OtherEric

It's three magazine boxes, roughly. So not quite crazy space, but definitely not nothing. The sad thing is, I've got the Dark Horse collections as well. My next Kurtzman project is to finish the Humbug run; I've got all of his MAD issues, as well as Trump and Help!

I hadn’t thought of it this way until your comment, but I suppose “I only have two of the Weird Tales Conan covers” is actually a pretty sweet humblebrag, given that most people (these forums excepted) have zero.

Yes, the Wonder Stories are bedsheet pulps. I've only got a couple issues in that size:

Not sure on the financial side , but he’s posting fairly regularly in the paperback thread. Last post from him there was Friday, I think.

It happens, there isn't a collector on this planet who hasn't had something they regret having let go. I do need to try reading some more of PKD's mainstream novels, I've only actually tackled a couple so far and don't even have most of them yet.

Which brings up another point: it's amazing how much easier it is to find PKD books these days. Back in the late 80's and 90's when I first started looking, the only book that showed up with any regularity was Blade Runner, and finding anything else was a big day. I remember haunting used bookstores regularly, and I would always make a beeline right for the D's in the science fiction section. To this day he's the one author I still always check for, even though I've got a nearly complete collection of his works by this point. A few more I don't think we've seen here yet:

I would call all of those magazines, not pulps. But they're pulp-adjacent, to various degrees. Pulps are like pornography: somewhat hard to define but I know a pulp when I see one.

Creepy #39 thoughts: This one is cover dated the month I was born, which may only be interesting to me. Cover: Probably my favorite of the Gogos solo covers for the Warren comics. His style is great for Famous Monsters but never translated to the comics as well as one might expect. Loathsome Lore: This seems to be Charles Richard Grose's only comic credit at all. It's a fairly dull lore page as these things go, honestly. Where Satan Dwells: I'm giving this story massively more points for concept than execution, and it's not something I would like to see often. But any story that gives us an intro page of Uncle Creepy lounging around in an comfy sweater is going to fall on the win side of the equation. C.O.D.- Collects on Death: This is the only Warren story by Dave Wood, but he's got over a thousand credits at the GCD, dating back to the early 50's. One of those workhorse writers who never really broke out but did a lot of stuff over the years. Moving on to the second Dave making their Warren Debut, Dave Cockrum turns in his first pro story here. He's got just under 3000 credits at the GCD, although I'm sure a lot of that is reprints... he was the original artist on the New X-Men, meaning his stuff has been reprinted an incredible number of times. He does about a half dozen stories for Warren. As to the story itself, it's an interesting conceit with a couple clever twists. The art is very good for a pro debut, although at places it looks like the characters and the backgrounds don't quite match. The Water World: Pablo Marcos makes his Warren debut, he does a couple dozen stories for Warren. He's got over 2500 credits at the GCD, so yet another super prolific creator. The story by Saunders gets more points for clever than for effective, but it's not bad and the art is quite good. I'm not positive, but this might be the earliest Warren story we've seen where both creators are still with us? Death of the Wizard: Excellent work by Boyette in both script and art. Boyette is another one of those artists that I'm only learning to appreciate during the reading club. Harvest of Horror: This is Phil Seuling's only Warren script, and one of only a handful of scripts total. He's best known today for having created the direct sales market for comic books. Beautiful art by Brunner, but even more than the Saunders story this one gets the points for clever rather than effective. The idea of showing multiple endings as if the earlier ones are too predictable is really impressive, but it's all about that idea and the actual story gets lost. The Dragon-Prow: Bassford is another of Wally Wood's former assistants, he did some work on the Tower Comics line in the 60's. This is his only full story for Warren. The art here has some very nice touches along with some of the usual "early work" flaws. Puzzling Monsters: A neat idea, but not much to say beyond that. Mad Jack's Girl: Gary Kaufman has a half dozen credits for Warren and one credit in an Underground I had never heard of before (Austin Stone) and that's it. The story and art are both pretty decent for a debut effort, but nothing spectacular. This issue was impressive in the amount of new talent, and how good most of the new talent was considering it was very early in their respective careers. But it's still mostly new creators, so it's a definite step down from the quality of the last few issues. To be fair, at least in my opinion we had been on a very hot streak of good issues recently, so this one comes off less well than it might.

Not the version of Comix International #4 I need, but I do appreciate you checking the version. Thank you, and good luck with the sale!

Today's book. One of the harder later issues to find, I think, presumably because Oz collectors (like me) are also looking for it!

In today,completing my run of Kurzman's Little Annie Fannie. Which is an interesting cross section of the magazine from 1962 to 1988 in general. The highlight for me is the mid 60's to early 70's, when Hefner actually started to believe people were reading it just for the articles. When you've got Robert Anton Wilson and Harold Ramis on your editorial team you wind up with some very interesting stuff.

That may be the second PKD book I ever owned, the first being a copy of Blade Runner when they released it under the new name to tie into the movie.

Right on the first page it notes that he has already changed his name, but for a distressingly long time most of the media refused to actually call him Muhammad Ali. Howard Cosell was actually one of the few who did. The Playboy interviews can be absolutely fascinating even now. They did very good work on them.

Trying to find a few we haven't seen here yet to open the day. Was already working on this post when @Book Guy showed the proofs, above:

It's not an unreasonable guess:

That one I've got both the paperback 1st and the BCE.

Ubik is one of the very few PKD books where I don't have the 1st, the 1st paperback, or a BCE edition. A beautiful book!

Do you know off hand if the Comix International is the version with two Corben stories, or three?

That was a short run title, I've got all three issues. Will try and dig them out to share later.

I don't actually live in the Bay Area, but my sister does so I get there once or twice a year. I should find out when the Berkeley show is and try to time a visit around that one of these years...

Found at my local store today. Those early issues that actually say "Four Color Comics" are always a particular treat to find!

I got very lucky, because of the corner damage on my copy I got it at the legendary KAYO Books for $12. Which is neither the best deal I ever got on a pulp nor the best deal I ever got at KAYO, but it's definitely way up on the list in both cases.

A few I haven't shared in the thread yet:

Don't miss Eye in the Sky, either... that's posted above.