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[BlowUpTheMoon]

@Aces

[D2]

I’ve been saying it for years. 
 

I don’t know how many people, born 2010 and on, read or collect comic books. 
 

Of those that do, are they really going to care about my comic collection?

As a reference, I grew up in the Bronze & Copper Age, and I have no interest in Silver or Golden Age books. 
 

And I was an avid reader and collector… not someone that occasionally read a comic or two because of movie influences or because my dad brought me to a store, which feels more in line with Generation Z, or Generation Alphas
 

Hard to say for sure, but I am just going with what I know. 2030 will be telling. 
 

[Superman2006]

On 9/24/2022 at 6:27 PM, Ken Aldred said:

Always enjoyed Chespirito’s inventive stories in some of his posts.

Marvelfangirl contributed a lot here for a while and then disappeared.

I loved Chespirito's stories. Please come back Chespirito.

Edit: I see that Chespirito last posted in 2021. Chespirito - Please share another story with us

@Chespirito

Edited October 20, 2022 by Superman2006

[shadroch]

In fairness, when I was 16-21, the last thing I wanted to do is hang out with guys older than my father and talk about anything.

Edited November 24, 2022 by shadroch

[musicmeta]

On 9/24/2022 at 5:24 PM, Calamerica said:

 

4th row from the top, the fifth one from the left...Looks like it might be a tad under graded.
Mercy!  What a FANTASTIC collection of Iron Man Sub Mariner #1's.  

Edited October 20, 2022 by musicmeta

[THE_BEYONDER]

On 10/20/2022 at 10:53 AM, shadroch said:

In fairness, when I was 16-21, the last thing I wanterd to do is hang out with guys older than my father and talk about anything.

When I was 16-21, if you didn’t skate....I didn’t hang out with you.

 

In retrospect, that’s still true today 

Edited October 20, 2022 by THE_BEYONDER

[WEBHEAD]

Still alive..... and back to the books me on the left 2012

[PeterPark]

I used to talk to @keldog pretty frequently...

I see @canickus around every so often...

[THE_BEYONDER]

I’m really liking the new default avatars 

[fastballspecial]

On 9/27/2022 at 11:02 AM, batman_fan said:

Probably getting her user name wrong but BaltimoreLaura (?). She was a big Archie collector.

@BaltimoreLauren

Last conversation I remember was her talking about being on Kevin Smiths comic book show
on AMC I think.

 

[CAMPER49]

Maybe I'm thinking of the eBay chat board from the halcyon days of Yore, but...

Whatever happened to Gallinator?

There was also a Linda-somebody or other

And "Disney Teddies" from Winnipeg

[awakeintheashes]

@mschmidt

[Aces]

On 10/16/2022 at 11:26 PM, BlowUpTheMoon said:

@Aces

Still around.

[Sweet Lou 14]

On 10/19/2022 at 6:31 PM, D2 said:

I’ve been saying it for years. 
 

I don’t know how many people, born 2010 and on, read or collect comic books. 
 

Of those that do, are they really going to care about my comic collection?

As a reference, I grew up in the Bronze & Copper Age, and I have no interest in Silver or Golden Age books. 
 

And I was an avid reader and collector… not someone that occasionally read a comic or two because of movie influences or because my dad brought me to a store, which feels more in line with Generation Z, or Generation Alphas
 

Hard to say for sure, but I am just going with what I know. 2030 will be telling. 
 

Someone born in 2010 would be 12 today.  I didn't start collecting comics until I was 14, I didn't have the money to buy all the titles I wanted to read until I was 18+, and I couldn't afford to get serious about back issues until I was well into my 20s.

For reference, I was born in 1970 so my teenage years were the heart of the Copper Age and I collected and read every major Marvel title from 1992-2012 when I quit cold turkey.  My enjoyment of the books I read in the 1990s and 2000s directly fueled my desire to go back into the Bronze Age and Silver Age and put all the runs together.  I expect there will always be plenty of collectors like me.  There will also be plenty of collectors like you, and there is nothing wrong with that, but my point is that there will always be enough people who treasure the older books and enjoy feeling a sense of connection to a time from before they were even born.

[PopKulture]

On 10/29/2022 at 10:36 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

 but my point is that there will always be enough people who treasure the older books and enjoy feeling a sense of connection to a time from before they were even born.

