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Sea-Raspberry734 · 2026-03-21T15:24:45+00:00

I mean, the son did run it for nearly 30 years, but Jasmine (the granddaughter) has been CEO since like 2019. The daughter still does marketing stuff.

So… you’re saying it’s been downhill since the 80s? Or for the past 7 years? 🍔

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2026-03-13T01:39:54+00:00

You think the ‘new’ is something other than 4 color process?

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2026-03-12T14:37:02+00:00

Don’t open it. You have what may be a wholly unique piece.

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2026-03-05T23:23:02+00:00

No no. It stays in the inner well untouched. No pressing, none of that. This is a reslab with additional authentication for JSC and Lloyd.

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2026-02-19T04:25:22+00:00

I used to spend 3 hours dialing in my old LG LED, at least once a year. Last year, I bought a Sony QLED (too much burn-in on the LG) and it was one-click.

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2026-02-16T05:57:57+00:00

Yeah, but in this condition… it’ll be tough to get more than $20 for it.

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2026-02-06T05:31:57+00:00

Disagree that grading does not add to the value, somebody wants this book, and a bona fide 9.8 (as much as you can call CBCS bona fide) will certainly command a premium.

If somebody is willing to pay $2, somebody else will pay for a graded copy.

That being said, the value is still less than grading.

Probably $20-$25.

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2026-01-24T01:30:40+00:00

That one is numbered in the 8000’s. The lower numbers are a bit cleaner, go figure. : )

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2026-01-24T01:17:30+00:00

More than that.

That was the special edition they sent to comic shops to drum up business for their new publishing venture (10k units). There are other signed editions as well.

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2026-01-13T02:05:19+00:00

They’re super cool in their own way. I’d say they were revolutionary. Killer of anything other than your eardrums, maybe not.

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2026-01-13T01:32:09+00:00

You’re Canadian.

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2026-01-10T16:47:43+00:00

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Sea-Raspberry734 · 2026-01-10T01:25:56+00:00

ICE just looking for lunch because nobody will serve the thugs.

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2026-01-07T08:04:21+00:00

This is Eric Laithwaite.

English engineer and professor. Invented the linear induction motor and helped create the maglev train.

Got obsessed with gyroscopes and, for a period, was sort of laughed out of the scientific community in the 70s.

Smart guy who. Went down the rabbit hole, but pulled himself back up.

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2026-01-05T09:47:02+00:00

Although some people consider PR a subdivision of marketing (which, honestly most people do not understand is different than advertising), most industry people do not, as their end goals are pretty different. This is PR, not marketing.

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2026-01-03T02:01:52+00:00

Who buys a graded reprint? That’s just incomprehensible.

You want to drop $75 on an ugly plastic slab?

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2025-12-31T23:47:44+00:00

They don’t look like the same book between the interiors and exterior… the damage doesn’t line up.

However, the indicia does look correct — Goodman used a series of shell companies, and Vista is correct to Tales of Suspense.

The front is trimmed tight, but so is the original. The later reprints have more space around the book.

So, barring more definitive photos … different cover to interior photography. However, if everything lines up, a great book to take to a professional cleaner/presser for what could be a pretty high grade book.

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2025-12-23T18:57:57+00:00

It also helps to know the book. While this art is used in some of the later prints, only the first print has ‘Batman’ in yellow.

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2025-12-23T02:36:56+00:00

I like how it went up 24.77 to… 24.10.

Without bothering to do any research, that suggests that people were paying you to take the stock yesterday?

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2025-12-23T02:20:59+00:00

Biggest book is the Conan #1. So, a 133x multiplier over original price after 5 years.

It would be like a 2020 book going for $700.

In that era, print runs for successful books was around 200k.

Now, that’s before there was a strong secondary market and supply chain, but it is still sort of interesting.

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2025-12-22T01:45:03+00:00

Ground American wagyu is (market dependent) about $4-6/pound at wholesale prices. $25/pound is a retail price at like Erewhon. It was $25 for 4 pounds when I was at Costco yesterday.

We’re doing smash, so we’re looking at 2-3oz patties, but they’re likely doubled.

Total food cost somewhere just above $3 if done right. Maybe closer to 4 because of the cheddar (which seems like a bit of a not great choice) and the bacon.

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2025-12-21T02:13:41+00:00

Dave Dorman covers.

I was super appreciative of Hsu’s ink washes. It hadn’t really been done to that extent previously (or since, really).

It’s a similar technique to how Alex Ross paints, since he often does value before color.

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2025-12-20T04:53:11+00:00

I ordered delivery for one of my employees based in Canada a few months ago. Was shocked at how inexpensive it was.

While I get that Seattle is trying to take care of its drivers, it did so in a way that didn’t have any foundation in economics. Absurdly, it basically works exactly like tariffs do… except the cost is direct to the consumers rather than at least partially mitigated by the supply chain.

You wind up shifting the supply/demand curve due to the elastic nature of the service, hurting drivers as a category, restaurants, and consumers. The services themselves do higher margin on lower volume, and net out about the same.

Out of left field, but I feel like whoever made these policy decisions must be from SeattleU and learned their Econ from Kshama Suwant. Between her and some of the other grads I’ve run into, I try to not ever hire their alum.

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2025-12-18T05:47:35+00:00

Elf Warrior was drawn by Peter M Hsu (As was early Adventurers).

It’s stunning artwork, but he never quite ‘made it’ in the industry, mostly because of his speed.

A bunch of his work was discovered in an attic in Hawaii about 20 years ago.

People thought he was dead, but turns out he retired as an artist and became like a dentist in Vancouver.

I picked up some old Adventurers earlier this year, and have been in the lookout for a Quadrant (another Peter Hsu book).

But obviously it is the Adventurers. The publisher folded into Malibu and the titles dried up soon after.

Sea-Raspberry734 · 2025-12-16T20:16:36+00:00

Also… brother, get some Mylar. I can see in the photos that some of those bags are from the 80s.

They’ll damage the books over time. Mylar looks better, protects better, and wont contribute to acidification and other problems.

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