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This very much returns the feeling of reading Savage Sword in the 80's (for me). Congrats to Titan, well done. Looking forward to more.

Pacific's Twisted Tales & Alien Worlds were created closer to the time of the original ECs (30 years later) than these new ECs were to Twisted Tales & Alien Worlds (40 years later).

Not to stray from the topic of Dave, but some of the other Dallas Comic-Con programs are highly sought after, too. It's mostly the great art that drives them, but these are also standard comic book-sized which I think add to their desirability. In an unfortunate, for me, inverse to your story, or perhaps a companion to it given that both books have recently multiplied in value, I sold one of these for around $50 five years ago. Oops. https://www.ebay.com/itm/295925945860?itmmeta=01HPWX7F0DG28X0P2WMM1REX13&hash=item44e68f9604:g:K4QAAOSwsbdk~frT&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4A3dMr%2F0s33HmVq2pCjuWsLz3dIcJO8v1dRNrH1mO%2BMSrgEtXl1o6YDF%2BfmV5kcDZaJom8P%2FnmQx%2Bj6ffELGERjqwZ6tzhxhrbVC8%2FBiBm8qKgyuqejdD6q9xRoOofz36orDSpYZsVhNEMaUwul3O4rO2nSQpbF6K%2Beb6TtQRPSlnSSHBJtZp0u4LjNRbyjDOaHtI%2FQcCCkAwC%2FUmKs--uQXnkXDXlFZOmjRvXQmJqQLYwD%2FfJ30iW2f%2FCetvQ6T5ejfmGOxWnNfl9zSEa605k4qcEVy3zelXSntsOzlQeWg|tkp%3ABk9SR6LwnZ23Yw

IDW published the Dave Stevens "Sketches and Studies" hardback book in 2011 and the same format "Covers and Stories" book in 2012. They each retailed for 50 bucks and sell for $100+ now, both being out of print. I have a double of "Sketches and Studies" I got back then, but somehow missed "Covers and Stories" Does anyone have an extra of "Covers and Stories" they'd be willing to trade straight across for "Sketches and Studies"?

I get it, since it's an early color appearance of TMNT, but I still prefer the front cover on this one, as the artist (Peter Poplaski, I think) did a pretty good job of mimicking 6 different art styles.

I have a few...

It was a real thrill seeing, albeit briefly, that advertisement Dave Stevens drew for Bob's Comics which was located on Compton Boulevard (now Marine Avenue) in Hawthorne, California. That was my LCS for a time in 1980's. The only guy I ever saw working there, a fellow named Mike, sure was surly. They had all their back-issues in boxes, in order, not bagged or boarded, and you had to consult this giant typed-pages book they had on the front counter for the prices on any of them. I'd sure love a copy of that ad!

If I could prove I was human, I sure wouldn't be hanging around here.

The ad on the back cover of the original is in full color. It might be this 1975 reprint which has a black and white back cover. https://www.ebay.com/itm/143661280228?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=143661280228&targetid=1495166419581&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9031503&poi=&campaignid=19851828444&mkgroupid=145880009014&rlsatarget=aud-1480434320588:pla-1495166419581&abcId=9307249&merchantid=6296724&gclid=Cj0KCQjwtJKqBhCaARIsAN_yS_l4u8wXqS_Nr0bEEzNAALfpm8v1i-WWfNu9sxOKAJis906h4uzrqQUaAjH8EALw_wcB

Here are some from a pretty informative CBSI article https://comicbookinvest.com/2017/04/17/not-resale-dvd-comic-special-part-1/ Not sure if the author ever wrote a Part 2. I've got some of the above, and I think a few not shown. I used to buy a lot of DVDs and kept pretty much everyone I ever got, although I do remember selling the Amazing Spider-Man #300 mini for $50 about 5 years ago. I'll try to dig out my collection and see if I can add any not shown.

I think that was a fairly commonly used Stevens salutation when he signed autographs. I have a signed Madman trading card from Dave, and he signed it like that.

I've been an Alan Moore fan since a high school kid was kind (or foolish) enough to trust a Jr. High School-age brother of his friend with his "Swamp Thing" collection, which at the time was somewhere in the mid 40's, issue-wise. The HBO series was superb from start to finish, and did nothing to undermine the original work in my mind. I wouldn't say it enhanced it either because I've always purposely kept the original work in its own box, metaphorically speaking. I think an awful lot of comic readers, particularly those who first read "Watchmen" as it was being published, can easily do the same.

I like looking back at my early 90's Westfield comics pre-order carbon copies from time to time. Don't waste that 90 cents on a copy of Batman Adventures 12. Better get those DC Vertigo mini-series later issues of Skin Graft, Enigma, Last One, all at $1.85 each with the discount. You'll never be able to find those for less!

The Immortal Bard of Northampton, England.

Topps "Dracula" (1992) #2 is also in there as well as a "DC Star Trek: TNG" (1989) #2, which, at least, is from the same year as "Batman: Year 3".

Freddy gettin' some ideas...

How long until they corrected the label from "Beau Smith" to "Barry Windsor Smith" on those? That's a funny one since Beau Smith isn't an artist, but a writer.

I remember my friend telling me about this episode before it aired, and watching the premiere of it. I don't remember the story too well, since I haven't seen it since, but we were delighted to see the art they used (either original art or a comic, not sure which, maybe both?) was by Bernie Wrightson. Even back then, we could spot his art from a mile away. I'd sure like to see that episode again.

Ultras, eh? Well, at least he's watching his figure.

The old "enemy of my enemy is my friend" and "friend of my enemy is my enemy" line gets pretty tricky for those who are enemies with pretty much everyone.

"Birdman" which won in 2015 is, at a minimum, super-hero adjacent, and last year's winner "Everything Everywhere All At Once" absolutely contains super-hero elements.

That introduced the "new format" (nicer paper and color) with that issue so they wanted something special for it. As I recall, Moore wrote the text based on mixed media collages made beforehand by Totleben, some of which weighed several pounds with the various pieces of metal and the like that had been applied to the pages.

"Justified" is also very much a modern Western (at least the original series was, the current revival has a different vibe, so far.) It definitely remains a viable genre as is can still be used in different ways to say a lot of different things.

Biggest recent westerns are Tarantino's "Django" in 2012, 450m worldwide on a 100m budget. "True Grit" in 2010 got 250m on 30m, a nice return. Last big tries were "Lone Ranger" (2013) which more or less broke even at 250m, Quentin's "Hateful 8" (2015) 150m on 60m, and "Dark Tower" (2017) which cost 66m and made 113m. The remake of "Magnificent Seven" that same year made 160m on a 100m cost, not enough for a sequel, it appears. Biggest successes ever, both 30+ years ago, were "Dances With Wolves", 424m on a 22m investment, and "Unforgiven" with 159m on only 14m. "Legends of the Fall" (1994) made 160m on just 30m and "Maverick" that same year got 183m on 75m. Maybe Barbie 2 will be a Western. I mean, plenty of additional costumes have already been designed.

I generally concur with the above. Veitch who immediately followed Alan was every bit as good as Moore. I didn't like the Wheeler and Collins runs that followed nearly as much, but Mark Millar brought the 80's series to a conclusion in spectacular fashion. His stories compared favorably to the epic (and still uncompleted) Rick Veitch run. None of the various series that have followed, usually 20-30 issues, have come close to the high water mark set by Moore, Veitch, and Millar.