Growing up - What was your Comic Book money's Competition?

[mica]

Dare I say it.... Early kid (micronauts action figures)

Mid-Teen (clothes) I came from the poor side of town and ended up going to a school with preppies all over the place. These kids had little shiny pennies in their loafers, Polo shirts or Izod. The girls had those little pom-pom balls on their ankle socks that hung over their brand new NIKE shoes. They often talked about vacationing at their summer homes. All I could do was come up with a Fox shirt from JC Penny.

And of course in Gym class many of them had Adidas, while I had to settle for Trax. (7th grade was rough in 1983). So I cut back on comic buying for a while to make my parents more agreeable to buying preppieish clothes.

But High school football allowed me to be in the "in" crowd and I didn't worry any more about clothes and my collecting was back in full gear, and girlfriends accepted it.

[FFB]

I used to spend quite a bit on RPG games also. D&D and Rolemaster being the favorite.

 

I did too, but we used to make most of our own D&D dungeons because there just weren't that many pre-made ones to buy. So D&D was never a competing expense for me.

[The Less Blob]

I blew a fair number of quarters on Time Pilot. had those quarters been wisely invested...

 

and Ms. Field's cookies, when those were new. I guess that was maybe 7th grade and the whole idea of a cookie store where you'd get them hot out of the oven.... must have blown $2-$3 a week on those. what treasures could i have fished out of the 3/$1 bin at my old LCS??

[Fan4Fan]

With so many guys saying Porn on here, no wonder

there are Porn Chicks gracing the conventions these days...

 

Comic Geeks just might be a big percentage of their fan base.

 

 

 

Never been any Porn Chicks at any of the small, local cons that I've gone too...

 

[Larryw7]

Super 8mm Monster Movies, particularly Castle films digests of Frankenstein, Dracula and sequels.

 

Cheesesteaks and hoagies.

 

Money to go to the movies or the mall with my friends.

[bobpfef]

I bought sports cards when I was young, but had pretty much stopped by the time I was buying comics. The only things that really competed for my comic book money was music and self-publishing.

[Timely]

As a kid I collected coins (and my stomach collected candy). The rest of my allowance went to comics!

 

West

[divad]

Grade school: slot cars

 

High school / College: drugs beer girls Grateful Dead

 

Stopped collecting for 25 years while the drugs wore off

 

Now: Family / House / Bills

[jbud73]

Grade school: slot cars

 

High school / College: drugs beer girls Grateful Dead

 

Stopped collecting for 25 years while the drugs wore off

 

Now: Family / House / Bills

 

they wore off, I hadn't noticed.

 

In no particular order --- Video Games (home and arcade) - hockey cards - Star Wars Stuff - Super Big Gulps - Skate Board stuff - BMX Stuff.

 

Ironically my first ever credit card purchase was my last comic purchase for 7 years through College and Grad School.

[ComicBookGuy]

Age 13: Comics had no competition.

Age 14: First girlfriend. Stopped buying comics cold. (I had my priorities straight. )

Age 15: Girlfriend and drugs. Dabbled in some Warrens though for a bit.

Age 16: Girlfriend and drugs and a car.

Age 17. Girlfriend and drugs and car and beer.

Later college took over and the drugs and beer faded away.

Didn't buy another comic till at least age 24 or 25.

[adamstrange]

Stamps

 

I didn't collect comics until I was out of school.

[supapimp]

slurpees

big gulps

nachos

quarters for video games

[Mister_Comics]

Speaking of porn.........anyone remember "ON TV" back in the early 80's? I used to play around with the TV antennas for 30 minutes so I could get a semi-clear picture late at night (without sound)

 

If your interested in old CHICAGO TELEVISION, including ONTV and the porn they showed, go to Old Chicago Television It a great web site that I have helped out. Some of the horror show stuff got there with my help. Anyone remember SHOCK THEATRE or SCREAMIN' YELLOW THEATER?

 

[skybolt]

Speaking of porn.........anyone remember "ON TV" back in the early 80's? I used to play around with the TV antennas for 30 minutes so I could get a semi-clear picture late at night (without sound)

 

If your interested in old CHICAGO TELEVISION, including ONTV and the porn they showed, go to Old Chicago Television It a great web site that I have helped out. Some of the horror show stuff got there with my help. Anyone remember SHOCK THEATRE or SCREAMIN' YELLOW THEATER?

 

 

Cool stuff.

 

I still remember waiting until midnight so they could post the basketball or baseball scores on "Night Owl". Now we've got ESPN galore.

[The Less Blob]

i stopped playing with comics by the time girls, drugs and booze became an issue in my teenhood. returned to them as a stress reliever during law school.

[Shadow]

College with the parties, bars, concerts, etc. put the collecting on hiatus. From 1985 til 1995, it laid dormant. Then, like the classic Universal Frankenstein's monster, it rose again...

[thanos_oftitan]

Wacky Packages (very young)

Wrestling Mags (teens)

Beer + Porn (now)

[Inhuman Fiend]

I was a true comic nerd that spent virtually ALL my money on comics...I had a paper route and mowed lawns so I had a pretty good supply of cash back in my prime collecting years from 1978-1982 (age 13-17). When I got to be a senior in highschool I suddenly discovered that cars and girls cost money too, so I cut WAY back and eventually stopped altogether by the time I was a sophomore in college.

 

But now I'm back!

[ghengishahn]

As soon as i started driving and got a car, thats where all my money went. Turning your normal SVT Contour into a 450 hp sports sedan. Now that I've finally finished the car for the most part, im starting to get back into collecting high grade silver age F.F.

[Darthdiesel]

Baseball cards

Atari video games

Go-bots, Transformers and GI Joes

 

Then, when I got older, going out with friends to movies, putt-putt, etc cost money, so no comics.

 

Then, drinking cost money, so no comics