Microchip

On 10/20/2023 at 1:09 AM, TupennyConan said:

Looks great! 

Agreed.  A lot better than I imagined.   

On 10/19/2023 at 3:03 AM, DC# said:

ASM 194 has been bouncing between mid-$2k and mid-$3k for all of 2023.    The Heritage sale at $3k last night was a near perfect wrap vs those two Ebay examples which probably drove it up a bit.    And looking back to sales are recently as August, $3k doesn't seem that out of line.     Also interesting that the Sept sale of $2400 doesn't show up in GPA...wonder what happened.   

 

On 10/18/2023 at 2:52 PM, DC# said:

I was shocked but actually that price is in line with GPA Last/12 month of 3200 and 2022 avg of 3750.    Had no idea is was selling for as much as a 9.8 #194, 238, or 300.

Time to get into... WTH!!   Even DarkHawk costs real money to collect!!!

The fact that guys are paying more than $50 for this book stagers me  

On 10/17/2023 at 4:02 PM, Mmehdy said:

some ultra rare DC books which he knows are very very rare based upon his vast experience bring together the collection

I remember Ian talking about books that were delaying completion, weird odds and sods, like Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Annual #2.   I think all the usual suspects will be sucked up.  The real gems are in Ian's experiences putting the collection together 

On 10/10/2023 at 11:30 PM, CAHokie said:

As I said in the writer’s strike thread, just because something can be done cheaper and easier doesn’t mean it should.
 

Extras in movies/tv are some of the most “interesting” people I have ever met. Take that how you will. They do serve a function though. They create realism and an atmosphere. If you replace them with AI figures then the talent is essentially doing an entire movie in green screen. Sure, that’s fine for certain types of movies but I think it would really change the performance in others. Some will balk at doing it.

There will be ramifications yet to be seen or imagined.   The impact of AI will be across the board in the movie business/(defacto comic worlds) for years to come.   But I see it as static edition, it can "create", but I think that should be replaced with replicate.   

Lately we've seen a backward trend on the quality of movies brought to the market.   There's a lot of reasons for that.   Will AI be the sole vector that changes that trend?   My take is a firm no.

On 10/13/2023 at 7:59 PM, Bosco685 said:

 

Seeing Momoa do an over the top character in Fast X, I think he could pull off the main man.  

He's at least got the eyebrow dexterity already to pull off a good Lobo sh-iteat-ing grin  

On 10/15/2023 at 8:24 AM, Bosco685 said:

 

I've watched it again a little while ago, and came away with a much better opinion of the movie.   It was a really good Ant-man movie.

Was it what I was expecting the first time, no not at all.   But once all of my expectations, and anticipation around this being an MCU event movie had evaporated, I actually enjoyed for what it was, and the characters, and design features throughout.

My advice to the nay sayers.  Let go, and enjoy the ride.

On 10/14/2023 at 9:58 AM, jsilverjanet said:

i was watching the second episode and was like, did i miss something?

the plot is too confusing and not important for me to care about

i'll watch to see where it leads but i am not impressed

I had that sensation, when they were interrogating Brad Wolf, what was their motivation for all of this running around??   Things had definitely got muddled.

Not a good sign.

On 10/6/2023 at 6:50 AM, Mmehdy said:

still no catalog......I wonder if Ian will purchase the real hidden gems of this collection?

What criteria for a hidden gem's are you thinking of?

On 10/12/2023 at 2:00 PM, N e r V said:

So here’s a book that has been strangely elusive for me in grade. You can buy copies of it all day long in lower grades but try going above fine and it turns into vapor. Maybe there’s a million high grade raws out there but only 5 graded copies when I looked and only 2 above this copy. It’s a key Millie book where the format changed from the previous hip soap opera romance title to the new look Millie which was in the Archie mold to compete with their highly successful line. You’d get a Chili title and another Millie title 2 years later both in the Archie type form as Marvel tried competing in the popular kids comics line of comics of the day.

Anyway this copy was cheaper than I expected at auction and has white pages so thrilled to get a decent looking grade on a toughie.

I'm getting Margot Robbie vibes.   #notafanboy

On 10/4/2023 at 10:17 PM, Bosco685 said:

 

The numbers are building 

It's interesting, the two biggest trends that I've seen over the last few years in tv/movies.

