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Posts posted by HugeRosen
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Just got my copies of regular #1 from Midtown. Actually some of the best copies I've seen. Even the bindery tears that seem to be on a good portion of the print run were barely noticeable. Very impressed.
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Exactly. CGC is not a publicly traded company and Florida doesn't require (I'm guessing) disclosure of ownership interests. Comics Guaranty Company is an LLC, as is Certified Guaranty Company, it's parent company.According to Florida Division of corporations, the sole managing member is Mark Salzberg. No other owners or partners listed.Correct. All florida corporation public records can be found on www.sunbiz.org
Until CGC goes public, ownership does not have to be disclosed nor does any financial information. Which is why I get annoyed when people start demanding CGC spend $ to hire employees and buy equipment. It's not our business and we have no idea what their profit margins are like.
So far I haven't read people demanding only suggesting.to see what CGC can do to speed up the process.
Why get annoyed what people write? The ones who should be annoyed are the customers that has their books backlog for 110 days or so at CGC.
It's just words.
Annoyed isn't the right word I guess. I never get upset about anything, let alone a message board on the internet. It's more of a pet peeve when people shout out the easy answers to a problem. I'm one of those people with books at 100+ days so I'm with everyone on wanting CGC to get their times back on schedule.
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Apocalypse Now any good? Worth a watch?
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Never saw that movie so not sure if they said it in there or not, but not the one i'm thinking of.
Ha, then you don't get the source material. The now-classic quote from Apocalypse Now is, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning"...and so whichever movie you are quoting was riffing on Apocalypse Now.
Mallrats was the movie. Kevin Smith film. It's quite possible it was a reference to that movie.
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Nothing like some good 'ol capitalism at it's finest. First one listed on eBay at $75.
EDIT: "I love the smell of commerce in the morning!" - Name the movie
Mallrats!
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Never saw that movie so not sure if they said it in there or not, but not the one i'm thinking of.
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10 team parlay
Couple weeks ago Vegas got crushed. Had to pay out multiple huge 10 and even 12 team parlays. Here's one of the articles I read about it.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/nov/05/sunday-slaughter-sports-books-suffer-worst-ever-nf/
Most I ever hit was a 7 team hockey parlay. $5 to win $600.
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Nothing like some good 'ol capitalism at it's finest. First one listed on eBay at $75.
EDIT: "I love the smell of commerce in the morning!" - Name the movie
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I think it would help if they did some flashback scenes with her. All they do is show her glaring at people and only talking to Andrea. Give her a backstory. Don't just have her stare angrily at people.
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Exactly. CGC is not a publicly traded company and Florida doesn't require (I'm guessing) disclosure of ownership interests. Comics Guaranty Company is an LLC, as is Certified Guaranty Company, it's parent company.According to Florida Division of corporations, the sole managing member is Mark Salzberg. No other owners or partners listed.Correct. All florida corporation public records can be found on www.sunbiz.org
Until CGC goes public, ownership does not have to be disclosed nor does any financial information. Which is why I get annoyed when people start demanding CGC spend $ to hire employees and buy equipment. It's not our business and we have no idea what their profit margins are like.
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They should be priced between $10-20 like the WD ghost was. Loved that cover and love this cover even more. I only want one for my saga set.
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Sick effing cover and awesome small logo for ghost variant that isn't distracting and ugly.
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According to Florida Division of corporations, the sole managing member is Mark Salzberg. No other owners or partners listed.
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Just got a cancellation notice from Midtown about the NYCC Bedlam. Oh well.
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Horray for variants!
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Cool. Thanks!
Never read about that.
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Also, lets not forget that the comic book would have never been published if Kirkman didn't lie about its plot in order to get Image to the book out.
Please elaborate.
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They are getting ready to start grading SDCC books next week, according to my call today.
SDCC 2011 or 2012?
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Lots of new pages on Ebay
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Original-Comic-Art-/3984/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=walking%20dead&_sop=10
I *spoon*ing hate reserve price auctions.
