adamstrange Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 4 minutes ago, PeterPark said: What about v4 #10? Yup. Good catch https://www.comics.org/issue/6278/cover/4/? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 On 3/22/2019 at 12:13 PM, n2wdw said: Our gal Alice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 On 3/25/2019 at 6:30 AM, n2wdw said: Thanks for the information. I placed 3 bids but didn't win any. That's probably a good thing for me. The last I need is to win a few Mile Highs and then trigger the collecting bug inside me to build a Mile High collection. I'm actually having fun buying photo covers cheap and then sending the best ones into CGC. The only Mile High in my collection is Junie 5, which I somehow managed to pry away from @Ricksneatstuff a couple years ago. I bought it with found money. My daughter was graduating from high school. For my 2 older daughters, we had a graduation party where we catered in fajitas from our favorite tex mex place (Uncle Julios). But this daughter (Abby) didn't want that; she wanted me to smoke pork shoulders, chicken and burgers on my Big Green Egg. I was all for that, as smoking meat is fun for me. But I saved so much money from not catering, that I PM'd Rick about the Junie. And as they say, the rest is history. When I die, I plan to leave my comic collection to my 4 kids equally. Except for Junie 5. I plan to give that one to Abby since I didn't have to cater her HS grad party. Man, Mike, that must have been one heck of a party! Do your kids like your collection? My kids have absolutely no interest in mine. They will probably end up with it though. They each want my two autographed copies of MAD comics #1 and a couple of Robots and toys. One of my son in laws wants my guitars and the other wants my motorcycles. I have given them specific instructions on what to do with the rest. It remains to be seen if my granddaughters will have any interest. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2wdw Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 On 3/26/2019 at 12:22 AM, sacentaur said: Our gal Alice. Who is she? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2wdw Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 On 3/26/2019 at 11:39 AM, Robot Man said: Man, Mike, that must have been one heck of a party! Do your kids like your collection? My kids have absolutely no interest in mine. They will probably end up with it though. They each want my two autographed copies of MAD comics #1 and a couple of Robots and toys. One of my son in laws wants my guitars and the other wants my motorcycles. I have given them specific instructions on what to do with the rest. It remains to be seen if my granddaughters will have any interest. Nowadays for kids, it's cool to be a geek. So my kids think it's cool their dad is a geek. Also, 2 of my daughters are into cosplay, all my kids are into video games, all have read Bone, everyone loves Game of Thrones and Harry Potter, they like the Marvel and DC movies, so my kids think my collection is cool but they are not directly interested in comics like superheroes. All my kids are very respectful of my stuff. I also keep candy in the room so the kids are always going into the room for a handful of Skittles or chocolate. Our beach house is small, and my comic room by its nature is a private room. Often when one of my kids wants privacy, like to make a phone call, they will go into my comic room. Also, my son when he was a young teenager once made out with a girl in my comic room. (I told him to NEVER do that again!) One time when my youngest daughter threw a fit and was mad at the world, she went into the comic room to sleep. So I guess my comic room is like a sanctuary for my kids. I like it that way. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, n2wdw said: Nowadays for kids, it's cool to be a geek. So my kids think it's cool their dad is a geek. Also, 2 of my daughters are into cosplay, all my kids are into video games, all have read Bone, everyone loves Game of Thrones and Harry Potter, they like the Marvel and DC movies, so my kids think my collection is cool but they are not directly interested in comics like superheroes. All my kids are very respectful of my stuff. I also keep candy in the room so the kids are always going into the room for a handful of Skittles or chocolate. Our beach house is small, and my comic room by its nature is a private room. Often when one of my kids wants privacy, like to make a phone call, they will go into my comic room. Also, my son when he was a young teenager once made out with a girl in my comic room. (I told him to NEVER do that again!) One time when my youngest daughter threw a fit and was mad at the world, she went into the comic room to sleep. So I guess my comic room is like a sanctuary for my kids. I like it that way. My kids just have very little interest and that is OK. I let them be them. My grand kids are facinated though. I let them play with my big Buddy L trucks. They love them and can't hurt them. My son in law goes in and plays my electric guitars when ever he is over. He is quite good and will probably end up with them someday. Great your kids have an interest. Oh, and I have NEVER or EVER will consider myself a "geek". Edited March 29, 2019 by Robot Man n2wdw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpepx78 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 6 hours ago, n2wdw said: Who is she? Alice Ann Kelley actress/cover model Dr. Love 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2wdw Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 On 3/29/2019 at 3:53 PM, jpepx78 said: Alice Ann Kelley actress/cover model Thanks for the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2wdw Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 On 3/25/2019 at 11:01 PM, adamstrange said: Yup. Good catch https://www.comics.org/issue/6278/cover/4/? @PeterPark and @adamstrange - Thanks for