InstantForum.NET v4.1.4The ComicsPriceGuide.com Boardshttp://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/comicguy@comicspriceguide.comSun, 21 Mar 2010 08:36:39 GMT20http://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxChuck does the column every other month in Comics Buyer's Guide and as I remember he states that he has 20 some long boxes of undergrounds set aside as part of his retirement fund.Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:21:50 GMTbdcueshttp://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxFor their tiny print runs, UGs have very little value. It wouldn't take very much demand to far outstrip the supply.<br><br>His hoard of Indian artifacts has seen a much better ROI than his UG hoard.<br>In the early 90s, clueless people were hoarding cases of new comics, mostly those aren't even worth wholesale. The smart money was going after high grade key, mainstream, gold and silver.Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:37:36 GMTRobbiehttp://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxThat's been my problem with UG since I started buying them as a snot-nosed kid. I realized pretty soon after ordering what sounded like really cool comix from the illicit Last Gasp catalog that fell into my hands (roughly 1973-74), that most were poorly drawn, badly written and made no sense behind kind of cool covers. I quickly found some artists I liked, kind of the way I collected regular comics in that era like Wrightson, Adams, Steranko, and pursued all the books I could with material featuring Crumb, Irons, Corben, Jaxon, Shelton, Rick Griffin, and a few others, but for the most part lost my interest in the bulk of what was being produced at that time and after. The FUG and Kennedy reflects that, and when I bought Kennedy upon it's publication, I saw my tastes pretty much reflected in what was deemed valuable at the time. Any update today would just be, in my opinion, an exercise in curiosity to see what's going on in the prices realized-auction world. But again, what do I know, I pretty much stopped pursuing this stuff awhile ago, but every once in awhile an opportunity does arise.....Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:47:37 GMTwpbookshttp://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxOwed, no doubt, to the hundreds upon hundreds of porn comics which, as far as I'm concerned, will always remain in the "worthless" category.Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:55:09 GMTReverendhttp://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxi once asked Chuck what happens to all the undergrounds in the collections he buys & he basically said "i am not going to sell Corbens for $4 when they are worth more than that."<br><br>interestingly, i recently heard a critique of the FUG that went something like this. according to the FUG 90% of the titles/issues listed within are worth $10 or less. there are perhaps only 25-30 books in the whole Guide that are worth $250 or more (or about $100 in any grade). the question was simple... why do you need an updated guide if is only going to state that 90% of the titles/issues within are worthless?<br><br>perhaps Mile High Chuck is seeing the same thing? :dontknow:Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:22:49 GMToldmilwaukee6erhttp://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxWell, Shadow, for something UG she should be perhaps bent over a sink and enjoying a bukkake or having a train pulled on her or something of that type rather than posing for something that's about as risque as the cover of GQ, or Vanity Fair. I'm for a cover that either is drawn by a UG artist or just features a collage of old UG's without the frau. It's kind of tawdry but I'm not sure it's UG as it is. But hey, I'm no expert, just someone who cringes every time he pulls the book off the shelf, but I guess that's just the critical Snoid in me poo-poohing somebody else's hard work.....Oy!Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:18:13 GMTwpbookshttp://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxHmmm...but oh, how so appropriate for something "underground"....:DSun, 25 Oct 2009 17:22:33 GMTShadowhttp://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxOh her....my wife thinks that's the worst idea for book cover ever, and she's in the business. One of the reasons I hardly pull it off the shelf, and opt for the Kennedy Guide instead.....As a guy I met at APE last week said about it while rifling through a dealer's goods, "no wonder comic book collectors are laughed at with scorn and derision....." but I'm sure it's been discussed elsewhere....Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:32:18 GMTwpbookshttp://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxTeri W. is the woman on the cover of the FUG.</P><P>[IMG]http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp208/HGreber/FogelUGSigned001.jpg[/IMG]Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:14:22 GMTEggsAckleyhttp://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxTerry Weigel???Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:08:34 GMTwpbookshttp://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxWhile I am not a deep friend of Chuck, we are on friendly terms and have talked to each other at cons across the country for over 30 years. He has a stash of ugs. I think a lot. I would have to see them, but from our shooting the breeze, he has mucho ugs. He puts them away and doesn't sell them when he gets them. What can I say, like all of us, ugs are something he likes.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:59:34 GMTgooddrhttp://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspx....and Chuck is probably hoarding good stuff! Heck I have more than 1/2 the print run of over a dozen UG's from the 1970's, just cheesier ones!<br>That's the reason some of these older books are "rare".........Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:29:20 GMTjim1968http://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxI think we were all looking on Chuck's right, not on the right side of Chuck in the pic. Mile High ordered a case of the guides, so it's no surprise Chuck has one.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:27:02 GMTjim1968http://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxIt's the Terry Weigel (sp) cover one.</P><P>Try the full size pic. here.</P><P><A href="http://www.milehighcomics.com/images/email/chuckfanzine100608.jpg">http://www.milehighcomics.com/images/email/chuckfanzine100608.jpg</A>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:00:54 GMT50centIIhttp://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxYou must have excellent eyesight, because no matter how hard I press my face to the screen, I ain't seeing it...but I'll take your word for it. I've never seen his newsletter but like Earl, I was always under the impression he had a major UG stash, just from interviews I'd read with him.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:57:32 GMTwpbookshttp://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxThen Chuck knows what to collect;)Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:52:12 GMT50centIIhttp://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxI get Chuck's newsletter and he has talked several times about his ug collection over the years. I seem to remember him saying his personal collection consists only of undergrounds.</P><P>Earl.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:34:39 GMTEarl Davishttp://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxIt's Fogel's Underground price guide (and probably Ug's in that box behind it).Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:32:20 GMT50centIIhttp://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxI can make out the fanzine stash with the Squa Tront, but the rest is a blur to my bad eyes....but I'm guessing a box of UG????Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:15:24 GMTwpbookshttp://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic75585-7-1.aspxWell, this won't dispell that theory...</P><P>Look to the right of Mile High Chuck in the background.</P><P><IMG src="http://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Uploads/Images/5e5b4110-bde7-41db-8fef-1247.jpg">Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:05:15 GMT50centII