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    current turn around rates at CGC

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    My previous Modern tier batch of 10 books was delivered in March, 49 weekdays past the invoice date.

     

    My current batch is 64 weekdays past the invoice date and has not shipped yet. We are a full 3 weeks past the previous "in hand" date, and growing.

     

    What is accounting for the growing turnaround?

     

    I only ask because i thought i read somewhere on these boards that CGC was hiring more employees to reduce turnaround.

     

    Any insight?

     

    Ironically, hiring more resources can result in longer times in the short-run. Resources are dedicated to hiring and training the new people. Additionally, those new people will not be operating at the same quality/efficiency level as the more experienced workers.

     

    For now, i am blaming Star Wars.

    current turn around rates at CGC

    in Comics General

    Posted

    My previous Modern tier batch of 10 books was delivered in March, 49 weekdays past the invoice date.

     

    My current batch is 64 weekdays past the invoice date and has not shipped yet. We are a full 3 weeks past the previous "in hand" date, and growing.

     

    What is accounting for the growing turnaround?

     

    I only ask because i thought i read somewhere on these boards that CGC was hiring more employees to reduce turnaround.

     

    Any insight?

    Charlton Comics Group Appreciation and Information Thread

    in Comics General

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    About 10 years ago I found several low-grade Charlton early 70's romance comics at a used book store. I bought them under the pretense that I could sell them for more on eBay and "make a little money". Very little in fact, probably just broke even.

     

    But I didn't mind. Even though I don't really have any interest in romance comics the cover art was so cool, the dialog so corny, and there's something about Charlton's in general, I just couldn't leave them sitting there.

     

    Sometimes I just have to rescue a book and give it a proper home.

    Kind of like a mistreated puppy.

    Charlton Comics Group Appreciation and Information Thread

    in Comics General

    Posted · Edited by com1cbook

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    I am not a Charlton expert. I don't know a lot about their history (although I bet it is probably interesting), or even have a lot of their books.

    When I was a kid, every used book store invariably had a small pile of comics and they were almost always beat up Charltons.

    Every antique shop and thrift shop had a small stack of comics sitting on an old table and there were always Charltons in the pile.

    Almost every collection I buy has at least 1 or 2 Charlton. No matter how tattered and torn they are by the time I get to them, they somehow make me smile.

     

    For the most part, Charlton comics are pretty terrible. However I have a growing fondness for the enduring #makecomics passion that they must have had in order to persevere with such obvious drek.

    In a day and age when every collector I know is looking almost exclusively for big "keys", I am always thrilled to get Charlton comics for a quarter.

    Every one I buy gets a new bag and board and a new home in a special box in my collection marked "Other".

    Maybe someday there will be a box marked "Charlton".

     

    This thread will be dedicated to sharing your Charlton comics, stories, expertise and history.

    Please participate with a spirit of brotherhood and mutual respect.

     

    Also, here at the top of the thread I would like to compile a list of famous Charlton alumni. Please mention any that you know in the thread (especially if you can post example of their work) and I will edit this list.

     

    Jim Aparo

    Pat Boyette

    John Byrne

    Steve Ditko

    Richard Giordano

    Joe Staton

    Tom Sutton