Darth Corgi

The letter and story are as collectible as the comics. Thanks for sharing. I always enjoy the Leaders Con reports. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen Gene at a show and I’ve yet to meet Jimbo in person.

Awesome thread! Thanks for sharing and taking us along for the ride. I love getting comics in the mail. I often joke that I should just mail old comics I already own to myself to save money on buying books. My wife thought it was a good idea. That Famous Funnies is a gem. Great books and welcome back! 🙂

And here’s the later reuse of the cover art in 1969.

It’s a nice little run to put together without too much trouble. I remember having all three at one point and then selling off the number one. It didn’t feel right having issues two and three only, so I was able to pick up another copy of issue one here on the boards. Now the trilogy is back together and it’s hats on the ice. 🙂 Congrats. Love that date stamp as well.

Just finished reading through this short series of Marvel Feature and the fifteen issues. Not bad. Started strong and then thinned out. I enjoy the offbeat storylines that often happen as titles begin to wind down. I wasn’t too familiar with Frank Thornes work. Some creative drawings and layouts in there.

Nice books. That Haunt Of Fear has a killer Ingels story and that Contact cover is a beauty. GLWTS

Agreed on the brown covers (gray ones too #13). #50 is king of the brown covers though with that awesome green accent in the top left box. #11 is a choice issue as well with two stories inside. Always love visiting this thread. Great books. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the views and messages but I think I’ll just go ahead and close it out to make available elsewhere.

Price drop. Now $675 shipped (Less than I paid)

Strange Fantasy 5 CGC 4.5 -Fancy CVA label. Looks real sharp for the grade. Most issues are on the back cover. Colors are super rich on this copy in hand. Just a beauty example of that Ajax weirdness! $675 shipped

Just one book today. -First wins whether here or in PM -PayPal is fine -No Hall of shamers or probies -Returns accepted -Free shipping in the US. We can figure out international if need be. Thanks for looking fellow precode horror heads! -Christian

Not to add to the speculation but I can offer the opinion from a professional illustrator/passionate collector myself. The two habits are different but there is a lot connecting them. Creating art and collecting it. Reference files are important and in the pre computer days many of my illustration teachers, and some went back to careers in the fifties, had reference files. Many had multiple file cabinets loaded with clippings. In fact there’s a saying among illustrators that goes “you’re only as good as your reference”. This was said to instill in young artists a sense of drawing from life and learning from the world around you instead of just “winging it”..... Essentially: good reference = good preparation = good picture making. The life of a professional illustrator/artist/author is busy (it’s not a job that you click in and out of 9-5) and then adding family obligations into it...there’s not too much time for recreational things. I manage to read a fair share here and there in stolen moments and have been lucky to find some time but a lot of the time the comics sit there....and that’s cool. Sometimes the collector is happy to know they are just there. Perhaps Edgar was going to read down that stack and get to them all “one day”....or perhaps they were all purchased at once or multiple lots and he never really got around to reading them....or maybe he bought two copies..one to store for his “archives” and one to read and then maybe give away...? We do know there were items already discarded before Chuck got there.....who knows what those were...reader copies of his favorites? I guess we will never know but it sure is fun to talk about it.

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Thread closed. Thanks to all for the great messages and for picking up some original art and goodies. Happy Collecting everyone!

I first posted this over in Silver Age but might as well add it here in comics general: Horrible news. We all knew it would happen one day as these years ticked by. Thank you Stan for everything. A true giant is gone. One of the things that always impressed me about him was how hopeful and optimistic he was about the world and future of comics. RIP Stan Lee.

Horrible news. We all knew it would happen one day as these years ticked by. Thank you Stan for everything. A true giant is gone. One of the things that always impressed me about him was how hopeful and optimistic he was about the world and future of comics. RIP Stan Lee.

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Last call on these. Any original art left is 10% off. Feel free to send offers through PM as well. Will close out the thread tomorrow. Thanks gang!

I love this cover. Precode horror Carnival theme is . Sure brings back memories of the Seaside Boardwalk over the summer eh? Great books for sale in this thread!

Original art sold has been updated in the thread. Thanks to those who stopped by and picked up some stuff. There are still some great pieces in here. Feel free to send me offers or messages through PM.

I posted some all ages comics I have written and illustrated over in Mixed Ages. Also there are plenty of original art pieces as well. A chance to buy directly from the artist and creator. Thanks! -Christian https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/441965-corgis-and-monsters-books-art-and-suprises/

Hey gang! I posted a sales thread over in Mixed that has some of my monster artwork (and a few corgis too) ?. Lots of expressive Joker paintings. Priced very affordable and can be bought directly from the artist. Thanks for looking: -Christian Slade

Let us end with a bit of a funny one. Another activity I have done over the years, going back to my days of training for animation in college, is drawing animals from life. I painted this Indian Rhino at one of my favorite zoos in Florida. There was an old white cardboard box in the scene that he liked to play with. It did not take much of a stretch to turn it into a longbox. Comics are for everyone...even armor-plated rhinos in Florida! Rhino With A Longbox -5 x 7 inches -Acrylic on board $45 shipped