Popular Post OtherEric Posted March 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2022 Well, if we're showing Arlington collection books... Jayman, KirbyJack, damonwad and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC ed Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 (edited) On 3/2/2022 at 9:36 PM, jpepx78 said: I was in San Francisco a couple years ago, and stopped by (didn't need any insurance, though ): Edited March 3, 2022 by EC ed Larryw7, grendelbo, Point Five and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KirbyJack Posted March 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2022 Just arrived today! Now my oldest New Trend. Robot Man, BitterOldMan, Grottu and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Grottu Posted March 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) I’m hesitant to share the ingenious, proprietary bidding strategy I used to win this on eBay tonight, but I’m feeling generous: I mistakenly left out the decimal point in my maximum bid amount. Thankfully it ended well, but talk about a sudden realization that’ll pucker your sphincter muscle! As for this copy, I decided to get it partly because, with a careful spine roll removal, the cover will actually look pretty good… Edited March 4, 2022 by Grottu Kevin.J, fifties, KirbyJack and 7 others 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Great book; I’ve been thinking about getting one! Grottu and jimjum12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fifties Posted March 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2022 In today, and although not an EC, about as close as one can get, with cover art & two stories illustrated by Wally Wood and Joe Orlando. Raze, Larryw7, jimjum12 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pantodude Posted March 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2022 EC offered satires, too, you know. damonwad, OtherEric, conan09279 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Grottu Posted March 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2022 Feels a little weird to say this is “just back” from CGC, since I submitted it almost a YEAR ago, but here it is… KirbyJack, grendelbo, OtherEric and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 On 3/4/2022 at 2:09 PM, Grottu said: Feels a little weird to say this is “just back” from CGC, since I submitted it almost a YEAR ago, but here it is… Almost a year? Wow, only one reason I don’t submit anymore. I just can’t have them out of my possession that long, Great book but I would have just kept it in a nice shiny Mylar… Larryw7 and Tri-Color Brian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 On 3/2/2022 at 11:36 PM, jpepx78 said: 'Hi, I'll take the Crime Suspenstories #11 up there, the one with the-' [top of ladder completely mangles it] 'Um. Never mind.' The Commissioner, Larryw7 and grendelbo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BitterOldMan Posted March 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 5, 2022 On 3/4/2022 at 2:09 PM, Grottu said: Feels a little weird to say this is “just back” from CGC, since I submitted it almost a YEAR ago, but here it is… Just saw the 1973 Vault of Horror movie. Has one of my favorite panels of all time drawn by Joe Orlando. @woowoo vaultkeeper, damonwad, Robot Man and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 These were the first issues of MD that I read and was really surprised how much I liked them. Definitely will get the other 2 issues. Raze, Larryw7 and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post damonwad Posted March 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 6, 2022 These were the first issues of Psychoanalysis that I read and was really surprised how much I disliked them. Definitely will not get the other 2 issues. grendelbo, Raze, OtherEric and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OtherEric Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 On 3/5/2022 at 6:38 PM, damonwad said: These were the first issues of Psychoanalysis that I read and was really surprised how much I disliked them. Definitely will not get the other 2 issues. Your take on MD and Psychoanalysis is opposite mine. MD is worth the effort for the art, but I think with a couple of exceptions it's a horribly boring book, and easily my least favorite of the New Direction titles. Psychoanalysis actually is probably my third favorite New Direction book, after Aces High and Piracy. It reads like it's decades ahead of its time, a well reviewed but poorly selling indy book from around the early 90's, only done in the 50's. I doubt I would want any more than four issues, but I think it takes an obviously horrible concept and presents the absolute best version of what that concept could ever be. It plays to EC's strengths of getting into the character's heads and Kamen's incredible skill at showing people's emotions on their face. Other than the fact it was an obviously horrible idea it wasn't a horrible idea. Point Five, Raze and Turnando 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 (edited) On 3/5/2022 at 8:31 PM, OtherEric said: Your take on MD and Psychoanalysis is opposite mine. MD is worth the effort for the art, but I think with a couple of exceptions it's a horribly boring book, and easily my least favorite of the New Direction titles. Psychoanalysis actually is probably my third favorite New Direction book, after Aces High and Piracy. It reads like it's decades ahead of its time, a well reviewed but poorly selling indy book from around the early 90's, only done in the 50's. I doubt I would want any more than four issues, but I think it takes an obviously horrible concept and presents the absolute best version of what that concept could ever be. It plays to EC's strengths of getting into the character's heads and Kamen's incredible skill at showing people's emotions on their face. Other than the fact it was an obviously horrible idea it wasn't a horrible idea. Psychoanalysis may have been ahead of its time, but to me, the patients were just too whiny and self-pitying for me to enjoy the books. I would have much preferred having the psychiatrist deal with more interesting personalities instead of the average Joe or Jane. Obviously not what EC was going for though. The "post code" cure/breakthrough endings every story didn't help either (only read 2 issues though). At least a couple of the MD stories I can think of had mild twist endings (I especially liked the one for Worried Sick in #4). At least we can agree on EC war books and The Martian Chronicles. I put Piracy and Valor as my favorite New Direction titles but haven't read Aces High yet. I was holding out to get the originals, but so many in this thread have recommended it that I think I'll break down and buy the reprints. Edited March 6, 2022 by damonwad jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 On 3/6/2022 at 12:28 AM, damonwad said: Psychoanalysis may have been ahead of its time, but to me, the patients were just too whiny and self-pitying for me to enjoy the books. I would have much preferred having the psychiatrist deal with more interesting personalities instead of the average Joe or Jane. Obviously not what EC was going for though. The "post code" cure/breakthrough endings every story didn't help either (only read 2 issues though). At least a couple of the MD stories I can think of had mild twist endings (I especially liked the one for Worried Sick in #4). At least we can agree on EC war books and The Martian Chronicles. I put Piracy and Valor as my favorite New Direction titles but haven't read Aces High yet. I was holding out to get the originals, but so many in this thread have recommended it that I think I'll break down and buy the reprints. Aces High is my favorite by far. Lots of great WWI aviation stories with incredible art. Piracy and Valor close behind. The other 3 are just pretty boring to me. damonwad and jimjum12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
