seanfingh Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Turtle said: Outside looking in, it doesn't appear that talent relations has been a big priority for CGC in the last few years. This very subject has been broached many times here on the boards with the suggestion that CGC actively get ahead of this trend. The suggestions seem to have fallen on deaf ears. From the looks of things, it seemed that the rise of their competition, rolling out new cases, and reducing turnaround times ate up so much of their time in the last few years that talent relations was deemed unimportant. Moving forward, it'll be a game of catch-up. Not only that, but the Yellow label originally was intended to be a tentpole to keep modern submissions rolling in, and the CPR game has taken up more slack than anyone could have ever envisioned, so there is not as much incentive to work on the SS system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicwiz Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Turtle said: Outside looking in, it doesn't appear that talent relations has been a big priority for CGC in the last few years. This very subject has been broached many times here on the boards with the suggestion that CGC actively get ahead of this trend. The suggestions seem to have fallen on deaf ears. From the looks of things, it seemed that the rise of their competition, rolling out new cases, and reducing turnaround times ate up so much of their time in the last few years that talent relations was deemed unimportant. Moving forward, it'll be a game of catch-up. That's a good point. And all I would add to what you said is that with eyes fixed on divide and conquer battles, from everything between the way the competition encapsulated and labelled books, right through to lopping them at the legs by working exclusive deals with show organizers, it probably caused the talent relations side to be neglected. Ironically, it now seems to be tying back into all those areas of concentrated pursuit to keep the competition at bay. With only one offering verified signatures, there's still an option for those that would just rather avoid the drama, get their books signed without all the negativity around monetizing autographs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Baru Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 (edited) 46 minutes ago, seanfingh said: Not only that, but the Yellow label originally was intended to be a tentpole to keep modern submissions rolling in, and the CPR game has taken up more slack than anyone could have ever envisioned, so there is not as much incentive to work on the SS system. Hasn't the flood of modern variants being slabbed outpaced the yellow labels? Sure feels that way. Edited June 7, 2017 by Lucky Baru 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsilverjanet Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I blame the OP greggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 9 hours ago, Chuck Gower said: 18 hours ago, kav said: Typical Gower 'gotcha' moment. He knows damn well the thread was deleted. Someone started a 'what happened to Kav' thread and RMA popped up to tell what a miscreant I was and how selfish it was for me to send people free art. Wait.... so the 'RMA attacked me constantly with his 'anti Kav agenda', all happened in just ONE thread. Holy hyperbole! Quote Several boardies scolded him for derailing a thread posted in concern over what happened to me. Everyone that saw it, saw it. In just.... that ONE thread.... Quote Matter of fact it was his accusations that got me to start posting again. Damn him! He's like Thanos, he just doesn't know when he's won! Quote Then i started deleting my comments. He went after me for that and the rest is history. So he brought up a point and discussed it in ONE thread. Then you responded, but DELETED your responses and he said, "You deleted your responses." And that equates to 'RMA attacked me constantly with his 'anti Kav agenda' Dang dude... that's some thin skin, for a Super Troll to have. Settle down Beavis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Namor Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 8 hours ago, Logan510 said: You could always put him on ignore? Or better yet, just imagine hearing what he says in Bob Ross's voice. He's not someone one strike away from being banned. So, ya know.. there's actually a fair debate involved. RockMyAmadeus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan510 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 1 minute ago, Chuck Gower said: He's not someone one strike away from being banned. So, ya know.. there's actually a fair debate involved. What does that have to do with putting someone on ignore who obviously is upsetting you? RMA has posted more in this thread than he has in a long time, he seems capable of defending himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanfingh Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 3 hours ago, Lucky Baru said: Hasn't the flood of modern variants being slabbed outpaced the yellow labels? Sure feels that way. It seems like a lot of modern variants are cranked through every month, but I don't know which is a larger portion of modern subs. I would think it was blue label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Namor Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 