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That was filmed months ago. I'm sure those guys caught on right away and jacked up the prices. I don't know about months ago. EoW #7 was in the background. But also in the same episode the most annoying one didn't have his forearm tattoo that he got a few episodes ago. @ the most annoying one. So true. I wonder if those guys are on this site.

Modern FT 1 Received 11/13 Verified 11/19 Scheduled for Grading 11/24 Modern FT 2 Received 10/31 Graded 11/12 Grading/Quality Control 11/24 Economy FT 1 Received 10/31 No change as of 11/25 Economy FT 2 Received 11/11 No change as of 11/25 Zoinks!!

I spoke to someone today regarding an invoice, and he said "it's been graded and bar-coded, but we are very behind on the encapsulation process. We are having no issues getting the books graded on time, but the encapsulators are working 6 days a week at the moment to get caught up. 20 day estimated turnaround times have been taking 6 weeks, and so on" So it looks like they are running about 50% longer than quoted times on most tiers (assumedly not standard or express)

Jop sold me a slab and a raw together. Lo and behold, in record time, a box arrives at my door after a tough day of work. I open the box, and I find an expertly packaged slab and a raw book in EXACTLY the promised condition, PLUS some freebies that were incredibly appreciated and unnecessary!! Bravo, jop. Bravo!!

Dave reached out to me through the Want to Buy in which I posted a thread. He gave me a great deal on two books that I, you guessed it, WANTED TO BUY. Shipped super fast and super secure. Will absolutely buy from him again!! Thanks !!!

That was mine- glad it went to a big fan! I'm on the road to a high-grade DD 1, and that book took me a good bit of the way there!

Eric paid immediately!!!! Amazing. I literally couldn't ask for more. I will be buying from him in the future and hope to get the chance to sell to him again. Brad

I hope so!! I got a few of those.

I see that SS- it was only signed by JH. Double signed and sketched

Allow me to boast for a moment- finally got "shipped/safe" on my double-signed and sketched RRP and it's a 9.8! Wahooooooo

There is no more to say that hasn't been said already. What an amazing buyer!! Paid about 3 seconds after a winnah was posted on his 4 CGC slabs. Communicated incredibly well! Would be a lucky sale for me if he bought again. Thanks again!!!

I'll have one double signed and sketched from NYCC that I am crossing my fingers until they hurt comes back 9.8 I have to decide when the time comes whether or not to sell.

This issue is exactly what the series needed...I re-read 1-5 before I read 6, and I still enjoy it as much as I did the first time I read them. It is a really really strong first arc of a new series regardless of time between issues and the secondary market not being fruitful, etc etc. Some people are gonna hate because they didn't make as much $$ as they think they should have. At the end of the day if they can figure out the production issues and regulate the schedule, this book could run for a long long time. There is a ton of material to go about a million different directions with. Adding a second artist to the book should be good news because it at least localizes the "trouble" keeping it from being released regularly (either Nate himself or just the art as a whole). I for one am excited for the future of one of my fave books.

I have an extra HC. PM, for interest parties

I was fortunate enough to get a HC double-signed and the gem of my collection, the RRP double signed/sketched as well. Couldn't be happier. Saw a dude with two panels from the book tatted on his arm as well, and let me tell you...once I validate that this book has legs, I may follow suit with something similar. It was sweet. Let it be known, dragging CGC away from the booth to witness a signing is a pain in the posterior. I'll post the picture I got with JH and ND later.

Ruh-Roh. That's not gonna draw a good response in this forum. Another delay? The horror!

There is no way in hell that Batman and Superman have an overly adversarial relationship in this movie. The stakes are too high for DC to allow the American (and worldwide) public to need to choose sides with these characters and have them be enemies. There may be some "I don't trust you" mess, but it will end there. DC has a ways to go to catch Marvel in world-building for their movie franchises. It would be pretty awesome to go the other way though and have them be enemies. Exciting stuff no matter what

Sadly, it's not on Diamond's list of books shipping tomorrow

Well, Mad Men is definitely one of the things we referenced in terms of interior design, etc. I also sent Nate a photo of Jared Harris as after-the-fact photo references last week. (He'd drawn a character who looked remarkably like the real-life Harris...) Nate's been amazing from the get-go. I can only think of a handful of instances I've requested a change in something, and usually it's something really minor. In terms of character designs, set pieces, and all that, he's been fantastic. There really aren't any alternate versions of things. With the cover design, we went through a few variations on that. There was a long gestation period for the book, so by the time we were actually ready to assemble the final product, Fonografiks had revised some things. Also, artwork that we'd originally intended to be used on the covers was set aside for later use. (The third printing of issue three was one of the original covers, for instance.) I'm not sure how much of that stuff we'll ever show. The trade paperback as currently envisioned will be the interiors of issues 1-6, from the first inside front cover to the last inside back cover. We won't be reprinting the cover artwork. I suppose if ever makes sense to do one of those big hardcovers collecting issues 1-12, it could all pop up there. There's a lot of road to travel before then, though. -e.s. Eric Stephenson Publisher Image Comics, Inc. www.imagecomics.com This is such amazing mess, man! I'm honored that you are taking time to answer questions from the audience. Any chance that you will be here with us at Wizard World Philly?

Well, the mid-century modern style of the architecture, clothing, etc. is something I'm into personally and wanted to include in the look of the book. In terms of the design -- Fonografiks had done these re-interpretations of various comics as '60s style paperbacks, and I really liked the look of those. Nate had worked with Fonografiks before, so when he suggested him, I was completely on board for that. We knew we wanted a clean look to the covers, and I'd wanted to do put the credits and indicia on the back cover of a book for a while, but Fonografiks kind of took everything Nate and I said about all that and came up with the overall look of the covers. In terms of the various articles and ads, with the articles, I'm generally suggesting something based on an existing sources -- the interview in issue one is from Playboy, the fact file in that issue is from an old feature that used to run in New Musical Express, the Nigel ad is a late '60s Volkswagen ad, etc. – but other things are just Fonografiks taking a vague idea and some copy and creating something from scratch. (The "Into Tomorrow" and "Trans-Island Skyway" ads are good examples of that.) -e.s. Eric Stephenson Publisher Image Comics, Inc. www.imagecomics.com Thanks so much for the response. That's a great explanation. I always feel like I'm reading an episode of Mad Men (mixed with something much more twisted) when I read the book. There are much much much worse things to feel as a huge fan of both. You hit the nail on the head with it. In case you have time for follow-ups. As someone interested in the creative side, can you speak for the number of mock-ups, stylistic ideas that you went through before settling on this scheme that you have described? Did Nate and Fonografiks come through on the first shot, or did it take some tweaking? If it took tweaking, will we ever get a peek behind the curtain at early versions perhaps in the trades? Keep up the great work. You the man

e.s. Can you give a little insight on where the style of the book comes from? Was this the vision you had in your mind all along when birthing the idea, or is it more of an art decision? Or somewhere in between? I love the clean, hip layout. Nothing superfluous! Thanks for reading, big fan here Brad