AndyFish

On 9/7/2021 at 11:25 AM, Superworld said:

Tales of the Zombie #10 VF $40

Take

On 9/7/2021 at 11:25 AM, Superworld said:

Tales of the Zombie Annual #1 VF+ $25

Take this one too.

On 9/7/2021 at 11:00 AM, Superworld said:

Six Million Dollar man #6 NM- $60

 

Take it

Great stuff, love that Rogers Tec cover

Great video!

Beauty!

On 8/6/2021 at 12:52 PM, Kevin Boyd said:

So this has been a fun week.

George Perez, sweet man that he is, sends along his apologies and regrets to the fans who were planning to see him next week. While he is in good health and vaccinated, he must be cautious nevertheless. He promises to come to the event in Spring 2022.

Josh Williamson will also no longer be able to join us.

 

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

On 7/26/2021 at 9:03 PM, catrick339 said:

Harvey Hits 34,  Harvey-Toon

Chip out upper  LH FC, some general wear.
Flat and tight, decent gloss left,  offwhite pages.  Couple small tears lower edge  BC.

Asking  $10

Take it @20%

On 7/27/2021 at 8:06 PM, catrick339 said:

8 PM,  and here I am,  large stack  close at hand.  

The Flintstones at the New York  World's Fair, first print
Bit of general wear, couple  dogears upper  RH FC, touch of spine roll.  Tight,  glossy,  offwhite pages

Asking  $10


 

Take it @20%

On 7/28/2021 at 1:14 PM, catrick339 said:

Long Bow 6

Another Jim Clark  rerun,  with a bit of  spine roll,  lower  staple just barely hanging on. 
Tight,  bit of gloss left,  cream - offwhite pages.

Let's move it out,  asking   $5

Take it @20%

On 7/27/2021 at 9:18 PM, catrick339 said:

Space Giants  #1, 1979

Very sharp copy,  but this book  is  a good half  inch or better taller than a standard comic book. 
Black and white interior, kinda reminds  me   of   Fantasy  Quarterly 1 and Cerebus 1, printed about
the same time.   Based on a Japanese  cartoon.

Asking  $25

Take it @ 20% off

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

On 5/17/2021 at 11:10 AM, vodou said:

Well...since we can all read Jim Lee's mind now too...I'm going to take the above to mean that you Andy Fish are definitely speaking for yourself (and Mrs. Fish too?), so you've just granted anyone/everyone blanket permission for one-offs of anything/everything you've ever "created" and/or holds rights to? Cool. But still, please confirm. Thanks.

Now about the other rights holder, the corporation(s)...we'll just lean on rarely = all good, I guess?

And then back to this very important part...and I can only work off memory now since "somebody" is busy sweeping their backtrail and I didn't quote their entire post (but may have to from now on  )...the original post (iirc, my impression) mentioned a number of people agreeing to go forward, not just the one posting here. So "one off" ain't so one after all.

And for the record I'm 100% anti-IP Rights, it stifles creativity across the board, but this is the world we have not the one we want, so that's what I'm working with.

 

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.

17 hours ago, lotofsilver said:

In these crazy postal times I frequently get deliveries from USPS that tracking shows were delivered the day before. Pretty much happens every time there is a sub on my route. More trying to find a potential silver lining, but could possibly show up tomorrow. 

In either case, as a seller, you followed the protocols with tracking and delivery so ebay should cover. I worry more about CC charge backs six months later when tracking is purged and you can't prove delivery (fortunately this has only happened twice in tens of thousands of transactions).

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.

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,