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Post by MDG on Sept 27, 2015 9:11:41 GMT -5
I got to write a G'Nort story  That is quite an achievement, how did you get the job & have you written anything else in comics? My partner and I were dealing artwork for Joe Staton and he got us in. Did a few other things, but not big two. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2015 11:46:31 GMT -5
Back in the early 2000's (?) A porno shop here was using Vampirella to sell dildos and lubricants (no really), and I wrote to Harris Comics and included the ad from the local alternative paper. it was one of their comics covers. they responded to me with a thank you and a packet of goodies including cover proofs, and color guides (remember those?). The ads for the porn store removed Vampi, and I still have most of the Harris stuff framed and on the wall of the comics room  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2015 14:32:12 GMT -5
In a span of 10 years, I got autographs from:
Adam (Batman) West
Burt (Robin) Ward
Yvonne (Batgirl) Craig
Lee (Catwoman - Movie) Meriweather
Julie (Catwoman in TV) Newmar
Eartha (Catwoman 3rd Season) Kitt
Cesar (Joker) Romero
Frank (Riddler) Gorshin
Burgess (Penquin) Meredith
David (Mad Hatter) Wayne
Eli (Mr. Freeze) Wallach
Victor (King Tut) Bruno
Van (Green Hornet) Williams
Wendy (Lenore Case) Wagner
14 Autographs altogether!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2015 14:55:01 GMT -5
I talked an eBay seller down to sell me ASM #300 for $40 less than what they wanted.
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 27, 2015 15:23:21 GMT -5
I gave away 3 long boxes to a library on FCBD. the Guy working there told me I rocked.
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Post by DubipR on Sept 27, 2015 17:25:27 GMT -5
A few of them:
- I dated women named Betty, Veronica and Cheryl.
- I dated a man named Steve Rogers (looked nothing like Cap)
- I've had a couple of letters published in DC letter pages
- I've been drawn into 3 comic books
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Post by Action Ace on Sept 27, 2015 17:27:27 GMT -5
I built this. But my 50 year unbroken run of every DC comic from 1960-2010 is a pretty good achievement too. WINNER!  |
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Post by Farrar on Sept 27, 2015 20:34:51 GMT -5
I was the winner in naming a Marvel Comics letters page once. Wow--what was your winning entry? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2015 21:42:30 GMT -5
I gave away 3 long boxes to a library on FCBD. the Guy working there told me I rocked. That, sir, is amazingly heroic! To that, I salute you! |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Sept 27, 2015 21:57:37 GMT -5
I recently saved a guy from selling one of the rarest Bronze Age comics there is for peanuts. I don't know exactly what happened, he probably ended up selling it for slightly more peanuts, but I felt good about what I did. Which one? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2015 23:12:40 GMT -5
I recently saved a guy from selling one of the rarest Bronze Age comics there is for peanuts. I don't know exactly what happened, he probably ended up selling it for slightly more peanuts, but I felt good about what I did. Which one? The Warlord minicomic that came with a recalled toy in the early 80's. I remember on the CGC boards there was one known copy and they were acting like it was worth tens of thousands of dollars, but nobody knew for sure because the guy that owned it wasn't going to sell it. I was always sure more than one survived somewhere. Then eventually another member who had been buying every one of those action figures he saw just in hopes of finding the comic found one, still in the package. So it was big news on the forum. Then a year or so later on Reddit a guy posted the same comic and asked if it was worth anything, I thought it was a troll. All the responses were "Nope, maybe a dollar or two" So I pointed him to the CGC board and the threads in question. Told him don't take less than $700 for it at least. He said he got a dozen offers in PM his first day. Pretty sure he sold it now, no clue what he got for it. |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Sept 28, 2015 7:01:16 GMT -5
Achievements... Doesn't mean it's good or bad, right?
First to come to mind : I've never opened an Avengers comics. The concept just seems ludicrous to me, I can't suspend my sense of disbelief on that one. Plus, there never was a writer I really care about on it, or so I think...
I have never read a Chris Claremont comic.
I own original artwork from all my favorite artists but one. Got many pages off ebays for dirt cheap in 2002-2003 when the dollar went down hard to the euro.
I taught english to failing franch kids (11-16 of age) for two years with one simple method to great sucess : having them learn the verbs and reading Bone together.
I have a full collection of everything 2000AD (including specials, annuals, megazines, Starlord, Crisis, etc, but no reprints) from prog 1 in March 1977 (when I was born) up to prog 1600 something, around 2008 (when I didn't die). I'll get the rest if I can when I finish reading what I have.
To my better knowledge, I own original comics from 37 different countries, if not more.
I've been drawn in at least two graphic novels, one which started out because of me introducing the author to a record from an obscure band he attempted to write a fictionnal bio graphy of.
I buy comics to my sister and best friends every single christmas and birthday.
There was a comics section in every single bathroom of every single place I lived in.
