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  1. dover

    Moments in Time.... from a room in Thailand with Florence

    By dover,


    Moments in time...
    April 2024: Sitting in a hotel room, somewhere near Pluak Daeng, Thailand. Finding this song, a live recording from Oxegen Festival 2010. 
    An amazing performance. 
    "And I never wanted anything from you
    Except everything you had
    And what was left after that too, oh"
     
    Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (Lyrics)
    Happiness hit her like a train on a track
    Coming towards her, stuck still no turning back
    She hid around corners, and she hid under beds
    She killed it with kisses, and from it she fled
    With every bubble she sank with a drink
    And washed it away down the kitchen sink
    The dog days are over
    The dog days are done
    The horses are coming
    So you better run
    Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
    Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
    Leave all your love and your longing behind
    You can't carry it with you if you want to survive
    The dog days are over
    The dog days are done
    Can you hear the horses?
    'Cause here they come
    And I never wanted anything from you
    Except everything you had
    And what was left after that too, oh
    Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back
    Struck from a great height
    By someone who should have known better than that
    The dog days are over
    The dog days are done
    Can you hear the horses?
    'Cause here they come
    Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
    Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
    Leave all your love and your longing behind
    You can't carry it with you if you want to survive
    The dog days are over
    The dog days are done
    Can you hear the horses?
    'Cause here they come
    The dog days are over
    The dog days are done
    Can you hear the horses?
    'Cause here they come
    The dog days are over
    The dog days are gone
    Can you hear the horses?
    'Cause here they come
  4. dover

    Neal Adams - Comic Art Showcase #5

    By dover,


    Neal Adams
    Comic Art Showcase #5
    This was such fun to receive and then open. From 1975, art for sale from the legends themselves. Neal, Frazetta, Jeff Jones, Schultz!!! Covers, interiors, Bernie's epic yeti!!!
    "insert time machine"
     
     
     










  6. dover
    I have spent a great deal of time putting this together. It has been a labor of love, tedious and still not finished. But I do think it is to the point of sharing. Perhaps I can use additional input to continue to update, correct and add to it. I have used many resources in generating this. 
    @mycomicshop Mike's Amazing World of Comics, the CGC Registry (originally generated by @mrlatko and myself) the GCD Index and more. 
    There are multiple tabs within this Excel sheet. They were all used and combined to get to the first tab that has Neal's work listed by Cover, Art and other (writer). 
    I have placed the document on a server so that you can download it and use it. If you have any comments or additions, please feel free to let me know and I will continue the work to update it. 
     
    the Neal Adams database
     
    Enjoy!!
    XXOO
    dover
  7. dover
    I purchased this her, on the CGC Boards from @sfcityduck on 12/5/2023.
    Scoop 1967 
    Scoop is the annual yearbook of the San Francisco Press Club.  In 1967, Charles Schulz was featured.  These yearbooks are a very interesting document of their time - full of famous strippers (Carol Doda, etc.), actresses and beauty queens (Dinah Shore, etc.) - and featuring in their respective issues photos and articles and art about and by Schulz and Caniff, as well as tribute cartoons by other artists (not all of aforesaid shown in pics). 
    I bought this as an oddity and the interior pictures were well worth it!!
     







  13. dover
    I buy the Menomonee Falls Gazette because it has Ben Casey reprints in it. Easy way to find some Neal artwork. But this particular issue reprints a Ben Casey strip dated 1964. And in this strip, Neal drew a girl reading a comic book. The title of which was "The Zero Patrol". And it just so happens that 20 years later, Neal would produce a comic book with that title. I thought that was cool. 
    And now you know too.


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    Comic Book store - Comics N Stuff in the San Diego area

    By dover,


    Comic Books stores I find
    Comics-N-Stuff
    Multiple stores in San Diego area. My store of choice was located at 1020 El Cajon Blvd. The stores is very large. They have a large selection of modern / Copper books and some decent bronze books as well. I was able to find some Neal Adams stuff so that was great. They also have manga, POP figures and lots of merch in the comic / anime genres.
    1020 El Cajon Blvd.
    El Cajon, CA 92020
    Comics N Stuff locations






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    Books I want to own....... drooling on the cover....Peanuts 4

    By dover,


    Books I would like to own
    I am a rather devoted Neal Adams collector, but I have a fondness for Peanuts books as well. My earliest recollection is from when I started to get back into comic books in 1994. I was at a convention in Detroit, the first one I had ever attended. And there, I found a dealer selling a raw copy of this issue. I instantly had to have it and it started my journey back into comic books. I later went on to have it graded and it came back a CGC 9.4. When I sold my first collection, I sold it as well. Sadly, very sadly. Now that I am back into collecting for the umpteenth time, I realize I need to have this book back in my life. While I would love to have my 9.4 back, if I am going to dream and dream big: full on drool then why not go for the 9.6.
    Absolutely the #1 Peanuts cover of all time. 

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    Books I want to own....... drooling on the cover....Superboy 160

    By dover,


    Books I would like to own
    This journal is nothing but my own adventure in what books I absolutely want to own. My way of tracking images I find and keeping a record. 
    I found this on Heritage. It is a book I would really like to own someday. I have a nice 9.6 but it does not have a very nice cover wrap. But I can dream about this one. 

  21. dover

    Moments in time..... loss

    By dover,


    Moments in time...
    When you lose someone, it is amazing where you find them. 
    The emotions form in the moment and have no guided reason.
    They can be subtle, or they can knock you to the ground.
    But each and every time is a gift of heart-treasure.
  23. dover

    Peanuts #1 - the one-off issue from 1953

    By dover,


    Peanuts the #1's
    Just got this book in from Bob Storms of HighGradeComics. It is a VG copy of a very rare book. Printed in 1953 it is the first comic book to be titled Peanuts. 
    I will add pictures of the interior to document the sweet Chuck Brown stories. I have owned several copies of this book over the years and ended up selling a few to people in Japan, years ago. While maybe not an iconic cover, the characters certainly are. I think the girl is a character called "Patty" but not to be confused with Peppermint Patty or the "Red-haired girl' that came later. 

  24. dover

    Neal Adams - Archie work

    By dover,


    Neal Adams
    I was sorting through and indexing all of my magazines and I came across the Neal Adams index from 1974. Wow, what fun. But the index does include the Archie work. It is not very defined, but titles are there. Maybe we can all find them together.