Popular Post Shadow Posted May 5 Popular Post Share Posted May 5 I noticed I'll have been a member of this site for 20 years on Tuesday...while in Jamaica - life is rough... lol) It's changed a lot in those years. While I've never been a super-poster, I try to always stay in touch with the site. Lots of "names" have come and gone. What I've always appreciated is it's made me a better collector. I understand grading much better, what to spot, etc. I've met some great dealers (Bob Storms, Dale Roberts, Reece's, Bedrock, etc.) who I feel comfortable purchasing from. Encountered some dealers that I avoided... (Whatever happened to Crazy Ed? You couldn't shake him if you got caught in his orbit. That's no moon...) Enjoyed the stories, collecting histories, what people collect, not so much any drama... life's short The Holiday Secret Santa & Raffle are so much fun as we share in our collecting passion. Enjoyed the Grading Contests of the past. Purchasing from some members has been fun as well. Sharing my artwork (hobby) is personally rewarding. Over the 20 years (30 years since I got back into collecting), I've completed some grails: Entire run of original JLA plus Brave & Bold's 28 - 30 Entire run of Conan the Barbarian X-Men 94 to 300 GS X-Men #1 - thanks October! Entire Marvel Team Up World's Finest 200 to end of series in early 300's And more... Was able to meet some great artists from my youth: Berni Wrightson (regret not getting a signed print or book) Neal Adams Jose Garcia Lopez George Perez and more Thank you for letting me be a small part of the community. Here's looking towards the future! Randall Dowling, chrisco37, Drummy and 50 others 52 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post october Posted May 5 Popular Post Share Posted May 5 Congrats! Glad you like the GSXM. I just checked and I'll have been on here for 20 years too, as of the 17th. Time flies. Doesn't feel like that long. 1950's war comics, AbsoluteCarnage, Larryw7 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jayman Posted May 6 Popular Post Share Posted May 6 20 yrs for me too on April 15. Does that make me Golden Age or Platinum? silverseeker, october, ADAMANTIUM and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted May 6 Author Share Posted May 6 On 5/5/2024 at 7:34 PM, october said: Congrats! Glad you like the GSXM. I just checked and I'll have been on here for 20 years too, as of the 17th. Time flies. Doesn't feel like that long. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted May 6 Author Share Posted May 6 On 5/5/2024 at 8:15 PM, Jayman said: 20 yrs for me too on April 15. Does that make me Golden Age or Platinum? I'm sticking with Bronze Age but I'd accept Silver Age as I was born in 1966. bc, ADAMANTIUM and Jayman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ganni Posted May 6 Popular Post Share Posted May 6 Many many more years later............ Jayman, Larryw7, Gonzimodo and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post buttock Posted May 6 Popular Post Share Posted May 6 Youngsters BlowUpTheMoon, MagnusX, Jayman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post s-man Posted May 6 Popular Post Share Posted May 6 I remember using a dial up connection when I first signed up here silverseeker, 1950's war comics, Larryw7 and 3 others 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMyAmadeus Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 On 5/5/2024 at 4:34 PM, october said: Congrats! Glad you like the GSXM. I just checked and I'll have been on here for 20 years too, as of the 17th. Time flies. Doesn't feel like that long. october 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RockMyAmadeus Posted May 6 Popular Post Share Posted May 6 On 5/5/2024 at 8:21 PM, s-man said: I remember using a dial up connection when I first signed up here silverseeker, s-man, Chaz G. and 10 others 1 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMyAmadeus Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Hepcat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTheDuck Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 This is a question I ask myself all the time but related more broadly to just living. It just speeds by. Readcomix and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 congrats. or maybe not. snitzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Certainly, this year, time feels like it’s accelerating. Can’t believe it’s May already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 (edited) I remember being 9 years old, walking home in freezing, biting cold with a British comic which reprinted Avengers 4, being blown away as a kid by the story reintroducing Captain America. Very memorable, as additionally that morning there was still the stinging odour of burning wood embers everywhere and the recollection of the Bonfire Night fireworks, thinking how much of an unending, far-distant eternity I’d have to tolerate until I’d finally get to experience that spectacle again. Now, it flashes by like nothing. Edited May 6 by Ken Aldred Larryw7, KCOComics and BA773 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry JSA Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 On 5/6/2024 at 12:00 AM, MattTheDuck said: This is a question I ask myself all the time but related more broadly to just living. It just speeds by. Yeah, sometimes I feel like I’ve been in hobby for way too long. Where has the time gone? I remember when I first started out so vividly. Ken Aldred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 On 5/6/2024 at 8:26 AM, Terry JSA said: I remember when I first started out so vividly. Exactly. Which is the point of my post above. Half a century ago now. Incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 On 5/6/2024 at 3:26 AM, Terry JSA said: Yeah, sometimes I feel like I’ve been in hobby for way too long. Where has the time gone? I remember when I first started out so vividly. Aren't you like 20?? You are just getting started in the Hobby! It's good to maintain perspective though and try to cherish the moment your in. There is a saying I'm going to butcher - "The good news is, time keeps moving and bad times will pass. The bad news is, time keeps moving and good times don't last forever." Terry JSA and BA773 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sd2416 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 September will be 20 for me as well. KCOComics and Shadow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 (edited) On 5/6/2024 at 1:46 PM, KCOComics said: Aren't you like 20?? You are just getting started in the Hobby! Ties into my post. Those schooldays seemed to last forever. I often look back on the late 1970s to early 1980s using Mike’s Newsstand site at the comics I bought back then, and notice how temporally brief-and-compressed all the associated memories feel now, in my 60s. Hard to believe, as at the time it felt like snail’s pace progression. Edited May 6 by Ken Aldred KCOComics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
