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Post by MRPs_Missives on Apr 26, 2024 8:50:11 GMT -5
Getting this up now as I likely won't be around again until Sunday... Show us a comic you own...one you think is important, valuable, appealing or that you genuinely just love (bonus points if you can show us your actual copy of the book). For this week, I am going with my copy of 1st Issue Special #8, signed by Mike Grell. I love the genre, I love the book, and I treasure the experience of meeting and chatting with Mike Grell at Gem City Comic Con it represents.  -M |
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Post by james on Apr 26, 2024 9:15:37 GMT -5
It occurred to me that I dominos how to post my comics. I’ve only ever did copies from Internet
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 26, 2024 10:02:42 GMT -5
Think for this week I'll post my very well worn copy of DC Special #15  Had it for years, but only really read it recently because I found the artstyle a little bit off-putting and sloppy (got it when I was a teen, I had the same reaction to Kirby, tastes change and broaden as you get older). When I was younger, I found a tpb of Kyle Baker's Plastic Man run and fell in love with it and jumped when I saw the DC Special. Around the right hand side it's a bit chewed on, but still readable (also somehow got a nasal strip stuck to the cover, getting it off was a bit of a pain). Almost immediately after I read it, I found a wonderful second-hand copy of Plastic Man Archives 1 at the flea market and dug into it with gusto. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Apr 26, 2024 10:19:26 GMT -5
Well, since our host posted a signed comic from the 1970s, I'll follow his cue and post a treasured signed comic that I have, Marvel Premiere #32:  Now, this would be a treasured book even without the signature, because it's arguably the best single issue of Marvel Premiere ever (and I'm not saying that lightly, as I'm really fond of that series). It contains an excellent, stylish done-in-one space opera story written and drawn by Howard Chaykin. However, the fact that Chaykin also signed it when he was here in Zagreb over a decade ago, when I had the opportunity to sit at his table and shoot the breeze with him for almost a half-hour, just makes this comic all the more meaningful. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Apr 26, 2024 10:23:45 GMT -5
It occurred to me that I dominos how to post my comics. I’ve only ever did copies from Internet Best way is to sign up at a free image hosting site. One of the currently better ones that I think many folks here use is Imgur (https://imgur.com/). Another one that I know of, but haven't yet used, is ImgBB (https://imgbb.com/), although that one has a limit on the amount of files you can upload, which Imgur doesn't seem to (either that or I haven't hit it yet, and I've using it for about 6-7 years now). |
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Post by MDG on Apr 26, 2024 11:47:42 GMT -5
From back in the day when places like Brentano's would sell sell inappropriate stuff to obviously underage kids. Read 'em to death.   |
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Post by james on Apr 26, 2024 12:08:26 GMT -5
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Post by james on Apr 26, 2024 12:09:06 GMT -5
 Cool. Now I know how to post my actual comics. |
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Apr 26, 2024 14:03:15 GMT -5
Well, since our host posted a signed comic from the 1970s, I'll follow his cue and post a treasured signed comic that I have, Marvel Premiere #32: Now, this would be a treasured book even without the signature, because it's arguably the best single issue of Marvel Premiere ever (and I'm not saying that lightly, as I'm really fond of that series). It contains an excellent, stylish done-in-one space opera story written and drawn by Howard Chaykin. However, the fact that Chaykin also signed it when he was here in Zagreb over a decade ago, when I had the opportunity to sit at his table and shoot the breeze with him for almost a half-hour, just makes this comic all the more meaningful. I have a copy of that issue signed by Chaykin as well, form when I met him at Gem City Comic Con a couple years prior to Mike Grell being there. I had like 4-5 books signed by him and commissioned a Hawkgirl sketch form him. -M |
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Post by Rags on Apr 26, 2024 14:23:35 GMT -5
I had posted this in the Purchases thread a few months ago, a gift for Mr. Rags. It's the fully collected works of Playboy's Little Annie Fanny, limited to 500 sets and signed by the founder of Playboy, Hugh Hefner.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Apr 26, 2024 15:39:43 GMT -5
I have a copy of that issue signed by Chaykin as well, form when I met him at Gem City Comic Con a couple years prior to Mike Grell being there. I had like 4-5 books signed by him and commissioned a Hawkgirl sketch form him. -M Yeah, he signed two other books for me and drew me a sketch of Monark (which I know I've posted somewhere else here at least once before - can't remember which thread, though). |
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 27, 2024 13:50:00 GMT -5
This week I pulled out my Iron Man #150.
 This is the very first time that Dr. Doom fights Iron man alone. I believe they crossed swords in various Avengers books, but I thought it to be a no brainer to have them square off. The book was by the great Michelinie, Romita Jr, Layton team in their great run in the 80's. |
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Post by DubipR on Apr 27, 2024 22:54:21 GMT -5
Something comic related. I love it when comic artists create art outside of the medium. Here's two from Mike Allred and Dave Gibbons. Allred's art for his band, The Gear. The Gear was a project that went along with his Red Rocket 7 book; a companion of songs to go along with the story. And Dave Gibbons doing the artwork for the cover of Kula Shaker's debut album, K. I like bringing stuff like this to cons and seeing their faces that its not all comics we collect.  |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Apr 30, 2024 12:38:33 GMT -5
I have a copy of that issue signed by Chaykin as well, form when I met him at Gem City Comic Con a couple years prior to Mike Grell being there. I had like 4-5 books signed by him and commissioned a Hawkgirl sketch form him. -M Yeah, he signed two other books for me and drew me a sketch of Monark (which I know I've posted somewhere else here at least once before - can't remember which thread, though). While searching for something else here, MRPs_Missives, I stumbled onto the post I mentioned above: it's in The Stories Behind Your Signed Classic Comics thread back in 2018 (images of the sketch and the three books he signed are posted there). |
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Apr 30, 2024 14:03:29 GMT -5
Yeah, he signed two other books for me and drew me a sketch of Monark (which I know I've posted somewhere else here at least once before - can't remember which thread, though). While searching for something else here, MRPs_Missives, I stumbled onto the post I mentioned above: it's in The Stories Behind Your Signed Classic Comics thread back in 2018 (images of the sketch and the three books he signed are posted there). I remember that thread fondly. -M |
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