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Post by MDG on Nov 30, 2023 16:50:41 GMT -5
I'm going to be a bystander only in this challenge, but watching the rules being hammered out is entertaining itself, and the first round is still 2 weeks away. I may sit this out as well--I've only got 4 or 5 on the list and I should boycott since the "no strips" rule means I can't use Snuffy Smith!!
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Post by MDG on Nov 30, 2023 13:39:29 GMT -5
Here is the Barron’s article — linkI'm surprised that at this point publishing was still 85% of revenue for them (first page, top of column 4). I'd always been under the impression that licensing was really what was keeping Marvel and DC afloat from the 70s on.
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Post by MDG on Nov 30, 2023 13:35:03 GMT -5
Will be looking for that, thanks. Not the greatest cover design, I must say - especially when you consider the choice of images they had available from the work itself.
Only 3 copies exist. It was done as a personal project. Not available. The Kayfabe guys seem enamored of these privately-made editions of things that folks are putting together.
I guess folks can do what they want with their money, but.... I don't know how to finish this sentence.
If I can find it, I'll share the closest thing I have to one of these.
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Post by MDG on Nov 30, 2023 13:25:09 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Nov 30, 2023 10:52:07 GMT -5
It's a standard and accepted practice in the bookselling industry and common in remaindered books, along with remainder marks across the edge of the pages. Even in the vintage world it isn't judged as a serious flaw.
I understand that, but to a collector, books with signs of being 'remaindered' such as prices being clipped or those remainder marks are still considered downgraded copies when compared to one that's in perfect shape, even if the rest of the book is not damaged at all.
This one survived, its price wasn't clipped in the top right corner of the DJ. This 1966 hardcover was treasury size and very nicely done.
Ooooooh! I've got the softcover version of that (a little rough, but I only paid $4), but would kill for the HC.
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Post by MDG on Nov 30, 2023 10:48:48 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Nov 30, 2023 10:45:10 GMT -5
This may be of interest to some folks (especially if they live in Sioux Falls)--an estate sale listing for Hagar the Horrible cartoonist Chris Browne. www.estatesales.net/SD/Sioux-Falls/57105/3881793As you scroll through the pictures, it goes back and forth from "That's neat!" to "What th-?" (I think he may have been a bit of a hoarder)
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Post by MDG on Nov 30, 2023 10:38:38 GMT -5
Jeff needs to read Alan Brennert's oeuvre. It's not a lot so it won't take long. Thoroughly agreed. Where should I start? There's a book that collects all of his DC stuff (all of his Batman anyway, which may be it).
I think it's available on Hoopla.
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Post by MDG on Nov 29, 2023 13:21:48 GMT -5
Thanks to everyone who voted!
With Thanksgiving over, and Xmas yet to come, let's stop thinking about feasts and focus on what we often turn to. So this week's theme is Hamburgers and other Fast Food. Find a cover that shows a meal typically considered "fast food" or takes place in a fast food stand or restaurant. The usual rules apply:
• Post one, and only one, classic cover that fits the theme of the contest.
• The cover must be from a published comic book or collected volume published before December 2013.
• Please include the title and the issue number of the comic, preferably in bold, in case some posters cannot see your image. (Admittedly, I nevr do this)
• Covers must be posted before voting begins.
• Voting takes place on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, beginning at 12:01 am PST and ending at 11:59 AM PST.
• Vote by posting the name of the poster whose cover best fits the theme or that you simply like the most in bold.
• The winner of the contest is the entrant with the most votes after the voting period ends.
• The winner gets to choose the theme for the next week's contest.
• If you don't think the cover fits the theme, don't post disparaging remarks about it. Just don't vote for it and keep quiet.
• If a cover is more recent than the classic time frame, kindly point it out to the poster, who may then choose an alternate before voting begins
Have fun, kids! And don't spoil your appetite!
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Post by MDG on Nov 29, 2023 12:55:25 GMT -5
{Possibly offensive image}
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Post by MDG on Nov 29, 2023 12:41:30 GMT -5
I'm gonna try
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Post by MDG on Nov 29, 2023 7:49:16 GMT -5
I know it is a matter of taste. I think both examples have their strengths and weaknesses. But damn, Al Williamson was such a great, great artist, wasn't he? No argument about Williamson, but a lot of the inks on this story were by Frazetta, which is especially evident in the top panel. You can see Frazetta's initials, looking like "#", next to Al's signature.
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Post by MDG on Nov 28, 2023 21:32:05 GMT -5
One thing that turned me off of the Cochran floppies was adding stupid header lines over the title. And what's the deal with calling them " Bad 1950s EC Comics"?
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Post by MDG on Nov 28, 2023 16:07:17 GMT -5
There are almost too many different iterations of reprints of the EC books. It's honestly hard to decide what format to go for...recognizing that there are issues with availability for a lot of them. There, I said it. Yeah, and since I was kind've outta comics when all of the different versions started appearing, I didn't even bother.
Also, though when I started trying to read ECs, originals were almost the easiest way to do it, when they became plentiful, the repetition became too apparent.
There, I said it.
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Post by MDG on Nov 28, 2023 16:01:01 GMT -5
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