Dr. Balls

On 3/27/2024 at 12:32 PM, ThothAmon said:

Thinking the pastel might be Matt Baker (ignore the signature). 
 

 

Great Norem - was that the one on Ebay? It looks familiar.

On 4/1/2024 at 3:21 PM, Chip Cataldo said:

One of the best shows ever. It's amazing.

Were almost through season 1 and it’s really cool. I had instant faith when I saw Ron Moore involved (BSG is my jam)

On 3/31/2024 at 11:55 AM, comicwiz said:

It seems pretty obvious in this instance, the call was made to Len Wein's widow to tell her Roy Thomas is NOW in on the action from the upcoming movie. 

Not to take anything away from all the guys who made Wolvie successful: but technically, that's their job. Marvel doesn't hire people to sit around picking their nose, and then dish out accolades when they create something amazing - they're hired to draw, write or promote characters and stories that sell comic books in a consistent fashion. There's lots of other parts to the discussion like you are pointing out - and are correct about - it just strikes me as cringy that people start tripping over themselves for creator credit, because one person says something and then the next guy in line has to chime in. It has always come across as sounding cheap and petty. (even though it ain't cheap with all that movie money at stake).

On 3/12/2024 at 2:19 PM, Point Five said:

Yeah, but you left out the part where he said to have a good one!  

 

I already have a good one. I need a longer one.

I've never understood the implied importance of who-created-what. Unless it's on your resume and you're trying to establish a pattern of creativity to get a job, it seems pretty inconsequential. Wolverine was created by a couple people, but without artist emphasis, expertly written dialogue, editorial favoritism and marketing savvy - the greatest character in the world is merely a scrawled set of loose ideas on a page in Foom Magazine. 

On 3/30/2024 at 11:56 AM, ShallowDan said:

I will mention that the occasional bouts of buyer's remorse I've had were things that I picked up due to feeling the need to buy something/anything when I lost out on a piece I was chasing at auction, or when I bought something simply thinking it would be a placeholder until a better example came along. 

Boy, I'm sure glad other people experience this as well. You hit it right on the head there.

I call it "Coyote Ugly Buying".

On 3/29/2024 at 2:16 PM, brownies8701 said:

Lastly, here is my CAF link for anyone that is interested:

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=164661

That is a really nice gallery of Bats pages - wonderful balance, composition, expression - and plenty of action. Love the Spectre #51 page. Nicely done!

On 3/30/2024 at 6:10 AM, Michael Browning said:

I thought it was such a terrible thing for Neal to say that he would provide authentication on the covers being auctioned off -- FOR A CUT OF THE SALE -- that I sold off and traded away every single piece of Neal Adams art I ever owned, covers and all.

On 3/30/2024 at 2:52 PM, Sideshow Bob said:

This left a bad taste in my mouth too, as effectively it became a shakedown. Eventually, I came to understand it (but not justify it) as Neal's way of extracting from the OA market the money he thought he rightfully deserved. 

I'm only really commenting on this, because I've had someone attempt to do something similar to me just two days ago. I really dislike this thought process in people: since Adams couldn't litigate or extract the money he felt he deserved from the people who may or may not have put him in that position, he opted to go after those who don't have the resources, or those who are known (as opposed to the "unknown perpetrators") in an effort to get some semblance of repayment for a slight that is pretty much unrelated to the current party. I feel bad for people who have experienced injustices so deeply that they lash out at unknown fans at the slightest reminder - what a terrible way to have gone through life.

On 3/30/2024 at 9:05 AM, KirbyCollector said:

It is ironic that the company in question (which has representatives on this board, and uses this board to sell its services) chose not to comment all this time. 

I'd guess that they are not going to bother commenting - especially online - because one, people on either side of the debate have made up their mind; two, it justifies the negative conversations others are having and could tie them up into discussions that would ultimately work against their brand, and; three, nothing escalates civil conversation to Mussolini fist-waving balcony rantings like talking with an official representative of the company a person is chastising.

I'm glad the title was changed, I think that was a bit harsh anyways - but I'm also a fan of CLink, so maybe I'm just being biased.

Holy cow is that a mighty fine Miss Fury  - most of the time, all you see are beaters. I don't know if I've seen an 8.0 outside of HA. 

On 3/27/2024 at 10:07 PM, I like pie said:

Ooof. Such a disappointing ending. The acting throughout the entire series was excellent but the writing really fell short on sticking the landing.

Same here. My wife and I - who really loved the show and enjoyed the pacing and mystery of it - felt it was really lackluster. We were also disappointed to learn this was going to be an ongoing series. I was under the impression this was a story to be wrapped up by the finale, which would have been great. Thinking all this has to be revisted a year or two from now was kind of a waste of my time. We generally don't invest into these "art house" type of shows until they get a few seasons under their belt and are not cancelled.

We did, however, pivot over to For All Mankind, which is good so far, and they've racked up 3 or 4 seasons, so it was time to give that one a go.

 I was actually sad by the time IF2 came to a close - I thought they had finally - after two seasons - gotten to a place that was interesting. I didn't think there'd be a chance in hell in ever seeing Iron Fist again. But, from the sounds of it, there will be a new direction and that brief come-togetherness in the finale will probably not be explored. I guess we'll see - like Chip said above: Marvel really isn't learning much from their missteps.

I think there was another thread regarding Hot Shot awhile ago - I may be mistaken, but this who situation sounds familiar...

On 3/28/2024 at 8:27 AM, cstojano said:

Full reptile brain.

That's so odd - that's the second reference to our reptile brains I've heard today in the past two hours, and before that - I don't think I ever heard that reference. Crazy!

Don't forget to post your CAF link in your sig line - I love checking out other boardies' collections!

I have an HP OfficeJet Pro 7740 that I bought specifically for scanning 11x17 art and reproducing it. The all-in-one works pretty well, quality is excellent when printing to heavier stock and it can print on acetate (for overlays). I did have to get VueScan to have a little more control over my scanning settings (which I prefer). Can't remember the cost, but it was very reasonable.

On 3/27/2024 at 12:50 PM, Lazyboy said:

So it's totally legitimate and not at all suspicious to give out three different email addresses?

I'm just going to second this.

ASM 101 still available.

Conan 24 and ASM 101 sold via PM.

On 3/26/2024 at 8:34 AM, tth2 said:

But anyone who chose to consign to Clink should've been aware of its limitations but decided to consign to them anyways.  So they need to accept the consequences of their decision.

Numbers-wise, I believe HA has more limitations than CLink, which is why I opted for CLink.  I guess we'll see how it shakes out. 

I just finished up a large sales thread and after the first day, people were irate that I did not update the thread quickly as I was posting things for sale. Someone would buy a book, but I'd keep posting - pausing to update about every 20-30 minutes - boardies did not like that. So the next day when I was posting the next batch, when I sold a book, I'd stop what I was doing and update the post to 'Sold'. It adds some time, but there was no grumbling.

Not that this applies to your X-Men listing, but: I also tried to post books in random order (no alphabetical) on the first day to just mix it up. It was not only confusing for the Boardies, it was way more time consuming on my end for being able to sort through and find books that people bought and get them in their pile. Would not recommend that at all.

Let's do one last bump and we'll wrap it up!