Real Elijah Snow

On 9/13/2021 at 1:07 PM, BladeTX said:

Man that is so cool.  Andrew Lincoln looks so young!  Did you shoot near Atlanta?  Did you fly in for that or live nearby? Those zombie special effects have come so far, you look like a serial killer in a horror film 😂🤣

The scenes I was in were shot right in the city. (I live in Atlanta)

I was given the option to have better make-up/prosthetics etc, but it was 100 degrees those days we were shooting. I opted for the mask instead, so I could take it off when we weren't shooting. The people that did get the heavy make-up treatment were pretty miserable, so no regerts there. My friends and family always poke fun at me about this and say about the same thing; that I look like some dude that just found a mask and was pretending to be a zombie. I usually have one response to that: "ACTING"

Those early days before the show aired were way more lax in a lot of ways. I went back and did a day during the prison season mostly because I wanted to see what the prison looked like, and by that point things were being taken waaay more seriously. Way harsher NDA's, you had to wash the makeup off before you left the set, and you didn't get to harass the main cast as much. Plus big stoopid Kirkman wasn't there. The episode I'm in on that season I'm way in the background of a couple of scenes in really well done makeup, and if you had a gun to my head I couldn't tell you which one I am. Still, my main purpose there was to check out the prison. It was tiny compared to how they made it look in the show; like a prison that Mayberry would have. 

Still nothing beats being there in the early days since that led to getting to go out drinking with some of the main cast on a few occasions. I actually hung out with Steven Yeun the week that his character Glen got his head beat in by Negan in the book. It's a strange life to read a comic about a character getting killed, and then hang out with the dude that plays the character on a show in the same week, and get to talk to him about it. We are definitely living in a simulation  

Also, I just realized how OT I've gotten here. I'll shut up now. 

Thanks! I'm also guilty of scribbling my signature and drawing zombies on about 100 issues of #27 because I had a letter printed in there. As a joke I was giving them away at my booth at shows claiming that I had a periodical in the back. Good times. Well, they were until #27 became an expensive book, and I realized what I had done  Also, these letters led to having something to mess with Robert about when I met him. Getting a little head's up on AMC picking up the book for an adaptation also turned into me being a zombie on the first episode of the show too!

I'm the guy in the upper left corner of the 1st pic. I basically taught Andy Lincoln the meaning of fear in this scene. The show took off from there to become the cultural juggernaut that we've all grown to love. ENTIRELY DUE TO WRITING LETTERS INTO THE COMIC. <----This is is the lesson we've learned here today boys and girls. Write those letters. Do some other stuff. Become a mega star, and help out a fledgling little show grow into something amazing. 

You're all welcome again.  

On 9/11/2021 at 5:24 PM, BladeTX said:

Yeah I've got the formula down.  I also work in the marketing field and know the value of a good hook.  I've submitted 8 letters and been published 6 times.  The two I missed I know what I did wrong, sort of venturing into previously discussed dead topics.     If you want in, here's the winning formula:

1. Snappy intro - keep it fun, short and complimentary
2. Something unique about the issue - short paragraph / setup
3. Ask 3-4 questions and number them.  I've seen as many as 6-7 but I think it's overkill.  Let others have some space in the letters column.
4. Make one totally fun (I was published in TWDD 19 asking if Kirkman had ever written a --script drunk, and if do, did he revise it the next day or let it fly 😂.  I thought the answer could be hilarious but alas, he said he has never been drunk 😕)
5. Make the other 2-3 questions things that other fans would really want to know.  It's OK to be irreverent / challenging but don't be a complete jerk.
6. Closing - keep it short (see you at an upcoming con / maybe a plug for your LCS.  I did this in TWDD19 and they were insanely excited. So spread the love.)

Do that right and I expect you have a 75% or better chance of getting published, which is my hit rate.

Also, I'm totally kidding. You provide some good tips. People do things my way they may have to start carrying around a bat with barbed wire wrapped around it too. 

