Artifiction

On 12/6/2021 at 11:17 AM, Randall Dowling said:

I just want to take a moment and note how this young man is dressed.  He's wearing dark shorts with weird striped socks and dark shoes, accentuating his pale white legs.  Additionally, he's wearing a long sleeve shirt with some sort of collar to match those shorts.  And his haircut is a little weird!

This is the original comic book geek.  His social and fashion deficiencies would lay down the tracks for all the rest of us to follow, leading to years of social exile and poor treatment by all the other kids that were into sports and girls instead.  I don't know whether to celebrate him or condemn him but either way, there he is.  

Those cold sores look like they hurt.

On 12/5/2021 at 11:02 PM, Escaflown41 said:

I'm not sure if you know about this site, but I have used it quite often to reference and put together a checklist for my Vampi collection.  It's pretty quite detailed and kudos for the person who put this site together.  

http://www.vampilore.co.uk/

I did not. Thank you for the link. 

On 12/5/2021 at 9:58 PM, Jayman said:

I have to ask: is that a pic of you in that Eerie shirt in your avatar?

I remember the adds for those and always wanted one! 

It is! I was twelve or thirteen years old. My mother got it for me. I probably begged her for it, but can't remember for sure. I still love showing that sweatshirt off. Hah!

Oh, I think the date on the picture says 1978. A little hard to read, though.

On 12/5/2021 at 9:48 PM, Jayman said:

Reprints of stories. And I may be wrong but I seem to remember in the ad copy that the hard copies were supposedly signed by Gonzolas.

Oh, that's cool. Thanks for the answer.

On 12/5/2021 at 8:57 PM, Escaflown41 said:

Just got back from a small local show today and was shocked that one of the vendors had this book which I had been looking for quite some time.  I think this is the rarest and most hard to find Warren Vampirella book since I rarely ever see this get posted for sale anywhere else.  Even though it's a mid grade copy and quite pricey, I had to pull the trigger on it since I don't know when I would ever get the chance to find another copy.  I'm finally glad to add this Vampirella Special Hardcover Edition to my Vampi collection. 

If anyone else have a copy, please post yours as I like to see them as well.  

 

Is the book a collection of just the magazine covers or is there non-published art, too?

I hate the fact that you guys got me hooked on Vampirellas..... 

Creepy 7?

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On 12/5/2021 at 1:06 PM, oakman29 said:

Me too.🤔😓

Me three 

On 12/5/2021 at 1:04 AM, Galen130 said:

Nice one!!  My copy didn’t do well after my younger brothers got to it.  At least it survived, just not good enough to grade.  The CGC SS slab is a suitable replacement. 

I'd say so. lol!

I don't know, now. I'm seeing some spots in the scan that I never noticed before. I'll have to dig it out to see if they're on the book or just from the bag. I've probably got it triple bagged.

On 12/4/2021 at 8:38 PM, OtherEric said:

No worries.  I would describe the book you posted (a nice cover I hadn't seen before, by the way) as a pulp paperback or pulp fiction but not as a pulp without a qualifier.

Thanks for the compliment. I appreciate it. Figured I'd post the "Cave Girl" scan, here, so that anyone reading this will know what we're talking about. 

On 12/4/2021 at 8:12 PM, OtherEric said:

Generally 'pulp' with no qualifiers generally refers to a pulp magazine.  Paperbacks from the 40's to the 60's that reprint material from the pulp magazines, or contain new material similar to the pulp magazines, are considered pulp fiction or pulp paperbacks.  Or at least that's what I've got as a starting point, with about a billion exceptions.  It's one of those "you know it when you see it" situations in a lot of ways, for better or for worse.  I think one of the signatures of pulp is it's produced cheaply from a manufacturing standpoint.

Anybody else want to take a crack at an explanation? 

Thanks, Eric, for taking a crack at answering my question. I googled for information before asking, and really couldn't find a definitive answer. The reason for my asking is because after I posted a scan of my "Cave Girl" book in another (wrong) thread, I got to thinking that it might be considered a paperback book, and not a pulp. That made me want to find out for sure what the differences are. I was thinking that maybe the date published or even cost might be the difference. Again, thanks for taking the time to help.

What differentiates a pulp book/novel from a paperback? Just curious.

On 7/8/2021 at 9:45 AM, Jayman said:

But it’s been professionally bagged and boarded! 

Seems to be a popular sales technique these days. Hah!

On 12/3/2021 at 4:57 PM, Jordysnordy said:

I’m a huge fan of SSOC, especially the 1st 50 issues. They have amazing covers and Thomas and Buscema are at their very best.

SSOC?

On 12/3/2021 at 4:26 PM, wombat said:

Did you guys see the new Eerie Pub book coming out?

https://fantaco.net/eerie-publications-the-complete-covers-the-whole-bloody-mess-hardcover/?fbclid=IwAR0BgSJoED-44KKjsKFjrHOEf6aLJqU5k0GwPWPKX-_qBVhRWXwgg3z9dqs

 

Ordered! Many thanks for the alert, Wombat. 

Lets just hope that they don't ship the books in a plastc bag like a lot of businesses do these days. 

I wasn't aware of any of the reference works and links. Thanks to everyone that posted them. 

On 12/3/2021 at 3:59 PM, Randall Dowling said:

@Artifiction Oakman and I are just messing around.  Truthfully, he's one of the best guys on the boards and a wealth of knowledge when it comes to magazines.  

I knew that. I, too, was just messing around. Nice to have a place to do it. 

On 12/3/2021 at 3:29 PM, Robot Man said:

A good college buddy just passed away and had to leave one of these behind. One of the scariest cars I’ve ever driven. I can’t think of many comics I would want more than this. You can’t take it with you...

My watch list is shrinking.  

On 12/2/2021 at 10:49 PM, Gregd said:

Took the plunge and decided to buy this one tonight. Only 2 on census that are higher and think it’s a cool cover…

It’ll be a memorable issue as the real first mag I bought as part of my mag cover obsession I have had lately.

Thanks all!

 

Great choice.