Twistty1 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 (edited) Thanks BZ.. Good thing I started looking through my Gerber Vol. 1 first... actually it was the building and the glove that gave it away. Edited January 30, 2010 by Twistty1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 Thanks BZ.. Good thing I started looking through my Gerber Vol. 1 first... actually it was the building and the glove that gave it away. You've joined an illustrious club. You can check out a list of previous winners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 discrimation... I claim discrimination against Gators!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 discrimation... I claim discrimination against Gators!!!! Your name should be on those lists. Start studying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistty1 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Thanks BZ.. Good thing I started looking through my Gerber Vol. 1 first... actually it was the building and the glove that gave it away. You've joined an illustrious club. You can check out a list of previous winners. I'm addicted now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Thanks BZ.. Good thing I started looking through my Gerber Vol. 1 first... actually it was the building and the glove that gave it away. You've joined an illustrious club. You can check out a list of previous winners. I'm addicted now... ! I lost my job but made it to the top of BZ's list. A fair trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 I really like Cole's work. He was a real cartoonist. He could tell a story in words and pictures that were really dynamic. I wish he had done a regular Sunday strip where he could really highlight all of that creativity. He did Betsy and Me which ran from May 28 - September 21, 1958. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat-Man Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Out of curiosity when did BangZoom start collecting or did he buy these himself new as a kid? Welcome to the boards Bat-Man. In answer to your question, I don't think I've ever posted a comic book that I purchased new off the newsstands. So far, every one was published before I was born. Thank you! And you have probably heard this many times over. But your collection is the grandest I have ever seen. Truly amazing. How long have you been collecting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondog Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Thanks BZ.. Good thing I started looking through my Gerber Vol. 1 first... actually it was the building and the glove that gave it away. You've joined an illustrious club. You can check out a list of previous winners. Winning the retailer Eisner in 1993 was cool. But not as cool as winning a BangZoom contest in 2007!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 (edited) I really like Cole's work. He was a real cartoonist. He could tell a story in words and pictures that were really dynamic. I wish he had done a regular Sunday strip where he could really highlight all of that creativity. He did Betsy and Me which ran from May 28 - September 21, 1958. I guess I should have read some more about him but that Betsy and Me Sunday page is more like a minimalist version of Cole. I would like to see something more like his Police Comics covers and splash pages. scans from GA.UK Edited February 3, 2010 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistty1 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 scans from GA.UK This might sound weird but I've always been really impressed with Coles' ability to draw hands...They've always appealed to me in his illustrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 It's probably been asked before ... but how long has it been since you've last added a GA comic book to your collection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 Thank you! And you have probably heard this many times over. But your collection is the grandest I have ever seen. Truly amazing. How long have you been collecting? Approximately 47 years (on and off) . There are quite a few collections out there that are better than mine, but I appreciate the compliment. I started reading Dell Comics in the late 50's. Initially my favorites were humor titles such as Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge, and WDC&S. When I was about 5 I started reading many of the adventure series that Dell published (77 Sunset Strip, Tarzan, Zorro, etc). I began reading DC comics on a regular basis in 1962. The house ads whetted my appetite for upcoming issues and I started checking the newsstands on a regular basis so as not to miss any of my favorites. The letter columns sometimes would have a letter from someone who had been a reader in the early 1940's and that made me curious about comics in earlier years. I was especially intrigued when I saw an ad publicizing a Superman Annual that was celebrating the 25th anniversary of Superman. That issue provided me my earliest look at the first issues of my favorite titles and fueled many a daydream. I contacted Jerry Bails in November 1963 and learned about comic fandom which was then in its infancy...and here I am now, still puttering along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 It's probably been asked before ... but how long has it been since you've last added a GA comic book to your collection? The vast majority of my collection was acquired in the 1960's and 70's, but I still purchase a Golden Age comic on occasion. A few years ago I developed a hankering to complete my run of The Barker so I started watching for the title on eBay and filled in the missing numbers. Also, I'm always on the lookout for good buys when I frequent antique shops or flea markets. The days of stumbling upon a large collection seem to be over, but a comic or two still turns up sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 He did Betsy and Me which ran from May 28 - September 21, 1958. I guess I should have read some more about him but that Betsy and Me Sunday page is more like a minimalist version of Cole. I would like to see something more like his Police Comics covers and splash pages. scans from GA.UK I agree, that would have been fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Here's the issue that's from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Thanks for sharing! What a great time period for DCs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) BZ, Your collecting story seems similar to mine. Did you get a copy of Alter Ego after contacting Jerry or did you get a copy of On the Drawing Board? It was a terrific time to collect DC comics. All of those new superhero stories in Showcase and Brave and the Bold were fun to read. I still have my original Atom issues and Hawkman comics. I missed out on collecting in the 70s due to the number of years I lived on a graduate student's salary. But in 1981, one of my professors produced a stack of comics that she had acquired as a youngster in Nebraska and asked me to evaluate them. This started me back into collecting and eventually, in the 90s, I found a large collection at a flea market which helped build the golden age collection that I wanted. Thanks again Wally! bb Edited February 4, 2010 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 BZ and BB, thanks for sharing your stories about getting into collecting. I love hearing about tis this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 always cool to live vicariously through "pioneers" (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
