Jeffro.

And it's because of attitudes like this that help CGC justify not completely eliminating the rings. I'm not trying to single you out solely or be an a s s to you but we should all be demanding a higher standard from them and not just accepting the status quo. If we don't demand improvements, we will never get them. Perhaps CGC should start following the Lean tenet of Continuous Improvement.

Fixed

Not to mention, you have bones flying everywhere. It'ed be a real mess

I get that you're a numbers guy, but Art and Literature are almost universally categorized by eras and genres, not decades. Try to put Ingres and Delacroix in the same room and tell them they're both 1820's artists. It'd be a brawl. Comics are both Art and Literature, so it's only natural that fans/scholars would categorize them the same way. As one of the most knowledgeable members of the boards, your time and input would be quite valuable by contributing to the discussion of which characteristics (beyond New Year's Day of 1980 and 1990) help define certain time periods rather than just stonewalling it with the same response. I think he has a point. I used to be a big "ages" guy but when you figure in that there is disagreement about ages in many cases and the fact that certain genres don't even really fit into an age, then it makes more sense to just go by dates. Saying "1980s comics" or "1960s comics" has meaning. There is something there. That type of change is worth discussing. However, even going by decades is not without it's own issues. No method is going to be perfect

That sounds pretty good.

Does he do much (any??) inking? I can't recall.

Are you thinking Dale Roberts/Richard Evans combined ? Goodness, where's Flee Marquette when you need him?

Jansen on Miller was great. Jansen on everyone else can be hard to look at. His style is so heavy, thick, and distinctive that it often ruins the pencils. I've seen some Jansen inking on Gil Kane that made me very

Not just Kirby. He ruined every pencil he ever worked on

I was a fan of McFarlane at this time but looking at this image I can't imagine why. Just awful

Blue label all day every day

Hopefully, no one will suffer cockling when pressing this book

Batman's greatest weapon, his Batawang

You just made Smeagol's list

Or buy the omnibus for even less. So I pay whatever it takes to purchase the run, then deface them beyond recovery. then pay and spend time binding them. Not my cup of tea, but this hobby is bleeding collectors because of Marvel and their "House lacking in ideas". It is good to see different takes on collecting. This seems good for everyone with an interest in the hobby. Some stuff never gets printed in a trade or hardcover volume though and some stuff will likely never be collected into volumes. Rom springs to mind. Micronauts is another. I've recently put together reader runs on the cheap and I've considered binding them. These are mid grade copies of comics readily available so the idea of binding them is appealing and If I bind them, I get the entire issue, every page. I'd certainly never do it for high grade scarce or valuable comics though.

Very early Rob Liefeld drawing. No feet, dead giveaway

To each their own, but I’ve always valued the content over the platform. Another problem (if you consider it such) with omnibusses....omnibi...whatever is that depending on the series you aren't getting complete issues of the original comics. For instance, if a comic had a backup series that probably won't be included. There's also something undefinable, in a good way for me anyways, about reading the comics in their original form.

One of my favorite covers even if it is ridiculous in so many ways.

Much more fun to be a forum jerk

Where are you getting that general concensus? That's not correct. Newton Rings did occur in the past (not nearly as bad though) but because the cases weren't sealed on the side, you could slip a piece of paper in there which would effectively erase the ring. I don't know if that was possible in all instances but there were boardies reporting doing exactly that to get rid of rings. As long as the two plastic surface are in contact with each other, ringing is a possibility The current Newton Ring problem is definitely a result of the newer holder design.

Or in light of a certain new Batman book, the Batawang

Maybe CVA can come up with a sticker for "nicely presenting Newton rings"

I still collect but what I mostly collect these days is reader books. I have little interest any more in acquiring comics that will just sit in a box or be entombed in plastic

Get those tomatos out of there!

That's hilarious