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You're like a Grandson to me, Kav.

My Mom was 17 when I was born and my Dad was 18 and the silver lining to that for me is that my Grandparents were in their forties so I had them for a long time (having only lost both within the last couple of years). It's not ideal and my parents were not ready whatsoever to have me, but I am very glad that I had such a good relationship with my Grandparents who were youthful in comparison to my peers.

Ugh, no thanks! This girl was already quite sexy, her dressing up as characters I don't care about would not have appealed to me. Trust me, 'as is' she was already super-human! Let's stop talking about ex girlfriends now

She was not a stripper (I don't go to strip clubs) but a burlesque/pin-up performer and the whole Power Girl thing was one of her turn-offs, the way super-hero women were drawn, Psylocke in a thong, etc. So that approach wouldn't have worked!

For me it was those curves and that cleavage, which could raise the dead. It wasn't completely superficial because we did have a lot in common, but yeah, she was just like "I am not going to a comic con with you" but she didn't complain about me going without her. Yeah, I agree- people do not have to conform to each other, or like the same things. I think the key to ANY relationship is the ability to co-exist. So many people need validation and reassurance though, which disrupts this.

yeah but I don't mean speed dating per se, but this specific speed dating which took place at a comic-con so, the participants (of both sexes and all orientations) were already comic fans Unless! You mean this dealer in Seattle was at a speed dating thing AT THE COMIC CON and you did not misunderstand me, my friend. In that case, that is odd. I wonder what kind of comics they meant then? I have to think though, that's not every single female. I have female friends, especially in the comic con industry (I used to work for ReedPop) who are hardcore into mainstream superhero stuff, so that's kind of surprising to hear.

You say that like it's that easy. If I was talking to a real bombshell and it turned out that she didn't like comics, I may be swayed enough to simply pivot to something that would be a mutual interest, because I have had weakness in the past my friends, I admit it! I was weak! I was dating a burlesque performer who, I assure you, was like a personification of Jessica Rabbit in human form. She hated comics because she hated "geek culture" as she put it so you know, I just didn't broach the subject. Didn't throw my comics out, didn't hide it, but damn girl, it's fine, we can talk about magicians and old films and Bowie records! Kav, I know you know what I'm saying here man

I remember going to NYCC a few years ago and they had a Speed-Dating thing for comic fans and I thought that was a great idea and concept for people into comics etc. finding people with similar interests. Try to find something like this Namtak!

Again, the common sense approach to all of this is that it depends on each individual circumstance and dynamic. If you're in a relationship where you bought a house together and you can't pay your share of the mortgage because you spent the money on a back issue of Tales to Astonish, I could see where the partner being pissed off was rightful and justified. If you're equal partners, if you don't ever try to reign in your partner if they collect (for example) beany babies, and that partner tries to belittle you and threatens to sell your comics- that's unjustified, that is unwarranted. I think everything has it's context. Or it's entirely possible the last three women you've dated have all had affairs with Kav. This is highly probable.

I'm a teetotaler and have actually never drank alcohol in my life- I don't know about beers, I didn't know "on the rocks" meant with ice until a few years ago- and while that isn't borne out of any judgmental morals thing (like some people have assumed), I would like to point out that this has unexpectedly made many many women inexplicably more interested in me, to my immense surprise as that wasn't intentional. Sometimes it was because they just had dated a guy who got mess-faced all the time so I seemed refreshing by comparison. (my current gf also told me it was intriguing to her since so many guys she'd observed just wanted to drink beer and play video games- again, nothing wrong with that but I guess if you're a girl it can get boring? I don't know as I'm not a girl yet) So I would have to think Randall, not every woman would see it as being judgmental per se.

I'm pretty lucky to have met a gal who is into comics, primarily older Archie and old Romance Comics. She just spent a lot of money on a Ramona Fradon commission and is considering doing a cosplay of the Golden Age character Nelvana. Of course, she may kick me out at any time but I still got her to pay for my Milgrom commission.

Do you guys mean the Big Apple Con? Because that was postponed to July 24th.

