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Post by MDG on Jul 7, 2023 11:23:52 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jul 7, 2023 11:19:45 GMT -5
Off to Maine on family vacation--will have to miss this one.
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Post by MDG on Jul 6, 2023 13:49:22 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jul 6, 2023 13:46:14 GMT -5
I find it interesting that pressing and cleaning a comic doesn’t classify it as being “restored “. Shouldn’t that effect the grade ?
Check this out
So different from the days I saw the owner of an LCS sitting at the counter reinforcing the spine of a Golden Age issue of Detective with cigarette papers.
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Post by MDG on Jul 5, 2023 18:29:10 GMT -5
I Have been binge reading some runs that I always wanted to get to . Last night I read JLA #139, it starts the Steve Engelhart run. Boy, was it hard to read because of the really lackluster Dick Dillan artwork. He really could have benefited by studying the Jack Kirby layouts during this time period. I understand that Engelhart was hired to give the JL team personalities. But with this really boring page layouts , I'm going to have to force my way through to # 150. Hey! Dillin gave the JLA just as much personality as he did the Blackhawks!
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Post by MDG on Jul 5, 2023 15:53:28 GMT -5
I had some spare time and, needing a bit of a palate cleanser from comic strip reprints, decided to peruse Dennis The Menace vol. 2. A fun nostalgic blast from the past. Back in the days before I bought my own (superhero) comic books, there were comics around the house. They were usually a mix of Archie's, funny animal books and other humor books. There were definitely a number of issues of Dennis the Menace in there. Now none of those books were as old as the comics from which these stories were culled, but Fawcett/Halliden reprinted a lot of stories over the years. I definitely remembered a handful of these short stories from perilously close to 50 years ago at this point. These are short punchy little stories that are a little look at a time that gets further away all the time (whether it ever really existed is another issue). I'd like to read the wraparound info on this, though I can still find Denis books pretty cheap, so I looked on Amazon. Yow! $159!
However, used copies from other sellers start at $4.79
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Post by MDG on Jul 5, 2023 15:47:47 GMT -5
This may interest some of the teachers in our group (as well as others)... In the weekly Cover Contest kirby101 commented on the entry from tarkintino ... FOOM #16 (December, 1976). Cover by Marie Severin. This was a wrap around cover of an office larger and with more people than Marvel ever had. I can identify a few, like Stan and Romita and Kane in the office below him. And of course Marie with the brush. But I would love a guide to all the players.
It just so happens I'm working on some faculty events around AI for the Fall and was playing around in ChatGPT, so I tried to see if I could get an answer.
Here's how it went... So, take from that what you will.
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Post by MDG on Jul 5, 2023 12:26:51 GMT -5
(Sorry chadwilliam, I went looking for this before I saw what you'd posted)
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Post by MDG on Jul 5, 2023 10:08:18 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jul 4, 2023 20:51:34 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jul 4, 2023 12:46:37 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jul 4, 2023 8:19:29 GMT -5
Tarkintino
Overall, a great assortment this week. Lots of excellent covers.
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Post by MDG on Jul 3, 2023 12:45:17 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jul 3, 2023 11:25:34 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jul 3, 2023 9:20:32 GMT -5
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