AndyFish

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Man, sorry Kevin, this is a trying time for promoters.

Take it @20%

Take it @20%

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Looks like you got some good books in there-- congrats and good luck!

If the eight books in the last pic are mildew free I'd buy those and dispose of the rest. Mildew can be extremely dangerous to breath in so get yourself a good mask-- not the silly paper masks people used for the pandemic, get something from a hardware store that is used during sanding, one that actually keeps particles out. In this collection so many folks are hoarders, they can't bring themselves to throw out books even when they're beyond saving. At the risk of talking out of both sides of my face, you can get minor mildew out a number of ways-- leaving them in a fresh air environment helps, then put them into a plastic box with a lid and an open box of baking soda-- leave in the box for 2-3 days and then check to see if it's helped, you may have to repeat (and change the baking soda box) a few times. Anything with black dots toss in recycling right away, you don't want to deal with mold.

I’ll take ‘em both @$27

Fun little show-- social distancing didn't exist. Anyone who wants to pretend it did more power to them, but it was wall to wall at one point. Wash your hands and stay away from anyone with a cough or sniffles (like I've done successfully for six years during flu season without getting so much as a cold), eat right, loose a few pounds and you'll be a-Okay. 85% no masks. I saw one guy wearing a mask that only covered his nose-- that was a first. Picked up a few things, there was a fair amount of Golden Age stuff, prices not surprisingly were high on a lot of them, but I still managed to get a few good deals.

Per the website, no longer requiring masks. Glad to hear it. We’ve been just about back to normal here in MA for a few weeks now.

I buy a copy every 3-4 years and then only if it's hardcover and I like the cover, usually I come across one at a show I'm doing and pick it up. It's useless as far as pricing goes, and has been for many years. The internet has made collecting far too fluid for any print publication to keep up. I'm not a hoarder/collector in the completist sense so having every copy means nothing to me. I buy what I like and that's it. Still, here are my reasons I do grab one once in a while; 1- The articles and market studies; most of these are nothing really worthwhile but there's at least two gems in every edition. 2- The Ads; sure I already know most of these dealers but I tend to find something new. 3- The ability to stay off the internet. I do a couple of days a week where its no internet/no tv for me so on those days if I want to look something up I have to go to the ol' bookshelf. The internet (and being on a computer all day) can really get to you. Since most of my published work is digital I'm already on my iMac way too much so a chance to get away is welcome. 4- The nostalgia; when I was but a wee-lad in short pants I was always excited to pour over the latest copy usually on a warm Summer evening, it still makes me smile to think about it. 5- The color cover galleries, I always find something in there that jumps out. I believe 100% that the Overstreet Guide will go the way of the Yellow Pages, which used to be so essential (remember those days?). But at least for now, I'm casually in.

They would never go for it because it's strictly art, but I'd love to see a few of the big comic dealers setup with some wall books to give it more of a "real world" convention. I get that it's an art only show but I think very often the two cross over.

Sunday morning was even busier than Saturday morning-- total sales we DOUBLED what we did last May at CAL II-- this is now officially THE BEST convention of the year for us, virtual or real life based. We did phenomenal, bought some great art and had a great time.

This is the third show and we've been at all of them and have done extremely well. For comparison's sake this show makes us nearly as much as C2E2 and that's saying something because we do very well there. It has surpassed all the other shows we do including Rose City, Heroes and even SDCC. This year's CALive broke last Fall's number for us by Saturday morning. We took full advantage putting 24 pieces up both days and offering commissions-- no easy task loading all of these but I think Bill does a fantastic job and we're in for any of these he does. Check our booth, 24 new pieces up today at 11am; Andy & Veronica Fish Booth

Ha! I did sound a little too authoritative on that-- my experience is the publishers look the other way on one off's-- and it hasn't just been for me but literally every other working artist I know. If someone reaches out to me asking for a commission of another creator's property I run it by that creator first, for example I did a Hellboy piece and I checked in with Mike and Christine first and they were cool with it. As for our own properties, if someone wants to do a one off sculpture of the crew from BLACKWOOD, MARS MAGNO or one of the skaters from SLAM! I have zero problem with it. So permission granted. And for the record; I know of at least two bootleg items Jim Lee has bought so I seriously doubt he'd be the one coming after you. That's what the angry corporate lawyers are for.

It only becomes an issue if they're being mass-produced. One off's rarely bring the wrath of the corporation. Same reason artists can do commissions openly at shows and if you've done some work professionally you can even offer prints. The last time I set up at New York Comic Con I had some high level DC Officials buy two of my Batman prints and I got some work out of it. Doesn't need skull and bones level secrecy but certainly the OP's option to not say.

Yes to this. I've seen this happen about six times this year, which is extremely high, but always the package was actually delivered within 48 hours-- so if they're still claiming they don't have it by now you should be able to rule this out.

Been selling on eBay since the beginning-- you might be over-reacting but there is enough here that would concern me. I would contact eBay first-- and don't leave it to the involved process of messaging them-- CALL them. 1-866-961-9253 You will get much better results if you actually talk to someone, and don't be afraid to go up the ladder if you feel the first operator isn't getting what you're saying. If payment was made by PayPal I'd reach out to them too 1-402-935-7733 Nobody likes talking on the phone anymore but you get much better results. Then reach out to the USPS -- basically useless but you'll need to start a trace and if they are falsely claiming they did not receive something that's mail fraud, make sure you point that out to the USPS person you call. After that, if he ups it to a claim you'll want to file a police report because this item is now potentially stolen. Hopefully your LPS is helpful, and you may have to call his local police station too.

Scholastic was always a huge event for me, and my parents, who are both big readers, pretty much gave me no limit in what I could order-- so I used to get a pile of books and I had subs to Pizzaz and Dynamite. I used to love pouring over the order forms,

The poster was sent to schools, at least in my case. We used to be able to subscribe to magazines via a Scholastic Books like program-- I subscribed to Pizzaz and got them in mailer envelopes and the teacher gave me the poster because she knew I was a comic fan and a subscriber.

Very cool-- I always thought this was some of his best work.

I went to the show two years ago and it was great-- not giant but if you consider all the nonsense that is at most conventions this show probably has more actual comics than San Diego (which I went to the same year). Well worth your time.

Mandarake has locations all over Japan-- the Shibuya store in Tokyo is six floors underground and they have a huge collection of vintage Manga and an incredibly helpful staff-- it's always my first stop on a trip there. Mandarake also does mail order and you can opt to have the site translated to English: MANDARAKE I order from them about a dozen times a year-- they ship DHL to the States and I usually get my package in four days. If you're venturing outside of Tokyo-- the one in Nagoya also has a HUGE vintage Manga collection.

I'd second Fisionbomb's answer-- although there was no Spider-Man a few of the Avengers showed up to the hospital while DD was recovering. Great Miller issue.