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Thinking About Gertting Back To Comics

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Aces

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Thinking About Gertting Back To Comics

 

Trade ya my BA-up stuff for those old rotten pre-code junky books you got.

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Well over the past 2 plus years or so I decided to stop collecting and sell my stuff, which I did and I made some good money on mt precodes and GA (still have the BA). The reasons I collected were the reasons I stopped collecting - all the wrong reasons. I was turning into a Ferengi acquiring for the sake of acquiring and to seek personal filfillment. Now my music is forming and my sense of self has taken a tremendous increase. I'm not sure what area I will start collecting or if there will even BE an area. One thing I do know is that horror and crime will not be there. They were reflections of my past and especially childhood.

 

Enough with the FDQ Entrance.

 

Probably I will start exploring cheap GA and SA books. There was a $20 GA thread in the GA forum that was most appealing to me. And some of the SA pre-hero titles (TTA, JIM, TOS and TTA but the issues WITH the heroes) in low grade may be of interest too. Basically just a generic variety of various books from different genres and ages.

 

For the folks who said I would be back - well - you were right and also wrong. (oops - I hear another FDQ coming on). The *I* who I was will not be back. Hard to explain but this is different. Just a nice, light feeling with no sense of self or psychological baggage. And I won;t be "collecting" so to speak. Just picking up books on the cheap that are of interest.

 

Nice thing is I can bring my oh so considerable knowledge :insane: with me. And i will have something to do with the multi-packs of Mylite 2s and halfbacks. So if you see me snagging a cheapie book in the marketplace or on ebay or see me in a store or a con don;t be surprised. I won;pt be making grand trips to SD. Will probably hit WC next year and other local CA cons. But instead of packing a few grand I will probably be packing a couple of hundred and seek the readers. After all, even readers need a home. And I can read them too! And shoulkd I decide to dump them over time I will probably get back what I paid since i am not going to be paying very much.

 

This will be interesting.

 

Michael, don't do it, just thieves and charlatan dealers out there now seeking to part a hippie from his money, er, um, uh, well its the same as when you left, so you should be fine.

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One thing I do know is that horror and crime will not be there. They were reflections of my past and especially childhood.

 

You had quite the childhood. :eek:

 

"the very first comics I ever "read" was when I was about 5 years old and found, in the cellar, a small box containg a few EC comics like Tales from the Crypt that were owned by my then-14 year old brother. I was able to read every third or so word but it was easy to "read" the pictures! After going through all of them it took an eternity to actually climb back up the cellar stairs - I was SURE I was gonna be killed or worse. I DID have many a nightmare but I continued to sneak down to the cellar to re-read/re-lookatthepictures and then make the hundred-mile climb up the cellar stairs.

 

And I confess, that now, when I get a new pre-code horror acquisition, I get this little "chill" that takes me back to the cellar.."

 

-povertyrow 11/22/02

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pov, I now pretty much only "collect" what is in the $25 Golden Age thread.

 

This Sunday I'm taking a couple of hundred dollars to a local con go through all the various bins and pick up whatever GA treasures I can find on the cheap. Even the low grade books look GREAT in mylar!

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Sharkey

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Hard to explain but this is different. Just a nice, light feeling with no sense of self or psychological baggage. And I won;t be "collecting" so to speak. Just picking up books on the cheap that are of interest.

 

yeah yeah, I won't be "collecting"! I'm just buying something every now and then... I'm only having one. And I can stop anytime I want... lol:baiting:

 

 

 

 

 

:gossip: Good to have ya back, POV (thumbs u

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