Oxbladder

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2/14/2016 Topic: That Jerk's Stuff Oxbladder	Sweet books! Lots of goody goodness since I last checked!
2/14/2016 Topic: Oxbladder's stuff 3.0 Oxbladder	Some covers from my most favourite cover artist Jenny Frison:
2/14/2016 Topic: Oxbladder's stuff 3.0 Oxbladder	Robbie wrote: Oxbladder wrote: Here is my one and only Four Color: Barks Ducks comics need to be read. I have a few, but not one of these. Nice one. Thanks! I didn't even realize it was a Barks issue (well other than the cover that is)! edited by oxbladder on 2/14/2016
2/14/2016 Topic: Hello from one of the new guys... Oxbladder	Howdy Shawn!
2/16/2016 Topic: CROW'S NEST Oxbladder	Nice pickup!
2/16/2016 Topic: That Jerk's Stuff Oxbladder	Nice stuff Aaron!
2/16/2016 Topic: That Jerk's Stuff Oxbladder	Robbie wrote: Subby & the Cosmic Cube!?! That's neat. Why didn't I know about that one? Did you notice, the last few issues of Super-villain team-up were published annually... what's the point in once a year for a series... Well, How many months late was Secret Wars? How about Afterlife with Archie, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and The Sheild? All are supposed to be monthly or bi-monthly and are months late. There are countless others. So having a book come out once a year isn't too bad. Not my thing but it is better than saying something is supposed to be coming out on a fairly regular schedule and not meeting that schedule.
2/16/2016 Topic: DOG'S COMIC HOUSE Oxbladder	Wow! Lots of great books between you and your Brother! That book was a great book to get pressed and they did a great job!
2/16/2016 Topic: Batman Year 100 Oxbladder	I have never been a big Batman fan but I do have and have enjoyed the Bat at different times. I haven't read this series but did Pope do the art too? I am a fan of his work.
2/18/2016 Topic: Rachel Rising printing variants Oxbladder	The last five digits of the UPC will tell you. For example: #1 first print will be 00111 #1 2nd print will be 00112 #1 third print 00113 #2 first 00211 #2 second 00212 (BTW the first three digits are issue #, the next is variant(regular covers are 1), the last is printing. Most companies follow this protocol but not all) With #1, if I am not mistaken, first print was green with red breath and all others were red with green.
2/19/2016 Topic: Rachel Rising printing variants Oxbladder	You are most welcome!
2/19/2016 Topic: Gilgandra Back Issues 2.0 Oxbladder	Some nice additions since I last commented. I like the 70's monster stuff!
2/19/2016 Topic: Rebirth 2016 Oxbladder	Bleh. They still have no idea what to do. Might have to go to zero DC floppies because of this relaunch. No interest in picking up books twice a month. I might consider trades though. Stopping my WW floppy after 23 years is sad edited by Oxbladder on 2/19/2016
2/21/2016 Topic: Rachel Rising printing variants Oxbladder	Glad I could help. Just remember though that it may not work with every publisher but should with most.
2/21/2016 Topic: Rebirth 2016 Oxbladder	DC will fool a ton of people into spending more money in one year than they normally would. Sure they are dropping the price on some books but now you will be spending two dollars more than you would if the book stayed at 3.99 and only had a single issue a month.
2/27/2016 Topic: Examples of various grades Oxbladder	Grading is entirely subjective.
3/1/2016 Topic: Have Comic Books Peaked In Market Value? Oxbladder	Well, let me put it this way. People have asked this for the 37 years I have been collecting and values have never dropped. Depending on the era and genre some books will stagnate but until comics cease being published in hard copy there is such a wealth of material out there that it will be very, very difficult for values to plunge. The standard trend is when certain books become largely unattainable by the bulk of collectors they move on to another group of books. People here just love to bash modern books. It is the favourite past time (and it is not contained to this forum). However, they always fail to note that several years down the road (usually more than 10 years) people actually start growing nostalgic for that material they so loved to hate and values go up. When I started collecting in 1979 people were ragging on how crappy most of the books from the late 60's to 1979 were. Then they were complaining about the 80's, then the 90's and so on. There are not many books left from the 70's and 80's that are not going up in price. Definitely not as much as previous decades because there was definitely not as much attrition as there was pre-direct market, but they are still climbing in value. People are realizing now that despite the lower attrition rates they are still having a much harder time finding the highest grades because the books were shunned, crammed in bulk boxes unprotected and manhandlded by hundred or thousands of people so they are not in high grade. Now you are saying well so what if only a handful are only in the hundreds, or more, dollars range? Well, if you purchased and took good care of those books in at the time or when they were cheap you can make a killing now. You it can take time to sell the expensive books and in that time you can often make way more money selling those books that are far less money but are still many multiples of value more than your initial purchase value. That's how the bulk of stores stay afloat, selling mostly new books and hundreds and thousands of cheaper back issues. People are always wanting the really expensive books or the newest hot item when, if they play the game right they could make much more selling far more of the cheaper books that people want. Myself value is an added benefit. I really do not look at any book as worthless. I have made money on all sorts of books that many collectors here would thumb their noses at. Anyway, I digress. Right now it would take a lot for the comic market, as a whole, to crash and that is the only way values would take a nose dive across the board. There are some bad habits that collectors are enabling that could cause a lot of harm but, again, that would not be enough on its own to kill the hobby.
3/1/2016 Topic: Please welcome our newest Moderators! Oxbladder	Thanks for volunteering .... Now don't vanish like so many mods and admins tend to do
3/1/2016 Topic: Gilgandra Back Issues 2.0 Oxbladder	Nice HCs! I love trades and HCs. They have been the fastest growing format in my collection. My four drawer legal filing cabinet, two drawer letter filing cabinet, two three foot book shelves and several stacks on top and beside the filing cabinets are cover with them in. There are a number of series I collect only in trade or HC.
3/1/2016 Topic: CapnDoug's Back Issue Discoveries Oxbladder	Nice additions!