AndyFish

Playing along with the home edition and I'm glad my grades are kept to myself. There's a reason I'm not a grader I guess.

Didn't you used to have to answer a riddle from a troll? I'm weak on my knowledge of all that kind of thing. I don't think we're crossing any bridges anytime soon. Clearly sun fading-- red always goes first, and sellers determine the price but buyers determine the value-- if those two things don't correlate then the seller needs to lower their price or sit on an item until someone is willing to pay said price. But in the end, the buyer is the one with the cash.

I've always hated the "cheap" look of those BW covers throughout.

I do think these conventions that promote themselves as for comic collectors should put the same level of effort in getting CGC Witnesses as they do for celebrity photo ops, and by that I mean list on the website that they will be available. Ignoring a large percentage of your attendees needs is never a good idea. The problem is not just Terrificon's alone, if a promoter is happy to come on here and pitch his event, he should also make it a point to check what people are asking. I've done about a half dozen shows since the end of the pandemic and so far every show as had them there. Now where they come from or how you get them to come watch someone sign something I have no idea, but someone should here on the boards, so help a fella out!

If back issues are your thing, especially Gold and Silver-- you can't beat Heroes, Emerald City or Baltimore Comic Con-- those are the only "true" comic cons out there for the most part. I've done every big show and a lot of the smaller ones and there really is no comparison. SDCC and NYCC are great if you want the spectacle of pop culture, are into new toys and statues, or want to meet a celebrity, but for comics go with one of the ones listed above. The Little Giant Show in New Hampshire is a very small show devoted only to old comics-- it was a nice small show but the venue is lousy and the air conditioning was non-existent so they need to find a new spot for it. If you do a little local show you can get a flavor for cons, but they'll have a lot of modern and copper stuff.

Harley is tops in my book!

Sorry my friend we are not tabling, just going down for the day and then dinner. Our next show is Salt Lake City in September, and there's always the ComicArt Fans Live show in the Fall.

Vanliew?? Guy doesn't even know how to use his phone, never mind an app for comics collectors. ;)

I've never been to this one despite it being relatively close-- but I think I have my wife convinced to make the trip for the day so we can check it out and have dinner with our sons from SUPERWORLD (no Ted is not my son) at Michael Jordan's Steakhouse.

I only buy one every other year or so but always a hardcover-- I hate paperbacks-- EC all the way for me this time, it was a no brainer- if the Black Terror had been a Schomburg or even Schomburg esque I'd have been all over it- I really didn't like the one offered-- is he catching that bomb or getting ready to throw it backwards? The full color covers throughout make the whole thing pop so the price increase is totally fine with me. As for the app, they were doing demos of it at SDCC and it's much more than just a PDF copy of the guide-- I'm currently using CLZ but I'm going to drop it in favor of the Overstreet one, I was happy with what I saw. They offer a two week free trial if you're on the fence.

And that doesn't include the offsite events that are part of the official programs. The entire city turns comic book-- I stopped at a market to pick up some food for the hotel room (okay and Vodka) and all the displays in the store were superhero themed, and this was about a mile away from the convention center. And I was there in '18 too-- 165k seems about right-- I think NYCC numbers are close or even higher, but the crowd is much more spread out at SDCC, plus let's be honest, NYC is great but San Diego is a vacation spot.

Well I can give you a report but my perspective is a bit different since I was there as an invited guest and setup in the Comics Pro area; but I can tell you as someone who collects Golden Age Comics there were some gems in the room. Dale and Terry had great selections and I picked up a few things including a couple from dealers I hadn't bought from before. I picked up some CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES, and ALL FLASH COMICS and a BATMAN #19 and came really close to grabbing a BATMAN #6. Sales wise for me (and again different as an artist) I can say that foot traffic was stronger than the Wizard Shows with Preview night on Thursday being our second busiest sales day of the show, Saturday was the juggernaut with Friday coming in third. Now I've been on the record saying I really dislike the celebrity shows but let's be honest that's what San Diego and New York have become. At least with this show you had many celebs that crossed over with comics culture. A fan who got a Jon Bernthal photo autographed and then as he passed my table and saw a Ghost Rider I'd done he ordered a Punisher Commission -- so it wasn't a case of someone not having any money left over after buying autographs. The Show was well organized, family friendly and I saw a lot of happy kids with their parents enjoying it. I walked the con floor a couple of times and I thought it was an improvement over Wizard, no empty tables, I didn't see any fortune tellers and if there were insurance companies I didn't see them. A nicely done show in a great area.

Good luck with the sale-- some great books here fellas, great price too.

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Bruce Timm, Damien Scott and a few others work at 9x12 or smaller--so too do a lot of Manga artists- a lot of people think it's faster to work smaller-- smaller page, less ink, less work, right? I find it takes longer to work small but I ink with brushes which are not kind to a smaller work area.

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I wouldn't but that's just me. Writer had very little to do with the creation of the page, even if the artist was working from a full -script it's still created by the artist(s) alone.

She's right in that you stand a far better chance of making a profit in real estate or collectibles if you're able to hold on to something for longer than someone who is looking for a quick flip, but there are flippers and day traders who sometimes make a killing. If I bought a house in my neighborhood in the 1970s as some of my neighbors did I now own a house worth about $450k going by recent market sales. I bought my house seven years ago for $195k and it's valued at $400+ with this current inflated housing market. Comics as a commodity are unique because they are rarer than houses or stocks, if I want a house in a certain neighborhood and I'm outbid by another buyer I need only wait until another one comes along. If on the other hand I'm in the market for a 9.2 BATMAN #1 there is a much smaller number of those on the market (if at all). IF I can stumble off topic for a second; It gets even more complicated with original art-- I laugh at the idea of price guides-- with original art you are talking about one of a kind items. You want THIS page that I own? You have to pay my price even if you don't think that price is fair. That's the price. You can settle for a different page from the same book but not THE page I have. For example, the page from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #124 where Jameson admits his son is the werewolf-- it's a desirable page but NO amount of money buys it, so is it worth $5 million? It is if I own the page and I say so.

I'd ditch the cats and keep the comics, but then I'm a dog person. ;) I second the thought that I've sold collections in the past and lived to regret it. I sold my Detective Comics #29-#36 to help finance a purchase for my then wife (she's now long gone thanks). I should have gone to a bank, I could have gotten a loan at a good rate and paid it back. Money doesn't accumulate value anywhere near as quickly as those pre-Robin detectives did. And I bought all of those in the late 70s early 80s so I think I paid no more than $200 for any single issue and they were all mid grade and better. I'll never do that again, and I have a run of Batman #1-20 that will go with me to the great beyond. But money is not the motivator for you, that's a good place to be. I'd suggest buying one of the new fancy plastic comic short boxes (Amazon has 'em) -- they are great, they are durable and would stand up to cats. Short boxes are a helluva lot less heavy than long boxes. Fill three of them with titles you LOVE and then call up Ted @ Superworld or someone else who will travel to you and arrange all of the processing and shipping and hand you a pile of cash. Don't discount some dealers not giving you a fair shake, I was with him in Chicago when he bought a large collection and it was much higher than what I would have expected a dealer to pay. Worst case you decline the offer and you're not out anything. Easy peasy.