Berkeley Comic Show Saturday, August 5 1 1

[HouseofComics.Com]

Hello everyone--our traditional first week of August show is coming right up on the 5th.  The room is positively packed with comic books, the vast majority of which are vintage. The regular vendors are constantly buying and processing, so it's very fresh every time.

Happy to have Bud Plant setting up for the first time since January. He'll have very interesting material. Also setting up for his first show in about 20 years (!!) is collecting legend Gary Carter, responsible for Comic Book Marketplace, The Overstreet Grading Guide, etc. He'll have comics, fanzines, pulps, etc. Heritage Auctions will also be returning to the show.

Saturday, August 5, 11 am to noon early admission, $15. Regular admission 12-5, $10. Same great location near the highway. Big free parking lot.

www.berkeleycomicshow.com

If you can't make this one, we return on Saturday, Oct. 28 so mark your calendars for that one!

[PeterPark]

Berkeley, CA?

[ExNihilo]

On 7/17/2023 at 4:31 PM, PeterPark said:

Berkeley, CA?

Yup.

[The Brain]

Can't wait Mark, see you there, early.

 

 

 

 

[HouseofComics.Com]

Vendor list:

 

Steve Wyatt/Robert Humes

Bud Plant

Heroes

Champion

Cape and Cowl

Lee’s Comics

Bronze Age Batcave

Heritage Auctions

Gary Carter

JCT Comics

SactoSanctorum

Worlds of Wonder

Batcave Comics and Toys

Brett’s Comics

Comic Web

DevCo Comics

House of Comics

Mike’s Comics

Angry IrishMan Art & Comics

Dragstrip Comics/Go DaddyO

Carnage Comics

Santa Rosa Comics

Ted Jacka

Bill McGregor

[sfcityduck]

See you bright and early!

[The Brain]

Thanks again Mark & Tim, I had a great day working the parking lot on a perfect a day.

[BitterOldMan]

Wonderful show as usual!

Beautiful tribute to the late Ray Storch.

[sfcityduck]

Great little show!  Some legendary OGs were there.  Picked up a few cool comics, bought a stack of books from Bud Plant, and got some CBMs I needed from Gary Carter. Saw some surprising books and some real nice Baker and Frazetta.  A cool show. Kudos to the organizer! It's like traveling back in time.

Edited August 7, 2023 by sfcityduck

[Robot Man]

On 8/5/2023 at 7:57 PM, BitterOldMan said:

Wonderful show as usual!

Beautiful tribute to the late Ray Storch.

Oh, no Ray passed away? Hadn’t heard. That is very sad. I knew Ray for many years. Always an adventure picking his boxes and talking comics. I remember buying a pile of press proof covers when he turned them up. A great guy. 

[707comics]

On 8/7/2023 at 1:26 PM, Robot Man said:

Oh, no Ray passed away? Hadn’t heard. That is very sad. I knew Ray for many years. Always an adventure picking his boxes and talking comics. I remember buying a pile of press proof covers when he turned them up. A great guy. 

I had not heard myself until the just the other day. I was really saddened to hear, he was such a great guy. I always enjoyed chatting with him at the shows and looked forward to seeing what kind of esoteric goodness I could find buried in his boxes to bring home with me. He always had some book that seemed to call to me

I found so many cool books in his boxes and he had a story for each one (if it wasn't about the book it was about the story or artist inside). @Robot Man I think I have a few of the Atlas war and western proofs you are referring to. I was not collecting when he was selling them originally but I acquired a few here on the boards later (either from you or @catrick339 if I had to guess). My first copy of Atlas War #11 was from one of his boxes amongst many other 1950s Atlas war and GGA titles. 

Always sucks when one of the good ones leaves us.

[Robot Man]

On 8/7/2023 at 10:25 PM, 707comics said:

I had not heard myself until the just the other day. I was really saddened to hear, he was such a great guy. I always enjoyed chatting with him at the shows and looked forward to seeing what kind of esoteric goodness I could find buried in his boxes to bring home with me. He always had some book that seemed to call to me

I found so many cool books in his boxes and he had a story for each one (if it wasn't about the book it was about the story or artist inside). @Robot Man I think I have a few of the Atlas war and western proofs you are referring to. I was not collecting when he was selling them originally but I acquired a few here on the boards later (either from you or @catrick339 if I had to guess). My first copy of Atlas War #11 was from one of his boxes amongst many other 1950s Atlas war and GGA titles. 

Always sucks when one of the good ones leaves us.

I first met him at a Berkeley con in the ‘70’s and seeked him out at WonderCon. We both had very eclectic tastes and his boxes were packed with interesting stuff priced very fair. We hit it off right away. He always had a big smile and usually something for me stashed under the table. Yeah, a lot of the pioneers in the hobby are leaving us. Real sad. 

[HouseofComics.Com]

I first learned of Ray through his CBG selling ads. So when I moved to Berkeley I realized he was just over the Oakland border. We exchanged one letter in summer, 1988 when I sent him a list of some stuff I had for sale. Pretty good stuff for an underclassman, but he already had his copy of Yellow Claw 1, etc. and he was never interested in super-heroes, besides a passing interest in Spider-Man. He would have some 1950s Action Comics because he liked the backup stories, but no Superman, for instance.

[MusterMark]

Extremely saddened to hear about Ray’s passing.  He was just so wonderful in so many ways.  He was polite, kind, friendly, congenial, caring, and had a heart of gold.  It was always a pleasure and an honor to be in his company.  He took me to his beautiful home on several occasions.  At a whole bunch of Berkeley Comic Shows, I helped him unload, set up, sell his comics, and load up at the end.  I was extremely fortunate to have known him.  My deepest condolences to his wife and family, and his friends.  He was a brilliant light, and will be deeply missed.  R.I.P.