The Official "Matt and Kenny post before, during, and after photos" Thread.

[313josh-migration]

incredible

[TeddieMercede]

Someone must have really loved that copy of CM Jr 2 to want to restore it.

[FFB]

Someone must have really loved that copy of CM Jr 2 to want to restore it.

 

I suspect it had more to do with answering the question "what is possible now, with a cover that is so brittle as to be previously thought unrestorable?"

 

I'd say the results are nothing short of stunning. Ignore the fact that it's a CM Jr. 2 and think for a minute now what is possible with a brittle Action 1 or Detective 27. Blows my mind.

[Ze-man]

 

Because I imagine the question on most everyone's mind is how much to CT the cover?

 

 

I think preserving an artifact like you've done here is fine. CT to fill in the missing image is a fundamental change in approach - from conservation to restoration.

 

Bingo, when we speak of comic book "conservation" we tend to dance around the term "restoration" for obvious reasons.

 

Conservation circles tend to never recreate lost art or text, other then to reinforce what was missing.

 

In the case of this CM Jr. 2? It was a train wreck, headed to the scrap head.

 

The owner loved the book, and it provided a challenge. So we conserved it.

 

Obviously not the best business model, but it served to show what can be done.

 

And as Scott said, if this was an Action 1, or Tec 27 we would now have the option to restore it fully.

 

If not for leaf casting brittle examples like this Marvel Jr. , we would not be confident in how we approached it.

 

[Ze-man]

I have not been online much lately, but though these were worth posting.

 

Ankurs Tec 28 (which was actually done in August,sorry it sat on my shelf Ankur)

 

If you were in Chicago , you may have seen it at the CGC Dinner , or on the Con Floor.

 

So much was going on with this book, old tape, glue and resto.

 

 

 

 

And is anybody else having trouble with photobucket? I cannot customize my upload settings to 1024x768. The Blue "save" button is a dead link.

 

 

 

[JazzMan]

Awesome work, Kenny.

[Aces]

WOW wow wow...

[AnkurJ]

WOO!

[Aces]

I just wonder if that so nice it would get an apparent 9.8

[philippinescomics]

Scary how small the collecting world is sometimes. Just reading this interesting thread and said WOW. That was my Captain Marvel Jr. #2 a few months ago and sold it online. . It was a mess for sure like they said. Very, Very brittle.

 

Anyway graet work on all the books. Reading thru this I was wondering how these books might look in 20 to 50 years with this leaf casting process?

 

 

[Spiderphill]

I think that might be one of the best restoration jobs I've ever seen. Wow. Congrats ankur and nice work Kenny. Ankur, send a few more to Kenny. You have some great candidates.

[FFB]

I just wonder if that so nice it would get an apparent 9.8

 

No, because of the interior issues.

[Ze-man]

Worked on this book yesterday, and thought it was worth posting.

 

Straight up Conservation on a badly water(urine?) damaged Supes 17.

 

Basically just washed, and casted in a few hours.

 

Probably boring to look at, but they can't all be Pep 22's!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[faster friends]

I would love to see how CGC would grade a book like that, with just conservation and no color touch??

[JazzMan]

I'm just amazed at how you bring these books back to life.

[Ze-man]

I prefer to think of it as giving broken down comics a second chance.

 

 

OK, that was lame.

 

Here is another conso effort this week.

 

A rusted out, water damaged TOS 39

 

Just washed, and casted. No CT.

 

 

 

Photos do not really convey just how flexible this cover is now. The top edge overhang was extremely brittle.

 

Is this thing on?, I have many more books to upload if there is interest.

 

 

 

 

[Captain Canuck]

Keep on uploading your books!

[Ze-man]

The hard part is taking, uploading and posting the photos.

 

The pay rate is turrible per post on this site.

 

Here is another shot of the casted brittle edge, and my fingerprint, and stray pulp that has not been removed yet.

 

 

It might look better like this.

 

Or this

 

 

 

 

[AnkurJ]

A question, for books with page edges that are brittle, will leave casting remove the brittless? Or if the page is bent will the corner along with the leaf casted area fall off?

[etanick]

the brittle parts of the page will get remove and then leaf casting is done...so I think the right answer is the leaf casting will replace the removed brittle areas.

 

As usual, great looking results by Kenny (thumbs u