Dr. Love Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 nope $10 says he didn't save what he didn't consider worth saving Mr.Fantastic, OtherEric, Raze and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KirbyJack Posted March 1 Popular Post Share Posted March 1 I hear you Mmehdy, OtherEric, Mr.Fantastic and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 (edited) On 3/1/2024 at 10:03 AM, Robot Man said: I was kind of afraid of that. I looked at the dealer list and only saw Harley and Sibra who would have been targets for my wallet. I imagine if I did some serious box diving and found “that one guy” at every con I might have been a little disapointed. This years CalCon was a bit disappointing for me. I set up as a dealer and wasn’t sorry by any means. I’m 20 minutes away and a table was reasonable. I noticed right away that the crowd seemed a bit light. It is usually elbow to elbow and packed all day. I left about an hour and a half early and made about half of what I did last year. I heard a bit of dealer “grumbling” but mostly from those who brought super high priced (maybe overpriced) stuff. I mostly bring lower priced but unusual GA/SA stuff that goes to readers, run fillers and folks who just like old books on a budget. As a buyer, I found that “one guy” with some cool GA priced right. Might have been the weather. We had a pretty massive storm predicted starting on Sunday. Or it might have been the market it’s self whereby, folks are just holding back a bit. Next show coming up is WonderCon on Easter weekend. Bad weekend for a show anyway. Last year it was a little “thin” for both buyers and sellers. I am going with a full wallet to buy but don’t expect much. Are comic cons slowly dying? Are prices to the point where setting up at shows or traveling to buy just isn’t worth it? Even at smaller vintage comic dealing shows? I hate to think this. I MUCH prefer a live show over the internet. Both for comic dealing as well as the social part of it. Appears this might be the case everywhere and not just limited to the West Coast. Any opinions? Maybe Terry doesn't advertise like he used to. Remember when he used to do those TV commercials and the announcer would say, "Here's Terry O'neil and his dog Spot"? He used to always end the commercial with a jingle that said "Go see Cal Con, Go see Cal Con, Go see Cal Con". I loved those, except for all the used cars. I don't know what they were doing in a comic con commercial... Edited March 3 by Tri-Color Brian OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 On 3/1/2024 at 6:29 PM, KirbyJack said: I hear you Looks much better than given grade‼️ KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hap Hazard Posted March 2 Popular Post Share Posted March 2 (edited) Recent pick-up: MAD # 1 Canadian edition US copies of MAD # 1 are quite common for a key book, but finding a Canadian copy is a lot tougher. US print runs were around 300,000, the Canadian versions printed by Superior were around 30,000! Edited March 2 by Hap Hazard Robot Man, ThothAmon, Comic-Fan and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted March 3 Popular Post Share Posted March 3 On 3/2/2024 at 1:33 PM, Hap Hazard said: Recent pick-up: MAD # 1 Canadian edition US copies of MAD # 1 are quite common for a key book, but finding a Canadian copy is a lot tougher. US print runs were around 300,000, the Canadian versions printed by Superior were around 30,000! Nice score! Sadly I don’t have a Canadian #1 but was lucky enough to find a #5. Hap Hazard, Comic-Fan, KirbyJack and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 So, I'm going to try to get to the Oni Press panel at ECCC tomorrow. If they say anything about the EC revival I'll make sure to let everybody here know. KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ Posted March 3 Popular Post Share Posted March 3 KirbyJack, Mmehdy, OtherEric and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Can’t go wrong with a Frontline Combat. OtherEric and Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 On 3/3/2024 at 6:19 AM, Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ said: Two great books. Great reads with first class stories and art. No other publisher consistency put out such quality war comics. Such underrated books. KirbyJack and Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted March 3 Popular Post Share Posted March 3 Finished up my run of Gunfighter. Hard to find all of these. They seemed to get better and better as the run went along. goldust40, KirbyJack, Raze and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted March 3 Popular Post Share Posted March 3 (edited) Now if you were a loyal reader of Gunfighter, what a surprise it must have been when this one replaced it. Sure came a long way from Fat & Slat… Edited March 3 by Robot Man Comic-Fan, KirbyJack, Raze and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 On 3/3/2024 at 9:05 AM, KirbyJack said: Can’t go wrong with a Frontline Combat. I still say, story for story, Frontline Combat is EC’s most consistently excellent book. Nothing less than excellent across the entire run. Every other EC series had at least a few stinkers. KirbyJack, Raze and