4 minutes ago, seanfingh said: It seems like a lot of modern variants are cranked through every month, but I don't know which is a larger portion of modern subs. I would think it was blue label. I would think so too, easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Namor Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 27 minutes ago, Logan510 said: What does that have to do with putting someone on ignore who obviously is upsetting you? He IS on ignore. ꓘav can talk about whatever he wants, I couldn't care less. I don't see it. But when he directs his trolling at me or one of my friends, and someone messages me about it, I may choose to respond. I'm certainly not all upset about what he believes in.... far as I can tell, most of his beliefs sways back and forth between whatever way the 'CGC community' goes. Even his trolling, which he goes back and deletes.. if it wasn't pointed out to me, and aimed at me, I wouldn't even be aware of it. 27 minutes ago, Logan510 said: RMA has posted more in this thread than he has in a long time, he seems capable of defending himself RMA is one incident away from being banned for life. ꓘav is protected from even getting a warning. RMA isn't directing his posts at you. ꓘav IS directing his at me. I just don't see it as the same thing. I know there's the 'other' board to contend with and what has been said there, but then... You would certainly be more than capable of defending yourself there, right? Jeffro. and RockMyAmadeus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan510 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 4 minutes ago, Chuck Gower said: He IS on ignore. ꓘav can talk about whatever he wants, I couldn't care less. I don't see it. But when he directs his trolling at me or one of my friends, and someone messages me about it, I may choose to respond. I'm certainly not all upset about what he believes in.... far as I can tell, most of his beliefs sways back and forth between whatever way the 'CGC community' goes. Even his trolling, which he goes back and deletes.. if it wasn't pointed out to me, and aimed at me, I wouldn't even be aware of it. RMA is one incident away from being banned for life. ꓘav is protected from even getting a warning. RMA isn't directing his posts at you. ꓘav IS directing his at me. I just don't see it as the same thing. I know there's the 'other' board to contend with and what has been said there, but then... You would certainly be more than capable of defending yourself there, right? It's nice to know where you stand on this. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 3 minutes ago, Chuck Gower said: ꓘav can talk about whatever he wants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Namor Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 19 minutes ago, Logan510 said: It's nice to know where you stand on this. Thank you Where I stand on it, is that it sucks to have two people I consider to be friends, have as ugly a disagreement as you two have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan510 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Just now, Chuck Gower said: Where I stand on it, is that it sucks to have two people I consider to be friends, have as ugly a disagreement as you two have. I guess you don't have to worry about that anymore now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 2 minutes ago, Logan510 said: I guess you don't have to worry about that anymore now. If I had for every posted- 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 And we wonder why Starlin hates us and wants to keep us out of his line. I'd hate to see how much you guys would argue over something we could actually change. F For Fake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan510 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 9 minutes ago, 1Cool said: And we wonder why Starlin hates us and wants to keep us out of his line. I'd hate to see how much you guys would argue over something we could actually change. Who is us? I don't get books SS'ed, he'd be perfectly fine signing my raw books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsilverjanet Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 13 minutes ago, 1Cool said: And we wonder why Starlin hates us and wants to keep us out of his line. I'd hate to see how much you guys would argue over something we could actually change. I'll be signing comics for free in SDCC, WW Chicago and Baltimore RockMyAmadeus, F For Fake and greggy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 3 minutes ago, Logan510 said: Who is us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanfingh Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 The funniest thing about this is that the only issue with Starlin and SS for all the years prior to this is that Starlin stated that he has a bad reaction, possibly some type of allergy, to a component of Silver Sharpies. So you had to deal with black signatures, sometimes on black backgrounds. So everyone kind of knew to work around that. Other than that, he was just a moderately sought after SS guy. His older stuff is well loved, but his demand was nowhere near most of the prolific and popular modern guys. I sure do hope that someday cooler heads can prevail, and everyone can work together. STORMSHADOW_80 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