Speaking for myself, I simply take the long approach. I navigate where I can spend per week, I ignore and don't get stressed with what I can't get (yet), therefore am able to slowly and steadily build up my collection and concentrate on primarily Bronze and late Silver Age. I'm in it for the long haul- if I ever decide to sell my collection, it won't be for (at least) another decade, so I don't feel any sense of tension or rush to maximize my investment in this. I also do believe that comic books keep getting older, and their cultural significance is pretty much established- you can't go wrong concentrating on books from the sixties and seventies. The separation, of course, is focusing on 'keys' and single issues, or a collection as a whole- I do the latter. When and if I get a key, it's a welcome addition. If I just complete 'Fantasy Masterpieces' (for example), that brings me just as much contentment. Every collector is different, in regards to outlook and to motivation and none of us are wrong.

Nothing wrong with being passionate and intense, but it's not as if they outbid you to personally try to annoy you. It's just frustration, my friend- understandable frustration, people are always going to try to outbid other people. Very rarely is there any soap opera-esque personal agenda behind it. So you just try to move on and win the next auction.

Are we sure that's useless- that means whoever has that power is increasing the chances that their title is gonna continue past issue #5

Don't you know?? This means it's a "KEY"

Also, apparently the latest villain in Tracy is a hippie themed villain (courtesy of The Comics Curmudgeon):

gadzukes, lose that judgmental tone. don't you realize she was really an eccentric millionaire and there's bound to be tens of thousands of dollars stashed away in one of those Superman #75 polybagged editions?! think positive, man!

Micky Dolenz saw Hendrix right before he hit it big and was like "you've got to check this guy out!". A few years ago I saw Micky Dolenz in NYC and he's going into what it was like and then he and his band goes into "Purple Haze" and they're doing it really good and right when it gets to 'Excuse me/While I kiss the sky', Micky starts going: "WE WANT DAVY, WE WANT DAVY..." then stops and goes, "So yeah- that's what it was like, and that's why Jimi quit opening for us after two weeks!"

Actually not true. Mike Nesmith said on Gilbert Godfried's podcast a few years ago this was something he said in passing to see if the incredulous journalists with him were going to do their research. It's possible Nez is lying about that, but he went into some length explaining this and the motivation to this because, at that time, there was so much bad press against The Monkees.

So do I. They were my gateway to music when I was a little kid. When the second wave of MonkeeMania came around in 1986-1987 I was six years old and at my Grandparent's house and just enraptured at the mix of comedy, adventure, music and the concept of a band living together and having all this absurdist stuff happen. I'm in a band that was just on Underground Garage last month and works with a Bowie producer and I give that for context to what I'm about to say; we were just interviewed by an Australian music site and I was quick to cite The Monkees as an influence- to which the interviewer privately expressed surprise to me over (!). I sort of have been hoping people are getting hip to how great they really are. So, they're not a band. They're a television show about a band. That's awesome. It's a multi-media project. The guys included in The Monkees just happen to all be uber-talented musically. In regards to the American Idol thing... I think it has many foundations but has certainly diluted the "charisma" thing that used to separate entertainers from non-entertainers. The singers on these shows are technically sound, and do all the vocal gymnastics that all these national anthem singers do- it's all to show off technical prowess and they think that's enough. They lack soul, in my opinion. My favorite singer of all time is Otis Redding- would he have done well on these banal competition shows? I doubt that he would have. It's just a reflection of how our culture has changed. Of course, that's the mainstream- there are so many talented and genuine artists in all genres today, you just have to go looking rather than turn on your radio.

I'm Kav's nephew. He used to beat the Hell out of me when I was younger "to toughen you up" as he'd put it. Then he'd make me wash his car. One day, he put his hand on my shoulder and, in a solemn voice, said "Lad... it's time you entered into a fraternity of like-minded fellows." and gave me his subscription to Wizard, which was three issues away from being cancelled. All of that is made up except for the parts about how Kav is my Uncle and he used to beat the s*#t out of me. That is totally true, even if he says otherwise in a "LOL" manner. Glad to be here!

She lived a full life and lived to see the effect and influence she had on fans. Mark Evanier had a great story about a panel with her where he asked everybody dressed as Wonder Woman to stand up and several people did. I'm glad she got well deserved recognition. I was reading her interview in Alter Ego just a month ago.

Thank you for civil discourse and impersonal debate.