BitterOldMan

The unpainted statue is very cool. I have two of the resin ones, with one unopened. I also purchased one of the bronze statues directly from Bob Chapman of Graphitti Designs. Bob is the official tshirt vendor for SDCC. When I asked Bob, why no more Doc Savage collectibles? Bob sadly replied that they were not selling well.

My thirteenth copy. Package sat for one week after arriving at the local office. Lost out on CGC 9.0 at Heritage. Did not want to pay north of five figures. Got the book thanks to Primetime, truly a knowledgeable board member.

The Wolverine Moviemaker Pro will let you convert 8mm film to digital, but no sound. I have the earlier model that could only convert smaller reels.

Same monster in Jimmy Olsen 43.

Very nice copy. Most valuable book in my collection!

My late father bought me the book in 1966. I was fortunate enough to have Spoon Sprang autograph the splash to Joker’s Millions at WonderCon thirty years ago.

Just picked this beauty up today at my favorite second hand book store, Kayo Books, owned by Maria and Ron. Looks practically new.

You gotta love Isaac Paul Rader covers! Here are three of my favorites. The librarian book is super tough. Only saw one copy in five years.

The character from Underground great artist, Robert Crumb, is the first thing I thought of when I saw the forum name. I cleaned up the naughty bits, but you can find it on google.

Michael, I noticed that you are a big Marilyn Monroe fan. Blitzway has some nice quarter scale statues available including this beautifully Seven Year Itch statue.

Robot Man, You are always thoughtful, generous, and optimistic. Don’t let other’s negativity ever get you down. I retired almost eleven years ago. I would remind my employees that everybody whines and complains, but the truly valuable employees complain much less and are able to figure out how to solve critical issues efficiently, accurately, and quickly. Everybody is nice when things are going well, but the true measure of a person is how they respond when things go badly. Robot Man, you are one of the really good guys!

Just got charged by Amazon. Locked in low price of $153.04, which includes sales tax and free shipping, as soon as I saw the book. Price back up to $200.

Have this GA Batman 3D cover T-shirt from Culture Fly in my size.

Sold at my LCS at $6.99, yet Woodridge had the standard variants at $50 for both covers, no autograph. Artwork looks pretty good. Unfortunately, my LCS could not get any premium variant covers, since he would have to buy more copies than he can sell.

1974 Berkeley Comic Con at the Pauley Ballroom on the UC Berkeley Campus. I bought Four Color 386 (First Uncle Scrooge), Weird Science 9 and 19. I still have the comic books and upgraded copies. Years later, I bought an original art page from Weird Science 19 drawn by the great Wally Wood.

Just received today from John Gunnison.

Looks like my Chinese name, which means healthy. 健

Four copies on amazon starting at $199 plus shipping. Stuart Ng Books has one deluxe special edition at $400. Good luck in your search.

I have never seen him at Berkeley Con and I have attended the vast majority. I have seen A1 Comics, Terry O'Neill, Superworld, Harley, Bunky Brian among others. Bud lives in Grass Valley, which is a 2+ hour drive on a good day.

Bud sells rare books and comic book related material with his long time partner Anne Hutchinson. Bud and Anne usually have a booth with some comic books at the San Francisco Antiquarian Book Print & Paper Fair. Try contacting Anne through the link below. https://www.budsartbooks.com/sister-companies Bud quit selling at SDCC in 2018. https://timesofsandiego.com/business/2018/05/10/comic-con-pioneer-vendor-bud-plant-calls-it-quits-after-48-years/ I went to SDCC last year, but it did not feel the same. Before that I attended in 2014 and the prior 25 years. One year when I went looking for a parking space on preview night and had problems finding one, I knew the face of the convention had changed. I used to be able to drive right into the convention center parking lot several hours before preview night and easily obtain a parking space. Nowadays, the hotel rooms are $375 a night with a $50 per night parking charge, only for hotel guests. I got the hotel room from a vendor buddy, who has early access to nearby hotels. .

Here are the obvious flaws from the low quality picture in black and red circles.

Bud was born in 1952 and was one of the owners of Comics & Comix chain. You can find him at budsartbooks. He used to have a huge double sided booth at SDCC.

Some doofus is buying up all the Tec180s, so I only have eleven copies, including three from bon vivant, Harley Yee. Just got delivered a few minutes ago. Without ringing the doorbell, the FedEx guy shot put the box over our ten foot gate, despite the box being marked fragile. Harley did a great job of packing.

Three of my favorite spiders, Poecilotheria metallica aka Gooty sapphire ornamental, Atrax Robustus aka Sydney Funnelweb from Australia, and my favorite Spider pulp story.

Purchased from Terry’s Comics at 2018 Wizard Chicago. Terry gave us vendor passes to avoid the long lines.