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On 6/2/2020 at 2:40 AM, Frederic9494 said:

Anxious to get my hands on this one given postal services reliability these days 

 

USPS lost my package in March. It contained 6 of the best Spirou's I'd ever seen, all over 9.2
One copy was a 9,6 or 9,8.
My life is ruined. Pretty sure they are stolen.

It took ages, but they're finally graded!

Two more Robbedoezen to be graded, and I'm expecting a better result on those magazines.

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Yes, Robbedoes #1071 is considered the first appearance of the Smurfs. However, I believe we label the book as the Belgian Edition of Spirou, rather than giving it the title of Robbedoes.

Sending in Robbedoes 1071 and 1072!
So glad I found another 1072 copy.

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I regret to inform you that one of your copies of Robbedoes #1072 was damaged during the pressing process. The spine of the book was very dry and somewhat brittle, and unfortunately the spine split open from top to bottom. Damages like this are not common, and I'm very sorry that it happened to your book.

On 6/18/2019 at 5:21 PM, Frederic9494 said:

for the politically-correct US audience

Marsupilami had the same kind of issues.
Following the Smurfs succes Dupuis decided to make an animated tv-show for Marsupilami, they didn't even bother to tell Franquin about this plans, and he wasn't too happy with the results. At the time Ronald Reagan was in conflict with the country of Nicaragua, making it difficult to represent white people as evil in a Latin American country. They had to remove the dots on his tail to make animation easier. I've never seen this show, but after watching some Youtube clips one could conclude they really butchered the character. Marsupilami can't talk for example, he only imitates the sounds he hears.

In 2000 the show was redone by Marsu Productions itself and they did a much better job staying true to the character.
And in 2012 Marsupilami had his own live-action movie: 'Sur la Piste du Marsupilami':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1x9TsBXSY4

Marsupilami only appeared in the 'Spirou et Fantasio' stories (Spirou is the bell boy seen on the cover of 720) so he never met the Smurfs. Marsu Productions bought the Marsupilami rights and his first standalone story appeared in 1987, he briefly returned to Dupuis in 2016.

The first Gargamel is Spirou 1130 I believe, in the second mini-comic 'Le voleur des schtroumpfs'.

Just checked the census and the new labels show whether the magazine is French or Belgian.
I wonder if my re-encapsulation labels will show this difference.

Here you go

I'll have to send 720 back as well if I want 1071 & 1072 re-encapsulated.

Thanks!

Just informed CGC. I hope it doesn't affect the grade.

9 hours ago, spracknetch23 said:

Nice! I just bought a 721 dirt cheap on ebay, but no 720 available at the moment...patience.. 

Still cool to get the first full appearance. I loved the character in the '90s. I was in Switzerland recently and Marsupilami was front and center in comic shops' windows. Smurf PVCs were also really prevalent in the shop.

This got me thinking.

720 is First Marsupilami appearance
721 is First full Marsupilami appearance
1071 is First full Smurfs appearance
Which number is the first Smurf appearance?
 

Got mail today!

My spidey sense started tingling as I opened the box.
Something seems off 

56 minutes ago, Spiderturtle said:

To any of the board members out there.  When I think of cartoons and comics, I think of scooby doo 1 from 1971 and spirou 1071.  Got tmnt 1 but that’s a different crowd I believe. Any other books that come to mind?

A few months ago I almost bought a tmnt 1 (2nd print). 
The auction ended 04:00AM in my timezone, so I had to place an automatic bid. Winner paid 10 dollar extra.
Same crowd 

51 minutes ago, Spiderturtle said:

So do you have another copy of 1071 that might eclipse your 9.0 that was graded 

Hard to tell, it's been a long time.
My first submission was already at CGC so I didn't have the chance to compare them.
I had the feeling my second submission was slightly better, so a 9,0 might be as high as it get's for me.
My Spirou 1071/1072 and Robbedoes 1071/1072 are still at 'received' status.

Just joined the club,
couldn't be happier with these grades:

And the key comments I was hoping for:

Expecting my Spirou 720 results any moment now!
(been saying that to myself the entire week)

Having a Smurftastic weekend here!
I was able to pick up a Robbedoes 1071 and a Robbedoes 1072 today.

The picture quality is bad but the magazines look decent.
I might send them to CGC if they consider my other Robbedoes submission as a first appearance.
 

Got news from CGC yesterday; my secret third submission got graded. Standard tier for the win!
I wasn't sure if CGC would grade a comic book like this but I'm happy they did.
CCS did a fantastic job on the back cover and the grade came out way higher than expected.
Too bad the label doesn't mention it's the Smurfs first story on their own.

Without further ado I present to you: The Black Smurfs 

Hoping to hear from my other submission next week.

8 hours ago, Spiderturtle said:

What grades are you expecting?

The actual grades +1, like most people on this board 

It could be anywhere between 3 and 9, that's how little I know about the grading process. I'll post the grades once I know.

This is my second submission, the first one with the Robbedoes magazines is currently 'received'.

Status: Grading / Quality Control

It's happening!

Comparing the 1072 covers I discovered an interesting detail.

There's a Smurf lounging in the O of the Spirou version. The same Smurf & one to the left are missing some body parts in the Robbedoes version.
This bloodbath happened when they replaced the Spirou font.

For a second I was feeling lucky.
I rushed to the submission tracking only to find out my status is still 'received'.
Now I'm aiming for the vacant 9.8 spot 

Two 9.6 copies surfaced!

I'll try to contact Dupuis for the exact numbers.
Your estimation seems fair. Considering the geography I would think it's even worse.
Spirou was always the popular one, Robbedoes ceased to exist in 2005.
I believe it's a cultural thing. Till this day, the Walloon comic scene is very much alive, as the Flemish is almost dead.

Great to see the new note, but it feels like a missed chance, good thing it's easy to spot the difference.
That's an amazing collection you got there Spiderturtle! I suppose you own a specially built Spiroom? 

1072 seems to be the French edition.