Edgar Church question

[RTBrandy]

Apparently, this guy's collection was as important as it was impressive.

 

I know NOTHING about it, though. Does anyone have a link to an article/thread or site that goes into detail?

 

I see stuff about his collection often, and I'm feeling pretty ignorant.

 

thanks

[drbanner]

Read all about it on the Mile High Comics website. Click on "Tales from the Database" and look for the 17-part story behind the discovery of the collection.

[joe_collector]

And I'd recommend a shot of hard liquor before starting in on Chuckie's tales.

[ArAich]

And I'd recommend a shot of hard liquor before starting in on Chuckie's tales.

 

...or at least getting laid first...

[greggy]

And I'd recommend a shot of hard liquor before starting in on Chuckie's tales.

 

...or at least getting laid first...

[RTBrandy]

Actually, I'm at work, and they've asked me to stop doing both of those things at the office.

 

Bastards! The man is holding me down!

[drbanner]

Actually...if you're going to try and read the whole thing you'll need at least one cup of coffee, or maybe a couple vivarins, or various other "little helpers" to get you through it! Chuckie has a way with words, that's for certain...

[Arty]

You could also check a pedigree information page from Matt Nelsons site.

 

http://comicrestoration.freeservers.com/article1.htm

 

If you wan't to know what kind of incredible gems are in that collection check my signature. And my list has just a fraction (5-7%) of Edgar Church books!

[garthgantu]

Yes, read Matt Nelson's article *before* delving into the "made for television movie -script" version on Chuck R's Mile High Comics website... Unfortunately, Chuck has disposed of the bodies and there really aren't any (surviving) witnesses to the actual deal... so Chuck has the luxury of embellishing the story, and he takes the opportunity to do so in his epic account...

[nochips]

I heard Nick Cage was going to play Chuck, but since he sold his comics ..............

[joe_collector]

I could just see Cage waxing eloquent in that scene where Chuck reflects on his life, and surmising that if he had died in his drug-induced, asleep-at-the-wheel bit and never found the Church Collection, that life would have changed immensely for the world's population.

 

Children without mothers, dogs and cats doing it in the streets, asteroids careening into our poor planet, strife on a global scale...

 

That's the movie version and in real life, he would have amounted to a one page report at a hick cop shop, filed under "Road Kill".

[fazman]

And I'd recommend a shot of hard liquor before starting in on Chuckie's tales.

 

...or at least getting laid first...

 

Laid & Liquor,eh . Well as they say on the bus... Liquor in the front and Poker in the back !!!

[mlovest]

Just don't buy any "high" grade comics from him!

[mlovest]

Very cool article from Matt. It's neat to delve into the history of quirky collectors. Imagine amassing such a huge collection like the Mile High collection!

[fazman]

Yes , and imagine amassing such huge $$$$'s in the process !!