12/27/2017
Topic:
Len Wein Dies at age 69
blueshadow
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I met him at s con years ago, a very nice guy. I told him I had read him all my life, lol. I am 55. He took it in stride. Miss you Len! |
1/16/2018
Topic:
So What Pulled You Back Into Collecting?
blueshadow
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I started collecting as a child in the 1960s and 70's. Lost interest and ran in to money problems around 1980. Sold off most of my collections to fund college with money to spare. Whenever I have tough times in my life I return to comics, but usually only for a bout a year and I became disappointed again in the lack of quality writing. So I was in and out of the market until 2011 until I meet a woman who was a huge comic nerd. We started going to the comic shops every week and expanding our collections. I went back and bought the favorite issues from my youth as well as purchased dozens of TPB collections to read.
Lately I have been buying two comics of my favorites, one a reader copy and another that I send out and slab to preserve it for future generations. The paper quality used in the 60s and 70's was really bad and without preservation techniques these comic will go the way of the pulps and be lost to mankind except grade levels 1 to 5 in a few more decades.
So a little investing, I also go to the conventions, but mostly a collector of my favorite characters and I enjoy finding comics I overlooked during the last 50 years and now enjoy. Like finding hidden treasure. |