My collection is in a little house I built for them, right outside the main house on my property, and the door remains unlocked at all time for local neighbour kids to come and read. So sometimes, when I go there to have a reading session, there's already a kid or two reading stuff (of course I taught them to take care and remember where they took it from)
In 2003, I didn't read a single comics even if I purchased many, but only read publications about comics or its industry, it wasn't a plan, it just happend like that.
The only letter I ever sent to a comics (Exit by Nabiel Kanan at Caliber) was published and resulted in an epistolar relationship.
In 1999, I lent some money to my aging comic book guy who had just lost his wife (he was kind of my mentor), and he gave me a set of Losers pages by Kirby to thank me.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Sept 28, 2015 16:39:17 GMT -5
In 1999, I lent some money to my aging comic book guy who had just lost his wife (he was kind of my mentor), and he gave me a set of Losers pages by Kirby to thank me. Very impressive list. It was interesting to imagine your avatar teaching English to those presumably VERY attentive teens.  But it was the bit about the Losers pages that struck me as most poignant. I imagine that, given the circumstances, those pages have incalculable value. Don't part with them lightly. Oh, and you might give Avengers a glance. Concept aside, there's some lovely Kirby, Buscema, Adams, and Barry Smith art in the offing. That Perez fella ain't bad, either. |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Sept 28, 2015 17:16:17 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm sure you're right, but I already have loads of Kirby to enjoy, don't need it all. And unless the writng and ideas were mind blowing, the concept remains too goofy for my taste. And sorry to admit it, but Buscea doesn't do anything to me, Adams I understand and appreciate even if I actually don't love it, Barry Smith wasn't my cup of tea at all (not mature enough) until mid to late eighties. And Perez, don't get me started, even if I can appreciate the craft, this is the least interesting kind of comic art to my taste. So unless Marvel brought in a fantastic writer or a completely crazy idea, I'll pass on the Avengers indefinitively  And trust me on those pages, nothing is goin anywhere unless I have no roof over my head during night And my avatar comes from a personnal of hero of mine, Bill Drummond from the band The KLF In 1992 The KLF, having been invited to perform their hit 3 AM Eternal, decided to give their audience a bit of a treat. Presumably having a bit of difficulty reconciling their "art terrorist" agenda with their newfound commercial success, they performed a thrash metal version of the song (aided by the band Extreme Noise Terror) as their last ever performance, which culminated in frontman Bill Drummond pulling out a submachine gun and spraying the crowd with bullets (blanks, of course). They later dumped a dead sheep outside the aftershow party, tied in a note which read: "I died for ewe – bon appetite". Producers refused to let The KLF collect their award, and the band split up just three months later. Oh, and he burnt a million quid in 1994 ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Foundation_Burn_a_Million_Quid) |
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Post by dcindexer on Sept 28, 2015 18:41:27 GMT -5
The Warlord minicomic that came with a recalled toy in the early 80's. I remember on the CGC boards there was one known copy and they were acting like it was worth tens of thousands of dollars, but nobody knew for sure because the guy that owned it wasn't going to sell it. I was always sure more than one survived somewhere. Then eventually another member who had been buying every one of those action figures he saw just in hopes of finding the comic found one, still in the package. So it was big news on the forum. Then a year or so later on Reddit a guy posted the same comic and asked if it was worth anything, I thought it was a troll. All the responses were "Nope, maybe a dollar or two" So I pointed him to the CGC board and the threads in question. Told him don't take less than $700 for it at least. He said he got a dozen offers in PM his first day. Pretty sure he sold it now, no clue what he got for it. The Warlord mini-comic is not as rare as the CGC boards think it is. I have 3 copies of it (still packaged with my Warlord, Hercules, and Arak figures). I run across others from time to time. I think I paid $10 total for all three figures in package. This particular book is much easier to find in toy shows/markets than in comic markets because it was packaged with toys. The last one I saw was from a year or two back and it sold for less than $5. When I told the CGC board guy I had them and even posted a pic, some people didn't believe me, probably because I wouldn't sell them. They kept telling me it didn't exist. I seem to recall that the original guy later found one and claimed it was his discovery. What I've seen happen more than once on those boards is that someone makes an anecdotal claim that they can't find a book. Suddenly it become rare and every copy gets jacked up in price. The same thing happened with Buzzy #70. I had seen many copies of that one go for a couple of bucks before the supposed rarity claim. Now it goes for hundreds. Yet it is actually no rarer (IMO) than any of the issues around it. The demand is just higher now because people think its rare. Most of the people buying it aren't even interested in Buzzy. They just want something "rare" or think they can extort money for it from one of the 3 people on Earth who care about Buzzy. I don't know why anecdotal claims of rarity seem to drive up prices. I don't put faith in those claims, but i guess enough people do that it affects the price. Apparently CGC Boards = Wizard Magazine. |
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