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This whole story has been sensationalized. The book wasn’t banned, it’s simply being replaced in a lone subject’s curriculum (8th grade language arts). In fact, it may not be replaced at all if the school district can’t find a better alternative. The good part about this is that more Maus books are being sold which is never a bad thing.

Are those photocopies of the Thorn book? I’ve never seen one in real life, only images.

I have no idea what’s going on here. Have a nice life.

But they haven’t been signed yet.

Just received a reply from CGC and they said the signing has not occurred yet. Perhaps they mistakenly put the “Scheduled for Grading” designation on my submission because it obviously doesn’t make sense

So they’ve gotten rid of the “received” status? He could be coming in a second time if they had an overflow of late submissions I just checked the last Miller signing thread and most people had the “received” designation before they were actually signed. I don’t know…

I sent in a couple books and my submission currently says “Scheduled For Grading”. Does this mean they were signed? Don’t remember from past signing events.

I am by no means an expert on the multiple printings of the first 14 books, but according to comicbookrealm (no idea how reliable they are), the dark yellow is the 2nd print, lavender is the 3rd print, purple is the 4th print, a lighter yellow is the 5th print, and a red logo with the price & issue number also in red is the 6th print. Maybe @videoloop can enlighten us with a definitive answer…

I emailed one of the ComicLink VPs and the title of the CGC 9.8 Bone #6 auction has changed to “SECOND PRINTING”. They haven’t changed the “1 of only 4 ever assigned this top grade” yet, which is obviously wrong, but everything else in the auction description now looks accurate. It may be the first 2nd printing ever graded from what I’m seeing on the census (still only three 9.8s of the first printing, so far).

Never mind, I found a ComicLink email address and let them know. Hopefully they’ll change the listing.

I believe he wants the color of the logo on the 1st print of #6 not the 6th print of #1. The current ComicLink auction for a 9.8 #6 that has a lavender logo is NOT the 1st print. The 1st print has a red logo. I don’t see any contact info on their site to let them know. It was mislabeled by CGC so it’s not really the auction site’s fault.

I can see why you’d wanna make that comparison but it’s not apt for me. Thorn is a reprint of comic strips from a college newspaper while Incredible Hulk #181 is a professionally produced comic book that everyone recognizes as a full first appearance (I’ve always been fond of the cover as well). Thorn is undoubtedly rare and definitely a curiosity to me but that’s where its significance ends. It also has a few of the story elements that eventually made it into the 55 issue series but the art, content, and, ultimately, the cover hold me back from bidding significant amounts. I would love to hear why any fan of the series would prefer to have a Thorn over a first print Bone #1 (other than current value). “In addition to” is much more believable.

Yeah, not to me. Not close. It took Jeff several years before he got the lines correct for the cousins not to mention the use of timing with their humor. I haven’t seen all of it of course since I’ve never owned the book but the sampling I have seen isn’t particularly impressive.

Image was #1-26.

The Image Bone #1 is probably one of the highest printed of the series but finding a raw 9.8 is still difficult. In my experience, it’s mostly been fingerprints.

Generally, they’re all more difficult than the average comic because of the black back covers. I’ve only ever sent in one for signature series and it was nearly flawless.

I think the 9.8 was taken out of the census almost immediately after it was bought. The winner received a ton of offers thru Heritage (up to $45k). I will never understand why people go insane over this book. It’s definitely interesting and I’d like to read it some day but I would never bid up to these levels having seen some of the content. It was not well done

I see these every now and then. Post away…

Looks pretty good. I’d say press-able to 8.0/8.5 with a cursory look. You’ll take a hit on the pages though which seems to be happening to a lot of the #1s (definitely not printed with the best quality paper). Congrats!

Yeah, that was the one I was referring to. They don’t come up for sale often but one sold a couple months ago for $199 with some minor damage to the box. They retailed for $350. The mini Bone #1 is what I’m most interested in. Wonder what it’s condition will be.

I don’t think that there’s a “30th Anniversary” slipcase edition. I believe it’s the “20th Anniversary” printing that’s still being sold. It’s included in the Kickstarter package that I bought so I’ll post something once it’s delivered.

That’s interesting. I’ve seen Don’s copy of #1 and it was a signed first print. I’m sure those were long gone by 1992. Second printings aren’t bad so I hope you still have it

Needed to post at least once in this thread in honor of the 30th anniversary of Bone #1’s first printing It took me a few years to finally jump on the bandwagon but have loved it ever since

This book is all about the corners on the left. I think my 9.6 is probably a 9.8 too. Was graded back in 2012 and will be resubmitted.

That 9.0 Bone #1 was OW-W. There was a 5.0 OW-W that sold for $2190 last week which blew my mind.