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    Revival

    in Modern Age Comic Books

    Posted

    This thread is crazy. If I had to guess.... the number of posts in this thread are 1/4 Revival related and 3/4 BS.

     

    BUT we love the BS!!!!!

     

    1/4 of the posts are about Revival

    1/2 are BS

    and the final 1/4 are about how 1/2 the posts aren't about Revival

     

    :signfunny:

    Revival

    in Modern Age Comic Books

    Posted

    I usually stay out of these kinds of threads. The oh-too common one where people start talking about things on a civil adult way, then go off track and start to make the thread about some personal vendetta. It's :screwy:

     

    This time, I will throw my opinion into the ring. First of all, the comment that "Miso" made was purely tongue in cheek. That's completely how I took it and while email/text can be misinterpreted, I think his intent was clear.

     

    As far as "hero worship" or any praise Dre gets from his quality of submissions is purely on a topical basis and is more about his sharp eye towards grading. I have yet to pin down a 9.9 or 10.0 book...But he does on a regular basis and any praise is based on him doing something well...as if someone played the piano really well or can sing....Before his untimely passing, Nik used to get SA/BA books that were graded higher than even he thought they should have been. Board members would call it the "Nik bump"....And people used to (worship) to him, on a strictly joking fashion.

     

     

    Another comment was made about Dre and his business model and that he's "in it for the money, so stop drinking the Kool-Aid". I am paraphrasing here. This is my quote, but I took it to mean basically the same thing.

    Let me tell jjeanius and anyone else that thinks Dre is "raking in the dough" or "taking these suckers for a ride".....What Beachbum does is tedious, time consuming, boring and ALOT of WORK !....For what I am guessing, little reward. Sure he makes money, but I think he deals with volume with a narrow profit margin . Supermarkets do this type of model. They are a penny or two difference, but the volume is what makes up for the lack of a large margin.

    Add in the fact that I think Beachbum just LOVES what he does. Like a school teacher or someone who works for a nonprofit, they may not become rich, but they love going to work every day...

     

    Lastly, as far as the drama and temper tantrums that go on here....and believe me, it used to be so much worse. People need to realize that if you ignore the people that like to poke, incite, create drama/tension/arguments, then it stops. It's sort of like a bonfire. You have to keep adding fuel to keep it going, more fuel, bigger the fire...No fuel, it goes out.

     

    That's how you deal with nonsense...

     

    Okay, I am stepping down off the large soapbox and going back to my (mostly) lurking stage.

    CHEW, from Image Comics

    in Modern Age Comic Books

    Posted

    Yeah heard that. Did you see this article about it:

     

    http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/04/04/chew-flash-forwards-to-its-final-issue/

     

    It contains art preview panels for the last issue. Do guys think this series will continue to rise in value even though its a finite series?

     

     

    I think it will. I believe Layman/Guillory will keep working together after Chew ends.

     

    I think it will end up like "Y The Last Man". Prices will peak, then come down and stay at a level. I don't think Chew is the next WD in terms of prices....Even the WD prices have come down for the keys like 19 and 27....Other than #1, I wouldn't pay big money....

    Moderns that are heating up on ebay!

    in Modern Age Comic Books

    Posted

    While on a different subject, anybody picked up Aquaman variant RobotChicken?

     

    I stopped by at mt LCS 10 mins after they opened and they only have two left. The guy said they had ten copies, and it's a 1:10 variant, not a chase variant like Spawn 222

     

    I was able to pick up three copies!

     

    I got two !!....they only had four copies and wouldn't let me buy them all...and they limited me to two copies of the new Justice League 12

    The Official The Walking Dead Discussion Thread

    in Modern Age Comic Books

    Posted

    Ok, I have a question about selling/grading some Walking Dead issues.

     

    I picked up a collection from a local dealer that consisted of the following issues :

     

    2 copies of Walking Dead 1 special edition

    32

    34

    35

    36

    37

    38

    39

    40

    41

    42

    43

    44

    45

    46

    47

    48

    49

    2 copies of 50

    51

    52

    53

    54

    55

    56

    57

    58

    59

    60

    61

    63

    2 copies Image expo variant

    100 Chrome cover

    100 2nd print

    101

     

    All are first prints and 9.8 quality ...So, what should I grade certain ones ? Sell them as a set ? Sell individually raw ?

     

    Any input would be great !!

    Crime SuspenStories 22 club

    in Golden Age Comic Books

    Posted

    Here's mine... perhaps my most treasured comic...

     

     

    CrimeSuspenstories22Front.jpg

     

    So, this is where it is ! :headbang:

     

    I was looking through Heritage archives and saw this...in all it's old label goodness. Put me on the loooonnnnggg list of "Notify potential buyers" list ! - I recently sold my 6.0 to buy the house we are closing on this month and I am missing it tremendously