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[1950's war comics]

On 7/11/2017 at 3:43 PM, lizards2 said:

I'm decidedly old-school and non-functional when it comes to record keeping.

When I buy stuff and receive it in the post, I put it in a running accountant's ledger by date, title, issue # and cost.  Impossible to find anything, unless I can remember an approximate time when I bought something, which is getting more and more difficult to recall.  I have about six or more or so of these books, going back 30-35 years or more.

I only manage to inventory with grades about every 3-6 months when I put books away in the comic cavern.  Back when Mike Richardson had a comic shop in Bend, Oregon, in the early 80s I bought inventory sheets from him that had 320 blocks + on them.  I mostly use those for the longer titles.  I use word documents for the shorter titles, sorted alphabetically and by publisher, but I keep losing stuff due to computer failures and stuff.  I still have a few titles/publishers that are just on note paper.

Let the laughter and insults commence.

That is a sweet system Lizard and i like it !

and i thought you were kidding about Baby Huey .... but i like that too as he and Little Lulu were pretty popular when i was a kid too

and as mentioned before i am working on a run of  "Leave it to Binky"

[lizards2]

1 minute ago, 1950's war comics said:

That is a sweet system Lizard and i like it !

and i thought you were kidding about Baby Huey .... but i like that too as he and Little Lulu were pretty popular when i was a kid too

and as mentioned before i am working on a run of  "Leave it to Binky"

Thanks for the Baby Huey reminder - still stalking that Baby Huey and Papa #2....., 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 12/07/2017 at 4:09 PM, lizards2 said:

I did not see whatever that was all about either.  

Nor, as it turns out, did the mod liz....

 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 11/07/2017 at 9:02 PM, lizards2 said:

I write a lot in all caps, due to the comic book influence.  It drove my teachers bonkers.

Good. I like it when people write all in caps. Makes it LOOK LIKE THEIR SHOUTING 

[Get Marwood & I]

1 minute ago, Marwood & I said:

On 11/07/2017 at 9:02 PM, lizards2 said:

I write a lot in all caps, due to the comic book influence.  It drove my teachers bonkers.

Good. I like it when people write all in caps. Makes it LOOK LIKE THEIR SHOUTING 

It also makes it LOOK LIKE THEY'RE SHOUTING 

[Get Marwood & I]

I dug out some of my old compooter records earlier to help try to answer a Canadian Price Variant question in another thread. Found some other old records I used to keep in relation to variants etc. Loads of the stuff. It occurs to me now that I used to take this stuff really seriously and that I've forgotten so much of it.

Not sure what I was trying to achieve here, or indeed whether any of it is even accurate:

 

Why anyone would even care what types of inserts existed in different ASM types escapes me now. Seems I did:

 

But I do like these. I used to make stickers for the fronts of my Comic Boxes. There were many versions as I recall now, some of them very elaborate. These were the last ones I used - quite basic, but they looked pretty:

   

 

And here are some of the tables I used in my little book to remind me of what existed etc:

  

  

 

Happy days...

 

[1950's war comics]

Very impressive how thorough and detailed these notes are...  !!

[Get Marwood & I]

3 minutes ago, 1950's war comics said:

Very impressive how thorough and detailed these notes are...  !!

Ta 

[batman_fan]

I bought Microsoft 365 so I keep my list on the cloud and I can access it with my Mac, iPad, or iPhone. These screenshots are for my Mars Attacks cards but you get the point. Let's me track lots of stats using excels built in functions. One thing I really like to track is average price I pay per card based on the grade. Helps me decide if something is priced high, low, or close to average 

[Get Marwood & I]

5 minutes ago, batman_fan said:

I bought Microsoft 365 so I keep my list on the cloud and I can access it with my Mac, iPad, or iPhone. These screenshots are for my Mars Attacks cards but you get the point. Let's me track lots of stats using excels built in functions. One thing I really like to track is average price I pay per card based on the grade. Helps me decide if something is priced high, low, or close to average 

Very clever, but what else would one expect from the Batman. I do like the use of "high desire" too. Excellent 

[lizards2]

4 hours ago, Marwood & I said:

I dug out some of my old compooter records earlier to help try to answer a Canadian Price Variant question in another thread. Found some other old records I used to keep in relation to variants etc. Loads of the stuff. It occurs to me now that I used to take this stuff really seriously and that I've forgotten so much of it.

Not sure what I was trying to achieve here, or indeed whether any of it is even accurate:

 

 

 

Why anyone would even care what types of inserts existed in different ASM types escapes me now. Seems I did

 

 

 

Happy days...

 

Definitely nut-job material to compile.

However, I thoroughly enjoy looking at this stuff.

[Get Marwood & I]

15 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

Definitely nut-job material to compile.

However, I thoroughly enjoy looking at this stuff.

Nut-job?

Nut-job! 

Definately 

[lizards2]

27 minutes ago, Marwood & I said:

42 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

Definitely nut-job material to compile.

However, I thoroughly enjoy looking at this stuff.

Nut-job?

Nut-job! 

Definately 

I'm using that as a term of endearment, from one to another.

[Get Marwood & I]

2 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

I'm using that as a term of endearment, from one to another.

I know 

[Get Marwood & I]

 

One of the other things I used to do was make sticky labels for my comics. Any excuse really. The label wasn't on the comic of course, but on the inner mylar (I used to use two).

I had stickers for printing errors....

 

....stickers for National Diamond Sales Inserts....

 

....stickers for Mark Jewelers Inserts....

 

....stickers for miscuts....

 

....stickers for Pizzazz Inserts....

 

....stickers for Canadians....

 

....stickers for 'Slick' MJ Inserts....

 

....stickers for Bubblicious Inserts....

 

....stickers for Other Errors....

 

....stickers for Bose Inserts....

 

....stickers for Miscellaneous Inserts....

 

....stickers for Triple Covers....

 

....stickers for Double Covers....

 

....stickers for Alternate Back Covers....

 

...and a few more besides.

Did any of you ever use stickers? 

 

[lizards2]

I used to put little oval stickers on books I bought as back issues with the price I paid.  I quickly gave that up.

I'm always amazed at the amount of minutiae some folks put into their collections. 

I recall having some time to obsess over things, but never THAT much time to obsess over things..., 

[Get Marwood & I]

16 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

I used to put little oval stickers on books I bought as back issues with the price I paid.  I quickly gave that up.

I'm always amazed at the amount of minutiae some folks put into their collections. 

I recall having some time to obsess over things, but never THAT much time to obsess over things..., 

Hulk like lizard brain ramblings. 

Oh, hang on. Wrong thread. Sorry liz.

Yes, the minutiae as you call it can be as fun as the books themselves and I do miss it. All I have now are L Miller labels. Still, that'll do for now until I win the lottery and start all over again.

Hang on, the wife just heard that, gotta go!

 

[Martin Sinescu]

Really like the stickers M&I, especially the multiple cover notations -- great way to illustrate what makes it special without having to open the book up and thumb through it. 

[badback83]

Hey @Marwood & I.  I'm very impressed with everything you do with your collection.  The stickers you use on the Mylar are awesome.  I wish I had the organization and creativity to do those things.   

[Get Marwood & I]

3 hours ago, Martin Sinescu said:

Really like the stickers M&I, especially the multiple cover notations -- great way to illustrate what makes it special without having to open the book up and thumb through it. 

 

49 minutes ago, DocHoppus182 said:

Hey @Marwood & I.  I'm very impressed with everything you do with your collection.  The stickers you use on the Mylar are awesome.  I wish I had the organization and creativity to do those things.   

Cheers guys. Sticky labels are cool.... Don't let anyone tell you otherwise