Robot Man Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, originalisbest said: Mark may see this and ask for his book back. I imagine this wasn't at the Flea Market too recently for $25? Nice one RM! About 3 years ago, and according to the seller, sadly Mark cannot read it anymore where he is. So, thanks Mark! I will take good care of it for you... originalisbest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, october said: That is awesome. You know, I got to thinking about how many sigs I've found just by opening the cover. In addition to the two above, I've found undisclosed LB Cole and Wrightson sigs. There are probably more I can't remember. It's a cool bonus! Yeah, its great when they are "old school" and inside in ball point pen. I found a surprise Jack Kirby recently inside an old Star Spangled comic. Alway fun! originalisbest, KirbyJack and entalmighty1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Just now, Robot Man said: Yeah, its great when they are "old school" and inside in ball point pen. I found a surprise Jack Kirby recently inside an old Star Spangled comic. Alway fun! The only Kirby sig I ever had was on the splash of my coverless Cap 1...which I had for only a short time. It was a beautiful sig though! originalisbest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalisbest Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, Robot Man said: About 3 years ago, and according to the seller, sadly Mark cannot read it anymore where he is. So, thanks Mark! I will take good care of it for you... I always think about "where they are now" when I see full names in books. I have several Batman's that "Stella" may want back someday. Enjoy RM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalisbest Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 5 minutes ago, Robot Man said: A few of MY favorite Vaults... Love them all! Don't have a #13(2) Vault -- will have to fix that one day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalisbest Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Better post a couple more Vaults since I have them handy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalisbest Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Vault 32 is absolutely one of my top 5 EC's. Everyone's will vary somewhat, but this ish really floats my boat! Larryw7, creaturefan95 and SAKI 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 As far as Vault goes, I think 40 is underrated! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Sorry, meant 37. Nothing against 40, tho! (Or 30, for that matter!) originalisbest and 1950's war comics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 3 hours ago, originalisbest said: Love them all! Don't have a #13(2) Vault -- will have to fix that one day! I only recently got it from Terry O at Wondercon. Decent copy at a great price. Hope to upgrade someday but this will do for now. These masoleum/crypt covers have always creeped me out. The thought of something like this just sends shivers down my spine. originalisbest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 3 hours ago, originalisbest said: Vault 32 is absolutely one of my top 5 EC's. Everyone's will vary somewhat, but this ish really floats my boat! A great one for sure. But, once I saw the "un-censored" one, it was hard to like this one as much. SAKI, originalisbest, october and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Anybody ever see anything signed by Graham Ingels? He is about the only EC artist/writer that I don't have an autographed piece from. I know after he left EC he was ashamed of his work there and never discussed it again. He felt so strongly, he apparently didn't even want any money from the later sale of his art. About the only autograph I could imagine would be when he actually worked for EC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Anybody ever see anything signed by Graham Ingels? He is about the only EC artist/writer that I don't have an autographed piece from. I know after he left EC he was ashamed of his work there and never discussed it again. He felt so strongly, he apparently didn't even want any money from the later sale of his art. About the only autograph I could imagine would be when he actually worked for EC. Never heard this. Could you expound on the reason he was ashamed? Was it the subject matter (horror)? Such beautiful linework and artistry should never be ashamed of! Edited April 27, 2018 by Jayman SAKI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EC ed Posted April 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2018 57 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Anybody ever see anything signed by Graham Ingels? He is about the only EC artist/writer that I don't have an autographed piece from. I know after he left EC he was ashamed of his work there and never discussed it again. He felt so strongly, he apparently didn't even want any money from the later sale of his art. About the only autograph I could imagine would be when he actually worked for EC. I've never seen an Ingels autograph in person, but I've seen a pic of something...see below. These sigs are on the back of a Jon Severin "Thank You for Your Note" flyer. Apparently, there are a small number of these floating around out there. The EC sleuths have the opinion that these items predate 1953, and were probably created by Bill Gaines...when artists would come into the EC offices to drop off their work, Bill would have them sign these things, and Bill would keep them around to hand out to special fans who dropped by looking for autographs, etc. I'm sure I'm missing part of the story, but that's the basic idea. You'll see Ingels there just below Jack Davis: rjpb, originalisbest, Raze and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 13 minutes ago, EC ed said: I've never seen an Ingels autograph in person, but I've seen a pic of something...see below. These sigs are on the back of a Jon Severin "Thank You for Your Note" flyer. Apparently, there are a small number of these floating around out there. The EC sleuths have the opinion that these items predate 1953, and were probably created by Bill Gaines...when artists would come into the EC offices to drop off their work, Bill would have them sign these things, and Bill would keep them around to hand out to special fans who dropped by looking for autographs, etc. I'm sure I'm missing part of the story, but that's the basic idea. You'll see Ingels there just below Jack Davis: Wow, what an amazing little piece of paper! I sure would have loved to be one of those "special" fans. I think Grant Geissman showed me one of those in his collection once. I think I have all of them except Ingels. I also have Gaines, Marie Severin, George Evans, Angelo Torress and a few others. I also don't have Bernard Krigstein either. originalisbest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalisbest Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 30 minutes ago, Jayman said: Never heard this. Could you expound on the reason he was ashamed? Was it the subject matter (horror)? Such beautiful linework and artistry should never be ashamed of! He had a lot of issues related to his alcoholism. Playing psychoanalyst, but I think he was looking to leave in the past anything to do with that time in his life, not just the art he created. For the longest time, those close to him had no idea where he had gone to, and some parties thought he might have simply passed away. Jayman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 welcome kiddies to my Horror show of LOW grade EC titles! heh heh! you probably think i dig these up from a crypt or vault, but i mostly get them from the dead still holding them in their coffins scared of fright...such light weights! Here we have Vault of horror 22, -6.0 (horribly fine). I think the high grade issues i see here are gorgeous but mine are gore-jus hahahahahahahaha! it really adds to the creepy stories...how did that rip on the top of the book get there? was the reader killed while "losing his mind" at seeing frankenstein? i don't know... ill see you next time with more LOW grade fun! and thanks to @EC ed for all he shares! what a "vault" of knowledge! (and helped me get a few titles) originalisbest and KirbyJack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 A wall pic from Seattle, WA's MoPop Timely/Marvel Comics history exhibit currently on, and showing how kids should be holding comics: SAKI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 On 4/27/2018 at 11:51 AM, Robot Man said: A great one for sure. But, once I saw the "un-censored" one, it was hard to like this one as much. Pretty graphic, but the color scheme doesn't work as well. on the Gemstone reprint that uses it. originalisbest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 On April 28, 2018 at 12:12 PM, aardvark88 said: A wall pic from Seattle, WA's MoPop Timely/Marvel Comics history exhibit currently on, and showing how kids should be holding comics: Love the look on her face, just wait until she roll back the pages on that Haunt of Fear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...