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Post by defiant1 on Mar 20, 2014 20:14:05 GMT -5
I haven't cared that much in a long while and I do have my comics. I visited a small comic convention website and the guest list was filled with "C" grade creators at best and even more people I've never heard of. Essentially people I'd never pay admission to see. They all looked like geeks and it made me glad I'm not interested in going.
df1
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Post by G on Mar 21, 2014 22:40:12 GMT -5
I still love the hobby. I have my interests and niche I want to pursue. I still have goals and aspirations for my collection but its going to take awhile for me to have the comfortable disposabe income to want to spend the time, effort and once again my hard earned money to try and build back what I sold. Overall I still have a lot of great books left. Im impressed with experience I had selling books in 2013. Yes, I sold a lot of books far below what they should have sold for. I also had quite a few that sold for handsome profits. The problem was two fold. I couldnt sell with enough volume and at the same time my supply of solid nice money books was not endless. All the while my living expenses were not getting easier and I needed far more in scale in terms of output and inventory. Im still left with an impressive collection still loaded with nice books, but admittedly a lot of damage has been done to my collection. My collection was a source of pride. I have always made it a point of pride to collect books with some significance. Much like this site, it was the collective body of work I was most proud of. Its going to take awhile to want to take up the pursuit again. Whats stopping me even more is the overwhelming currentlyly sickening state of theworld of comics. I just cannot stomach seeing covers and promos of heroes standing round and staring bck at me looking like current music pop stars posing like Justin Beiber Asswipes or Rhianna social skanks. To top it off the overbearing inclusiveness of every race and gender preferrences. Just today I seen a Facebook post of male super heroes posting as sexy women. Its just plain sickening and its making me lose interest. Its more the comics themselves pushing me away more than any other factor.
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Post by defiant1 on Mar 22, 2014 13:03:04 GMT -5
We've discussed it many times before. The creators have no stories to tell, so they are just grabbing some last ditch efforts to shock you.
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Post by defiant1 on Mar 22, 2014 18:18:36 GMT -5
I know you sold off a lot of your Marvel keys, but it seems to me that Marvel isn't as interesting with all the crap they've pulled for the last 2 decades. I like the characters as they were created originally, but how many clone sagas can you tolerate? How many deaths and reboots can you deal with? How many heroes turned gay or Hispanic can you cope with? Marvel secondary or third string keys are the last thing I'd really regret parting with. If you get some disposable income to buy comics again, I'd suggest saving up the money you'd spend on $5 & $10 comics and target something you'd REALLY appreciate. Not only would you get comics that you are MORE proud to own, but you'd also be able to flip them faster and in less time than some of the other cool stuff you sold.
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Post by G on Mar 23, 2014 0:16:15 GMT -5
The books I had in the $5 and $10 ranges mainly were purchased during many years of shopping on a limited budget. I had prided myself on using my knowledge and experience to get the most bang for my bucks. Many comics I had numerous duplicates. My pride came from just how much of it I truly had. I still have quite a bit honestly but obviously you cant sell as much as I did and not show signs of depletion. When things were getting bleak for me, I made the decision to stop selling. It allowed me to hold onto some of my best comics that I was saving for last. The comics I mainly collected or wanted was from the era when Marvel was good. I had been buying higher dollar collectibles before things got bad. If I ever go back I wil continuel where I left off as well as trying to concentrate on higher dollar books. Charltons too. I just need to regain the desire and comics today is making me just not want to associate with comics at all.
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Post by defiant1 on Mar 23, 2014 21:09:35 GMT -5
Between the bad economy and the state of comics, I haven't been interested in buying anything either.
df1
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Post by G on Mar 26, 2014 8:49:01 GMT -5
That's another thing that is bothering me. I've been reading that unless you have blue chip material, the back issue market is dead. While I didn't find that to be totally true, it does seem like what is purchased today can easily be purchased cheaper down the road. Unless you have bonafide keys in top shape the rest of the market is fading. I'm reading where dealers are falling into stock and don't know what to do with it.It all makes jumping back in seem fruitless. Perhaps it might be a buyers market in disguise but that would only be the case if back issues make a comeback and I personally don't see the stimulus to make that happeb given the awful direction it's currently in.
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Post by defiant1 on Mar 27, 2014 23:34:30 GMT -5
Collectors like you and me seem to be dropping like flies. I don't see how it's even possible to be a casual reader and buy CGC 9.8's off the rack on new comic day. I really don't see how the collector's mindset these days will ever encourage new collectors and especially long term collectors. Prices seem arbitrary based upon what people think a comic should sell for despite the dwindling demand. Of course the publishers are partially to blame for the unhealthy back issue market, but assholes on the CGC board drooling over the over-priced high grade CGC books are equally to blame.
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Post by G on Jun 25, 2014 13:26:22 GMT -5
FWIW-I just got married today.
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Post by defiant1 on Jun 25, 2014 15:44:21 GMT -5
Congrats! df1
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