Poll: How old are collectors? 3 3

[LadyDeath]

I'm 35, born in '89. Loved 90s comics but now collect golden age.

[ThothAmon]

Those of us from the hyborian age would like a 10,000 years and older choice please.

 

 

[1950's war comics]

On 5/1/2024 at 2:18 AM, Tec-Tac-Toe said:

The only person I ever lie to about my age, is myself.

the mirror lies to me  

[Axelrod]

Wait, you want how old I am now?  How about how old I was when I actually bought all my comics....

[Tec-Tac-Toe]

A very good friend once told me, "Age is a state of mind", (I had never heard that before. ) ... ... ... then his right knee gave out.

[Ken Aldred]

As we say in the U.K., I’m 60 years young.

[JollyComics]

On 4/30/2024 at 9:11 PM, comicjack said:

Can we lie on this poll 

Age discrimination.

[JollyComics]

On 5/1/2024 at 2:48 AM, fifties said:

Hmm, I'm in the bottom tier, born during WW2, but I like comic books as much as I ever have.  Started reading them around 1952.

Long and live old timer!

[pmpknface]

Emotionally or physically?    

Voted.

[Marty Mann]

90 in September!

[1950's war comics]

my first purchase off the rack was Spider-Man #102, with paper route money 

(you only had to be age 11 or older to have a paper route back then)

 

[1950's war comics]

118 poll participants in 17 hours is pretty active !!

i think the most participation i ever remember on my ten years on these boards is the Stan Lee passing thread , i think there were 300 some different members who posted , that was the most active i can remember

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 5/1/2024 at 9:05 AM, 1950's war comics said:

118 poll participants in 17 hours is pretty active !!

i think the most participation i ever remember on my ten years on these boards is the Stan Lee passing thread , i think there were 300 some different members who posted , that was the most active i can remember

I think the last poll was long enough ago that I was in my thirties.

I'm the same age as Britney Spears, Beyonce, and Chris Evans.

When I'm old I'm sure it will be blaring me in the face on nearly every Hollywood gossip channel, and while technically a millennial, it is what it is

Edited May 1 by ADAMANTIUM

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 5/1/2024 at 9:12 AM, ADAMANTIUM said:

I think the last poll was long enough ago that I was in my thirties.

I'm the same age as Britney Spears, Beyonce, and Chris Evans.

When I'm old I'm sure it will be blaring me in the face on nearly every Hollywood gossip channel, and while technically a millennial, it is what it is

I'd play bowling for soup since they're Texas bound, but this is a little more specific!

 

 

[sfcityduck]

On 5/1/2024 at 6:51 AM, Marty Mann said:

90 in September!

[RockMyAmadeus]

On 4/30/2024 at 7:11 PM, comicjack said:

Can we lie on this poll 

[RockMyAmadeus]

On 5/1/2024 at 6:51 AM, Marty Mann said:

90 in September!

[RockMyAmadeus]

On 5/1/2024 at 5:49 AM, ThothAmon said:

Those of us from the hyborian age would like a 10,000 years and older choice please.

 

 

[fast eddie]

It's funny...... at the Atlanta comic show a few weeks ago, I mentioned I was a retired paperboy and would be good to give correct change to a dealer,,, the guy next to me piped in "I was a paperboy as well,,,I wonder how many of us were"  Made me think about it a minute,,,, probably quite a few of us!

[Doctor Dositheus]

On 4/30/2024 at 8:43 PM, Readcomix said:

Before we all declare the hobby dead in two years, let’s ask ourselves if the results might look different in a poll conducted on Instagram. Don’t get me wrong, I suspect the bulk of comics collectors are north of 40 but I don’t think the overall skew is as bad as it looks on a chat board, which is long-form, old-school social media.

I attended an independent artists’ comic con this past weekend, and the place was packed with young people looking for new content and meeting creators. I doubt there was much appetite for back issues in that room, but there were new fans of the medium. I think it’s incumbent on dealers and LCS owners to pass down the history of the medium, and I think it’s reasonable to assume that if the new generation of comics readers becomes back issue collectors they may have a greater appetite/appreciation for genre titles moreso than the longjohns fare many of us grew up with.

My biggest disappointment in the show was in not seeing any OA for sale from new creators. That’s what I went looking for: OA from up and coming creators.

I think they would mostly be working digitally. Will the computer files they created have value in the future?