Brian Bollinger

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day!

I don't know if this counts as a comic book or not. ...maybe a comic book you color?  Anyway - it's another SDCC 2018 item

I just got a hold of these images.  Here's what we can look forward to next month!

I just got a hold of these images.  Here's what we can look forward to next month!

The fabulous cast and crew and the genius's of The Tick by Amazon Prime are busy working on making The Tick Season 2 a major success.  Watch for it coming in early 2019.  Personally, I'm hoping to see some sneak peaks of Season Two at the San Diego Comic-con next month.  It's gonna be wickedly cool!  Spooooooonnnnnn!!!!

The finished artwork for TickComics.com.  Again, drawn by Billy Tucci and colored by Wes Hartman.

Hi Mollie,
Can you please add:
Set: The Tick:  Ben Edlund Original Set    
Book: The Tick 1 Sixth Printing
Book:  The Tick 1 Seventh Printing
Book:  The Tick 1 Eighth Printing
Book:  The Tick 1 Ninth Printing
Book:  The Tick 2 Fourth Printing
Book: The Tick 2 Sixth Printing
Book: The Tick 2 Seventh Printing
Book:  The Tick 3 Seventh Printing, 10th Anniversary  (Cert. No. 1060634002)
Thank you so much!
Victor
P.S. 
Can you also add the same books to the Set: The Tick - Complete with One-Shots and Mini-Series?

 

Welcome! Your site is awesome btw
 

I joined last summer but just recently saw this thread.  I've been collecting the Tick since 1988 - but as a casual collector.  I decided to take my collecting more serious and I knew virtually nothing about comic book collecting, let alone grading.  Everyone I have meet here as been super nice and helpful in educating me... and even helped me fill in a couple holes in my collection.  If you're a Tick collector my site is http://www.TickComics.com.  There are no ads or anything.  It just a site dedicated to listing all the Tick comics (and a few magazine article) related to the Tick.
-Brian

You're welcome.  I just updated it yesterday - I added a new magazine in the non-NEC section.

Hey Brian,
Just thought I'd send a quick thanks for your website.  I'm going through my comics and trying to get them ready to ship to CGC for grading and I've been using the heck out of www.tickcomics.com.  Great site!  CGC Registry finals are coming up and I think I might have a chance to win a certificate...after trying to get up there for decades!
Vic out
 

How big is this and what is it made of?.  It's quit epic looking.

Hey Brian,  do you know why the variant covers are listed as 1 out of 10?  Are there other variants of these that I'm missing?  

The finished artwork for TickComics.com.  Again, drawn by Billy Tucci and colored by Wes Hartman.

The finished artwork for TickComics.com.  Again, drawn by Billy Tucci and colored by Wes Hartman.

The finished artwork for TickComics.com.  Again, drawn by Billy Tucci and colored by Wes Hartman.

Hey Finhead - that's a really nice set.  Thanks for sharing!

Thank you Vic for my prize package.  It arrived safe and sound from the warm sunny SoCal to the ice storm ridden NH.  The items have a nice new home.  :-)
 

Thank you Vic for my prize package.  It arrived safe and sound from the warm sunny SoCal to the ice storm ridden NH.  The items have a nice new home.  :-)
 

I got my colorized Tick art.  Billy Tucci did the line art, Wes Hartman did the coloring.  I'll be using it for the TickComics.com site.

It’s probably high but I’m gonna guess 257.53

That's pretty awesome.  In addition to being a big Tick art collector, one of my other favorite artists is Norman Rockwell.   Here's something that's never been seen publicly before... his original prelim to this Saturday Evening Post cover.  Nothing better than combining the Tick with Rockwell!

