The official J Scott Campbell Appreciation/Discussion Thread 12 12

[D2]

On 10/13/2021 at 7:17 PM, Jaydogrules said:

Which of his very desired books have come down significantly, specifically?

-J.

Danger Girl stuff seems to have come down quite a bit.

I had a few of his Black Cat books too but none of the ultra rare variants.

His super rare variants seem to have stuck though, I will say that.

[Oskywalker]

Most recent additions.

 

[Scandell]

I've been out of the Campbell loop for the past year.  Can someone explain to me the rising prices of my 9.8 Black 1 variant:

 

[Wheels38]

On 1/6/2022 at 2:53 PM, Oskywalker said:

Most recent additions.

 

That is a hell of a haul! Congrats. So many great books in there!

On 1/8/2022 at 8:41 PM, Scandell said:

I've been out of the Campbell loop for the past year.  Can someone explain to me the rising prices of my 9.8 Black 1 variant:

 

I don't know what that book has shot up in value recently but I am not complaining haha I was lucky enough to submit one and have it come back as a 9.8!

[Lord Gemini]

Got these in the last few weeks. 😍 

[ExNihilo]

On 1/8/2022 at 5:41 PM, Scandell said:

I've been out of the Campbell loop for the past year.  Can someone explain to me the rising prices of my 9.8 Black 1 variant:

 

It was a hot book when it first released on the strength of the cover.  Supply was low, demand has been high.  The Le Chat Noir poster is iconic and in my opinion, this homage by JSC is one of his best pieces of the last decade.  I passed at the time of release, but really hope to get a copy one day.

 

EDIT: just checked the eBay price.  Really wish I had bought it at release now.  Safe to say that's one book I'll never get now.  At that price, there are other major keys I'd much rather own than a "pretty cover".

Edited January 14, 2022 by ExNihilo

[ExNihilo]

I haven't bought anything from the JSC store in quite a while now, but i'm digging the "bad girl" vibe of covers C and D.  Might have to do with the fact that I get a little weak in the knees when I see girls with tattoo sleeves.  

 

[Wheels38]

On 1/13/2022 at 7:50 PM, ExNihilo said:

I haven't bought anything from the JSC store in quite a while now, but i'm digging the "bad girl" vibe of covers C and D.  Might have to do with the fact that I get a little weak in the knees when I see girls with tattoo sleeves.  

 

I have never bought a pack straight from JSC before but I am really hoping to snag this one. I try to save my comic money for keys and not just for covers but I am loving these ones. He draws my favorite version of Black Cat and he killed it on these four. Hopefully it isn't crazy expensive and isn't sold out. 

[ExNihilo]

On 1/14/2022 at 4:22 AM, Wheels38 said:

I have never bought a pack straight from JSC before but I am really hoping to snag this one. I try to save my comic money for keys and not just for covers but I am loving these ones. He draws my favorite version of Black Cat and he killed it on these four. Hopefully it isn't crazy expensive and isn't sold out. 

I was totally in your position 3 years ago.  Then I started accumulating variant covers that I thought looked cool, but I've barely gone back and revisited since.  I realized that my keys brought me more satisfaction because many of those were books that I've wanted since childhood.  That's when I realized that these pretty variant covers by JSC and the likes only bring me short term happiness.  But the old, more expensive keys...those bring me long term happiness.  After that point, I pretty much swore off variants and put that money towards the keys that 6 year old me would have only dreamed of.

I'm not trying to dissuade you, just saying to think honestly about whether the enjoyment you get from these books will be long lasting or not.

[Wheels38]

On 1/14/2022 at 1:04 PM, ExNihilo said:

I was totally in your position 3 years ago.  Then I started accumulating variant covers that I thought looked cool, but I've barely gone back and revisited since.  I realized that my keys brought me more satisfaction because many of those were books that I've wanted since childhood.  That's when I realized that these pretty variant covers by JSC and the likes only bring me short term happiness.  But the old, more expensive keys...those bring me long term happiness.  After that point, I pretty much swore off variants and put that money towards the keys that 6 year old me would have only dreamed of.

I'm not trying to dissuade you, just saying to think honestly about whether the enjoyment you get from these books will be long lasting or not.

Honestly I think the price of this pack will be the determining factor for me. If it is not crazy high I may still pull the trigger and hope I still like the books next year I love the JSC books I have because I love his artwork and the story that was inside the book. This would be the first time I bought a book solely on the cover without actually reading what is inside. The problem I am facing is most of the keys I still want are outside of my price range but I have Christmas money burning a hole in my pocket haha You bring up a great point though!!! I have never thought of it like that. My keys are the ones I talk about with others. Thanks for the different view point ExNihilo! 

[ygogolak]

No shame in his game.

 

 

[ExNihilo]

On 1/15/2022 at 10:29 AM, ygogolak said:

No shame in his game.

 

 

How do you just "add inventory"?  They explicitly stated how many copies of each book would be available.  I guess they held copies back to be sold at live convention events and then decided to release some of those back for online?  In any case, everything is sold out now except for cover A by the looks of it.

[ygogolak]

On 1/15/2022 at 6:31 PM, ExNihilo said:

How do you just "add inventory"?  They explicitly stated how many copies of each book would be available.  I guess they held copies back to be sold at live convention events and then decided to release some of those back for online?  In any case, everything is sold out now except for cover A by the looks of it.

"warehouse find...."

[Tnexus]

Just going to point out something that makes no sense. You must buy a Copy A cover with any other cover. Yet Copy A is "limited" to 3000. The others are 1800. So if I choose to buy 1800 sets of C and D, that's 3600 copies of A. The only way he makes this work is by basically selling only half his stock and holding onto the rest for future upcharging. Avoid his scam.

Edited January 16, 2022 by Tnexus

[ExNihilo]

On 1/16/2022 at 10:11 AM, Tnexus said:

Just going to point out something that makes no sense. You must buy a Copy A cover with any other cover. Yet Copy A is "limited" to 3000. The others are 1800. So if I choose to buy 1800 sets of C and D, that's 3600 copies of A. The only way he makes this work is by basically selling only half his stock and holding onto the rest for future upcharging. Avoid his scam.

Interesting.  I didn't even think about that with this or any prior sales.  I wonder if it's as simple as a typo (like maybe there are only 600 copies of B/C/D for 1800 total).  Or maybe they only planned to sell like 600 copies of B/C/D (1800 total) and when they realized no one was buying up JUST cover A, that they could reallocate an additional 300 copies of each.  But if that's the case, he'd be sitting on a stock of 900 copies of B/C/D still which seems unlikely as well.

[Gul123]

Is any one selling any remarks by J Scott Campbell only looking for raw ones? PM directly. Do you know any other website that might sell one not looking to buy from eBay.

[Pixx_L]

Just back from CGC:

[revat]

On 2/7/2022 at 5:03 PM, Pixx_L said:

Just back from CGC:

[IbukiLord]

Got these recently, been wanting these for a while

 

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 2/12/2022 at 2:18 PM, IbukiLord said:

Got these recently, been wanting these for a while

 

Those are beautiful 😻