davidpg

Wondering how long it would take someone to post that

@VintageComics sould I post the famout mic pic?

On 11/2/2023 at 12:20 AM, VintageComics said:

I'd totally have a drink with you even though I'm never wrong. 

I barely wanna have a drink with you!

This is the last bar we ended up in, and that's Roy's dainty hand squeezing a lemon in the bottom left corner.  Spot was called Le Darling, on St. Laurent boulevard here in montreal.  St Laurent is the east/west dividing road that also traditionally seperated the English (west) and the French (east).  This road has existed since tnhe establishment of Montreal and starts south at thje Old Port, so well over 350 years.  And the traditional party and good time street as well

On 10/31/2023 at 7:24 PM, VintageComics said:

Was it one of these?

I really can't remember which exact issue...probably better for me that way

On 11/1/2023 at 4:32 AM, Spawnfreak said:

I was a mechanic for 52 years, and about those English cars?-do you know why the English drink warm beer?-wait for it- because their refrigerators were made by LUCAS!

As I post this from the service department at the second largest Jaguar Land Rover dealer in North America.......

On 10/31/2023 at 4:19 PM, VintageComics said:

I actually did that on purpose. 

I love how glossy and bright the books from that OO collection are. 

True that the gloss on those books I found was amazing.  The Mister Mystery 11 I got from that collection graded out at 6.5...was a killer book!

On 10/31/2023 at 4:10 PM, Senormac said:

Flash glare dead center  

He's a real Annie Leibovitz.

Good God @VintageComics will you finally get a new phone!!!!!!

'veI been here 20 years and still haven't subbed a book

On 10/31/2023 at 1:48 PM, VintageComics said:

Dave loves low grade junk. 

I can't agree but to each their own.

There's a story behind this book. Back in the day when he was younger, Dave wanted to own ONE BOOK from the 1940's.

So he bought this book as a one-off. 

I'll let him share the gem of a book he passed on to pick this one clunker up. 

One book form the 1930s you mean

I was at Roger's Time Machine back in 2008 and only had a bit of money to spend on books that trip.  I grabbed the abobeve Exciting, and took this bok as well.  I actually passed up a pretty good looking issue of a Centaur Detective Eye (can't remember which one).  Looking back, I really did make the wrong choice on that one... 

On 10/30/2023 at 1:37 PM, FlyingDonut said:

Track and Field:

 

Avid arcard player here as well, starting in the early 80s.  We played Track and Field a lot, and guys started using spray paint caps on their fingers to get maximum running speed hitting the two buttons

On 10/23/2023 at 8:52 AM, Randall Dowling said:

I forget every other issue that had them.  But pretty sure I've seen the insert in these others:

• Iron Man 168
• Marvel Tales 149
• X-men 167
• Captain America 279
• Thor 329
• Avengers 229
• Conan 144

Probably other issues, as well.  I don't think these had the insert in every issue printed.  May have been regional or similar to Mark Jewelers?  I don't know.

Let me throw wrench into the works now.  I bought 4 of the books you listed above off the racks (and I still have them!).  I'm up in Canuckistan and thet are all CPVs...and I have NEVER seen any Tattooz inserts in any of those books.  Has there really ever been a confirmed CPV instance of an insert (an OO copy, one that for sure hadn't been married)?

Found a few interesting and rarely seen CPVs on the wekend at my usual honey hole though they were lower grade and proced too high.  I did grab this very nice Alpha Flight 12 though.  Nice as is at a 9.2 easy, would upgrade absolutely if I was into that sort of thing.

Found a couple tough ones in the wild, on a spinner rack in a used bookstore I frequent...

On 9/19/2023 at 8:21 PM, Chaz G. said:

Knew I shoulda kept my Depeche Mode t-shirts.

I kept all the ones I bought over the last 30 years...most are from the 90s and are basically unworn.  I also just gave my 1987 Pink Floyd original concert shirt I had (given to me by my uncle years ago) to a friend of mine that's a girl...she was very happy as she's a huge fan and I can't stand them

On 9/14/2023 at 10:30 AM, Kramerica said:

10. Grant Morrison's X-Men run was terrible and boring.

This run rejuvenated my (since 1982!) interest in the X-Men!  I haven't revisited it in years though...I'll reread that run and see if it holds up.  And I LOVED the art actually.

On 9/13/2023 at 2:11 AM, rexinnih said:

Well, Kirby would be an obvious choice but I did have the honor of meeting him so I'll lean towards two I never did get the chance to meet. 

1. Allen Bellman - found out who he was in 2019 and had great correspondence with him and did a couple of commissions. Wanted to fly to a show he was attending but COVID prevented that

2. Herb Trimpe - Bummed I never had the chance to meet him before he passed

Herb was an incredible gentleman.  I was lucky enough to have had supper with him and his wife and two daughters (and Art Suydam, and Harley Yee of couse) and had a great time talking with them all all evening.  He did a killer Captain Marvel (Shazam) sketch for me that I cherish to this very day.

PS - I also had a great night sitting beside Art, and heading out with him after our supper.  Montreal has a lot of...ionteresting...spots to visit, and so we did ;)

On 9/14/2023 at 8:39 AM, F For Fake said:

Robbins does seem to get a lot of hate, particularly in the original art world, and I think it's exactly what you said: compared to what was going on at the time, his stuff looks a bit out of date. But I still think it looks cool, and it was a perfect fit for the Invaders.

He really did tone down the Schomburg cover for the Invaders Giant Size 1.  Imagine that cover if someone else had worked it?  It would be a classic, huge book.

Hard choice between Ditko and E C Segar.

On 9/1/2023 at 12:22 PM, rlextherobot said:

Oooh, this is a fun one. 

I still have my copy I bought off the stands myself back when it came out

On 9/4/2023 at 5:08 PM, L'Angelo Misterioso said:

Which ones are picking up steam? I own a majority of them and I figured most are worthless ($8-20)

When I grbbed mine many years ago, I think I got a couple lots of 2 or 3 of them for a few dollars each.  I wanted to get more, and I guess that was during the pandemic, and they were asking $20 and up.  Maybe less now since the markey has retracted.

On 9/1/2023 at 12:14 AM, Et-Es-Go said:

Very much so, but these days the Alan Light reprints might actually have that old book smell and feel which makes them "feel" more real.

The Alan White books look amazing and feel good in hand, though they're black and white and the paper isn't newsprint.  I have a number of them and they're getting pricey now.  I'm tempted to get some of these PS artbooks I gotta say.

Went to a local flea market comic shop over the weekend and pulled this thing out of the bins.  Bone white pages, no cover creases and two spine ticks.  This one is pretty!

On 7/31/2023 at 7:33 PM, Microchip said:

Speaking with @davidpg, the thread originator and resident expert on all things Canadian.   They got the newsstand edition for issue #1.    The guys in Marvel management inadvertently broke up the set from a CPV point of view with issue #2 onwards. 

Yep, I indeed purchased the Wolverine MS directly off the rack at my local corner store and the number 1 we had was the 60c version just like our American neighbors.  I was really on top of picking up my books off the racks back then rememberng what was coming out and when...the switch to 75 cents didn't really make an impact on me and I gotta say I didn't really notice.  Then growing up and collecting, I did start to notice the difference in price on the cover while digging up back issues though I didn't have a preference overall.  I did prefer direct editions over newsstand books once I started realizing I had a choice (later on).  I probably have 300 or so CPVs and now hust find them a great reminder of the old days.  I'm still toying with putting together a complete set (any condition...would be quantity over quality) as I have the most expensive ones already (includingmy Blip 1 ;) ).

Very possible 3.5...depending on which day it lands ;)