Dick Pontoon

Yeah, but technically an M2 is a Mylite. You must be talking about Mylites+, which are the super thin ones. Who uses those? I wonder if the bags you're getting are some plastic that looks or feels like a Mylite+.

Far out. I've never heard of Overwatch either, but I'm trying to keep the video game onslaught at bay for as long as possible.

Romita? He only inked about a dozen pages of Kirby, pretty much all covers and a lot of those were just partial. I'm not disagreeing that they look nice, but I don't consider him a Kirby Inker.

Archival tape seems like overkill to me. Blue Painters tape or Post-Its work equally well; I'm partial to the painters tape. You don't want to use Scotch tape because it will adhere to Mylar and need to be scraped off, which in turn leaves residue. Even if you peel it very carefully, a piece is bound to stick on there at some point.

Totaled. $4100.

I should probably just get in the habit of asking, although I don't always have time. I was about to snap a picture of family Sunday afternoon when I had to attend to somebody else.

That was unclear to me, tx!

The number of comic related guests may have increased, but dealers selling comics did not seem to. Among the big boys who have set up previously who did not this time: Marc Nathan, Bob Storms, Greg Reece. There were several other regional/national dealers I can think of who were not there. Off the top of my head I can name at least 5 local dealers/shop owners who have always set up in the past who did not attend. There were no original art dealers, either; both Bechara Maalouf and Anthony Synder used to set up. A multimedia “fan” show is all well and good, but I don’t see how comics are as much a part as they’ve always been, nor how moving forward this change in focus will attract comic book dealers.

Was this ever resolved? I see the poster in question selling books here on the boards; would just like to know if everything is copacetic.

Didn't see the original thread and was assuming he was US based.

So it turns out my earlier guess was right. The show is now going to be known as Fan Expo Boston.

Yes, by bumping a dead 3 year old thread.

Well, they're not ginked like somebody bruised them on purpose, but the plants are a bit off. The plants aren't bearing as much fruit as normal, the the few hybrids we planted look as if it were late September.

One of the nice things about a comic con is seeing the budding young fans attracted to funnybooks, as well as the older ones. I wonder what Golden Age treasure this golden ager found!

I couldn't tend to the garden this weekend of course, but did pick this nice batch of veggies last night:

The Peabody Essex Museum had set up promoting the Kirk Hammett sci-fi/horror poster exhibit that's now up. I thumbed through the exhibit catalog, looks real good.

Allright, I guess I’m going to be that guy…. I’m surprised no one has said this, but if you are shipping slabs and using paper towels for packing material, you are asking for trouble. Doesn’t matter if you’ve done it before and it turned out okay. Eventually you’ll wind up with a cracked slab and an irate buyer, possibly a neg and be out the cost of the slab and shipping when ebay finds in the buyer’s favor. Always, always, always use a ton of bubble wrap or bubble wrap with packing peanuts. Paper towels are not going to absorb and stand up to any impact if the box is damaged. For a valuable book I’d suggest double boxing. These packages aren’t getting some white glove treatment – they’re getting tossed into trucks, across rooms into bins and through various mechanical sorting machinery. Pack a slab as if you expect the box to be handled by a gorilla; pack a slab the way YOU would want to receive it. Secondly, why aren’t you generating postage and printing it through ebay? You don’t have to remember to enter the tracking number, it’s automatically attached to the listing. It’d the easiest and fastest way to ship. Finally, go to your seller dashboard and change your handling time. What's to figure? If you can't find it in your menu items, ask Google how to change it. Again, you’re just setting yourself up for problems.

The uh, <cough, cough> 3 year old discussion....

Royer, Sinnott, Stone, Ditko, Ayers, Everett, though not necessarily in that order.

And the other thing is that PayPal fees are 3%, not 4%. He's trying to pad an extra 1% into his sale.

That sure sounds like a lot to accomplish in one week...

It was a comfortable temperature for sure. And no leaking plumbing to boot!

Just picked this up over the weekend:

I picked up a few others I didn't scan, nothing exciting. Last year I came home with a huge stack, although being a bit more flush with mad money was also a factor. If anybody else would like to share their thoughts on the show, please chime in!

And probably my favorite I picked up, this one from Ted: