oldmilwaukee6er

____ one of the harder jobs to do well. Period. 

Between the traffic, the management tracking every action, the sheer physical toll... it always amazes me they can still manage to muster a smile, hold the door & walk 4 flights to drop a package at one's door. 

I encourage anyone to walk a mile in their shoes ... become a driver helper for the season (as I have done 3 seasons). Guaranteed to lose 10lbs and see some beautiful sunsets. 

Hopefully CGC will keep the boards up on any legal / follow up actions taken in regard to this matter .

On 1/29/2023 at 1:17 PM, RickSp said:

This is a great thread to pop in on. Never collected Spawn before until just now picking up those Origin Deluxe slipcase sets. I can totally see why these single issues would fly off the shelf each month, you’d collect them just as a cover gallery.

One other fun thing about Spawn is that it was cheaper than other comics too... holding a less than $2 price point long after the industry had blown past $4 per issue 

Sitting on my unsigned NM+ raws  

@newshane... did you ever have anxiety about maintaining the high grades? Opposite of acquiring them but maintaining 9.8+ books ... did that ever cause anxiety or worry? 

On 1/2/2023 at 1:57 PM, newshane said:

 

Spawn is a great example of how Image books just popped on the shelf color-wise. The early age of digital coloring. 

But also... Spawn and  black covers amirite? LOVED them but also UGH they showed every little spine tick, color rub, finger dent spluh

Seeing 6-7 again it really reminds me how Todd's eye is on his toys, but he's also about to take criticism of his writing to heart with these next issues ... a man of two minds. 

Spawn collecting seems very competitive (after the first 65+ issues). I've been a patient picker through the years for the issues I've needed and when I've hit a table / show ... the answer is likely the same - "another collector was just through asking that." It got to the point where I'd ask for any "oddball Spawn stuff" 

To collect it now seems intimidating. To put a run together like yours, newshane, seems not possible. The variants are exhausting, every once in a while one gets released at FOC and every local shop will miss it, eg 306 Gunslinger cover. Then it's $80. Or $35 for some other issue. It becomes transactional. Collecting Spawn is often an exercise in managing FOMO, and that is a part of nostalgia / collecting that is less fun. 

That said, love the thread and love the title!! Mcfarlane puts out a good product... and I'm still along for the ride. 

Only one time have I come across a BW #1 in the wild (regionally).... it was a VFNM copy for $100 and I flinched. Next time I saw it was around the 600 mark 

I wasted too many years on bad LCSs thinking I was loyal. A good LCS has saved me a lot of money on resale prices. 

There was a saying on the boards (maybe RMA)... cool once, cool again- popular once, popular again. It serves as a reminder that even when your books are down n out, worthless... if it's good stuff it will be valuable / desirable again someday. My example was my Valiant collection. 

I suppose you only make the tape pull mistake once before you use a tape alternative or cut the piece with a scissors before pulling the book out. 

35, backup 18

On 12/22/2022 at 7:33 PM, Gaard said:

People questioning whether or not to submit to CGC due to QC issues. Not a good look for them. Doubt they really give a hoot, though.

I did not renew my membership because of this thread. I had paid for it and hoped to submit but haven't for 2 years now. 

On 12/22/2022 at 11:36 AM, Dr. Balls said:

Could have been his evil twin, Tord McFarlane. I hear he's pretty ham-handed when touching books.

Tord McFazelove 😆

More thanks to come @HighRadArt! Safely received, stowed & super curious 

On 12/16/2022 at 3:38 PM, Paul © ® ™ 💙 ⚽️ said:

Let me get this straight?

Books get stolen at a Con. and it was a comic book dealer who had a stall at the con, who did it?

Wow!

The hobby is plumbing new depths.   

The note and envelope address make it appear as though a kid took the book 

100x yes. SCS, the creep engine, static, shards, indents, Newton rings, staple rust ... I've learned the hard way that 'getting' & 'keeping' a 9.8 comic are two entirely different things. 

On 12/13/2022 at 8:16 PM, fastballspecial said:

I look forward to reading a copy in the $1 box in a few months. The print run is massive. 

 

Do you think > 1M copies?

On 12/11/2022 at 10:04 AM, oakman29 said:

I found this in my collection, dont remember when or how it got into my collection, but....

I know there are several printings, but have no idea what printing this is. So I thought to come to the underground Gods to give me insight.

 

 

Kitchen Sink Press comix often included printing info in the indicia ... the smallest number is the printing, 1 is first, 2 is second etc

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