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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 13, 2024 18:58:33 GMT -5
I had a great time at last Saturday's Grit City Comics Show, mostly due to the sheer entertainment of watching my nieces Karly and Kassie go on huge spending sprees (they spent around $170... each!). I didn't due too badly, though, thanks to my buddy Randy of Randy's Readers and his boothful of "everything for $1" (and to my last-minute discovery that I could add $50 to my con budget). Not only that but, thanks to the generosity of a friend of his, Randy was giving away 10 comics of your choosing with every purchase. So I ended up coming home with the following: ECLIPSECrossfire (1984) 2, 7-10, 19 (reeeeally been itching to reaquire this series) Crossfire and Rainbow (1986) 2-3 Cei-U! I summon the small triumphs!
I always considered Crossfire to be one of Eclipse's most underrated series of the era. Unique concept and fine storytelling by a great team, Evanier and Spiegle.
Unfortunately for lovers of the series, issue #12 will set you back a bit due to its Dave Stevens cover. Likewise with issue #4 of Crossfire and Rainbow.  The remainder of the series can usually be had for super cheap when you can find them. It might be okay but It's no Youngblood... |
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Post by tartanphantom on Nov 13, 2024 23:23:58 GMT -5
I always considered Crossfire to be one of Eclipse's most underrated series of the era. Unique concept and fine storytelling by a great team, Evanier and Spiegle.
Unfortunately for lovers of the series, issue #12 will set you back a bit due to its Dave Stevens cover. Likewise with issue #4 of Crossfire and Rainbow. The remainder of the series can usually be had for super cheap when you can find them. It might be okay but It's no Youngblood...
Very true... there is no comparison.
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Nov 14, 2024 1:07:39 GMT -5
Another small mail call today-won the Scooby Doo issue in last week's Lonestar Auction and grabbed a few filler issues to pad out the order and expand some runs...   -M |
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 14, 2024 6:20:00 GMT -5
It might be okay but It's no Youngblood...
Very true... there is no comparison.
Neither of these creators that you name ever sold 1 million copies of a book like Liefeld has done around a dozen times. Also, while Evanier has street cred as a writer for TV cartoons, he's never moved the needle in the comic field. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 14, 2024 6:36:23 GMT -5
It might be okay but It's no Youngblood...
Very true... there is no comparison.
Drawing with it, too!  |
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Post by tartanphantom on Nov 14, 2024 8:20:53 GMT -5
Very true... there is no comparison.
Neither of these creators that you name ever sold 1 million copies of a book like Liefeld has done around a dozen times. Also, while Evanier has street cred as a writer for TV cartoons, he's never moved the needle in the comic field.
Quantity ≠ Quality.
McDonald's has sold billions, but given the choice, I'll take a local hand-crafted burger every time.
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Post by DubipR on Nov 14, 2024 9:37:15 GMT -5
Bought a run of a Last Gasp comic that I can't show due to its adult content but I'm glad I found it. Its hard to find first prints of the run for a reasonable price.
Still love the thrill of the hunt.
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Post by tonebone on Nov 14, 2024 10:35:18 GMT -5
Very true... there is no comparison.
Neither of these creators that you name ever sold 1 million copies of a book like Liefeld has done around a dozen times. Also, while Evanier has street cred as a writer for TV cartoons, he's never moved the needle in the comic field. Now hold on.... I think, and could be wrong, but I think that a lot of the Gold Key/Western Evanier-written cartoon-based books might have sold as well as Marvel or DC books in their heyday... plus he was generating stories for the Overseas markets in Europe, which sold a ton. And don't forget GROO, which might have had only steady sales, but definitely moves the needle in the LONGEVITY category. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 14, 2024 10:37:00 GMT -5
Neither of these creators that you name ever sold 1 million copies of a book like Liefeld has done around a dozen times. Also, while Evanier has street cred as a writer for TV cartoons, he's never moved the needle in the comic field. Now hold on.... I think, and could be wrong, but I think that a lot of the Gold Key/Western Evanier-written cartoon-based books might have sold as well as Marvel or DC books in their heyday... plus he was generating stories for the Overseas markets in Europe, which sold a ton. And don't forget GROO, which might have had only steady sales, but definitely moves the needle in the LONGEVITY category. I forgot about Groo. Great book. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Nov 15, 2024 15:31:35 GMT -5
Went to Zagreb's annual bookfair, Interliber, today, and except for one prose book, my entire haul was comics...  All are Croatian editions of Bonelli comics, and all are more or less Western or Western-adjacent series. Ken Parker is a guy who roams all over North America because he's a fugitive from the law ( I reviewed one of the stories in the European Comics thread a few years ago). Zagor is - as far as I can tell - a sort of cross between Daniel Boone and Tarzan, who lives in the fictional Darkwood Forest in Pennsylvania in the early 19th century. He's *very* popular among Croatian comics fans. The Ken Parker books each contain three or four episodes from the series - I mainly got them because most of the art is by Ivo Milazzo, whose work I like quite a bit. One of the Zagor books is in color (and contains 2 stories), while the other is a full-length, almost 400-page story. Anyway, the total cost for all five books was 13 euros, so a little less than 14 dollars - for over 1600 pages of comics. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 15, 2024 16:10:06 GMT -5
Went to Zagreb's annual bookfair, Interliber, today, and except for one prose book, my entire haul was comics... All are Croatian editions of Bonelli comics, and all are more or less Western or Western-adjacent series. Ken Parker is a guy who roams all over North America because he's a fugitive from the law ( I reviewed one of the stories in the European Comics thread a few years ago). Zagor is - as far as I can tell - a sort of cross between Daniel Boone and Tarzan, who lives in the fictional Darkwood Forest in Pennsylvania in the early 19th century. He's *very* popular among Croatian comics fans. Anyway, the Ken Parker books each contain three or four episodes from the series - I mainly got them because most of the art is by Ivo Milazzo, whose work I like quite a bit. One of the Zagor books is in color (and contains 2 stories), while the other is a full-length, almost 400-page story. Anyway, the total cost for all five books was 13 euros, so a little less than 14 dollars - for over 1600 pages of comics. Those look cool. We need better funnybooks in the U.S. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 17, 2024 18:45:48 GMT -5
Went to PA today and a shop that I visit when I'm there had this for a buck.  I have to see what the fuss about Cook is about. |
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Post by tonebone on Nov 17, 2024 21:00:08 GMT -5
Went to PA today and a shop that I visit when I'm there had this for a buck. I have to see what the fuss about Cook is about. There's a great trade paperback collection of a lot of his DC stuff... You can find it at Olllie's, last time I looked...  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 17, 2024 21:55:45 GMT -5
Went to PA today and a shop that I visit when I'm there had this for a buck. I have to see what the fuss about Cook is about. There's a great trade paperback collection of a lot of his DC stuff... You can find it at Olllie's, last time I looked... I think I have to dip my toe in first. |
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Post by DubipR on Nov 18, 2024 11:24:20 GMT -5
Went to PA today and a shop that I visit when I'm there had this for a buck. I have to see what the fuss about Cook is about. As a whole, "Before Watchmen" wasn't needed but I understand the cash grab. A majority of them were decent. I would say The Minutemen and the Silke Spectre were the best of the bunch. |
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The remainder of the series can usually be had for super cheap when you can find them. 
