Where is a good place to start with GA 0

[Cat-Man_America]

Go look for mid-grade Disney books by Barks! For the money, its great entertainment.

 

Oh yeah, and go buy the Gerber photojournals. They will break your heart when you find books you must have and then find out that everybody else must have them too!

 

Problem I am quickly seeing in GA is that the supply demand equation for the best stuff really stinks. I am looking at pictures, then looking at number of copies around the internet, and looking at prices, it does not always make for a nice equation. I am also sure the same covers that look great to me are cover almost any collector would want.

But that's the fun of it too. Like a giant scavenger hunt! Much more of a challenge than silver age... and that much more of a rush when you finally land some elusive book.

 

 

[PovertyRow]

Funny, people don't recommend Tales too terrible to tell any more from New England Comics. Is that not a thing anymore?

 

Tales To Terrible To Tell (Select Horror Comics at bottom left)

 

You can find complete sets for cheap as well. Not only does it reprint sample stories (though in B&W) but it contains a rundown of each of the Horror publisher so it's a good & cheap entry point into GA Horror.

 

Also, the Mike Benton books are good surveys that will let you in the door, assess where your interest here and will keep you from floundering (sp?) at the start.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Horror-Comics-Illustrated-History-Taylor/dp/0878337342

 

It's part of a series. These would be good to ILL from your local library.

 

Here's the Sci-Fi volume - http://www.amazon.com/Science-Fiction-Comics-Illustrated-History/dp/087833789X/ref=pd_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=51HQq2f5WsL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR118%2C160_&refRID=0H7XE787MMXB2MN0HGR5

 

If you want to check out Horror easily and become familiar with the various artists, check out these anthologies:

 

Four Color Fear

 

The Horror! The Horror!

 

and most things from the Craig Yoe archive - http://yoebooks.com/comic_books.php

 

Of course, you can sample many books at the Digital Comics Museum as well once you've read the survey and want to sample more art from the various artists.

 

Some good things there. But I recommend TTTTT on a regular basis. Just depends on what threads you are reading!

[Electricmastro]

Planet Comics, which I feel has consistently interesting art and creative material in general if nothing else because I fell that the sci-fi genre lends itself a lot to encouraging creativity.