this information. Both comics are now on my want list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2wdw Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 Some recent pictures of my comic room: One of my rules is, only comic related stuff can go into the room. So even for these tissues, I have this hand made Pac Man holder (that I got from a Steel City con a couple of years ago). This next picture is the door to the comic room. There's an Olivia original (of Marilyn Monroe) on top and Betty's Bath by Dave Stevens below. Janesko and more Olivia to the sides. Recently I added a 2nd lock, the dead bolt lock above the keyed lock. I never paid attention to locks until recently. Turns out they have different grades. This dead bolt is Grade 1, which essentially means you could blow up the house and the lock would still be locked (although there wouldn't be a door anymore). Also, I think I mentioned we are selling our big house (where we raised our kids) and are moving to our beach house, and as part of that we rented a storage unit to hold things like old high school yearbooks, Christmas decorations, etc. I also keep my miscellaneous alphabet and magazines in this storage unit. I've organized things so I can easily add to the long boxes. bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post n2wdw Posted April 2, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2019 (edited) Big Matt Baker Win Last Night! I won this on eBay last night. It's a Baker you don't see often. I put in a fairly high max bid, but was still surprised to win it. UVA wins, Duke loses and now I win this auction -- it's been a good week! I also won this Wild Boy on eBay last week. So with these 2 pickups, I now have 173 Matt Baker covers. This is 58% towards my goal of getting a copy of every comic with the cover by Baker. By my count, there are 298 Baker covers (although I include in my list some magazines and books that are reprints). So I still have 125 to go. I have about 8 years of active collecting before I retire. So can I get 16 a year for 8 years to finish this collection? Not sure. It's not even a money thing -- you can have all the money in the world (which I don't), but if the comics aren't offered for sale, there's nothing you can do about it. But it would be kind of cool, to someday auction all 298 comics on C-Link or Heritage. Maybe I'd do it as a single lot, just for the fun of it. Or maybe I'll donate them all to where I went to school, UVA. It would be something to see all 298 displayed at the same time in the library where I spent so many hours studying, way back when, among the frat boys and pretty sorority girls. It would be like, the geeks win in the end. Edited April 2, 2019 by n2wdw Yorick, bc, comicjack and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2wdw Posted April 3, 2019 Author Share Posted April 3, 2019 On 4/2/2019 at 3:16 PM, szav said: I can see you take security in your comic room seriously with all the boobie traps you’ve planted too. Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2wdw Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 More recent pictures from my comic room: bc and mlansdown 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2wdw Posted April 6, 2019 Author Share Posted April 6, 2019 As I wait for UVA to play Auburn, I'll post a few more recent pics of my comic room. In 4 hours I'm going to be either really happy or sad. jimjum12, bc and CKinTO 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 All you have to do is just go down to your junk room. That should cheer you up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2wdw Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 UVA pulled off another miracle win last night, so I'm happy! I also got a great Manhattan at the bar we watched the game at. This one was smokey, and had a slice of bacon. Bacon makes anything 10x better! jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlansdown Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I love that you have an entire box dedicated to your copies of X-Men #1! Great pictures of the comic room - keep them coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2wdw Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 2 hours ago, mlansdown said: I love that you have an entire box dedicated to your copies of X-Men #1! Great pictures of the comic room - keep them coming! If you like that, you'd really like my Action 1 box. I have a Detective 1 box too, but unfortunately no Detective 27 box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamtoreal1 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 On 4/6/2019 at 2:07 PM, n2wdw said: As I wait for UVA to play Auburn, I'll post a few more recent pics of my comic room. In 4 hours I'm going to be either really happy or sad. that clue comics is sick! Hutch88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 On 4/1/2019 at 12:32 PM, n2wdw said: Some recent pictures of my comic room: This next picture is the door to the comic room. There's an Olivia original (of Marilyn Monroe) on top and Betty's Bath by Dave Stevens below. Janesko and more Olivia to the sides. Recently I added a 2nd lock, the dead bolt lock above the keyed lock. I never paid attention to locks until recently. Turns out they have different grades. This dead bolt is Grade 1, which essentially means you could blow up the house and the lock would still be locked (although there wouldn't be a door anymore). Also, I think I mentioned we are selling our big house (where we raised our kids) and are moving to our beach house, and as part of that we rented a storage unit to hold things like old high school yearbooks, Christmas decorations, etc. I also keep my miscellaneous alphabet and magazines in this storage unit. I've organized things so I can easily add to the long boxes. Great posts and cool collection! For some reason, I picture this sign above that door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
