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On 4/26/2024 at 6:55 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Was that the label notations thread? It is located in comics general coolest threads thread... Pinned I believe 

Although if that is where you submitted the request, I thought they had updated it since then with notations added. A head scratcher, but usually when they update, they give a reason why request is denied. Did it say?

I know also that CGC mike said the guy was busy last I heard, or I think 🤔 

Yes, posted in that thread.
Just viewed it to pull that snip and saw someone ask Mike about a request from 6 months ago.
Mike basically said that the ONE guy doing the notations is busy.
I'm also holding out hope for a Scott Pilgrim custom label to be announced to coincide with this year's 20th Anniversary.

On 4/23/2024 at 5:28 PM, FloridianDemon said:

Another big one! (1st app of Scott Pilgrim)

Back in December I submitted for both Comics Festival! FCBD books to be updated with the appropriate Scott Pilgrim information from Wikipedia.
UNFORUNATELY, they haven't been...even after 4 months.

On 4/6/2024 at 3:44 PM, The humble Watcher lurking said:

Coming out now that Molly never responded but her boyfriend who was jealous of Ed was  the one that accused Ed. It keeps getting darker. So Molly never went on , but her boyfriend did pretending he was Molly. Hope Piskor family sues. This was cyberbulling at it's finest. 

Is there a link you can site / post?
Tried Google and couldn't find any new info.

As someone who never purchased or read anything from Ed Piskor, but who has experienced depression to the point of needing treatment, I feel sorry he felt so alone in that moment.
Just make sure to check in with your friends and hug your homies.

"The rate for males was 22.8 and 5.7 for females in 2021.
The number of suicides for males in 2022 was 2% higher than the 38,358 deaths in 2021. For females, the 2022 number rose 4% from 9,825 deaths in 2021."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/11/29/2022-suicide-rate-historical-chart-comparison-graphic/71737857007

On 4/1/2024 at 5:20 PM, MatterEaterLad said:

There's a great (and much needed) book called Monsters, by Claire Dederer. It's all about the question of "Can we still love the work of people who were not great humans in real life?" I'm NOT lumping Ed into that category, but his tragic death is so relevant. The summation of Dederer's book is that we love the art of "monsters" and even still love the people themselves because it's love and love is madness and it doesn't always make sense and it's deeply personal. So what one person loves/hates is up to them, not society. We can love our parents even if they beat us as kids, we can love a spouse even if they've strayed, we can love a child even if they've committed a terrible crime. It's not for the mobs to decide. I think if that kind of space/grace were allowed we'd all be better off. Will we get there? Doubtful, but hopefully this tragedy will will move us in that direction. 

RIP Ed.

Thank you for sharing. I preordered the softcover.

early April bump.

On 4/1/2024 at 6:13 PM, Chip Cataldo said:

You don't think this deserves the harshest punishment? It just needs to be "called out?"

First and foremost I want to make this perfectly clear, I am not in any way excusing or condoning the actions he was accused of, but honest question -
What would you consider the harshest punishment a person should receive for something that isn't considered a crime?

On 3/26/2024 at 8:41 PM, GACollectibles said:

Hellboy: The Corpse #1 CGC 9.6 SS $165 Guillermo Del Toro

I'll take it.

As someone who collects signature series books I have my fingers crossed that a unique label color is created to distinguish 'witnessed' v. 'verified' signatures.
My concern with an entire label being yellow is that it would dilute the Signature Series 'brand'.
There's a lot of 'power' in a trusted brand / process.
Part of the the Signature Series 'brand' is the process and the label color.

As suggested in this thread:
Full orange labels for 'verified' signatures.
Yellow labels with an orange stripe for witnessed + 'verified' signatures.
(doing this would begin to eliminate the stigma of green labels, plus cause a wave of new submissions)

Either way I foresee an influx of new submissions as statistically SS resells for more money versus of the other guys.
So get ready for people buying cheap witnessed (and verified) slabs from the other guys and then cracking / pressing / submitting / grading with CGC.

