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...y'u ever cry in a Starbucks?

 

..., ON,

 

'So, where's the Baxter Building?'

 

Posted: 11/15/2013 by itonarely

"My very first Journal"

(or, "Let's see if anyone cares...").

 

, WELCOMING itonarely:

 

(I'll jus' pick it up where I left off,

and let it go. - ks = > )

 

COMICS:

 

...folk in which I felt I could not relate to,

especially the ones who were trying to emulate

people living in city environments and fabricating

a fake "hard-core" lifestyle!

 

> '''s jus' like when punk broke, on the West Coast;

> the monkeys didn't make sense. What was realer

> became [more] evident. I still like disco. I was

> sixteen by a few days when we entered into the

> 1980s. I was skirting back into to COMIC BOOKS,

> then. It was later in 1980 when I wanted in put

> my money into comics, in stead of the bank. It

> was the dawn of The Reagan Era, but I felt

> confident then that..

 

> going out of my way to find and procure.. be a

> COMIC BOOK COLLECTOR

> was.. the best thing I could do.

 

> , AND would be.. much more enjoyable than an

> account statement!

 

> (Besides, even then it was said that, Comics can be

> a (PRETTY, GOOD - ks) hedge against inflation).

 

> (I had no inkling of what the world held.

 

> ..from ERB to Weird Tales, The Golden Age!, back

> from Conan to Howard, Disney that other Sag.,

> The Spawn of MC Gaines! and on and to FOOM..

 

> I just soaked up whatever I liked, and listened to

> what other people like, and ventured to things

> that may not have been popular but appealed to me,

> and for other reasons....)

 

since the age of sixteen (1994 to be exact)!

 

professor pecora

 

***

 

P.S. 'Comics make us smarter.' - Prof. 'P'

 

> I think so, and so do many others.

> I have learned so much through [American] Comic Books;

> I think my life is so much RICHER for it, at the

> heart level.

 

Yeah, I am supposed to pay my mortgage too! I can't

wait until January -- my bank will offer me the new

lower monthly mortgage payment without paying the

closing fee! Save about $300 a month. Maybe, I can

buy more comic books but it is important to pay the

mortgage so my wife and kids are happy to live under

the roof.

 

> Much of the value of things is not appreciated.

> ..a comfortable chair, hot food.

 

***

 

...and this:

Member Journal Entry: So, where's the Baxter Building?

By: itonarely

 

...

 

It was a beautiful hobby (and still can be I guess) and

for this young boy growing up in New York it was all

about the stories and the wonderful artwork that

accompanied them. It was about adventure and wonder....

and, even at fifty-one (tomorrow), it still is...

 

See you soon.

 

> Maaannn.. I'm cryin'....

> (When I read this I started to break up....)

 

Reply 1:

 

Welcome to the sharing!

 

What a great experience you've shared either us, I hope

you enjoy the interaction you have started and continue

to share more.

 

Happy Hunting!

Lee K

 

and this

 

Reply 2:

 

I'm sure all of us collectors here have a similar story

to yours. I came into the love and adventure of comics in

'85/'86, when I was 12 years old. For me it was Indiana

Jones, New Mutants and Booster Gold that started me off,

but the results were very much like yours.

 

> I did.

 

Welcome to the journal writing club! Your thoughts and

experiences are always welcome, as are everybody's!!!

 

> ~, I do.

 

and this (from ScreenWriter3D)

 

Reply 3:

 

Great to read a journal from a fellow Queens boy!.. and

I hope to read many more! I grew up buying comics in

Jamaica, Briarwood, Kew Gardens and Forest Hills. I

bought comics here and there from 74 - 78, but didn't

take collecting seriously until 1979, when I was ten.

 

I am going to wish you an early Happy Birthday! I hope

you have your comic book wishes come true!

 

SW3D

 

> awe man; awe man....

> ...y'u ever cry in a Starbucks...?

 

> My fiftieth is two weeks away, and reality is more

> astounding than fiction..

 

> but

> man,

 

> the fiction helps.

 

***

 

Welcome aboard!!

 

I may be one of those Marvel Guys referred to by SW3D,

but that doesn't mean I don't like DC stuff.

 

I'm just far more partial to The Marvel Universe

storylines than the DC ones. But it really doesn't

matter what your interests are, as long as you are

collecting and enjoying what you are into.

 

And we here on the registry love it when people get on

the journals and talk incessantly about their interests

and their collections and acquisitions.

 

As TNerb said, it would be great to see some of your

issues on the journals and get an idea of what you've

submitted so far to CGC.

 

Again, welcome to Club Addiction and may your comics

always come back better than you expect!!!

