oldmilwaukee6er

I used to collect Kreiss psycho ceramics but they grew cost prohibitive, I stopped finding them in the wild and I sold em. I still have a few look-a-likes that I picked up including the large cookie jar.

Received!! I'm waiting to open these! 😎

Awesome ^I just saw that emoji is called flipbait

On a break on my seasonal job as a UPS driver helper but there are 5 known variations of #104 including the barcode adjustments identified on Spawn World. This bodes well for you...

I sold a barcode adjustment newsie of Spawn 64 for >$180. It had the adjustment sticker over the UPC and a blank sticker on the back cover. I didn't get a chance to see which issue you posted but check the Spawn world website for clues.

Fwiw Raising Cane's was a killer fast food chain started in Baton Rouge by some LSU grads. It's definitely something I've missed since moving north. They only sell chicken fingers, fries, texas toast and coleslaw.

RE the Spawn. The magic keywords are Barcode adjustment sticker. Spawn collectors view this as newsstand variant. Bet the book fetches over $60.

It came with the Spawn Alley toy comic. Typically it's one of the hardest to find in grade and fetches about $15 in FN.

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The kids are calling undergrounds "outlaw comics" now. Recentish pickup from Black Cat in Texas. Sat BIN for a while before it was put on sale and I couldn't resist. Presents great but has a production crease horizontal across the cover.

Dip that sheet and read this comic, change you and your friend's life (j/k) But Leary did a comic book in '79 that doesn't even need a tab to trip out

Obviously it's Crumb from the Big Brother & the Holding Co album, but I remember these blotter acid sheet art coming out in the mid 90s thru venues like Art Rock. They repopped several designs and then had Leary, Burroughs & Hoffman sign. Here's an article from the LA Times.

R Crumb 1969 1st print No Rip off Press logo, no copyright, blue color block lower left.

It looks like a stain but the book also looks to be foxing (mildew) in several places. Edited - after reviewing some copies it looks to be foxing by design but I think I'm also seeing slight staining incl red color transfer

There was once a board member, @MutantKeys I believe. He put together a collection of high grade XMen books and used to say RE lack of focus... "this is why your collection sucks." I've always remembered that phrase as it relates to my own collecting.

I backed the Spawn action figure Kickstarter. I'm getting an unsigned Modern and Classic figure, which I thought was the best deal.

This thread is SO close to delivering the goods. But as we all know... Close only counts in hand grenades and . . .

The great newspaper shortage of '73.

From tumblr

Fixed it for you. - Spawn King of Milwaukee

Doomsday Squad #3 was one of those books that was $1.80 on sale at Mile High for a while. I scooped up a few. Cover cameo, a full color story and a 1-pager that introduces the character.

Agreed. A few of us on the FB pages were pizzed that it was essentially a Space Usagi style story and sarcastically were calling it Space Usagi. I think it kinda just spread from there. It's so strange to me personally, for the longest time I was never even going to collect Space Usagi. But over years of run collecting they would just make their way into the boxes. And for a brief flash they may be worth something. I can't help but be fearful because Usagi fans have been down this cartoon road before with precisely this Space Usagi concept. Bucky OHare tanked on Saturdays and Usagi never got made. I'm looking at you Panda Khan and the Anthroverse.

I feel attacked 😂

And that's kinda my point. DC is learning (arguing from a biz perspective, doing it anyway) that it doesn't need the direct market and creators are too. At it's core Cartoonist Kayfabe is a channel for makers. They talk about the process of making and selling comics. The power of 1000 fans. Or in the case of McFarlane, the power of 10000 fans.

As a general trend, people aren't leaving cities. Urbanization is increasing and expected to reach 60% in the next 30yrs or so. The amount of megacities is also increasing (cities over 10m). In the US, rural populations declined for the 2010 census and are expected to decline again in 2020.