Underground44

Sorry for the ignorance but I'm not here that often... What's with the Valiant comeback? Is it a movie/tv thing or just nostalgia?

I actually liked it

Dollar signs pure and simple. TV show = good book, No TV show = bad book. Sadly most people think that way around here. it's been a great read all along in my opinion.

Speedmaster is actually a reference to a printing press that I run - Helidelberg Speedmaster 74.... Just sayin'

Lance Armstrong probably ended up growing extra testicles due to all the drugs he was putting in his body. Technically he didn't "win" anything. He's a drug cheat.

Someone should run up to Leifeld and kick him dead in the beehive That's an awesome sigline right there

I found it pretty shocking and pointless when Madder was slitting a childs throat in #1 . It felt like it was shock for shocks sake, Way too much for me and I love horror genres and hard core gore. Just uncalled for in my book. Way too much dialogue also IMO.

you really don't need a spoiler alert on a books premise that came out a long time ago.

Exactly... most comic book readers wouldn't know or care about pressing and wouldn't even know what it involves.

Is it mainstream or just between hardcore collectors?

Why do you think a show is coming? You can't post based on a "feeling". It needs to be more concrete than that.

Yes it is. I haven't seen resurrection, but I think it's funny (and sad) they ripped this from the comic. Resurrection is a great show. One of the best out there and it's not failing. You guys should check it out because it's well worth a look.

No hate. Just people who got plssed off when the TV show wasn't picked up. The quality of the book hasn't changed.

All modern books die - speculator wise anyway, after movie or tv rumours die down. 90% of them never make it. #1 still sells for a decent price though.... considering.

Who's keen on the new Resurrection series starting soon? Very Revival like and it looks like it'll be good.

Because Five Ghosts has already come and gone and won't see any action unless its adapted to another medium. When you constantly are posting how many copies of a book you've sold and for how much you DO come across as a pump and dumper. The word constantly is hyperbole. I went back 25 pages of posts in this thread and I mentioned 3 times how many copies I have sold. Based on the number of posts I have made in this thread, the term constantly does not apply. 3 times too many... No one cares.

........I feel the same way about super heros Yeah... Spider-man, Superman, Batman, Wolverine etc. aren't marketable commodities.... Great comparison

100% correct. If there was a Movie/TV show announcement for bedlam everything would change overnight. This seems to drive prices and interest more than anything these days.

Show cancellation killed secondary market sales pretty quickly. Happens to most books though. Still a great book nonetheless...

I never understand the rush to throw cash away. Sure, if the book/movie is rubbish - take what you can get - RIPD is the best example of that - I'm happy to get $10 tbh. The film stank. However with other Books, It has to be better to wait surely, and let the readership grow? Peter Panzerfaust, Saga and Revival are good examples, $400, $100 and $45 respectively. I'm more than happy to turn a $18 commitment (book + slabbing+ postage) into $45+ any day of the week. I have listed some EoW, but at my price, and if they don't sell, I'm in no rush. People are very canny to snap up these CGC issues for $18 while the glut is on. Next year you would hope after 12 issues, this should be a steady $40 - $50 book all day long. $18 to slab? super duper dealer discount? at non fast track, im at 14.40 plus $5 invoice and around $20 return shipping fedex. im looking at $20 per to break even, not even counting the price of the book. $18 even with return shipping to aus? Depends whether you buy your books from the U.S. and have them directly submitted for you then sent back to Australia - that's the cheapest option. But you still get charged for that. If you get them pressed there's obviously a charge also. I'd have to make at least $28 to break even here in Aus.

I have seen and heard this a hundred times before but for different books. How can you say it's going to be a hit? Holding and accumulating only fuels speculation. Have to agree with this... no offense but it's like a broken record. Do yourself a favour and relax from the speculation.

Received around 10 modern books in excellent condition. Perfectly packed and sent to me here in Australia!

Hands down the best Punisher. (thumbs u Good excuse to post the Evel Knievel book again Hands down the best signed book ever....

Why is Skyward so hot?

