Minus the era where we start only caring about what we can drink, smoke and get in the pants of, I am a life long fan of comics. Yet last year was the first time that comics were among my Christmas gifts. I love comics, and because who they came from I wouldn’t ever partRead More
Month: November 2014
Cover Grab – Action Comics #206
By far the best online resource for comic collectors or comic enthusiasts (in terms of back issues, and just general knowledge of comics) is the CGC boards. It doesn’t matter if you agree or participate in graded comics or not, the community there is an outstanding source of information on this hobby. I’ve spent hoursRead More
Cataloging Nostalgia in Wishbooks
The holiday seasons is coming up and while I was typing up both of my G.I. JOE-centric posts (Deep Six w/ Killer Whale – Auction Miss! & Big Lob Makes His Move! Yo Joe!) it got me thinking about what has to now be considered a semi-unique experience that kids my age had that probablyRead More
The Art of Tim Burton
Whether one enjoys his films or not (and how can you not?) you have to give it to the guy. Tim Burton has a design sense that immediately give each of his stories a unique ambiance, while still not relinquishing a personal stamp that connects them all. I’ve been interested in this book since IRead More
Frazetta’s ‘The Berserker’ – $1 Million
Earlier this week I saw a post at the CGC boards that the legendary Frank Frazetta had just moved one of his painting for a sum of $1,000,000. In the fine art world we are used to seeing figures in this range and well above, but for somebody who most would find identifiable as aRead More
G.I. JOE – First Marvel Original Art!
Herbe Trimpe is certainly not an unknown name to comic fans (I don’t have to mention the now iconic cover to Hulk#181, the first appearance of Hugh Jackman Wolverine do I?) but the real draw here is simply being the print introduction of A Real American Hero (I’m in the process of a reread/review ofRead More
Deep Six w/ Killer Whale – Auction Miss!
When I first saw the result of this auction I was pretty pissed. Not because I’m the seller (I rarely sell anything), but because for some reason it didn’t trip my Ebay alert when it was listed! The thing about G.I. Joe collecting is that as much as I love it, if we are talkingRead More
Dough Mahnke GOOD@UGLY Sketch Book
Just wanted to share this. I’m starting to get into some choice sketch books after being into art (hardcover) books in general. I do tend to only get motivated by very specific books and often times find myself hooked by those never-limited-enough limited editions. Not being an artist, I don’t just buy every one byRead More
Infinity Gauntlet Color – Cheap Marvel Cosmic Goodness
If you asked me I’d probably tell you that I don’t really care for color guides or color ‘art’, a bit of a relative of my general disinterest in sketches, prints and unpublished material. You will not find somebody who gets more irrationally irritated when finding out the original art of his desires has beenRead More
Strange Tale – Disappearance of Brother Voodoo
Just spent the day seeing if I could find a high grade slabbed (also nicely centered and white pager) copy of Strange Tales#169. I’m sure that I have several raw copies that are at least 9.2s, but I got it in my head to grab a slabbed copy today, spurned on by enjoying the shitRead More