 

But seriously, the Journals and it's community

welcome all sorts of collectors bringing their

wealth of knowledge and passions to share. We

love to know what you collect, why you collect,

what your collecting goals and ambitions are,

and especially love to read things about how

collecting is the make-up of your soul as it

is for all of us (that's a constant reassurance

we're not the only one's doing this).

 

> Thanks, folks.. thanks ALOT.

 

 

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...

 

 

 

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue

 

(in image, clockwise, starting from th' upper left)

 

> On the SOMETHING OLD: this is the 25th cgc'd Judge Dredd

> #3 (Eagle Comics), and the 10th 9.8, Cert.# 008. This is

> a BEST OF TWO WORLDS copy; it came from 'the inner sanctuum.'

 

> This Baby is 30!

 

> Cert. # -011 may be the last of the JD3s from the files, it

> is possible that an issue may have been misplaced. Next,

> for my Eagle Comics issues are the number ones. Hopefully,

> I can get the 175th spot. ...may be out-debted until Feb.,

> though.

 

> Nevertheless, it's GREAT to read of the [/your] year end,

> and begining preparations in the journals; it gives me

> hope and confidence in the coming season....

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...

 

> On the SOMETHING NEW: When I rec'd. th' solicitation

> info. that A LEATHER COMIC was for sale, I just about

> flipped out. I thought I gotta try and get this book.

> So, it was right then or the very next morning when I

> fixed that order, as fast as I could in order

> NOT TO MISS IT.

 

> The things is, though, that I ordered two copies the

> comic with the leather cover (MB EP no 1 AP), which

> I have come to unbderstand is the 'red foil' edition.

> (I think they pictured the red one.)

 

> So, when THIS ONE came in the mail, I found that instead

> of the two 'red foil' leather comics (as I order'd), I got

> this 'platinum foil' edition (with a note on the sealed bag

> with boarding, of 300 copies) and a 'bloodwashed' edition.

 

> Does this happen to you?

> Do things turn out, not as they seem, but sometimes..

> better? ..., though TWO 'platinuums' were not

> on the table?

 

> Now, with two different MB EP no 1 AP's, I could fill

> two diiferent slots with these...

 

> Are two slots better than one?

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...

 

> On the something BORROWED:

 

> ...self-explanitory; these, truly, are borrowed.

 

> This, obviously, is from a known collector, who, as it

> turns out was born in the year of the HARE, as was I,

> in 1963....

 

> That year, was the year, that this title, debuted!

> (...more later.)

 

> I am SO FORTUNATE, SO LUCKY to have had the chance to

> accquire these books. Really, though, I was in the running

> for some books which I did not get, but on others that

> I didn't think I'd get, but DID GET.

 

> This RR D & C No 71 is one of the later; ..didn't think I'd

> get it, but, somehow, hedged out the next bidder. ...wonder

> how close we were? It's taken me three weeks, at least, to

> kind of, figure things out, on my own, over there.

 

> What a TABOGGAN RUN.

 

> This book last (and FIRST?) sold on March 2, 2008, and

> was graded approx. 5 weeks earlier. I paid 181% guide,

> approx., for this one. ...y'u think guide is too low for

> these?

 

> On the SOMETHING BLUE, ....

 

> I'm blue this C53 was not a 9.8!

 

> No really, I think this book, was the book, I held yesterday,

> when I marvelled so. It was, a sublime, or bass timewarp;

> I could not have imagined, what, it, the future of that copy,

> of the first appearance, of the WolveRoach in this C53 would

> look like..

 

> ..., AND THERE IT WAS,

> ALL-GLEAMING, JEWELLED AND BLUE,

> WITH

> IT'S BANNER BORDERS AND BED.

 

> 11:16, 11/28/2013

> It's Thanksgiving morning, I'm writing this from

> 'the gardeners shed', I'm cold and hungry, and

> I have no place to go, I'll post this from Starship

> Starbucks later, my storage unit is closed for

> the holiday so I'm carrying what substitutes for

> bedding (extra coat, rolled-up snow bibs), and

> this laptop computer, which is now approaching

> battery death....

 

> How's ''at, f'r blue?

 

> Bless us all, everyone.

 

> P.S.

> CHECK YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY FOR FREE SCANS THROUGH

> INTERNET COMPUTERS CONNECTED TO COPIERS (THAT

> [CAN] DOUBLE AS A SCANNER). I USED A MINOLTA,

> & WITH the SFPL I CAN SCAN UP TO 11 X 17 (!), WITH

> VARIOUS SETTINGS. I USED, PHOTO, FULL COLOR, 1 DARKER,

> 1 SHARPER, 300 DPI (for these books, this image).

> IT JUST TOOK A COPIER CARD WITH MONEY (less than 1$)

> AND A FLASHDRIVE.

 

> NO FEES ARE ASCERTAINED FOR SCANNING.. anything..

 

> like..

 

> comic books in CGC cases.

 

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