DocGo Posted May 22, 2023 Author Share Posted May 22, 2023 Pop quiz: anyone remember how Bartleby got his name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fonebone6166 Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 On 5/21/2023 at 8:38 PM, DocGo said: Pop quiz: anyone remember how Bartleby got his name? It was through a Reader poll, correct? Didn't someone write in with the idea as a reference for the Melville short story, Bartleby the Scrivener? DocGo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted May 22, 2023 Author Share Posted May 22, 2023 On 5/22/2023 at 8:45 AM, fonebone6166 said: It was through a Reader poll, correct? Didn't someone write in with the idea as a reference for the Melville short story, Bartleby the Scrivener? It was! Jeff called it the Name The Cub contest and the winner received a piece of OA featuring all three of the Bone cousins. Started in Bone #25 (Image) and ended in Bone #28 when the comic permanently went back to Cartoon Books. videoloop and fonebone6166 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fonebone6166 Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 On 5/22/2023 at 1:31 PM, DocGo said: It was! Jeff called it the Name The Cub contest and the winner received a piece of OA featuring all three of the Bone cousins. Started in Bone #25 (Image) and ended in Bone #28 when the comic permanently went back to Cartoon Books. Now to track down who has that OA to make them an outlandish offer... videoloop and DocGo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted May 22, 2023 Author Share Posted May 22, 2023 On 5/22/2023 at 3:13 PM, fonebone6166 said: Now to track down who has that OA to make them an outlandish offer... I’ve never seen it out in the wild. Hopefully it survived videoloop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unagi Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Anyone notice the auctions have kind of dried up? There was a while where HA auctioned 9.6s and 9.8s of #4 seemingly every auction. Several 9.8 #9s and 11s over a few months too. Not much new on eBay for a while too. Appreciate the two #1s on CL but it’s pretty slim pickings compared to last fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted May 26, 2023 Author Share Posted May 26, 2023 (edited) On 5/26/2023 at 6:37 AM, unagi said: Anyone notice the auctions have kind of dried up? There was a while where HA auctioned 9.6s and 9.8s of #4 seemingly every auction. Several 9.8 #9s and 11s over a few months too. Not much new on eBay for a while too. Appreciate the two #1s on CL but it’s pretty slim pickings compared to last fall. I’m guessing Heritage got a single, massive submission of #4s, #9s, and #10s and did their best to spread them out. ComicLink put up a few more Bone slabs this morning that may be of interest: #1-19, but most of the single digits are second prints. Edited May 27, 2023 by DocGo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted May 29, 2023 Author Share Posted May 29, 2023 Any guesses on the final prices for the ComicLink Bone #1s? Not being able to see the back covers has become a dealbreaker for me, especially for something like the CBCS 9.8. The front cover looks very good but there could be a multitude of problems on the flip side and I’m guessing a lot of people would want to covert this to CGC. Signature and sketch are on the inside cover so it would get a universal label. Flanders82 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanders82 Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 (edited) It's tough to give an estimate and I'm still astonished at comiclink's laziness. Is it ever worth the risk in resubmitting a 9.8? Edited May 30, 2023 by Flanders82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unagi Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 On 5/30/2023 at 5:00 AM, DocGo said: Any guesses on the final prices for the ComicLink Bone #1s? Not being able to see the back covers has become a dealbreaker for me, especially for something like the CBCS 9.8. The front cover looks very good but there could be a multitude of problems on the flip side and I’m guessing a lot of people would want to covert this to CGC. Signature and sketch are on the inside cover so it would get a universal label. The 9.6 doesn't look that good to me - is that a color breaking spine tic to the left of the B in the logo, and what are all those white spots? Are those on the case or the book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 (edited) On 5/30/2023 at 8:42 AM, unagi said: The 9.6 doesn't look that good to me - is that a color breaking spine tic to the left of the B in the logo, and what are all those white spots? Are those on the case or the book? Looks like one to me, but that’s allowable for a 9.6 of this book. Edited May 30, 2023 by DocGo Grammar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 On 5/29/2023 at 10:26 PM, Flanders82 said: It's tough to give an estimate and I'm still astonished at comiclink's laziness. Is it ever worth the risk in resubmitting a 9.8? Will depend on the ending price. It’s a CBCS 9.8 after all so it may end at a CGC 9.6 cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poutine Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 I have a question, I have a Image Bone run, that goes 1 to 15, then picks up at 21 to 26. Am I missing issues or is that how the run was printed? I thought all Image prints were second or more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 On 5/30/2023 at 4:23 PM, Poutine said: I have a question, I have an Image Bone run, that goes 1 to 15, then picks up at 21 to 26. Am I missing issues or is that how the run was printed? I thought all Image prints were second or more Image reprinted #1-20 of the Cartoon Books run. Image #21-27 were all first prints. It appears you’re just missing a few issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poutine Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 On 5/30/2023 at 4:01 PM, DocGo said: Image reprinted #1-20 of the Cartoon Books run. Image #21-27 were all first prints. It appears you’re just missing a few issues Oh shoot Thank you, guess I have some hunting to do now ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanders82 Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 (edited) These books went for far too low. It would've been better to sell them at BIN and possibly on a different auction site. I feel sorry for the seller(s), especially on that Voldemort book that should've been over 10k. Edited May 31, 2023 by Flanders82 DocGo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted May 31, 2023 Author Share Posted May 31, 2023 On 5/30/2023 at 8:48 PM, Flanders82 said: These books went for far too low. It would've been better to sell them at BIN and possibly on a different auction site. I feel sorry for the seller(s), especially on that Voldemort book that should've been over 10k. Just looked at the final result…then looked at when they ended…and then . I’d be as the seller and as the buyer. Flanders82 and unagi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted May 31, 2023 Author Share Posted May 31, 2023 On 5/30/2023 at 5:25 PM, Poutine said: Oh shoot Thank you, guess I have some hunting to do now Keep in mind that they weren’t released concurrently. Image released #21 first as it was the next issue in the Bone series following the numbering from original publisher Cartoon Books. New stories would come out every two to three months so Image would release the reprints with new cover art (#1-20) in between the first printings of #21-27. It’s confusing 25 years later but made sense at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unagi Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 On 5/31/2023 at 1:57 AM, DocGo said: Looks like one to me, but that’s allowable for a 9.6 of this book. Seems others didn’t like all those marks either for $4301. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted May 31, 2023 Author Share Posted May 31, 2023 On 5/31/2023 at 8:12 AM, unagi said: Seems others didn’t like all those marks either for $4301. You may be right but I think it has more to do with a similar but slightly superior book ending at the exact same moment. I still can’t tell if the marks are on the actual book. I wouldn’t be shocked if they were as these sorts of production problems plagued a bunch of the first print copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
