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I found out after posting that Rich Henn will be there. Sorry! 
 

Anyone new for 2023?

I mean, it's Los Angeles, after all.... 

On ‎8‎/‎12‎/‎2019 at 3:34 PM, RayJr said:

I can't wait to see if you get a bump in grade. Good luck brother!

Thanks!  I'll see how it goes.

Mia Farrow at her first show ever, Dallas Fan Expo. Signed with her character's name, "Alura".  I may get it pressed for a higher grade.

Hopefully, I'll have a news feature done on her -  if Pioneer can recover the audio files their recorder corrupted.

Graded comics signed by a sitting congressman would be a bit unusual I guess. The grade would be higher but it has the store stamp for the Red Pegasus local shop on the back.

On ‎8‎/‎3‎/‎2019 at 3:24 AM, RadiantGraphix said:

... if he makes it AT ALL... he canceled the two prior appearances, no?  I’m worried about his health. 

He and Wolfman cancelled Terrifficon. I have some unsigned comics coming back. Apparently DragonCon will be the last show they both will be at if there are no cancellations. And I need a Larry Elmore sig!

Those prices are crazy! Decades ago, before the comic book/movie explosion, when she was kind of at the end of her career, I was able to get a signed 8&10 for free through the mail when I sent the photo and a SASE. Ditto a Tank Girl trading card from Lori Petty, and a few others. 

Cons are a great way to meet celebs in person; the huge negative is the cost to do so. 

But what a fantastic book!  I wasn’t able to get a signed Cooke comic in my collection when he was siging & now I’m trying to find the budegt rationale to get one, even though I’d still love one. I’ve had my eye on a few of his Spirit books.

10 hours ago, Turtle said:

Sadly, this is more common than you may realize.  I've seen literally dozens of books that have 2 Stan Lee signatures on them.  At least 1 was a Spidey 300, though I don't know the grade.

Then I will have to go for a triple sig. I refuse to be bested!

Stan’s son Jim didn’t do much better when sigining this Metal #1 Gal Gadot had already autographed.

I was also able to get in touch with Stguchi1 about Silicon Valley. All is good -  he was just busy -  and I’ll get to add some Peach Momoko OA to my collection now!

I have a different issue. I got a #300 signed by Stan & Michilene through a facilitator at a con. When I got the slab back I waited for a McFarlane signing and sent this same comic back in. By the time it came back to me, it had Stan’s sig, David’s sig, Todd’s sig. - and a SECOND Stan sig, where the book got passed from Todd to Stan, assembly line-style! I’m not complaining; I didn’t have to pay for it, he didn’t write over any other names, and I probably own the only ASM #300 CGC 9.4 double-signed by Lee. 

I’ve honestly considered going ahead and getting David & Todd to sign it again, too!

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On 3/15/2018 at 10:51 AM, Kevlar said:

I don't remember getting a message about Renee O'Connor or Lucy Lawless. If I dropped the ball on that my apologies.

 Kevlar and I have both done some checking. This was (apparently) the Dallas Comic Con October show - I believe 2015 but would have to check my old programs -  and he and I both have no record of our correspondence in our PM box.

I know he was out of town the week before and was going to get back to me, but I don’t think he dropped the ball; at the time there were some problems with private messages being missed or not going through - DorkBuzz & I had this problem, too - because the old site was slowly switching over to the new site. Therefore I don’t think the issue was with Kevlar but the website itself; I know DorkBuzz and I were repeatedly asking each other questions that had already been answered but the messages either didn’t turn up for days, or sometimes even at all! 

No problem. I got it red-labled instead.

I think as long as it is said, that is what is important.  If someone just “choses” to not buy then that could be taken as disinterest in the talent rather than principal or protest. Taking (or not taking) an action while explaining why would be more informing.

On 3/9/2018 at 1:31 PM, Celestial Comics said:

It is the “right” of the creator to charge IF that is what they choose to do.

As for are we a facilitator who “encourages” creators to “charge extra” for CGC? The answer is we “RESPECT” the creator’s rights and decision to want to charge a fee. It is THEIR right and THEIR decision to charge a fee. We don’t encourage or discourage it. We simple RESPECT it. We make nothing more from a creator who chooses to charge a fee, we simply pass the same charge onto the customer.

Just as it is YOUR right to choose NOT to pay the fee and to walk away from getting you items signed. And we RESPECT that right as well.

What you DON’T have a right to do, is LIE to a creator when he asks you the question if the book he is signing will be graded or not. It is because of actions like that, that has caused creators to do what they do, such as using specific facilitators or handlers to PROTECT them.

We have the right to not pay the fee, but we also have the right - as the consumers holding the money - to voice our concerns over the rising costs of signature collecting. It isn’t just a buy/don’t buy conundrum. We are an active part of this system.

I’ve tried using Kevlar in Dallas in the past for Renee O’Connor/Lucy Lawless & after a first response I never heard anything back.

I’m not familiar with Pioneer Comics but my post and my private message have remained unanswered. 

Those are the kind of things that make me quite nervous about letting go of my property or my money. 

Nope, no natural disaster, etc. Brief illness (although they could still travel to other cons, charging all the way) and apparently some training issues with new staff, but mostly just ineptness & inefficiency from what I’ve gleaned from past business with them and PMs from those who have worked for them.

As I recall, I let CGC know I was having problems tracking my orders with this outfit, so they were aware there were issues and that I would no longer sibmit to this facilitator. 

I’ve had some issues in the past (requests for payments I already made, my books held up for 15 months; another order 12 months, etc.) all with one facilitator. An email with my paperwork, receipts, and so on to a local tv consumer reporter about possible wire fraud got everything back to me within 2 months.

Now I stick with DScott & Rich Henn when I need CGC services, find someone local for the smaller shows, or buy on the secondary market if I must. 

People will assume they are the voice actors because when these movies came out the voice actors -  especially Jodi Benson - got more attention than voice actors in decades past + the photos. I doubt people actually into Disney are going to guess that Linda Larkin did the voice of Aladdin.

I’ll see you in Dallas.

Same here. Or, at least, Silicon Valley Comic Con.

I’ll be submitting. please check your PM. I’m currently working with Peach Momoko on getting 2 custom pieces done.