I've known for a month.  I was pretty excited when they told me they wanted to do that.  The cool part is, I've already had one other collector email me and let me know of a couple comics that I was missing.  They weren't rare or anything - I just missed them as 3rd variant covers.  (The massive summer double spectacles - limited edition covers)  I was able to pick up the missing issues on eBay right away for under $10 for the pair.
The whole reason I created that site was to that I could check to see what comics as was missing while I was trying to complete my collection.  That way I wouldn't have to try to memorize anything - just look up my collection on line and see if I had the issue or not.  When I initially let NEC know about the site they were kind of like "that's nice... another Tick fan page".
It kind of grew from there.  I saw some people with non-NEC Tick stuff so I thought it would be good to collect and add that.  (Round 2 of research) Then when I felt like it was a close to a complete site I sent NEC an email asking them if they knew of any missing issues.  To which I got a reply similar to "it looks pretty good, but it would be nice to see the trade paper backs as well - they has some nice artwork on those covers".  That sent be back for round 3 of research.  I also added the Newsletters - although other than the first three that had the original appearances of the Tick I don't hunt those down.
Bob Polio was very kind to me at Boston Comic con last summer and put up with all the questions I had about previous Tick comic books.  He was also very helpful and letting know about some of the variant covers that I had not known about or tracked down yet.  When I sent another email to George with a final request for missing issue information (around January sometime) I finally got a "Wow, you've done a good job at tracking down and cataloging the comics... Would you care if we shared your site?"
Of coarse I was honored.  I started working on the site around July last summer.  I'm obviously still missing several issues as evident by my "wanted" page but it been a lot of fun along the way.  And honestly, I think what I liked most about getting serious about my Tick collection is that I never expected to make friends from other Tick collectors.  Everyone has been very nice to me and very helpful - especially from this forum.   A year ago I had stack of Tick comic on boards in bags.  Mostly first prints, and mostly up till about 2000.  After 2000 I mostly piked up non-comic con issues.  I had what ever I didn't have to hunt for.  I had never been to a comic con and didn't know about variant or special covers.
So let me say this hear.  While NEC may have mentioned my name on the inside cover of #3 it wouldn't be there if you guys hadn't help me out and brought me under your comic book collector wings.  THANK YOU!  And may the rooftops never crumble under your feet as you bounce from roof to roof.  (unless you're the guy with the wings.)  Vic, I even still have some of the images on the Tick site that you let me use.  Kelly, you taught me about the grading process and sold me a few high grade comics, Glenn you've help me fill in my collection with some cool signed comics as well.
I'm excited to meet you guys this summer when I attend my first SDCC.  I'm gonna need help... someone will need to show me the ropes of what I need to see and do while I'm at the con.

I've known for a month.  I was pretty excited when they told me they wanted to do that.  The cool part is, I've already had one other collector email me and let me know of a couple comics that I was missing.  They weren't rare or anything - I just missed them as 3rd variant covers.  (The massive summer double spectacles - limited edition covers)  I was able to pick up the missing issues on eBay right away for under $10 for the pair.
The whole reason I created that site was to that I could check to see what comics as was missing while I was trying to complete my collection.  That way I wouldn't have to try to memorize anything - just look up my collection on line and see if I had the issue or not.  When I initially let NEC know about the site they were kind of like "that's nice... another Tick fan page".
It kind of grew from there.  I saw some people with non-NEC Tick stuff so I thought it would be good to collect and add that.  (Round 2 of research) Then when I felt like it was a close to a complete site I sent NEC an email asking them if they knew of any missing issues.  To which I got a reply similar to "it looks pretty good, but it would be nice to see the trade paper backs as well - they has some nice artwork on those covers".  That sent be back for round 3 of research.  I also added the Newsletters - although other than the first three that had the original appearances of the Tick I don't hunt those down.
Bob Polio was very kind to me at Boston Comic con last summer and put up with all the questions I had about previous Tick comic books.  He was also very helpful and letting know about some of the variant covers that I had not known about or tracked down yet.  When I sent another email to George with a final request for missing issue information (around January sometime) I finally got a "Wow, you've done a good job at tracking down and cataloging the comics... Would you care if we shared your site?"
Of coarse I was honored.  I started working on the site around July last summer.  I'm obviously still missing several issues as evident by my "wanted" page but it been a lot of fun along the way.  And honestly, I think what I liked most about getting serious about my Tick collection is that I never expected to make friends from other Tick collectors.  Everyone has been very nice to me and very helpful - especially from this forum.   A year ago I had stack of Tick comic on boards in bags.  Mostly first prints, and mostly up till about 2000.  After 2000 I mostly piked up non-comic con issues.  I had what ever I didn't have to hunt for.  I had never been to a comic con and didn't know about variant or special covers.
So let me say this hear.  While NEC may have mentioned my name on the inside cover of #3 it wouldn't be there if you guys hadn't help me out and brought me under your comic book collector wings.  THANK YOU!  And may the rooftops never crumble under your feet as you bounce from roof to roof.  (unless you're the guy with the wings.)  Vic, I even still have some of the images on the Tick site that you let me use.  Kelly, you taught me about the grading process and sold me a few high grade comics, Glenn you've help me fill in my collection with some cool signed comics as well.
I'm excited to meet you guys this summer when I attend my first SDCC.  I'm gonna need help... someone will need to show me the ropes of what I need to see and do while I'm at the con.