I've been meaning to write a journal entry for some time now.

I've been a member of the CGC boards for a couple years now posting here and there. I know some of you guys already and hope to meet more of you in the near future. Some of my buddies already post so many journals, and this hobby has been so great to me, I owe it to all of you to start posting up some journals to share some experiences I've had with collecting.

My name is Art. I live in SoCal. I've been reading comics for as long as I can remember. Before my town had an LCS I rode my bike to different liquor stores around town to get the issues I needed. I started collecting when LCSs started popping up in the early 90s. Kind of more dabbiling now that I look at it in hindsight. However at 12 or 13 I did spend my Christmas money on books. Kinda funny looking back. Too bad many of those books were "Hot" 90s books. I did at least search out a couple good books like New Mutants 98 and Vengeance of Bane. Also got to meet Frank Miller. I still have a lot of love for copper age books as those were the ones I grew up on. Then the crash of the 90s happened...

After I was done being a cool teenager and while I was in the military I would start picking up books again at the BX. Mainly X-Men, Wolverine, and Deadpool,and Spawn. Just for the reading enjoyment. Selection was kinda limited though.

Fast forward to being a dad. Through my children I rediscovered how great and how much enjoyment I got out of comics. So I started collecting again a few years ago. A couple things I noticed with ebay being around was how cheap some books were compared to the 90s and this strange new thing called "CGC". That is what I'm going to do. I'm going to start recollecting right! The CGC way. Im sure glad I did too. I consider myself a moderate collector. I seek out keys that I really like. Sometimes buying multiples to achieve that 9.8 for the permanent collection. About 85% of my collection I've submitted myself. And while nothing is wrong with buying an already graded book. I do have a sense of pride getting a 9.8 on a book and being able to attach it to story of how I found it. I hope to get into some of those stories with you guys in the near future.

Thank You - Be sure to look me up on instagram

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