The Less Blob

I have seen almost nothing worth buying on FB for the prices asked. It may be worth selling there, but I don't even bother looking anymore.

Have you registered these images with the copyright office? It makes a huge difference re: whether you have a financially viable lawsuit. Unregistered images are still "protected," but the financial consequences of infringement are more limited to the non-registered image.

"So what is a “transformative” use? If this definition seems ambiguous or vague, be aware that millions of dollars in legal fees have been spent attempting to define what qualifies as a fair use. There are no hard-and-fast rules, only general guidelines and varied court decisions, because the judges and lawmakers who created the fair use exception did not want to limit its definition. Like free speech, they wanted it to have an expansive meaning that could be open to interpretation." (From a legal blog. At the end of the day maybe darth vader on a unicorn is conserved parody and you're protected. Maybe it isn't and you are bankrupted. And be careful about selling internationally. I don't know if foreign law is as accommodating as U.S. law. France, in particularly, has very tight copyright law.)

On a personal level this is probably good for me in that I found myself buying stuff there I did not need or have room for, basically spending lunch no at there. The dollar box scores had become few and far between. And I am so crushed with work and childcare obligations (and should be working out when I do have an opening) hanging out there An hour or two a week was not in my schedule anyway. Oh well, so closes a chapter in my life.

Your image is itself a copyright violation, but that is between you and Disney. It doesn't mean he can grab it. Derivative works are tricky.

Finished all the seasons. Terrific. Enjoyed the Defenders. Did not think I would like Iron Fist, but am about 5 episodes in and despite the actor being a little annoying, still like it. Cool that the Rand HQ is in my office building. Am 2 episodes in on Luke Cage and Jessica Jones. My wife is actually willing to watch Jessica Jones despite hating the super hero genre because she is not all super heroey. Not sure yet if I am going to go in on the Punisher. Not that interested in the military back story, is that a chunk of the 1st season?

I watched it ALL yesterday. Half day for the kid, stayed home. Netflix binging is really dangerous. I liked it.

She was the cute and cuddly star of a movie and seems to have more comic book traction. I would normally say this is all madness, but I happen to accidentally own a NYX-3, so until that gets sold off, the pricing is totally rational and probably undervalued.

Has been there since 93. I think he did sign a lease during the last recession, but not 9/11, so that might have helped. But these leases usually go up some % every year.

He has given up. He won't. Certainly not in Manhattan. Comic shop are too risky for a landlord. Big moving costs. They'd want a huge deposit. If he is closed for 2 months he loses his file customers.

And I am saying why it isn't more than nyx. And was the OP talking about the variant?

Why is thanos 13 on the list? People barely care about regular ghost rider, they'll get tired of the cosmic one soon enough. X-23 has taken a decade plus to get here, has made her movie mark, etc.

It was particularly overvalued because there were so many of them. There was also no internet then. Prices were distorted because folks were limited to local shops, shows, and some mail order. Now we have a real international market for this stuff with hundreds of thousands of sellers. X-men 221, for example, sells for $25 or whatever because that's the price that the market is paying, not distorted by local monopolies or any of that. Obviously a few expensive books may be skilled up in bidding, but the typical book sells for what the market thinks it's worth.

Those guys were expensive here. Honestly I am not sure the prices ever really recovered after the crash except for really high grade stuff. There were guys quiting white collar jobs to be card dealers. Yes, some of the new stuff was overvalued, vastly.

When one thing goes up 40% there is plenty of stuff that has gone down. Where stores are empty or forced to close because of rent gouging, businesses that are viable without gouging, it impacts employment, tax collections, etc. Obviously the landlords think they make more keeping a store empty for 5 years. In other places stores may be empty because there aren't viable tenants, but not really here. This shop kept 2 guys employed full time at $15 an hour and another part time guy. The owner was able to afford a house in the suburbs and a kid. This wasn't a struggling shop where the owner was struggling to survive. We'll see. I guess if so etching actually goes in the space that survives it will be an economic wash. My old lcs was pushed out to make a coat check room and concierge table for a fancy restaurant that opened up next door.

Nobody was ignoring Mickey mantle. Those were the most sought after cards.

Steve. I think his brother got out of the business years ago.

There are two giant Duane Reades within a block of each other down here and another one 3 blocks away. High end coffee shops and fancy bars can survive.

Chinese American guy. Now in his 50s, but the dude hardly ages. His family made some smart real estate investments in queens, he won't starve.

Such laws have been discussed but not enacted. I am in favor of taxing landlords extra for keeping space empty long term. These are spots that could have jobs, sales tax, and rental taxes. Like I said, they have kept the storefront next to it empty for 5+ years in the hope of combining storefronts and pushing him out. Lots of empty stores around there due to ridiculous asking rents. Viable businesses driven out.

The store next to them has been empty for like 5 or 6 years since they kicked out a pizza place and the storefront next to that empty for like 2 years. The landlord probably figures a combined space will be marketable. Maybe another bar/restaurant, those can survive down here.

The first book in the thread is affordable...

They are all awesome, but that is an extra awesome cover.

After 30 years in lower Manhattan, surviving 9/11 right across the street, the Occupy Wall Street protests, a few stock market crashes, a comic market and sports card market crash or three.. Chameleon Comics (and cards) is closing. Business was good enough, apparently, but not good enough to withstand a 40% rent increase, which is usually the demise of old time NYC locations of any type. He does not seem to be having a going out of business sale or anything like that though. Midtown has location like 10 blocks away so the Financial District is not completely without comics, but this was the kind of place where regulars would hang around b-sing with the staff and each other. Midtown's downtown location is really sterile.

Considering the joker movie is loosely based on (ok, very loosely) it, I would think it may rise