Which was the same announcement as last year. Actually, the announcement last year was a potential tv show. The announcement at Image Expo was confirmation the TV show is officially happening. Thankyou - been looking everywhere for that. It's hard to discuss this book for some reason. Is it that some are worried they have over bought, sold too early, have too few - but lets take the $ out of this. TWD - is a world-wide hit. No doubt, and surely no argument from anyone here. PP - I can only assume some haters haven't read it? It's a story 'loosely' based on Peter Pan. The Lost Boys are French resistance fighters - they kill, and get killed. Peter isn't superhuman. He doesn't actually fly. He is just looking for a lost love. The story is told through the eyes of the surviving Wolf Pack, many years later in post-war France. It's a tribute if you will, to the French Resistance in some ways - and as such is a story worth telling. It will appeal to all Europeans who's countries actually underwent that occupation only 70 odd years ago. The WW2 defences still stand in France, England, Holland etc, memorials are everywhere - WW2 is ingrained in the psyche of the European Nations as this happened to them. Of course it has interest. To suggest otherwise is disrespectful of the fallen of all nations. Rememberance day in Europe is huge, just like Gallipoli is to Australia. So, yes, it has relevance to a multitude of people - and the BBC, as said before, do the best period dramas in the world. Peter Pan is still loved by kids all over the world. It still has queues at every Disneyland, the book is still read by millions and is a staple in schools around the world. So it should appeal to young and old There will be a lot of people, who if it is marketed properly, will want to see this. The writing is genius. I am tempted to swap 'boring' for 'not-understood' in a few posts on here. Stick with it. It draws you in very quickly. Now add a comic with only 4814 copies printed (so knock off 1000 as gone forever), and add a thriving readership, add a motion comic starring Wood and Perlman - who have been in hit after hit. The comic will attract publicity from that and a confirmed BBC television series, add the fact that PP will be ongoing further than 25 issues and you have a highly desirable product on your hands. Hate if you want but to label WW2 as 'uninteresting' is quite frankly insulting. I'm invested in this comic and want it to succeed. I have explained why. Perhaps haters could expand their argument for the 'nay' so I and others can understand and not think its just pissy sour grapes because you are not in possession of one. I own 10 copies of #1 (6 of them slabbed), have been reading the series since day 1, and bought the first TPB for my daughter when it came out so she could enjoy it as well - but because I think it's insane to believe this series is going to be bigger than TWD, I'm a hater? :shrug: The motion comic means nothing - I know you want it to be a huge deal, I believe you referred to it as a "volcano" earlier on, but the sad truth is that nobody cares about motion comics. It doesn't matter who directs them, it doesn't matter who voices them, it doesn't matter how "motion-y" they are - they don't pull in non-comic-book people, they don't generate excitement and they're ignored by anyone who isn't already a die-hard fan. The motion comic trailer that came out back in May was linked on a single national website in their Comics section - it didn't even register on the radar of any mainstream media outlet. When Buffy - which is arguably one of the most popular teen TV shows of all time - can't generate any traction whatsoever for their motion comic, what makes you think that an unknown property like PP will succeed in that regard? As for the "confirmed BBC television series", well, I'm still looking for a link to a press release (or anything, really) that actually confirms that the BBC has committed to a full season of PP like you mentioned earlier - even though Wiebe himself said a week ago that no casting or production had happened on the live action show. The only thing I've been able to find, however, is the press release from October of last year. Even in the Image Expo interview you reference above, the "a live-action series in development at the BBC" bit links to that same year-old press release. Care to share the source for your info? Lastly ... Dr. Who is arguably, to your average slightly-nerdy American, the best known of the current BBC TV crop. Series 7 premiered to 1.5 million viewers in September of last year which was the highest ratings in BBC America history. In comparison, TWD delivered 12 million viewers for the season 3 finale. PP may very well end up airing on BBC who, as you so rightly point out, are terrific at historical dramas. It may even end up being a great show, well cast & beautifully produced (and, *spoon*, I hope that does end up being the case - I would love to see this series on TV). But it's never going to rival the TWD phenomenon. Ever. It can't be stressed enough how TWD has been the perfect storm when it comes to value on the secondary market. A critically-acclaimed comic book series that built up a fanatical following over almost a decade. Slow & steady growth in the market which allowed latecomers to get in on the action (and not be priced out immediately due to pre-TV show hype). And a fantastic TV show perfectly timed to coincide with the world's current fascination with zombies. If anyone thinks there's ANY current comic book that's ever going to mirror the ascent of TWD, they're fooling themselves. This is spot on. No one will EVER care about a motion comic.... EVER.