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    CLOSED! Kramerica's 2024 Festivus Sale!

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    On 2/5/2024 at 1:10 PM, Mike Murdock said:

    Very happy to see the Gene Colan appreciation on this thread.  One of my favorite artists.

    same! Gene always seems to be the Black Swan of the OG Marvel Bullpen. His art is so "cerebral". It doesn't always make the best poster art, but his art makes you THINK. It's like he's painting concepts that his hand only has so much time to sketch out in a way for our eyes to understand. I feel like his art was always "frantic", but in a very curious and telling/interesting way. I have a few dozen books (including early DD's) signed and from his personal collection I'm proud to say. Spoke with his son a few times about his dad's work too. Very interesting man. Not the average Joe. K - preach session concluded, but I felt compelled to chime in and support good ol' Gene!

    Gotta Make Some Room! Silver and Bronze DC and Marvel, a few horror, a couple romance, one or two keys. Spider-Man, X-Men, Star Wars NOW 15% OFF ALL BOOKS POSTED BEFORE TODAY, 20% IF YOU HAVE CLAIMED PREVIOUSLY!

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    On 2/4/2024 at 5:18 PM, rlextherobot said:

    Wonder Woman #199, Fine + $45. Bought this off the boards on a whim over the summer, fell in love with the cover and ended up buying a higher grade copy for my permanent collection. Selling for the exact price I paid. 

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    CLOSED! Kramerica's 2024 Festivus Sale!

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    On 2/3/2024 at 5:49 PM, Kramerica said:

    I now see 1991-2000 as the Tin-Foil Hat Era. I now consider the Modern Era to be 2001 to present for two very big reasons below:

    1. 75% of the comic stores in the USA went out of business between 1996-1999 during the crash due to holo foil poor quality bad girl anti-hero image clone artists mutants diecut madness. By 2001 the stores had "reset" and anyone with a good sense of the industry had adapted and were starting small, not speculating and some were working non-comic stuff like Magic into their schedule. All of the sub-quality studios and titles had fallen away) and Marvel and DC had to seriously improve the quality of their books, ditch the die-cut and foil, get rid of the clones, stop trying to showcase hot artists and limit the number of their titles. What came was a renaissance with many titles. Bendis on Daredevil, Morrisson on X-Men, JMS on ASM. A lot had changed and along with a new millennium I came to see this as the "New" Modern Age.

    2. Comic Book movies began to bring in readership and popularity. The X-Men and Spider-Man movies along had a lot to do with popularizing comics. Nolan's Batman and Iron Man would follow.

    All makes good sense. I LIKE the way you proselytize. This Preacher says Preach On! But also... post. :) ..the reptile is at least half right...half the time? Maybe

    CLOSED! Kramerica's 2024 Festivus Sale!

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    On 2/3/2024 at 5:21 PM, Kramerica said:

    There are in my opinion some decent books being published today. The problem is you can't just grab 100 books to see what's good. It'll cost you $500 plus tax. In different days you could spend $1.95 and it wouldn't be hard to give something a try. If you like it you come back. But it's been a while since I found a title I liked.

    Well, it's not EXACTLY modern...but if you are looking for a guaranteed great read from what some of us *eh-hem* older folk still consider the "modern era"...there is always Jesse Custer. You CANNOT go wrong there. He did "say it best". Full stop.:cheers: