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Actually was doing ok except for overgrading Aggie by a grade and a half. Don’t quite understand why it and Lois have basically the same notes and one is a 7 the other is a 5.5 but okay….

Made it with 20 minutes to spare. Sorry for the uber-lateness on my submission but I just got back from 4 days at Megacon and I've still fighting some evil three headed triad of con flu, jet lag, and questionable food court chimichangas..

He drew the first WW comic I ever bought. I will always remember the cover of a blonde imposter WW kicking Diana Prince out a window but it really was the opening splash of us behind faux WW confronting someone in a nice full page rear shot that made an impression on a young me I always wanted to get a nice mint copy of that for him to sign and/or get a commission playing homage to that page but alas I always thought there'd be another time and never got around to it. I just got back from Megacon and honestly I don't know like 2/3 of the people in artist alley anymore, I'm mostly a 70s/80s kid. Sucks losing so many legends from that time period over the past several years. RIP Mr. Delbo.

Man I was doing okay in the bloodbath round with one 🎯 and 4 points…until the last book. The fact a beautiful well presenting book like Mopsy can grade out the same as that beater of a Farmer just baffles me

I just got back from Mega this afternoon. My 7th year in a row. Had a great time. The move to a different building was a HUGE help as the aisles were wider and everything was easier to navigate. I was even able to do shopping on Saturday when in past years the aisles were so narrow and congested you couldn’t stop or browse any vendors. I do a little bit of everything, meet some celebs, meet some comic guys, buy some comics (exclusives, variants, vintage). Lotsa awesome cosplayers and the Booth Babe phenomena is back with a vengeance. Anyway it was a great con. Sorry I didn’t post pics but mine are all giant iPhone pics and I have no idea how to resize them to a board friendly dimension

Comics became hot because of the movies. The movies are dying off so the pop culture cache of comics will go right along with it. Eventually we’ll be right back to the same small group of nerds who loved comics in the 70s/80s/90s before they became “cool.” Except instead of being young professionals with free $$$ to spend, they’ll be middle age geezers with kids that need college or a wife who wants a dishwasher or 257 more important things than spending $2k on the first appearance of Paste Pot Pete.

I enjoy trying to read the tea leaves behind Mike’s emoji response. It’s interesting to know he does pick them based on what our grades were. I would’ve been disappointed if he said they were utterly random. For the record, I also got the Stooges.

Grades in early this time since I'm headed to Megacon tomorrow. Man, this was the hardest round in the history of Grading Contests. If my score isn't in the double digits I'll consider it a win.

So basically they're exactly like 95% of the sellers on ebay then?

I hate high grade books. I do much better on beaters with many flaws I can pick apart. The subtle differences in a 9.0 to a 9,6 seems absolutely random to me and those ticky tack points add up fast.

7 points. Only half grade off the first three but whiffed a full grade on the House & Man Thing. It looked way smaller to me.

Sorry, I was busy watching the Lions fritter away their once in a lifetime shot to get to this yesterday. At least if I do poorly I can blame it on trying to grade while drowning in one's own tears. Anyway, grades have been submitted!

CGC doesn’t recognize COAs. NEVER send one with your book because they ignore them and you’ll probably lose it forever if they throw it out.. Also your books will come back with a green label signifying the signature is unverified (by them). Sorry.

Yeah that’s happened to me a few times. I’ve used both third party and ccs pressers on gentle NCB bends just like in that photo. Theoretically thats the kind of stuff pressing was designed for, right? Usually I get a grade bump but every so often a book comes back noting “NCB crease” or “finger bends” or “light bending” after the press which is supremely frustrating

It’s just renamed First Class according to my PO. I’ve never had any issue with it. I’ve shipped probably 40 items since the switch and often times it gets there maybe a day later than priority for $5-8 less

I’ve bought hundreds and hundreds of dollars worth of comics on here without issue. This place is way different than FB because it’s a smaller community and it’s easy to hold each other accountable. I’m not saying there’s never been a dishonest seller but it’s not a big worry.

There’s no one right place to sell your comics. Every comic is going to appeal to someone so the more places you sell, the more chances the person who wants it and will pay the most will see it. Ebay, FB groups, IG consigners and the forums here (although you might have trouble here since it’s tough for people with post counts under 69 billion to sell things) are all places you would want to list things. Join a site like GoCollect or Coverprice and check CURRENT price trends and price your stuff accordingly. If you have a lot of raw, learn how to grade somewhat competency. Any raw book worth $150 or so, you might want to submit for grading just to max value. If it’s worth around $100 or less, it’s not really worth the cost. Good luck!

I wouldn’t. That book is so ridiculously common and over submitted that unless you’re going to get a 9.4+ good luck selling it

Doesn’t anyone put chains on their tires anymore? Amateurs.

these 2 at 20% off

I heard the Thai version is extra spicy

I don’t think there’s any magic formula to convert blue to purple. Generally the rarer more desirable a book is the less the purple will damage your resell price. But serious colllectors, which is what high end books cater too, tend to avoid purple like the plague. I’ve sold two fairly desirable purples over the past few years during the peak of the recent comic boom and I had to price them a little more than half what the blue label goes for just to move them - and even with that they sat on eBay for over 6 months before I got that.

these via PM!!

Bundle them up say 6 months worth at a time and put them up for auction on eBay. What they go for is what they’re worth.

Saw it over Christmas break and it wasn’t a bad movie but I liked it better the other times when it was called Thor.