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On 8/12/2020 at 8:16 PM, Ken Aldred said:

That’s fair enough.

As with the musical genre analogy I used, not everyone likes metal or heavy opera.

Seems like they need to listen to Nightwish to get the best of both worlds

Gotta hand it to you Robot Man you persisted with Alfred E. Neuman.   Once I learned that there was pre-Mad stuff, I realized that was a whole can of worms I just didn't want to open up.

What about MAD 24?   

It is probably not as hard to find as many on the list but can still get high hundreds to the low thousand

I do think it is nice that these key magazine prices pale in comparison to key comic prices

2 minutes ago, srezvan said:

Some of my finds at Tucson Comic Con this weekend. Very happy with what I paid for everything. I'm not sure what those cardboard things are. They look like the style of the the standees from the 90s, but they are not standees. The bottoms are too wide to really hold in a fist. Guy said they were from a comic shop. I've never seen the pennant before either. I can't say I'm a huge Alpha Flight fan, but this was just too strange to pass up. I also picked up a bunch of buttons. I think one is marked as made by Comic Images (likely the same company that made the cardboard things, and definitely made the standees). A nice variety, X-Men, GI Joe, Robotech, and Creepshow.

 

 

 

 

 

I think the Cable and Wolverine heads were to fit in comic boxes and the heads sticking out.

That was my first introduction to Basil Wolverton.    He had such an interesting/distinct art style that really wasn't replicated until R. Crumb came along.

It can't hurt to try.

1 hour ago, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

HAd that same rocking horse and Superman pajamas.

4 hours ago, kav said:

 

• Terry Pratchett's unfinished works were destroyed after his death fulfilling his last will.

I am not surprised by that.   He probably doesn't want to end up like Tolkien and having a relative try to put together "new" books.

On 10/21/2019 at 9:36 AM, justafan said:

Just curious but what shows do you normally attend for less than that tat are not local?  I'm pretty surprised at this compared to how much so many other equally big shows cost.  For admission pricing, BCC is hard to beat.  Now I hear you about the parking and the hotels but at any other con you don't live near you're already spending over $100 on travel and lodging but that comes with every distant show.  If you're local, the public transportation options are pretty cheap and save you on parking.  However, for cheap parking there are a few lots further away that go for $8-10/day all day if you're willing to walk a little further or there's also street parking that you may have to renew every 2-4 hours which is easy with the parking mobile app.

If you book a hotel further out, you can get a great deal and not have to park but can take public transport or a cheap uber ride in.  Going all 3 days is not as worth it for me as it used to be but if the con keeps getting bigger I may have to.  Typically I go on Fridays and Sundays which are the 2 cheapest days at $15/day and see everything I want to see. Parking cost me $11/day.  I just drove in each day so no hotel cost for me but I live within 200 miles of the show.  Frankly if I'm spending less than $200 on attending a con I'm already ahead. 

Here's what I usually pay for other shows:

SDCC cost me $213/day to attend Fri-Sun (4-days) in air fare/uber rides and admission only because I have friends that let me crash at their place.  If including a hotel it comes to $325/day or more or less depending on when you book and how far out.

NYCC cost me $350 to attend in transportation/parking and admission for 1 day.  For multiple days add an additional $275/day for hotel (or Amtrak round trip tickets) and additional ticket.  Using Megabus would bring the 1 day cost or daily cost down to $175.

Heroes con costs me $155 to attend in transportation/parking and admission for 1 day.  For multiple days add an additional $110/day for hotel and admission.

Awesome con costs me $50 to attend in Metro/parking and admission for 1 day cause I'm local but I can usually hit every dealer's booth in 1 day so no need for more.  For multiple days (not necessary if just comic shopping) would cost an additional $50/day if local.  The 3-day ticket is $75 so if you were staying at a hotel, you could do it for $135/day if you stay at a hotel and take metro to the con.

VAComicCon costs me $50 to attend in gas/parking and admission for 1 day also because I'm local and the show is dirt cheap.

At $100/day, Baltimore is by far the best bang for my buck remote show followed by Heroes Con based on where I live so YMMV greatly.

 

You are completely correct and there is no way to argue with it.   The budget we have is a lot smaller than most of you guys and the reason why we go is different too.  We are not into back issues or anything like that.  We go to find new creators or self-published people and see what they have to offer as well as meeting people whom we have enjoyed reading over time.   When it came to the point where one year there was only 1 person there we were interested in meeting so we thought to just skip the show.   We have skipped it ever since.        