On 9/11/2021 at 5:24 PM, BladeTX said:

Yeah I've got the formula down.  I also work in the marketing field and know the value of a good hook.  I've submitted 8 letters and been published 6 times.  The two I missed I know what I did wrong, sort of venturing into previously discussed dead topics.     If you want in, here's the winning formula:

1. Snappy intro - keep it fun, short and complimentary
2. Something unique about the issue - short paragraph / setup
3. Ask 3-4 questions and number them.  I've seen as many as 6-7 but I think it's overkill.  Let others have some space in the letters column.
4. Make one totally fun (I was published in TWDD 19 asking if Kirkman had ever written a --script drunk, and if do, did he revise it the next day or let it fly 😂.  I thought the answer could be hilarious but alas, he said he has never been drunk 😕)
5. Make the other 2-3 questions things that other fans would really want to know.  It's OK to be irreverent / challenging but don't be a complete jerk.
6. Closing - keep it short (see you at an upcoming con / maybe a plug for your LCS.  I did this in TWDD19 and they were insanely excited. So spread the love.)

Do that right and I expect you have a 75% or better chance of getting published, which is my hit rate.

Strong disagree on a lot of your points. You need to come in hot, be insulting and also funny AF. This is the only way. I only ever wrote 2 letters to Robert and went 2-2. Batting 1000. HOF worthy. Also, it's important to mention food in your letter. Robert likes food. Promise rich delights and he gets so dazzled he can't help but publish your letter. 

My first letter was in #23 and the 2nd was in #27 (where I bridge the continuity from the 1st letter) Pictured below are these epic, world building letters in their entirety. You're welcome.

 Thanks, baby! Now please stop flirting with me. It's awkward. 

On 8/28/2021 at 5:59 PM, The Voord said:

Because their might be other pages, I'm after, no?  Just because one door closes, doesn't mean other remain ajar.

How about you letting this one goooooooooo????????

My initial response to the OP was more about the idea that there are some individuals who will try to exploit you.  There, does 'exploit' work better for you?

You've got it all figured out. Good luck to you. 

On 8/28/2021 at 5:23 PM, The Voord said:

Don't you think I haven't already done all that?

Maybe 'extortion' isn't the best of descriptions, but when someone tells you that, "If you want me to release this page to you, you're going to have to pay through the nose for it", doesn't exactly seem like a reasonable person to negotiate with.  Yeah, I moved on, but I remember.

Am I trying to put something back together because I think the entire serial be will worth more than the sum of its parts?  Value has nothing to do with it in my case.  I couldn't care less about that.

I just realized that you aren't the OP. That's my fault for not paying more attention to your screen names. 

If you've moved on then why are you still "trying to put something back together"?

Let it gooooo

Leeeet iiiiitttt goooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

On 8/28/2021 at 4:59 PM, Rick2you2 said:

Assuming the subject hasn’t poisoned you to the book, blow your bankroll, finish the puzzle, and move on with life rather than remain frustrated. Either that, or just burn the dam’n thing and then move on to a healthier obsession.

Definitely this. 

Make your stand. Let the chips fall where they may. 

Now I'm wondering what the book is..I'll be obsessed with that for the next hour-ish. 

On 8/28/2021 at 1:18 PM, The Voord said:

Not when the other person has already declared to me that the page I want is nothing special to him.

It's silly because it's a misapplication of what extortion means. 

He has the item. You want the item. If you threatened him for the item then that would be extortion. Him telling you that he wants X for the item isn't him extorting you. You could say he's exploiting your need for it, but he's not extorting you. Whether you realize it or not, your own entitlement is why you're even thinking in these terms. 

Just make an offer that you will be ok with, let him know it has an expiration date, and if he decides to keep rather than sell to you then move on. Whether that's keeping a few of the better ones and selling the rest, or just keeping the almost complete issue; whatever. As others have said before me, there is rarely an occasion where the complete issue will be more valuable than the sum of it's parts. 

