tabcom

Not yet. We still don't know if it was a grassroots community level campaign to expose him or the gravitas of CGC legal might.

Holliday cheer to the GAng!. I recently made a trip to Chicago to visit my old college roommate, who happens to be neighbors to an accomplished artist specializing in pulp art. It was with great joy to receive two Matt Baker retro-covers that I commissioned the neighbor to paint a while back. At first glance, you would think they were computer generated image posters. But upon further gazing, the vivid details emerge. Both paintings are hung with distinction in the TCC (Tabcom Command Center). Btw, hanging behind us is an original 1932 painting for the Saturday Evening Post. Here is his description of how the paintings are created . . . "The process is a bit involved. It depends on the subject and what it calls for. First I draw the image on archival pastel paper then I ink the black line work. Then I add the color with permanent inks and water colors and colored pencils for accents and modeling. Then I stretch the paper and glue it to Masonite using clear acrylic medium which not only permanently adheres the paper to the board but also seals the paper by plasticizing it throughout. This makes for an indelible surface but I can still work into it with more colored pencil, acrylic paints and oil paints if need be. Once I am satisfied that it is finished, I let it dry properly and seal it again but this time with a spray resin varnish. Not only does this make for a final seal but it gives the art an even satin finish. So that’s pretty much it. It is a multi media process and work." I asked him if he was interested in taking more commissions. He said he would. If anyone would like to learn more, PM me and I'll forward contact info.

The Arlene Nichols collection arrived back in August.

I haven't used photobucket since it became randsome ware many years ago. Have they changed back to free hosting?

Our Sunday Visitor Press, a few miles down the road from me, is still in the Catholic publications business. Founded in 1912.

Tabcom will be unlocking his foot locker in his bedroom on December 3rd. First two guest will receive a closet prize.

Not an easy question to answer when the cocaine like effects of dopamine is released with each 'Fair Warning' signal flashed upon the bidder screen.

I think I just got us expelled from the club.

My Life

My Story #8

My Love Secret #26

My Past #8

Women In Love #2

Four Color #15 First Tillie the Toiler

Ha.com posts 2 copies sold. Mine is now a Cgc 8.0

As I was moving my collection to a new, more secure location, Mrs. tabcom unloaded on me that it is a burden for her and the kids to have to inherit my comics and sell them off. I'm 55 years old and in excellent health. I see myself as a spindly Stan Lee type in the distant future. So the clock is ticking . . . slowly. A bigger issue for me is, 'have I hit peak comics?'. Over the past 13 years I've grown an envious collection of first love pre-robin Detective Comics run, long Flash Comics run, hoarders load of Superman #14, a beautiful estate sale collection of romance and horror, my fair share of Captain America, and Schomberg Covers. And a FF#1 for good measure. I love reading my GA comics. I just lost the thrill of being a big time buyer at the on-line auction circuit. I'll track a few each auction, but lose the motivation to snipe in the end. Anyone else experiencing peak comics?

Peak comics is the theorized point in time when the maximum rate of extraction of comics from the market is reached, after which it is expected to enter terminal decline. Peak comic theory is based on the observed rise, peak, fall, and depletion of aggregate demand rate in collecting comics over time.