Balham's Finest

I'd like to know the answer to this too...

Gosh is excellent for unusual stuff. They also have lots of limited edition bookplate editions and prints of recent mainstream things. Agreed they are not the place to go for back issues.

It's pretty funny that you think entering into a normal transaction and paying in full, per the terms, constitutes "making it up to" Rich.

Have you notified him via separate PM that you are nominating him for the PL? I am assuming the 30 day rule is waived here given the seller's insistence that they are not responsible. I might be missing something, but isn't the the 30 days more for instances of books not being sent or payment not being made? Doesn't seem to me to really apply in this case, unless you are saying that Comicshrine is supposed to wait until 30 days has passed without him receiving the refund he has requested.

Seems unlikely to me that Rick would hang an axe on his right hip given that he has no right hand...

The worst thing about this whole story is his use of the word "sheathed". Disgusting.

Off the list for me as well please!

Heist (Ocean's Eleven), detective (Batman) and conspiracy (Transmetropolitan). I think of 100 Bullets too. That or Scalped. I can't imagine anyone who had actually read Scalped describing it as being like Ocean's Eleven or Batman, let alone both! Scalped is detective work, action and conspiracy centered around the president of the Tribal council using funds & resources on things that are on the surface bad (meth houses, drug trade, casinos). With the Batman comparison, I'm not saying Dash is a super hero. He was a detective. With the Ocean's Eleven comparison, I'm not saying Dash robbed Crazy Horse Casino. But he certainly run amuck with meth houses. Well, it's also about native Americans and is funny in places, but I wouldn't compare it to Blazing Saddles...! Nah, I take your point. It's a bit of an odd comparison for me, though.

Heist (Ocean's Eleven), detective (Batman) and conspiracy (Transmetropolitan). I think of 100 Bullets too. That or Scalped. I can't imagine anyone who had actually read Scalped describing it as being like Ocean's Eleven or Batman, let alone both!

Hang on a second. If Chip had proposed a partial refund, and the other party had accepted it, and then the next day the other party said "hang on, I got my maths wrong, I'm not happy any more" would you still think that they should just go back to sending each others' books back? The transaction was a balls-up, that's clear. But it sounds like a resolution was agreed on, and Chip actioned his end. In this particular situation I don't agree that the other party should get out of the new deal just because they're unhappy and it's somehow "neater" to revert to the start position.

Assuming this is accurate, then it looks to me as though the deal is completed. Unless it's a really obviously egregious error (like $100 instead of $10 for a book) then "messing up your maths" doesn't get you out of a deal in my opinion.

Awesome.

I don't get it either. Why the rush? Just get the books in hand and then list them for sale. I would think in a number of cases the rush is that people want to get to potential buyers first. Either because they think there is not an enormous amount of demand out there, or they are worried that if they don't act fast supply will grow and prices will drop.

Who says it doesn't need more hype? You? For all you know, BKV has ambitions to ultimately make it the #1 selling comic in the market. Maybe he wants to earn twice as much money out of it. Maybe he wants to increase popularity as much as he can in advance of ultimately putting out a TV series or film? I'd be very interested to know what you think the magic number of readers is beyond which a creator should stop trying to increase the popularity of their book. Do you read Saga and the letters section? If so, I would be very interested to know if you do. BKV himself said in the letters section that he agrees with the his readers that Saga does not need anymore variants and we can expect no variants in the foreseeable future. BTW Kirkman suggested that 25 variant covers for issue #25. Also, traditionally BKV is not known for cash grabs when it comes to variants. At least with his own created properties. Y the Last Man, Ex Machina, Saga. Very little variant covers if any. I don't doubt he wants Saga to be the best selling comic book property. What writer or artist doesn't want that? I think BKV is approaching things the right way . He can go the Nowhere Men route and just whore variant covers. I'm sure that ended pretty well for Stephenson. In the letters section he has also gone record saying he is totally fine with Saga not being made into a movie or TV show . I don't read the letters section as I read the book in trade, so thanks for posting that. Two things: first, I wasn't talking exclusively about variants, rather about your contention that the book doesn't need more hype. There are a number of reasons why a creator might feel that it does, as I mentioned before. You're also assuming that the only reason a creator would want to do variants is for hype/sale reasons - not necessarily the case. It looks from BKV's response that at least part of the reason was that he likes seeing other versions of the characters. The second point is that one of the reasons BKV is not known for cash grabs is that he has the luxury of several very popular books behind him that are still making money long after publication. This is not a situation that the majority of creators find themselves in these days. If he's happy, doesn't want any more variants and is looking to grow the book's reader base organically, then that's great. My original issue was the idea that all other creators should follow this model - the majority simply can't if they want to keep their heads above water.

Predictions on how long it'll be before #6 appears?