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Post by Warmonger on Jun 19, 2016 10:58:09 GMT -5
My local comic shop puts all the covers out equally. One time I gave back a Blank Savage Dragon #200 because I wanted art on the cover I was paying for. Yeah I know there was a blank variant to Future Quest #1. Not sure who the hell would want to buy that over the Lopresti, Sienkiewicz or Shaner covers. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 19, 2016 11:05:23 GMT -5
Blank covers make even less sense to me. They just look like the generic foodstuffs from Repo Man  Didn't Marvel also make fun of that at one point in the 80's with one particular comic cover? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2016 13:32:01 GMT -5
I buy a lot of blank covers and then when I go to cons I get commisions from artists on those blank covers so I have one of a kind covers no one else does... no one else in the world has the Sabrina the Teen Age Witch as the Scarlet Witch cover by Dan Parent to Uncanny Avengers #1...  started life as a black variant, but became something totally unique. Same with this cover to Thanos Rising #1 which started life as a blank cover...  but is now a totally unique piece. Now if you don't go to cons or are unwilling to pay to commission pieces of art form artists, then blank covers make little sense for you to buy, but they have a function for some people. I like having unique one-of-a-kind pieces rather than the same thing everyone else has when I can. But then I'd rather spend the money on a piece of original art rather than a copy of a comic that is part of a print run, even if it is a high grade key, because it's still a mass produced commercial product rather than a unique piece of comic art. -M |
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Post by Warmonger on Jun 19, 2016 13:48:10 GMT -5
I buy a lot of blank covers and then when I go to cons I get commisions from artists on those blank covers so I have one of a kind covers no one else does... no one else in the world has the Sabrina the Teen Age Witch as the Scarlet Witch cover by Dan Parent to Uncanny Avengers #1... started life as a black variant, but became something totally unique. Same with this cover to Thanos Rising #1 which started life as a blank cover... but is now a totally unique piece. Now if you don't go to cons or are unwilling to pay to commission pieces of art form artists, then blank covers make little sense for you to buy, but they have a function for some people. I like having unique one-of-a-kind pieces rather than the same thing everyone else has when I can. But then I'd rather spend the money on a piece of original art rather than a copy of a comic that is part of a print run, even if it is a high grade key, because it's still a mass produced commercial product rather than a unique piece of comic art. -M Now THAT I can understand and it's a really cool idea. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 19, 2016 14:18:28 GMT -5
If you're using blank covers solely to bring to artists to do whatever you want to them, that I can understand and I might even start doing that once I find a stable job
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2016 14:29:12 GMT -5
That's pretty much the intended function of the blank cover.
For about a year, DC was also donating a portion of the cover price on the blank variants to their We Can Be Heroes charity, so I do have a bunch of the DC blank covers amassed to use at cons.
I usually only get the blanks when they are the same cover price as the regular cover, not when they are more expensive buy in covers.
-M
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 19, 2016 15:09:51 GMT -5
Yeah, I knew the purpose of the blank cover but I already had autographs from Erik Larsen and I didn't really see myself trudging to another con with a blank cover to get a commission from him.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2016 13:06:37 GMT -5
Well Hastings failed to find a buyer before it's deadline and it was announced today they had been auctioned off to two financial companies who will sell off all the companies assets (i.e. stock, fixtures, etc.) and close all 126 stores in the US sometime this autumn. They only need to give employees a 7 day notice, so it could happen at any point really.
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