The talent, or main actor is now listed as an Executive Producer.   Acknowledging that the show, or movie isn't really a valid enterprise unless the main talent is onboard.   It's like having a restaurant with the chef as business partner.   They've fully vested in the success of the project, and walking out on the venture, they're walking out on themselves.

The second trend is across tv/movies/music, where writing/producing has become about a team of people, instead of individuals, or partner writers.   The latter is still around, but the rise of the teams has been pronounced.   Individual talent as writer/creater's seems to have waned.   And that waning influence as a writer, has translated in devaluation in the Hollywood machinery.        

As for the future, and this immediate shedding of writers, it seems counter-intuitive to the studio's content model's they're currently running with.   The platforms are battling it out to produce more and more content.   Reducing writer numbers seems antithetical towards this goal.

On 10/7/2023 at 4:08 PM, kimik said:

I also can't remember if I posted this or not, but it was in the same batch. I normally would not sub a low to mid-grade CPV, but the price they were going for a the time made it worth it. Now, not so much  

 

Still kinda hot, although in that grade, maybe not so much.    The grading looks a smidge tough.. 

Some recent CPV results..

Things got hot.

On 10/6/2023 at 9:07 AM, Pantodude said:

Some info is better than no info, so I'm not knocking the vid.  Just trying put the referenced vid in perspective. Isn't that Swag "comic book index" video above supposed to track the most recent GPA sale of the top 100 SOLD (by volume) books in each of the SA, BA and CA?  It's a bit silly that the video does not identify the 100 books relied upon for the graphs, but we can figure out what's NOT included.  Unless I am misinterpeting his model, his data cannot possibly track most, if any, of what collectors/dealers/buyers tradionally consider the top 50 or top 100 books in the SA. 

 

Tha was a big issue with the video.   We all know of books that continuing in their upward price trajectory from 2021, and 2022.   There are plenty of books that have cooled off doe certain, the his graphs are only a limited piece of the overall story out there right now.  

On 10/4/2023 at 10:19 AM, Chamber of Chills said:

With so little members of both Disney (18 total) and Marvel (approx 50) having voted / being unionizied ,what are the odds Disney pulls a Walmart* and closes shop and moves the jobs offsite / out of the country?
 

That is concerning.   The end credits for the typical MCU movie is literally 15minutes longer, as they plough through the long list of VFX studio's responsible for the pixelated minestrone soup we just watched.

On 10/4/2023 at 3:02 AM, Bosco685 said:

I see that as a win for all of us.

On 10/2/2023 at 9:47 AM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

I am not a fan of date stamps, but I had to just embrace it this time.

The colour saturation on that cover more than makes up for it 

It's a stunning copy.

On 9/27/2023 at 10:41 AM, Bosco685 said:

 

Is that comparable to residues enjoyed by writers in the past?

On 9/27/2023 at 1:46 AM, ADAMANTIUM said:

I'm not sure as I saw a reaction to a post that was then changed, but I think one of the people that asked the going rate or what would you'd pay @Parabellum was the owner of the 9.8 2nd print...

He was asking due to seeing the buzz, which is all good if reasonable and not gouging. I just mention to further inquire about who it is you'd be talking to in a transaction. I'd maybe wait for further confirmation, and who knows? Maybe just being optimistic with a 1 of 1 to check the market, nothing wrong with that  

I think you're right.  And agreed, nothing wrong with getting some feed back.  His book he can do anything he likes with it.   

If you want a sale in a quiet market, the best route would be to enter it a Ccmiclink auction.  The fee's are way less than ebay, thats for sure.

On 9/25/2023 at 9:52 PM, Parabellum said:

Absolutely not, if it sells for that I will be shocked.  I’d rather not have the book than pay that price.

The best realistic result.. I would say <40% of the current asking price.    Make it an even $800.    And that would be a fantastic outcome.

The guy has gone on a fishing trip. 

On 9/24/2023 at 5:18 PM, Nsschenks said:

Crazy expensive, but just ran across this on eBay and I remembered you mentioning the 2nd print.

Just in case you missed it and are interested!

Ouch!

On 9/24/2023 at 6:51 AM, batmiesta said:

You're a sharp  er Lou ,I'll  give you that. 

I'm surprised by those results across the board.  That book is on the up, they look like very tame results compared to a year ago, and it's still a key.