Ze-man

Welcome back, did you change? What did you gain from your trip?(besides 2 weeks of emails) Learn anything? What did you do? Where did you stay? How did you help? I didn't change in philosophy , so to speak, though I believe I grew as a person, gained knowledge and appreciation of what we have here in the states ...I gained an incredible understanding of just what really happens in some of these 3rd world countries... I learned some Thai... I shared meals and testimonies and philosophies with staunch Budists parents of Christian children,...I helped paint churches, I taught english to school children, etc... we stayed a few days in Bangkok, and a week+ between Chiang Mai and Mae Wong village... I hope we were a positive influence on those we came in contact with, only time will tell.. hardest part for me was being away from my family for 2 weeks~! I had no idea Gator, wow. And here I thought I have had a busy few weeks. Sounds like a life altering experience. What was the first thing you ate when you got home?

And kudos to Mike for taking the time to write up such a fine report.

Funny thing is when I typed in "NERD" in Dictionary.com, this came up. nerd    /nɜrd/ Show Spelled[nurd] Show IPA –noun Slang . 1. Any person hauling 50 lbs worth of E Gerber fullbacks all over the USA and back to Belgium 2. an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit: a computer nerd. Use Nerd in a Sentence See images of Nerd Search Nerd on the Web Also, nurd. Origin: 1960–65, Americanism ; obscurely derived expressive formation

I had to laugh at myself as I went 3 pages deep looking for this thread, only to see it was stickied to the top of the first. Congrats, your thread is a piece of individual work that's quite worthy.

Nice thread zzutak, what a terrific resource with no hint of any agenda or bias. It should be stickied imho, as it could be the gathering place for all things Qualified. (thumbs u

Congrats Jeff, you landed a keeper! A white paged beaut, with nothing added to the cover. Amazing book.

Nice Ang, looking good.

That's what the trades are for So it wouldn't help then if I told you that I read them?

Thanks for the kudos Bob, the enthusiasm you have for your WW Crippen run made any effort more then worthwhile. Now crack'um out and read'um!

Seeing this reminds me of a Black Terror flip book. Pow!, Bam!, Biff!, Squish! Great run of books. Get it, run?

No kidding. What an impressive run in grade Steve, #27 and 34 being my favorites.

I love threads like this. Good advice paired with even better covers. Which I unfortunately have neither of.

I just now saw this. Pretty spiffy lettering there Ryan, that's the first thing I look at now. As always, you make the originals your own somehow. In a really good way.

Proof that taking group shots harms your comics. j/k They might have had a little damage beforehand.

Just another example of Amateur CT for the files, unfortunately this was a book a friend was hoping to buy. As you can see there are basically 3 spots where CT was applied(marker) Hard to see the vertical spot alone the spine, but its there. And the interior cover bleed through. Typical of marker applied CT applied because the cover is thinner where the original cover ink is missing, and the marker is wet enough to actually soak through. And a shot of the book in normal viewing light. So, when looking to buy a comic always hold it at an off angle under a light and look for areas that have a rough texture...yet still show color. This is almost always done on black areas because it is all too easy for someone to pick up a marker and try and make color breaking creases stand out less.

Honestly Mark, the first thing I thought of when I read your thread title was it must be some kind of update, or continuation to your recent Keys/Dupcak endeavors. Anyone who has read the boards recently would probably associate this thread with your others about Danny. But since your initial post pretty much said nothing, people were left to fill in the blanks. I looked at the list and did not see my name even though you knew I bought from Keys years ago, so I admit I was puzzled as to what this list was all about, and what certain information you were going to pass along to those on the list that you could not post about in the thread. It was all very confusing, but I assume you had good reason to do so. Or maybe you didn't realize how people would react and run with this. Doc was just being Doc and voicing his opinion over what he saw in front of him(and yes, to probably poke you with a stick or two) Be that right or completely wrong I don't know. But I would not fault him for assuming this was about your recent dealings with Danny boy. I did too. So in an effort to redirect this back On Topic. What is going on? What is this list compiled from?, and why can't you talk about it upfront so others not on the list know wtf is going on like those that are.

I realize now Phil Seuling was at the beginning of the footage in the gym. Going off about people not respecting the material. Bending pages and throwing comics all around. He was pizzed.

I think that is Phil Seuling? Or at least the host of the vid said to look for Also look for rare film footage of comics fandom pioneer Phil Seuling. I think he was talking about the guy in the room that was talking about the color plates. Sorry, that was who I meant, in the carnival vest. He had the Tats

I think that is Phil Seuling? Or at least the host of the vid said to look for Also look for rare film footage of comics fandom pioneer Phil Seuling.

What blows me away is the department that created all the printing plates was comprised of 17 people using what I think he said was a "brand new process" 17 people responsible for plating EVERY comic that came through Sparta? How many covers a year is that between DC and Marvel?

Check this out, I stumbled upon this on Youtube after much talk in the GA Forum about Batman 1, and a misplaced period. I wonder how much the process changed from when they printed all the sixties comics. Fascinating to see how they made the plates and just how many covers and interiors were just sitting there, stacked, and stacked , and stacked!! DC, and Marvel alike. Talk about Pressed Comics! j/k The comic footage of the tour starts around the 7:25 mark.

Gotcha, Rode hard and put away wet. The comic I mean, not Billy.

don't be worried...aaron has had that copy for YEARS and can't sell it... if you want it, he still has it Oh Snap. Well, at least Josh now knows he can talk him down. btw...what's wrong with Aarons copy?

If I overstir pancake batter, I make bricks too. Ellen told me so.

I was working on a book this week and thought it served as a good example of Amatuer resto, mainly glued shut tears and what to look for when buying a raw book. So before I worked on it I took some photos of the old work done. Most of this may be obvious to many, but not so much to a others so take from it what you will. First up shows a taped interior spine, if the tape visibly goes from front to back on the interior side, it means the cover was removed to do so. Hard to really tell in the photo, but the disclolored tape is somewhat visible. The interior centerfold shows glued tears around the staples. The glue visibly darkened over time, and is rough to touch when you run a finger over the area. The staples themselves also display the common torn paper from being removed, and not so flat look and scratch marks of re inserted staples. Multiple outeredge interior cover tears sealed by glue. You can see the excess glue if you hold the book at an angle, and also if you run a finger over the area as is it crunchy and rough from dry, brittle glue. When viewed in typical light this is not readily apparent. The main, obvious giveaway is that a large tear is not still loose. And an exterior staple shot that had tears sealed with glue, which became rough over time. If you ran your finger over this it would catch on the sealed tears, brittle and edgy. Not typical in a worn, torn spine. So if you see tears that are not loose , then look and feel for dried glue or you will end up with a PLOD.