the examples-based comic book grading tool 0

[My60sComics]

Does anyone use the example based comic book grading tool? I've tried grading several books using it and I'm wondering what people think of it:

https://www.comicbookgradingtool.com/

(Background: I have a 855 book collection from my childhood, with issues ranging from 1964 - 1976. I first graded some of them in 1990 using the Overstreet Guide, No. 20, but I'm wondering if the grading tool will result in a more thorough grade.)

Any suggestions or thoughts will be greatly appreciated!

[marvelmaniac]

I have never used that site and did not even know it existed, seems to be accurate from the little bit I played with it and it is showing you pics of the actual defects so it is IMO a very good learning tool.

You may want to also use this along with that site...

https://comics.ha.com/tutorial/comics-grading.s?show=comicdefinitions

[Harry Lime]

18 hours ago, My60sComics said:

Does anyone use the example based comic book grading tool? I've tried grading several books using it and I'm wondering what people think of it:

https://www.comicbookgradingtool.com/

(Background: I have a 855 book collection from my childhood, with issues ranging from 1964 - 1976. I first graded some of them in 1990 using the Overstreet Guide, No. 20, but I'm wondering if the grading tool will result in a more thorough grade.)

Any suggestions or thoughts will be greatly appreciated!

It's grades are very strict on certain defects, much stricter than CGC but it is a good place to start identifying the various imperfections that can be found in comics.

[William-James88]

On 3/4/2020 at 4:54 PM, My60sComics said:

Does anyone use the example based comic book grading tool? I've tried grading several books using it and I'm wondering what people think of it:

https://www.comicbookgradingtool.com/

(Background: I have a 855 book collection from my childhood, with issues ranging from 1964 - 1976. I first graded some of them in 1990 using the Overstreet Guide, No. 20, but I'm wondering if the grading tool will result in a more thorough grade.)

Any suggestions or thoughts will be greatly appreciated!

There's somethinf screwey here. I just tried it and the first thing I did was choose an itherwise perfect comic with water stains. Got a 2.5 which we all know is bogus.

My best tool is the overstreet grading guide, it's what I would recomend instead.

[My60sComics]

7 hours ago, marvelmaniac said:

I have never used that site and did not even know it existed, seems to be accurate from the little bit I played with it and it is showing you pics of the actual defects so it is IMO a very good learning tool.

You may want to also use this along with that site...

https://comics.ha.com/tutorial/comics-grading.s?show=comicdefinitions

Thanks, guys, for the comments. I'll try using the three tools (Heritage Auctions site, Overstreet and the Example based grading) to see if I can merge them into a consistent grade. On the whole, I don't mind a strict grade resulting from the Examples based tool if I can apply some judgement afterwards to assess (or modify) the grade it comes up with.

[My60sComics]

I put one of the comics I graded on the PGM forum, to test out my use of the Example Based Grading Tool. The comic I graded is Amazing Spider-Man No. 28, Sept. 1965, a book I read many, many times as a kid. 

[Harry Lime]

16 hours ago, My60sComics said:

Thanks, guys, for the comments. I'll try using the three tools (Heritage Auctions site, Overstreet and the Example based grading) to see if I can merge them into a consistent grade. On the whole, I don't mind a strict grade resulting from the Examples based tool if I can apply some judgement afterwards to assess (or modify) the grade it comes up with.

Search for etanick on Youtube as well, he has some very informative grading tutorials there.

[marvelmaniac]

Just remember that grading is the "Overall" condition of the book.

It becomes more difficult when you have a higher grade book with only one significant defect that would lower the grade, lower to what is the question...An example would be, you have a book that is without doubt a NM 9.4 but, the book has a 1/2" spine split from being mishandled, is the otherwise NM 9.4 book going to drop to a VG/FN 5.0 where a 1/2" spine split is allowed?

Hence, the reason for CGC Green Qualified Labels.

I have a few books of my own that had only one significant defect that kept the book from being a higher grade IMO and in my list of books it is noted that way, GD 2.0 (Would be a VG/FN 5.0 except for...)

[thunsicker]

Just played around a bit with it.  Haven't looked at it in quite a while.  The one thing that I would advise is that this tool doesn't seem to do much with the "accumulation of defects".  If you add a bunch of small defects that wouldn't individually lower the grade of a comic much, but there are a lot of them, it will give you a higher grade than you could expect from CGC.

[Deadpoolica]

6 hours ago, Harry Lime said:

etanick

[My60sComics]

22 hours ago, My60sComics said:

I put one of the comics I graded on the PGM forum, to test out my use of the Example Based Grading Tool. The comic I graded is Amazing Spider-Man No. 28, Sept. 1965, a book I read many, many times as a kid. 

Thanks, guys, for the feedback. I came up with a 4.5 for my copy of the Amazing Spider-Man No. 28 using the Example Based Grading Tool (see my post in the "Buddy can you spare a grade" forum where I posted ASM #28 for other grades). It looks like I will have to be more critical in my grading. 

I'll search out etanick on YouTube too. 

Edited March 6, 2020 by My60sComics

[Chris_80]

I tried both of them: (1)comicbookgradingtool and (2)comics.ha.com/tutorial/comics-grading.s?show=comicdefinitions 

POV: both instruments are useful in their ways, better to grade the book hybridly, using two tools at the same time. And I will agree with suggestion about etanick tutorial on Youtube, they are really informative and will guide you through grading proccess.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Editor at Paperell(https://paperell.com/buy-college-research-paper) where you can buy college research paper works online for yourself. I would love to discuss about comics of the late of 70s.I can`t remember when I exactly read my first book, but I remember about how subversive and liberated  I felt as a finished. My favorite quote is - “You can create your hero as a psychopath, you might draw gut-splattering violence, and name it a "graphic-story novel," but comic books will remain being incredibly dumb."

 

Edited March 2, 2022 by Chris_80

[Axe Elf]

There's another one I've played with some at https://comicbookrealm.com/example-based-grading.

As someone mentioned about the OP's site, it seems to basically just grade for the worst features, rather than taking the overall condition into consideration.