If you're the person that owns the 1 page and it's a book that really means something to you then you might be inclined to make the asking price something insane knowing that you won't possibly be able to get another page from the issue. 

Let's say that I have a fairly middling panel page by Jim Lee from X-men issue #277. (This is my favorite issue of the title). Some collector has amassed every other page from the issue. The only way I would even consider selling my lone page is if I could turn that $ into something I like more. Since this is my favorite issue of Uncanny, it would have to be something like a cover or a really good splash from an issue of Uncanny that Lee did. Basically getting something I like more that's similar would be a tall order, so my asking price for that one particular page that the collector needs to complete his issue would likely be 10X+ whatever the collector or any sane person versed in the current market views as FMV. 

Basically my point here is that if I were in this situation as the seller of the last page the guy needs and it was also a book that really meant a lot to me, it would probably be a gross overpay on the buyer's part from their point of view or it would not happen. If this is a page from a book that means less to me I would be more reasonable in my asking price. As an example, I wouldn't be too concerned with which JRjr Uncanny page I have as long as I have one that I like from his original run. Plenty of pages could fit that bill. My asking price for the page the guy needs to complete his issue would be somewhere = to what the cost of getting another similar page would be. 

Calling someone who has the last piece of the puzzle an extortionist is silly to me. You don't know know why that person is asking what they are for that piece. That person doesn't owe you anything. That person certainly doesn't owe you enough to sell at what you view as FMV or FMVx10 or whatever. That person can name their price, and if completing the issue isn't worth that price to the guy trying to do it then it doesn't get done, and it's as simple as that. 

Yeah, I believe so. I assume you know about "Common Grounds"?

I have 1-6 and the Pin-up issue. Adored these books. Writing was top notch, and I kind of dug the art; it fit. 

Speaking of art..In today's episode of finding out about something that I forgot happened..I actually have a pinup in one of these  

Drew it almost 25 years ago. 

Yeah, basically the same situation that's happening with the Walmart packs now. 

On 8/24/2021 at 10:06 PM, Wolverinex said:

Which variant is that?

Amazing Spider-man 4 Ramos variant/ 1st Silk

I actually think I still have all of mine. Troy even wrote me a couple of hand written letters way back when..

I'll see if I can locate them, but the best I'll be able to do is send some pics. My scanner committed Hari Kari, and I have no reason to buy a new one. 

Message me if you want some pics.  

Also, just realized ya'll were talking about the UF4 ones..Never had a single one. Probably a regional situation since I had so many Silks  

(Times still wild/women still lost it)

Best guess, I had around 30. I was crazed. The times were wild. The women were losing their minds with desire over my abilities. 

Unfortunately I never got a photo with them all together as they were going to slab town as fast as I could get them. This was the most I found in one day though. Probably had another 2-3 days where I found 6-7 each time in addition to these. 

On 8/22/2021 at 9:59 AM, Bird said:

I want to say one guy got 20 or so, he got a bunch for sure.

I forget the exact amount, but I had at least 20. 

How much?

Research each issue that's available on Ebay. 

If there are a bunch listed for that particular issue undercut whatever the lowest is by 25%.

If none are listed price at $35. 

Make Munee. 

Better hurry. The race to the bottom on these will be fast and furious. 

That's pretty much the effort it takes most times. I've gotten lucky with him a few times where it's been just a few e-mails answered over a few days to get something done, but I've had some stuff go unanswered, and I just forgot about it too. 

I think most times that he doesn't respond it's because the art has actually already been sold long ago and not updated. Those times I really don't stress it because the only thing missing is the "sorry, I don't have it" E-mail which I don't need anyway. 

On 8/2/2021 at 11:05 PM, SkOw said:

I heard you drink like a little girl. 

Nice pickups buddy congrats!!! 

I'll have you know that I drink like an army of little girls!