressed them and slabbed them as they would have fetched 9.8, and the census isn't exactly bulging with 9.8s of either book at the moment. Kudos on minimizing your return. Couldn't be arsed to sub them. Prior to the "Death of the Family" run, I was selling Detective #880 for barely $10, then when the storyline kicked-off the last remaining copies I had sold for $14-$16. Wish I bought more of the copies that magically appeared at my LCS last month, but the copies weren't NM. I'm still looking for cheap copies of Detective #871-873 but at minimu they're popping up for around $8-$10. I'd like to chime in that Marvel's Children's Crusade mini-series has sold well for me with around x2 to x3 cover price that past few months from my collection. I've also sold off my Infinity Gauntlet/War/Crusade series as well as Thanos on-going from the 90s pretty easily. Good time to clear out stock to de-clutter my collection.

Did Jeff Smith do signings at his booth at SDCC this year, I kept passing by but never saw him there. Missed out last year since his line was long.

Wow, that Goon #1 for $1.00, whatta deal! Oh Colecovision, you and your Time Pilot game drove me crazy with the bland controllers!

That's tight. Glad it arrived.

Dagnabbit, I wish this was posted this weekend. Marat was doing a signing and he had these on his table which I passed on for $30. Argh!

Bejeezus, that is awesome.

That Ms. Marvel Cover and JLA splash page are amazing pieces. Where was Matt Groening signing at during SDCC? I didn't see his name at the Bongo booth for signings unless I missed it.

Sweet, I actually got a stack of the Irredeemable Ant-man series since I thought it was a very funny book picked up cheap in the back-issue bins. Might try and hock it now then to cover my SDCC expenses. I thought the "Powers" tv show is dead in the water? I think there was a pilot or something filmed for it but the networks passed on it.

I love the list of books that are not variants. To be honest, the variants bug the hell out of me, so it's very refreshing to see this list. What's going on in Malibu Sun 13, ASM 441, and Nightwing 4? Amazing Spider-Man 441 is a spidey fan favorite. Carnage + Silver Surfer = awesome! Malibu Sun 13 is the 1st appearance of Spawn which seems to have a ton of fans lately. Nightwing 4 ... no clue. Dagnabbit, I've been staring at 20-30 Malibu Sun 13s at a LCS for the past 2 yrs. that was sitting in the quarter bins. Betcha it's gone now, =-(

Nice, how much was David charging for a sketch like that TMNT?

I was there. Yes he was. Dagnabbit. Don't think I would've made it there anyway with the traffic to L.A. Anyone know his future appearances this year will be at? Paris and San Diego in July are all he has finalized at the moment. Cool, thanks. I bet he'll be mobbed at SDCC so I doubt I'll be able to get sigs/sketch from him there. Hope he is still going to Long Beach Comic Con this year like he did last year *crosses fingers*

I was there. Yes he was. Dagnabbit. Don't think I would've made it there anyway with the traffic to L.A. Anyone know his future appearances this year will be at?

Somehow I missed it, but Kevin Eastman was doing a signing at Meltdown Comics in L.A. yesterday afternoon. Anyone make it there and was he sketching?

Picked up two Clayton Crain sketches when he did a signing at a local store. These were pre-made ink sketches in his recent Crain sketch book. 1. Carnage 2. Ghost Rider (there was another bad ghost rider sketch but another person beat me out on buying it by like 5 mins. )

My LCS had a bunch of Earth 2 #1s still sitting on the shelf the other day. I also make just a few bucks when selling off some issues. Heck, I'm happy if I can sell some comics at-cost since I usually sell portions of my collection to pick up new reader copies.

Cool Next Men #21 pick-up.

Dang, I've been seeing all these Thanos The End and Infinity Abyss in the quarter bins for like the past year.

Dang, those stories on comicart-L were pretty interesting. Most interesting were the comments from comics pros on their own issues with Joe.

Why not choose a down payment amount that homeowners use when hiring contractors, I wouldn't do 50% at all since if its an expensive piece then you'd still be out of a large sum of cash. Maybe continue to increase the payment as the stage of development nears completion (ie. preliminary, pencils, inks, colors, shipped). Here's CA law on down payment for contractors (housing): State law puts a maximum down payment of 10% or $1,000 (whichever is less) before work starts.

Dang it people, all the recent OA art posted in this thread is OFF-DA-HOOK!

Thanks for the info., Hope he sticks around or at least hits up the Long Beach Con later this year still.

Does anyone know if Kevin Eastman confirmed that he and his family are moving to the East Coast (Florida)? I think I read about it on a comic forum. Just wanted to check since he's been pretty good at popping up at local So. Cal cons these last couple years since he lived in L.A. and it'll be disappointing if he no longer gets to appear regularly at the smaller events (ie LBCC).

Hot damn, I to your Swamp Thing sketches.