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10 minutes ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

This?

Bingo!  Thank you so much my friend!

Can anyone help me identify that golden age comic book issue where there is a young teenage boy in bed dreaming of comics?  It's a classic cover.

Thanks for the help.

You watch cinema and Netflix, and most films come and go. Rarely do they stick with you, engraved in your mind; Joker is one of them. I think this is primarily because of how dark the picture was and the ambiguity in meaning. The film masterfully leaves certain aspects of the plot open to higher interpretation.

Some of the songs in the film I will never think of the same way again.  Much like A Clockwork Orange.

Also is Joker the 1/2 brother of Bruce Wayne? Have there been stores written about this?

This is the kind of film you don't want there to be a sequel.  This was standalone piece.  It should be appreciated as such and kept that way.

It was a great one, for sure. I've been now two nights in a row. I have a plot hole kind of question, though. Wayne is only a boy in the film and Joker is what in his 30's or 40's? Of course, Wayne and Joker become nemesis years later when Wayne becomes Batman, but doesn't that put Joker in his sixties? What's the story behind this?

the judgment is meaningless if you think both our political and judicial systems are completely broken.

It seems to me like the OP got ripped off by the storage company.  It's a petty scam; the con makes a list of new renters, Googles their names then breaks into lockers with found information about wealthy clients or postings on social media.  I would most certainly get surveillance footage including the parking lots to see if there were any license plates, getaway vehicles or accomplices  I would also get the names of all employees associated with the storage unit and run background checks for outstanding warrants and prior arrests.  Heist of this magnitude likely isn't their first rodeo.

1 hour ago, Jaylam said:

What's the fee to use this managed payment system? If it's close to what I have to pay PayPal, what's the point? Right now PayPal takes 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction. As a seller, if I could eliminate that, then yes, but if ebay is going to charge almost the same, then it's just a grab for them to add to the 10% they already charge me per sale. 

It's a flat 2.7% globally plus they waive the 30 cent transaction fee.  The PayPal 2.9% obviously goes up if the funds are international.

On 1/2/2019 at 6:16 AM, tabcom said:

Would you buy a PGX book if CGC graders checked it and found no restoration?

I'm a lot less hesitant to pull the trigger on a high dollar book when it comes to being CGC graded. So yes.  CGC, however, is not full proof either as evidenced by the Ewert micro trimming fiasco.  Most deals happen online these days, but I make it an effort to know who I'm buying from, their return policy and most importantly their reputation.

https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/09/08/more-info-for-sellers-as-ebay-kicks-off-new-managed-payments/

Breaking news to me, though I saw this coming with the eBay Paypal relinquishment several years ago.  I noticed when purchasing eBay branded shipping supplies this afternoon from their official store that I could only check out using a credit card — no PayPal.  This is eBay's new branded merchant account terminal which is different than Authorize.net or any other merchant API tie-ins eBay's offered in the past.

I like it, and reminds me a lot of Stripe as you can save your payment method which certainly streamlines the process and allows for quicker checkout.

My question for prospective buyers, would you still prefer to use PayPal? All else equal would you buy from a seller that offered PayPal versus the new eBay credit card terminal?

I don't think in the foreseeable future eBay will totally abandon the PayPal integration, but they may not make it a preferred method of payment which for sellers could lead to one having to enter in tracking numbers for shipments, filing disputes and offering proof of delivery separately.

On 10/16/2018 at 10:31 AM, tabcom said:

Over the years I've read countless posts describing how horrible PGX grading is and seen visual evidence to that effect. 

I agree, PGX grading lacks the sophistication of CGC and they constantly over grade.

My question is, 'Outside the esteem virtual halls of the CGC Chat rooms, does the comic collecting rabble discount the value of PGX grades?'

I'm of the opinion that they buy the label and not the book.

I have a FF#1 that is a PGX 5.5.

There is no way I'm going to send it to CGC to get a 4.5 label. 

 

I think you have it the other way around, for most people, it's buy the book NOT the label which is hard to do if the thing is slabbed.  The problem with PGX is their restoration check (if you can even call it that). They're known widely around the hobby for putting unrestored labels on restored books which has in some cases cost buyers thousands of dollars.  I've never bought a PGX book because I always thought books in the PGX holders were hiding something, i.e., restoration, being overgraded, pages missing, major tears, etc.  I work too hard for my money and couldn't know in good conscience I'd likely be buying something where there was a caveat or something I did not know was wrong with it.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00317ERM6/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

I've also heard good things about Prisma. Have you used them? In this set, you get eight assorted tips.  I like the signature on the Action Comics you posted but I'm looking for something finer and rounder opposed to brush. I've included something similar signature-wise I'm looking for below.

Kav, on these if the pen moves quickly across the surface of the paper and you do not blot it do you have to worry about bleedthrough?

Recommended Pens for Autographs? Sharpie seems too thick and you run the risk of bleed through....

Any suggestions?

1 hour ago, HandsomeVanzant said:

Hi-

We migrated all the interviews on ComicZoneRadio.com to a new site but sadly lost the 3 Jay Maybruck interviews, some of the best interviews from the series. Jay Maybruck was one of the original co-founders of Sparkle City Comics. The interviews were riveting in that Jay really shared the good, the bad and the ugly about his career in comics. If anybody has these interviews please let me know.

Thanks,

Vincent Zurzolo

Vincent, yeah I was on there the other day looking for those and couldn't find them.  I though he might of asked you to pull them that's why they weren't shown.  Hopefully someone our there has them on MP3.  

Does the Wayback Machine archive any audio files?

BTW I subscribed to the podcast it's not allowing me to listen to them in this later iOS version.

16 hours ago, NamesJay said:

Used to be a frequent contributor to the boards -- has anyone heard of his whereabouts lately?

He and a couple of other board members own and operate the Tampa Bay Comic Con, San Fran Comic-Con and the one in Atlanta.  So he's probably got a TON of planning administration and other stuff going on.

So if I paid an artist to commission a logo for my business that I would subsequently use on t-shirts and stickers?  I probably would have to work with an artist who needs the money and would create some character or monsters that are generic and never been done before?

41 minutes ago, kav said:

It's my understanding that DC owns the rights and could stop him from making money off drawing their character, if they wanted.  You then taking that image and reproducing it, thats a whole other matter.

Maybe it's in the original contract they signed with the publisher, that is they can redraw the character for money at shows as many times as they want to and until their arm falls off? Otherwise, they aren't enforcing this as artist commissions have become a multimillion dollar a year industry and nobody ever says anything.

I guess I'm not following the logic on this one.  Let's say you pay Neal Adams for a Batman commission, he charges you and gets paid yet he doesn't own the licensing rights either.  How is that any different than me selling reproductions of the original artwork I now own and paid him for?

This wall street leverage buyout stuff has got to stop.  Borrowing money from banks to restructure, filing for bankruptcy and pulling the golden parachute if it fails ultimately forces taxpayers to foot the bill and I'm sick of it.

WOW very sad. RIP.

If you buy an original piece of art at auction or you commission a piece do you own the rights to the artwork?  What I mean by this is could you put the art on t-shirts, stickers or make prints for sale if you so desired?

Thanks.

Anyone else getting this error message when they try to access old threads?