Straw-Man Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 if the "hang tough" is a real D ick Winters sig, then unfortunately, the one on the comics was NOT made by the same person...basic handwriting analysis will confirm that...sorry to say I would love to compare your autograph now to those from your high school years. do "X"'s change much over the years? i hear with 3 degrees from fla. one can block print, but he stopped at 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiveTurkeyMoFo Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I think its pretty clear the signatures are not from the same person. Doesn't change the fact these are OO Golden Age books with high page quality that haven't been messed with in any way. Makes them pretty special, just the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agro23 Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 (edited) I found one Winters sig via google that looked like it matched. The rest I saw don't. The D, K and W are the key points for comparison. http://cgi.ebay.com/Signed-Band-of-Brothers--Winters-autographed-hat_W0QQitemZ170308412816QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090305?IMSfp=TL090305129002r8370#ebayphotohosting I'd say 20-80 it's him. EDIT: As a side note, there was a time in the 90's when I had to do a lot of autographing because I wrote two issues of Spawn. My co-writer, the letterer, had me create an entirely new, streamlined sig just so my hand wouldn't fall off and that it'd be readable later by the too-kind folks who wanted it. The later Winters sigs look like a sig he learned much the same way since he's been doing a million autographs since BoB. Edited March 7, 2009 by agro23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 My signature from back in the day looks NOTHING like it does now, and has completely changed characteristics many times over the last 20 years. I even still sign different things different ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 My signature from back in the day looks NOTHING like it does now, and has completely changed characteristics many times over the last 20 years. I even still sign different things different ways. that's all nice and fine, but be sure you sign mia's books real purty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fashion PB and J Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 All-Star 12 All-Star 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 My signature from back in the day looks NOTHING like it does now, and has completely changed characteristics many times over the last 20 years. I even still sign different things different ways. that's all nice and fine, but be sure you sign mia's books real purty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 All-Star 12 All-Star 22 Awesome books! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fashion PB and J Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Thank you. All-Star 12 has been my grail since I began collecting again. I will actually be posting a very long winded thread about why, with many pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agro23 Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 All-Star 12 All-Star 22 Love those covers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiveTurkeyMoFo Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 My signature from back in the day looks NOTHING like it does now, and has completely changed characteristics many times over the last 20 years. I even still sign different things different ways. Winters would've been 21 or 22 at the time my 'Tec 46 was purchased, and in his final year of college. The Signature on the book, however, seems to be made by someone younger..a teenager or young boy. Not saying it can't be, but its a stretch too be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Thank you. All-Star 12 has been my grail since I began collecting again. I will actually be posting a very long winded thread about why, with many pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fashion PB and J Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Thank you. All-Star 12 has been my grail since I began collecting again. I will actually be posting a very long winded thread about why, with many pictures. Probably tomorrow night. I have to get everything together. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 My signature from back in the day looks NOTHING like it does now, and has completely changed characteristics many times over the last 20 years. I even still sign different things different ways. ME neither. I do see some similarities and would not rule it out at all. Especially since both the seller and the man were both in PA. My sig in high school was much like Winter's. Easy to read. Now it's an ineligible squiggle and it has definitely evolved along the way. R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 All-Star 12 All-Star 22 Rez, I love the early All Star books! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 if the "hang tough" is a real D ick Winters sig, then unfortunately, the one on the comics was NOT made by the same person...basic handwriting analysis will confirm that...sorry to say I would love to compare your autograph now to those from your high school years. still identical... but, the hand writing class I took (admittedly, was years ago), details certain characteristics that you learn or use early on, that don't change, even during maturation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 All-Star 12 All-Star 22 Awesome books! indeed... AS is still a great run to put together and luckily, doesn't get a lot of love these days, so you can do it cheaper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 if the "hang tough" is a real D ick Winters sig, then unfortunately, the one on the comics was NOT made by the same person...basic handwriting analysis will confirm that...sorry to say I would love to compare your autograph now to those from your high school years. still identical... but, the hand writing class I took (admittedly, was years ago), details certain characteristics that you learn or use early on, that don't change, even during maturation... Gator if I put up a scan of my two sigs (early and late) you'd never know they were linked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 if the "hang tough" is a real D ick Winters sig, then unfortunately, the one on the comics was NOT made by the same person...basic handwriting analysis will confirm that...sorry to say I would love to compare your autograph now to those from your high school years. still identical... but, the hand writing class I took (admittedly, was years ago), details certain characteristics that you learn or use early on, that don't change, even during maturation... Gator if I put up a scan of my two sigs (early and late) you'd never know they were linked. no doubt I might not, but you would be suprised just how related they actually are... again, it has been 20 years since I took the class, but I remember the Instructor did just such and experiment and was 100% correct each and every time (if the 2 were from the same, etc)... W is one of the key letters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 All-Star 12 All-Star 22 Two cool books Pat. Congrats (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...