Hey Everyone,
I joined a little while ago, but just recently decided to get involved.
My name is Mitch and I'm a Comic Book Addict
I've been collecting for decades and really stopped collecting comics cold turkey in 2008, but just like an addict, I started to collect baseball cards. (Quote from Annie Hall ... I believe ... "I was a heroin addict, but now I'm a methadone addict" or something like that ...haha ...) not making fun of substance abuse that is a serious problem, but just find many analogies to that and my hobbyist obsessions.
Brief History: I lived in NY for my early life, and started working at a newsstand in High School, acquiring much of my pre-direct comics there. During that time I would go to many Phil Seuling's conventions in Manhattan and discovered NYC's Forbidden Planet!!! Finally, retailers and direct distribution flourished, I found myself buying my weekly comics at Heroes World in Levittown NY ... soon I was working for my pals Jim & Laurie at their excellent Shop, Collector's Comics of Wantagh, NY.
Anyway, I've been doing this for some time and I'm just recently getting some of my books graded, signed & graded, and spending way too much time reorganizing my collection. I heard about the 2023 contest and decided to enter ... just trying to figure that out before June.
Happy to be here amongst the obsessed and addicted.
Dr. Mitch