Moondog

I'm sorry, but this is so undeserved. It's pretty clear that you don't know who you are 'talking' to on these boards. If so, you might not be so confident in your 'expertise.' When it comes to the hobby we talk about on these pages most of the time, I'll take Moondog's opinion over yours any day. Well, to be fair, mint, moondog was only asking a question. He didn't seem to be stating or implying anything. You coming on here and explaining is pretty much what he was looking for. (thumbs u Andy Thanks Andy. Mint's claim that there is more larceny going on in other fields of collecting prompted my question. I was not aware that the embossing on currency would be flattened by pressing. I assumed that currency collectors would be put off by pressing and clearly I was correct. And Mint, I was not trying to bait you. I enjoy your posts and learn something from many of them. No worries on my end. Gary

CGC will not own the company. They will be sister companies. It is CCG that is buying Matt's company. Classics only works on comics, unless they spread out to coins and cards, the issue is only relevant with CGC items...so the relationship is there, between the two parts of the umbrella company. So why has there never been a problem with CCG owning both NGC and NCS? How's the health of that market fared? In my opinion, it is a necessary evil. One that is accepted and used. Think of it this way, if you have a wondeful coin collection and your house burns down, I guarantee you will call NCS. Any collector would. If you discover a 'rare' coin covered in 'grime' and horribly toned, you can use the services of NCS. It is accepted in the marketplace. 'mint' What about currency pressing? Has that too become acceptable?

Matt called me this evening and he is, understandably, very excited. I'm excited for him. He has worked his tail off for many years to build his business up, and this will be a huge step for him. Congrats Matt!!!!!!!!!! I'll never forget that feeling when I sold Moondog's to CIE. At the time it was an incredible opportunity for me, my family and my employees. Matt's going to knock 'em dead down in Florida. He's earned this. (thumbs u

Yeah, baby!!!!!!!!!!!!! (thumbs u

Nice find, Steve!

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Windy City copy? Surely not. I don't know anything about the history of the comic other than who I bought it from. DG The A. Wallace name on the left side of the front cover is one of the Windy City markings so it is almost certain that's where the book came from. Absolutely the Windy City copy. Always great to see one surface with Anna Wallace's name.

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! I knew that was coming sooner or later.

Well, that's the source of my confusion. I don't see anyone pushing the amputee. I actually thought the guy was trying to stop him.

Well, with most of the major league baseball players fighting overseas, pushing cripples in front of trains was one of the only sports the people on the home front really had left. Seriously, though, while I certainly support the handicapped community, I don't think pushing a double amputee in front of a train is necessarily worse than, say, feeding a live woman to caged rats: Actually the amputee is fleeing. He's the bad guy in the story. Hmm. I don't think so, though there are two amputees in this story, so it's a little hard to say. But since the first amputee gets shoved in front of a train at the beginning of the story, I assumed that was the scene being depicted on the cover. The second amputee is the guy that dies by being tossed around the room like a football. Or maybe this is just a third hard luck amputee! I think you're right. I never thought the cover depicted this as a murder. I always looked at it as the amputee is trying to escape or he's committing suicide. But now see your interpretation makes more sense.

I turned that around for you and added a few. This is an OT, geeky sidenote with a little background on iPhone photos. The problem with innocuous' photo is that it uses the JPEG-EXIF tag for specifying a rotation. Macs will show such images as intended but PC's will not. The best solution is always to remember holding the iPhone/iPad with the button to the right when taking the photo (which I often forget). Another issue with iPhones is that you have to remember to turn "location services" off in the settings, otherwise it is easy to see from their geotags exactly where they were taken. You can download plug-ins to your browser that will show the geotags when you click on any photo. You can then copy-paste the tags into Google maps and see the home. Quite a few photos posted on these boards have geotags. If you are not interested in all this, one particular scenario to be aware of is if you are nice enough to allow guests to take pictures of your collectibles in your home and they later post them online. If their camera had geotags enabled, any thief who sees the photos online will know the exact address where the items are located. Anyway, just trying to help. Glad I don't have an iPhone! Thanks for the info, tb!

Neither have I...

Well, with most of the major league baseball players fighting overseas, pushing cripples in front of trains was one of the only sports the people on the home front really had left. Seriously, though, while I certainly support the handicapped community, I don't think pushing a double amputee in front of a train is necessarily worse than, say, feeding a live woman to caged rats: Actually the amputee is fleeing. He's the bad guy in the story.

Seems like a lot of mental illness and suicide issues in Boy Comics...

Death by flag stick! Classic!

I didn't know Williamson had done work for Famous Funnies. Didn't Frazetta do some text illos too?

When folks like you, moondog, and Yellow Kid are willing to travel out in the middle of the desert to see my books, it feels like it hasn't been a complete waste of time. And getting an intensive 3 1/2 day course from you was pretty amazing(!). (thumbs u

My favorite cover too. Absolutely gorgeous! Wow!

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(thumbs u Moondog's was the first store outside Chicago in the suburbs. Mt. Prospect in September 1978.

Nice find, even in that condition. I found a Brave and the Bold #29 two weeks ago at an estate sale. Link. How much did you pay for the B&B 28?

A few Bradbury items from my collection: Dark Carnival. Arkham House 1947. Ray's first book - a collection of short stories. Weird Science 18. Mars is Heaven. Autographed by Ray, Gaines, Feldstein and Woody. Wastebasket Vol. 1 No. 3 - 1950. Obscure fanzine with an early bio of Ray. Sweetness and Light Vol. 2 No. 1. Spring 1940. Rare fanzine with a short story by a 19-year-old Ray Bradbury. Please note the covers are by GA artist Jim Mooney. Polaris Vol 1 No. 3. June 1940. Another rare fanzine with Ray's very early work, and an article by Forrey Ackerman.