sfcityduck 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 How I would love a Haunt 15 to complete the first issues… KirbyJack, Raze and Robot Man 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted March 3 Popular Post Share Posted March 3 (edited) So, as promised, I went to the Oni Press panel at ECCC today, and did ask a couple questions. They're serious about presenting these as EC books, the issues won't even have an Oni logo on them. They're consciously trying to position themselves as "what sort of comics would EC be doing in 2024 if they hadn't disappeared", which is part of why they're doing new titles rather than just revivals of old ones. They weren't quite ready to announce the third title, but they did say it's in a genre that classic EC never exactly did, but it's adjacent. They are planning to do books that aren't anthologies as they go on. They said the books were going to be definitely R rated, which I didn't consider totally reassuring- more because saying something is R rated can mean too many different things, not all of them good. The elaborated by saying they felt current comics were too often playing it safe, looking for how can this become a movie or TV show or something else other than a comic, and that they wanted to feel a bit dangerous. I can get behind that idea a lot more. They are going to be using a font based directly on the Leroy Lettering, which is good... although I did tell them to make sure to switch to something else if they did wind up doing a war comic. Overall, I came away feeling like the project is being run by people who have a clear idea of what they want to do and a strong urge to be true to the spirit of the EC's, while not doing a simple homage. I'm not sure if they'll succeed, or even if success is possible 70 years later, but I do have the impression that they're coming at the project from a good angle, rather than just relying on people recognizing the names of the books. Edited March 3 by OtherEric Jayman, Raze, Point Five and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Commissioner Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 On 3/3/2024 at 5:41 PM, OtherEric said: So, as promised, I went to the Oni Press panel at ECCC today, and did ask a couple questions. They're serious about presenting these as EC books, the issues won't even have an Oni logo on them. They're consciously trying to position themselves as "what sort of comics would EC be doing in 2024 if they hadn't disappeared", which is part of why they're doing new titles rather than just revivals of old ones. They weren't quite ready to announce the third title, but they did say it's in a genre that classic EC never exactly did, but it's adjacent. They are planning to do books that aren't anthologies as they go on. They said the books were going to be definitely R rated, which I didn't consider totally reassuring- more because saying something is R rated can mean too many different things, not all of them good. The elaborated by saying they felt current comics were too often playing it safe, looking for how can this become a movie or TV show or something else other than a comic, and that they wanted to feel a bit dangerous. I can get behind that idea a lot more. They are going to be using a font based directly on the Leroy Lettering, which is good... although I did tell them to make sure to switch to something else if they did wind up doing a war comic. Overall, I came away feeling like the project is being run by people who have a clear idea of what they want to do and a strong urge to be true to the spirit of the EC's, while not doing a simple homage. I'm not sure if they'll succeed, or even if success is possible 70 years later, but I do have the impression that they're coming at the project from a good angle, rather than just relying on people recognizing the names of the books. That is reassuring! Thanks for sharing! OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BuscemasAvengers Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 From Andy's recent thread fifties, OtherEric, vaultkeeper and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 A gorgeous copy of a great Feldstein cover. BuscemasAvengers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted March 5 Popular Post Share Posted March 5 It’s raining pre trends! Just picked up this one. These are all very elusive. This seems to be one of the most common from this title. Feldstein cover + 2 stories with an Ingals story as well and a great house ad. Romance books seem to be all about Matt Baker. I think Feldstein should get more credit. The pre trends are just so much harder to find than the new trends. I have learned to jump on them when I see them. Can’t be too choosy. I have a lot of work to do on this title. Hap Hazard, Jayman, Raze and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post conan09279 Posted March 14 Popular Post Share Posted March 14 (edited) Here's a new one. Awesome cover with a great love story inside about Elicia, a vampire, her husband, Zorgo the werewolf, and their daughter, the Old Witch. Edited March 15 by conan09279 Raze, vaultkeeper, Jayman and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
