Ssantoss

What is this "focus" you speak of? 

I have the lifetime goal to gather every comic published by Marvel from FF1 and forward. Oh, and other stuff that happen to catch my fancy too. 

Is it an age thing or do lazy entitled...individuals come in all categories? I've had some problems with younger summer workers (younger than 30), albeit in logistics. No comics in sight. :P Almost have to slap the #"!%¤& phone out of their hands. 

This thread has kept me duly entertained during a slow evening at work. But what most amaze me (in a good way) is how the board comes together, tar, pitchforks and rubber duckies prepared. I should start buying here more often, and always require signature verification. 

On 11/30/2019 at 5:22 AM, XxSpideyxX said:

People who read comics know about sex?

My comic related research have found that it involves mamary glands of bisarre proportions, small furry animals, and when in doubt - tentacles. 

I've talked to poeple about comics many times, I've found that the trick is to connect it (comics) to something tangible, something that seems more "real" to the listener. I've had the pleasure of holding lectures about comics for non-comic interested people, but always made the subject with some kind of angle. The latest I held a while back was "Sex and sexuality in comics through publishing history.". Sex sells. But more important, people know about sex, they know about literature. This was just a more niched dive into the subject, and a fun one to boot.

A newspaper clip was the first evidence of my fall into comics.
Translation of text: What "Summer with speed"? <my name>, 4 years old, wasn't even remotely interested in the board of recreations new summer parolle. He took it easy and ignored both windsurfing and soccer.

I need that wood! 

Although that's not a stamp of quality, I'd buy my own strain of anthrax, a rabid possum or a dead hooker, as long as it had the marvel logo on it. 

4 hours ago, paqart said:

I wanted to get a Wolverine v2 #67 but didn't see a single copy, though it is modern. I also wanted a few of the later ASM issues in newsstand editions but didn't see most of them in any version, let alone newsstand. I did get a newsstand copy of #500, but that was the only comic on my list that I actually found, out of about thirty comics and in two days of looking. I bought maybe 50 comics but 49 of them were bought to trade with other people, not for my collection.

Weird, was also looking for that one. Got all other issues of the old man logan storyline, but not 67. And agree, ASM in specific numbers above 300 were not that easy to find, tried to complete my run from 200 and up, still 10 issues to find that were nowhere to be seen at the con.  

4 minutes ago, kimik said:

This is one of the major changes I have noticed the past 5-6 years selling moderns and hot variants at local shows. Prior to that, you would expect to be asked for a 10-20% discount on everything, and more if someone pulled a stack of books. The vast majority of the post 2010 new wave of collectors pull a stack of books they want, add it up, and then pay full sticker for them no questions asked. 

US collectors don't haggle anymore? I was there, and as a foreigner from a culture almost totally void of haggling, trying to go lower feels so wrong in some ways. Did manage to overcome that block on sunday and got some great deals, but still felt wierd. 

Talked to some booths selling comics. I should have brought my pile of bronze age stuff and traded them in. Oh well, I'll be going to more cons in the us in the future.

The crowding during all four days was insane! 

13 hours ago, comicjack said:

I think it depends what you have keys always seem to work 

Well mostly run fillers from the early and mid seventies, no keys. Might just as well leave them at home then.  

Do any of you know how open the vendors are to trading comics at the con? I was thinking about bringing a pile of marvel bronze age comics that I have duplicates off, but if the chances are slim I'd rather save the luggage space.

Am I the only on that first read the title as "Interest in some mutant titties?" 

Wonder if CGC will have on-location grading, or at least submissions and witnesses. This Con is stacked with comic book talent, to my joy! 

I'm also going to NY, the first week of october, for NYCC. I've been to the city before and already done the touristy stuff, was thinking about focusing on Brooklyn and all the comic shops there. Any tips on hidden gems (restaurants, comic book shops etc) are welcome.

Edit: I'm travelling from Sweden though, not the UK like OP. Comic book shops will be awesome as long as they have dollar bins and a somewhat wide selection to preuse (dollar bin back issues here usually lands around the equivalent of 5$ and up).

Still going strong here in Sweden, have been published in his own comic book ,"Fantomen", since 1950 and 26 new issues are published every year.

1 minute ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Punch not lest ye be punched 

I only observe punching, ringside can be quite comfy. But Michael Jackson always hogs the popcorn. 

Is Kva the punching bag? I thought that was greggy? Soon you'll tell me that ducttape ain't made of ducks, bowler hats are unsuitable for bowling, and that adds dont add up. Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!

Sold through PM.  

More relay services that people are signing up for to consolidate multiple orders and to get an adress in the US so bidding on "US only" auctions becomes possible. 

As someone who constitute as "international" (Sweden to be more precise), I'm always happy when I find a seller willing to ship to me. The GPS however is a killer, extreme fees (often $30+ to ship a single comic), import taxation on items that should be tax exempt and so on. I'm considering signing up for one of those relay services where you get a US adress that consolidate incoming parcels and send them to me. 

16 minutes ago, Nico Esq said:

What do you watch, who have you tried, etc? 

ComicTrips is a favourite, they're on a hiatus now. Reggie is good, Nerdsync have some really interesting episodes, Comictropes, Comicstorian. Working my way through recommendations i've gotten here on the boards.

56 minutes ago, Nico Esq said:

But are you watching Gary V., Jordan Peterson, Joe Rogan, whomever  OR comic book related media people?  

I also didn't ask about the dozen or so Facebook, MeWe, etc. sites, but that is also something I'm interested in hearing people talk about in a thoughtful way.  

Try to keep my youtubing to comic related content, but cats always seem to work their way in. 🤔

39 minutes ago, Pontoon said:

Well, there you go. If I spent time watching youtube comic shows, I wouldn't be able to linger over the CGC Boards as much.

Aha, I've found my opposite! I watch too much YouTube to the point that my post count never increase.