This is why I still delight in oddball stuff from before my time like Pogo, Little Iodine, Howdy Doody, Sad Sack… Add to that works by Carl Barks, Walt Kelly, Winsor McKay and so on. 

Edited October 31, 2022 by PopKulture

[Sweet Lou 14]

On 10/29/2022 at 11:45 PM, PopKulture said:

This is why I still delight in oddball stuff from before my time like Pogo, Little Iodine, Howdy Doody, Sad Sack… Add to that works by Carl Barks, Walt Kelly, Windsor McKay and so on. 

It's not just comics.  My favorite band of all time (the Beatles) broke up before I was born, and there's plenty of other music from the 50s and 60s, or even older, that I love.  The same for movies and TV.  I was also obsessed with old-time baseball when I was a kid and I continue to consider myself a "fan" of a number of athletes from well before my time.

[Dr. Balls]

On 10/19/2022 at 4:31 PM, D2 said:

I’ve been saying it for years. 
 

I don’t know how many people, born 2010 and on, read or collect comic books. 
 

Of those that do, are they really going to care about my comic collection?

As a reference, I grew up in the Bronze & Copper Age, and I have no interest in Silver or Golden Age books. 
 

And I was an avid reader and collector… not someone that occasionally read a comic or two because of movie influences or because my dad brought me to a store, which feels more in line with Generation Z, or Generation Alphas
 

Hard to say for sure, but I am just going with what I know. 2030 will be telling. 
 

All valid points. I actually think tangible things will make a comeback. I think NFTs and all that are the last gasp of a collectible genre that will monetarily abuse it's supporters so badly, that people will just be turned off on "digital collectibles". I may be wrong, but I don't feel like I am.

We'll always have digital stuff, but I think it will take on more of a utilitarian role as it always should have. When that runs it's course in the next few years, I think the younger generation will get turned onto the nostalgia of holding a comic book in their hand - even if they never had before. There's something about flipping through a box of comics that cannot be replicated digitally - young people will discover that and keep everything going.

[D2]

On 11/2/2022 at 10:14 AM, Dr. Balls said:

All valid points. I actually think tangible things will make a comeback. I think NFTs and all that are the last gasp of a collectible genre that will monetarily abuse it's supporters so badly, that people will just be turned off on "digital collectibles". I may be wrong, but I don't feel like I am.

We'll always have digital stuff, but I think it will take on more of a utilitarian role as it always should have. When that runs it's course in the next few years, I think the younger generation will get turned onto the nostalgia of holding a comic book in their hand - even if they never had before. There's something about flipping through a box of comics that cannot be replicated digitally - young people will discover that and keep everything going.

That is actually a really really good point. 
 

I don’t think anything tangible will ever go out of style. That’s true. Even video games don’t have this permanent allure. 
 

Now the only question would be, what would be the last collectible? What would be the collecting criteria for someone that, didn’t grow up with the books, but has a love and desire for the tangible item, and have and collect?

Do they gravitate towards covers? Acclaimed stories? Or maybe just old books on the cheap?

[Domo Arigato]

On 10/24/2022 at 3:42 PM, CAMPER49 said:

Maybe I'm thinking of the eBay chat board from the halcyon days of Yore, but...

I used to go in there and drive them all bat s**t crazy.

All of the CGC hating "books are meant to be read" crowds would hang out in there, and they would attack anyone that even mentioned slabbed comics.

So I started going in there and making a "CGC Graded Book of the Day" thread......a new one........every single day.  

They were wearing out the report feature trying to report the threads.....threads that were about comic books.....in the comic book section of their forums. 

 

Edited November 3, 2022 by Domo Arigato

[squidmo2000]

New collectors are born every day,it goes way back to the gathering days of early humans. I have been collecting for almost 50 years,coins,comics,sports cards,and I go metal detecting 4 days a week now that I'm retired.I guess it's in my DNA,and I know I'm not the only one....but there is something to be said about having a physical item in your hands,the history of it is right there in front of you.The things I have I cherish,and when it comes time to let them go,I only hope that someone else can enjoy them as much as I did.And I'm sure they will.....

Edited November 3, 2022 by squidmo2000