Dr. Love

yeh, always liked this book a bunch. Great cover by Alice Kirkpatrick. There's a sole 7.5 in the census. Here's the Crippen copy from 17 years ago. My god has it been that long? According to HA, I didn't bid on it, though for the life of me I can't figure out now why not. A VF/NM that went for $41.

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Dearly wanted this Barry page, but couldn't hang with the fierce action. Oh well. I could say there'll be another one like this somewhere along the way...but there won't.

And every so often I'll repost this, the quintessential romance cover and say goodnight, my friends may we all be graced with the love we want and need

There's a certain early period in DC romance art that is sublime. Sekowsky, or was it Infantino or Barry were beyond beyond

Yeh, choice. Someone marries the ugly person with a good personality, someone buys the house overlooking the freeway with 24/7 noise. Standards cant be argued with. But flexible standards that depend on what's in your wallet, today, that I dont get so much.

That quite the copy there is actually quite the copy here. Recently graded, and now second highest behind a 6.5 out of 17 in the census. Your book, Lady Death?

Well, that is true. I was mostly amused. But I stand corrected!

You know, I can't see this without thinking, wistfully, of your many exchanges with our old friend, @therealsilvermane Though you disagreed on many things, he was thoughtful, impassioned, often provocative, and held his own against odds. I hope he'll be around next month for the unveiling of one of his favorite stars!

also there was a McCauley piece that got no bids. Available on HA's site for purchase. HA had an estimate of $6,000-8,000. Of course, not in the same league as this GGA type piece below that went for nice bucks in 2019. But it's also been four years since there's been a McCauley original on HA. For it to go unsold, is, to me, shocking.

From HA's current Illustration Art Sig Auction some notable results from digest covers, especially the Valigurskys, which I didn't see coming there was also a Schomburg 1954 dust jacket 21X15 piece from the Schomburg Estate that fetched $32,500

Were you into westerns? Or was that another mike

Chez Chez La Femme

To Infinity and Beyond

Murder She Wrote

I, Robot

in space no one can hear you scream

I havent forgotten. It was the predominant business model for comic dealers - NM if I'm selling, VG if I'm buying. And we're talking about the same book btw. That's not even getting into deliberate undisclosed resto. With the advent of Ebay giving all of us access to each others books, slabbing was a foregone conclusion. But the speed with which the lowly mark grabbed for CGC like a lifeline, this our beloved professional class helped bring into fruition.

Love the direction of the season. The fight scenes are horrendous though. Cant stay wide on a sequence for more than a second, herky jerky back and forth. Hate that, like the first Bourne times a thousand. Almost a complete deal breaker.

That many?

So let me see if I understand this - Dinklage is against dwarves being cast in roles that actually call for dwarves, but is down for a dwarf being cast in a role that could be played by a person of average stature. Hulk's head hurts