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Andy, publishers don't care about the secondary market. Bedlam No. 1 is a sellout as are all of the variants, Deadpool No. 1 is a sellout, Bedlam No. 2 will sell out as will the variants. I haven't read Great Pacific, but if its as good a book as others indicate then it is going to sell out. Larry's program is not going to fail nor is it going to interfere with the sales of the regular covers. Clearly you're upset that the 50 or so copies of the regular Bedlam cover you purchased haven't appreciated in value as you had hoped. Don't worry, they will. The print run is not going to be as substantial as Larry predicts. Personally, I don't like it when a publisher permits variants covers for conventions, regional variants, etc. I think it sucks for people like me who aren't aware that this happening and order a bunch of copies of the regular cover. But when the covers are as beautiful as the Forbidden Planet, Third Eye and Phantom variants - I don't mind nearly as much. Yes I prefer for their not to be so many variants. Yes I think its bad for new readers who are discouraged by this kind of thing and many, like yourself, perceive it as a cash grab. But don't hate the player. Hate the game. There is nothing wrong with the retailers who do this and I personally appreciate that the Phantom variant program shows a substantial investment in the book by supporting and promoting it for 6 issues. Yes, I think the program would be more successful if the Phantom variant program created a database that permitted each person to buy two NM copies of each Phantom variant for cover price (2.99 or 3.99 or even 4.99 each), but that's not what Larry and his group of retailers decided to do. Yes it sucks that guys like you who live in another country have to spend top dollar to get these variants and to a less extend it stinks that guys like me can't pick up these books at a reasonable price beceause we don't live in the vicinity of one of the participating retailers. I hope that this changes. It is not going to change because of your rude comments just like these variants (and other variants) aren't going to spontaneously going to become worthless because you bad mouth them. Remember that you attract more with kindness than with rudeness. You should try it. In the case of Bedlam, the Third Eye, Detroit and Forbidden Planet variants are going to be bigger dollar books than the regular cover just like the NYCC and NYCC sketch is going to demand a bigger dollar amount than the regular cover. But people like books that are distributed by the publisher. Take a look at Thief of Theives with it's print run of nearly 20K for the regular issue in comparison to the ICE variant and Comicspro variants if you need empirical evidence. That being said, those variant covers aren't worthless or undesirable. Try and be positive about all the good this program is doing for the artists who are getting exposure and for the creators who are making some extra cash on these books. Please don't obsess about the downside of the program simply because you purchased a boat load of the regular cover. Have some faith in the title that you apparently enjoy, invested in, etc. It's a good book and good work is rewarded by fans on the retailer market and on the secondary market. Please don't be such a Debbie Downer when it comes to these books. The cover to Bedlam No. 2 is simply amazing and may never have been made but for this program. Similarly, I'm thrilled that Charles P, Wilson III got some well deserved exposure and I'm happy that Larry is going to continue to give some well deserved exposure to great artists. Here's hoping that 25% of the people who purchased one or more of Wilson's variant covers went out an ordered a Stuff of Legend trade. As hard as it is, try and look on the bright side. There is a lot of upside to the Phantom variant program. Finally, there's no reason that you or anyone else needs to buy every variant let alone multiple copies of every variant. If you don't want a particular variant,, then don't buy it. There's no requirement that you do.
If you want them all, then maybe you can get lucky and find a cool boardie who lives by one of the participating stores to pick you up a cover or a few copies of the Phantom variant covers at their cost. I know I wish I had already been able to do so, but you seem to get along well with the 5 or 6 people who vocally bad mouth me. Maybe one of them will do it for you. I guess what I'm saying is that I wish you would support what people do on the board to help creators, support the success of other board members, etc.
After all, it's not a zero sum game. Just because the Phantom and Ghost variant projects are making money doesn't mean that its coming out of your pocket. Believe me there's a lot of fans and a lot of disposable income to go around. Give credit when it is due and wish people the best. I certainly wish you and others who say nasty about me the best because that's the right thing to do. I think if you start doing that that people will do their best.
So that's my long winded opinion and you can take it for what it's worth, but please give it some thought before you summarily reject it. .
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My entry into the contest (part 1)
Real life sisters (and a Rafi bomb).
Rafi is awesome
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if anyone would like to unload their #1's @$2.50 each delivered, keep me in mind
if anyone would like to unload their #1's @$7.50 each delivered, keep me in mind
$7.51 each
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I'll offer $300 since he had to pay for shipping and the frame.
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Cool. Thanks everyone!
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