Monster's Lair Comics

I had a great time at the show. I will look forward the next one.

I watched it over the weekend. I didn't read the comics.  I thought it was good.  A bit confusing at times, but still very good. 

Cowtown Comic Con coming up this weekend at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Ft. Worth TX.  Cowtowncomiccon.com  There will be a few facilitators at the show to assist with sig series submissions. 

Guests include:

Elise Baughman

Lindsay Seidel

Scott Innes

Cullen Bunn

Ken R. Salinas

William Russell

Ben Dunn

Peter Smith

Ron Leary Jr

Ariel Diaz

Sabine Rich

Cory Smith

Chad Hardin

Bryn Apprill

Barry Yandell

Spencer Liles

Brianna Roberts

Erica Muse

Dani Chambers

R. Bruce Elliott

Danielle McDonough

Lyn Kelly

Michael Clifton

TB Phillips

Bryan Swann

Mico Suayan

Lauren Gibson

Daniel Scott Jr.

Austin Hays

Jason Turner

Mike Childress

Zach Spivey

Richard Dominguez

Laurie Calcaterra

Lacey Krueger

Chris Perry

Lauren Wright

Fred Keel

Travis B. Hill

Ashley Cassaday

Brandon Hayman

Brandi Gibson

Amanda Stewart

David Patton

Daniel Foster

David Sanchez

Theresa Schlossberg

Shawn Lewis

Paul Brogden

Brian Chuck

Javier Verduzco

Joseph Schiller

Matt Brown

Edward Kraatz

Mostafa Moussa

I'll be at this show to check it out. 

Had a great time at the show!  This is always my favorite show of the convention year. Thank you to Peter for continuing to put this show together. Can't wait for next year. 

Got the website info: 

https://www.texomacomiccon.com/

On 8/24/2023 at 1:55 PM, ChasingKingKirby said:

Why is this a .5?

It's just a combination of defects.  It had a hard life of entertaining children.  I like it as is, it was a Christmas gift from my brother years ago. 

On 8/24/2023 at 11:07 AM, marvelmaniac said:

I am an old guy and before eBay and the internet, surprises is all there was, LCS's, local shows, those key, highly sought after books (not necessarily due to $ value) or those I need a copy to fill a hole books were always a surprise when you made your trip to the LCS. Between 1989 and 2002 I used to travel to the 5-6 LCS's in my area once a month to see what "new treasures" may have arrived. The internet played a big role in folks no longer participating in the "Thrill Of The Hunt" although some still do and some find still find those surprises.

We are in the Age of the "Couch Potato Collector". It's going to be available within 15 minutes via the internet or a few phone calls.  We constantly get calls at the shop "to go look for....". Most of the time it's the hot book of the week/ key collector back issue of the week/ Omnibus/hardcover that just sold for big $$ on ebay. I would love to go back to the days of Comic Shops and Conventions and having to dig.  That's what made the hobby fun. 

New show, part of Cowtown Comic Con out of the Ft. Worth Area.  It will be at Choctaw Casino February 24 & 25 2024.  More info to come. 

With Comiclink, I've settled into an area where my sales are under-performing, and the books I'm bidding on are over-performing.....  

Personal collection.  Has Steve and Bucky on many panels, has Cap and Bucky in costume on back of page. 

Part personal collection, part inventory. The ASM 1 was missing the pin up page and has since sold. The AF15 is just the cover and the spidey pages.  There is no telling what was going through the person's head when they cut that book up......  The AF15 is a keeper until another one walks into the shop. 

Personal collection

On 6/27/2023 at 12:23 PM, gooshball said:

Shipped this morning 6/27.  43 Business days.

That is just plain bad.  Especially seeing that people are getting straight econs back in less than 10 business days. I don't understand how the concept of first in/first out can be that broken with Economy level. I understand that they are working on a volume of books that people probably can't fully imagine, but they've been doing this for 20 years.  They have had 20 years to get a process going and it still seems they have to "reinvent the wheel" every few years.  

received 5/23/23 

shipped 6/27/23

Delivered to my shop the day that Fan expo Denver starts.  I guess I should've sent in regular economy, and I'd have the inventory for the show.  

On 6/26/2023 at 10:34 AM, ADAMANTIUM said:

@The Commissioner or @Monster's Lair Comics

or anyone else?

Has anyone had their books check into CGC from Fan Expo Dallas? I dropped off on Friday June 9th, 1st day of the con, have my receipt email, but it still doesn't show up on my submission page  

but my sig series books go through Agents of slabs. They are not processed yet and added to my invoice list. 

On 6/26/2023 at 10:34 AM, ADAMANTIUM said:

@The Commissioner or @Monster's Lair Comics

or anyone else?

Has anyone had their books check into CGC from Fan Expo Dallas? I dropped off on Friday June 9th, 1st day of the con, have my receipt email, but it still doesn't show up on my submission page  

my books posted today.

On 6/23/2023 at 8:56 AM, Poka said:

here a a fast one 

And regular economy!  Makes ya feel awesome for having fast track economy subs sitting.  First in, first out at it's finest!

On 6/22/2023 at 11:29 AM, gooshball said:

Imagine waiting another month...

Have you called to see what the issue is? What were they able to tell you? Hopefully they have been able to refund the fast track fees at least.

5/23/23 Fast track economy still sitting........

So I called customer service and they seem to still stand behind the excuse that everything is being held up in encapsulation. When I asked why non fast track moderns are averaging under 10 days on a 20 day tat, and FT econs are exceeding tat and they use the same size slab, she couldn't comment.  All I can figure is that they don't have a way to allocate the resources to even out the modern/economy/standard & walkthru use of the encapsulation process (people and machinery).  It's disappointing, but I was still able to get fast track fees refunded. 

Having books dropped off does help get them into the system quicker. But once in the system, they should then go into the First In/First Out process. CGC doesn't always have the best luck in keeping with that system. Some subs lag way behind, while some move through the system very quickly. When we see newer subs getting through grading and shipping a month or three weeks before other older subs, it's hard to understand the process that CGC seems to have...

You can't be upset with @greggy, he's been submitting like this for years.  I'd want to have his luck with getting books back in a timely manner if I was subbing 300-500 books a week.  But it begs the question, that if CGC isn't supposed to know whose books they are grading, how are all the books getting back before a ton of our other books? I understand it's part of the process, but it makes it difficult to feel its impartial. 

On 6/20/2023 at 10:30 AM, PickleRick1216 said:

No fast track. I was surprised too but 

Congrats!  I wish they would follow the first in/first out that they tout so hard.  It's just luck of the draw for what they grab first that day I guess. Makes it hard to try and sub books to sell at shows.  Lately everything is coming back well past TAT. I hope all levels start to speed up and we get normal times again.