On 3/20/2024 at 7:50 PM, frank4713 said:

I heard back from Official Pix and they acknowledged that they're confused about this as well as they claimed to not put tape or post-its on comics.  You can faintly see the residue right below the signatures so I'm fairly certain that this is one of the exceptions to that rule and someone goofed up.  Either way, they were very professional in their response and are graciously owning up to the situation.  Apparently there might be another Hamill signing later this year, so they said I can send this one back and they'll get another one of the same comic to have him redo for me.  I'm going to keep it in the interim of course because you just never know what happens with scheduling these signings...hopefully there's a (extremely longwinded) happy ending coming out of this after all.  Keeping my fingers crossed they get him again and can make good on this.

Happy to see this resolution.
The presumption regarding the post-its was exactly what I thought as well while reading your post.
Good on Official Pix for saying that they will attempt to right this wrong.

On 3/14/2024 at 8:42 AM, Bosco685 said:

No. But the disc release will be in April for Japan to start the home theater market.

Which means sailing the seas for a 4k copy the same (or the next) day.

On 2/28/2024 at 8:45 AM, CGC Mike said:

Here is what the Marketing Manager told me :

We are working on new labels right now and we hope to announce the new ones in early April. I need to get Marvel's approval on everything, so it takes a bit of time. Our leadership approved the label plan last week so we are moving as fast as we can. 🙂

 I hope to announce the ones that are retiring if not this week, next.

Any word?
Been another couple of weeks of withholding submissions whist waiting to find out about the new labels.

Honest question -
This listing / seller affected you how?

I've posted this elsewhere in another delivery thread, but I have my packages delivered to a relative's house due to my travel / work schedule.
(visit them once a month or so to pick up my various packages)
If no one is home FedEx will usually attempt twice, but on the third time without fail they will sign my name.

Seconded.

February Modern Slow Boat
Received by CGC     2/22
Shipped                     2/28

Four business days for non-fast track!
You have to love pre-"con season" turnaround times.

On 2/7/2024 at 10:03 PM, CGC Mike said:

I received an e-mail from the Marketing manager.  

Regarding the Marvel labels:  The marketing team has been really busy.  You guys should hear some news regarding this in the next week or so.  

The FCBD labels are now available on the OSF. There is no charge for these, and they are available for Universal and Sig. Also, they must be an FCBD book to qualify for the label. If you see someone stating their book isn't showing up, let me know - we pulled the most accurate list we had but we may have missed adding a few in.

Tomorrow will be 3 weeks.
Any way to reach out to them?
I'm holding back submitting stuff just in case custom labels get announced.

I wouldn't do it.

On 2/13/2024 at 4:07 PM, Nexus said:

The Felix Comic Art Podcast is back with a rare new episode! Featuring special guest, The Prince Of All-Media, DAVID CHOE!

Yes, David is famously a big comics fan. But even more relevant to us, he's a big comic ART fan. And a big comic art collector.

Check out a Choe chat like you've never heard before in our latest episode!:

https://www.felixcomicart.com/podcastdetail.asp?pId=65

And then check out our companion ORIGINAL ART SHOW AND TELL video with Dave on our YouTube channel where he shares some favorite pieces from his collection:

As you'll see, the man has great taste! Thanks to Dave for one of the most fun shows we've ever done. And thanks to you all for checking it out...enjoy!

Felix

www.felixcomicart.com

 

Such a great conversation.
An aside, David was SO good in Beef.

Image updated.
They added the Free Comic Book Day custom label at the bottom of all the images.

It's always hard when it comes to movies about a perfect one.
I can point to perfect casting / directing / scripts / scenes / etc...but to combine all of those into one piece of media...is...tough.
'There Will Be Blood' is usually my response.

Is it me or is today's CGC 'news' article just reposting the same labels from last year?
What has been updated?
https://www.cgccomics.com/news/article/7873/