When people ask why go to BCC?    I always say, "Go there because it is a comic book show for people who love comic books"

8 hours ago, etowah1123 said:

Stoped by a Antique store on way home and found a nice pickup.  $1.50

how many long boxes did you search through?

Great pics!

This is a great comic show where there are tons of comics for all types of comic collectors.

The wife and I loved going to BCC but it just started to price us out.   Not because the price of comics was too high, it was when we realized that for parking and admission to the convention we would have to pay $100 before setting foot on the convention floor took away from our spending money on comics.

Anything above 9.0 except for 10.   I do not mind the fractional amounts except they do not use is consistently for grades below 9.0.    

Love Addams's work and have every book.  He paved the way for Gahan Wilson and French cartoonist Claude Serre 

One thing about those New Yorker cartoonists, you could take any one of their books and be happy with the humor inside.   If you so desire you could rip out pages in the books and hang them framed on your wall.

I still get pulls from my LCS but they are never from Marvel or DC unless they are written by a select few writers.   I grew bored of Marvel when the Ultimate stuff came out.  Geoff Johns wrote so much I just grabbed the TPB.    One of the things my friends were talking about recently is about how there was a over saturation of comics that all needed to follow some event story line and you needed to have vested interest for many months or over a year for multiple books instead of just one book.  Not to mention the fact that you don't really get those 3-5 book stories anymore.   

2 hours ago, rsouxlja7 said:

Ha it was a pretty short one. She contacted me with these photos:

 

 

 

You can zoom in and see more astronomical price tags on these  Text convo is as follows

Me: "How much? Do you have others"
Her: "Yes I have more. This just some. Well my dad said use it for college, car , house."

Me: "Show me the others please. I see you have post it notes with prices on them. Those prices are about 100 times what some of these are worth"

Her: "Yea I kno that’s their price u see anything u can offer"
Me: "that spider-man one has a post it with $20,000 record sale on it, how much do you want for yours"
Her: "7k"
Me: "https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Amazing-Spider-Man-Issue-35-April-1966/223623731764?hash=item3411035a34%3Ag%3AJWAAAOSwY%7EVdVIvS&LH_BIN=1
i can buy a nicer one here for $18 i am going to pass on these, thanks"
Her: "Ok that’s cool"
 

It's too bad about the prices.   I was about to joke that they were in pesos but it still comes to $1k US.     These are some nice intro copies of some good issues for the collector on a budget.

On 9/17/2019 at 11:36 AM, Robot Man said:

Ran into a weird item. Anybody see one of these? Hardbound MAD paperback book. Are there others?

I would guess a library edition.  Usually you can check inside the book and see the different ISBN #s based on the different printings.

14 hours ago, oldmilwaukee6er said:

Is she still THE BEST selling comic writer that NOBODY (in the hobby) knows about? 

I think it is because she put out mini comics but never a true comic book unlike Jeff Smith.   There are a ton of people there who are extremely talented and put out graphic novels but never dabbled in comic books.

@FlyingDonut @chrisco37 Raina is signing tomorrow from 1-2 pm.   There are lots of other kid friendly stuff too.

I'm there.   Well not anymore had to take the little one back for a nap.  I will be back later.

Opinions about what?

I think there is another aspect to add in to this.   What if it was $5,000 for a comic but you know you could flip it easily and get double your money back.   

Wait, Spawn isn't hot anymore?!?

4 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

I’m kind of surprised to see a dealer like Metro stooping so low to play this game.

A guy I work with who is into modern Marvels bought one of these at a con. He ended up with a high grade Black Cat Mystery #50. He didn’t know what it was. I tried to offer him full Overstreet for it. I think he got cold feet when he saw the price. Don’t know what he is going to do with it. What he really wanted was a modern Marvel with a Stan Lee sig!

Maybe he doesn't realize how many Stan Lee signed comics he could buy after selling it.

I did it all the time when I would come across the MAD magazine paperbacks and they would change the cover art.

2 hours ago, Robot Man said:

Wow! Nice gift! Did you get anything else? Yes the Patrol Leader is DT. It is a “bounce back” premium meaning you had to get like 5 friends to sign up and you became the Patrol Leader. You have the Inspector General badge. Highest rank and worth the most. Used to be a VERY expensive premium but the price has come down a little on premiums. To get that one you had to send in like 100 Quaker box tops and already be a Captain. Got any rings? 

Thanks a bunch!

No rings, which is fine by me.  Truthfully, I dont collect this stuff because it is just another neverending rabbit hole. But as a gift it is completely awesome as I would not buy it for myself and no urge to collect more.

I love the old Tracy comics and am planning to probably turn this into a fun display to hang up, maybe a shadow box.