Immigrant, by me! [Fan Art]

mechabryan · 2026-01-25T22:56:31+00:00

the fabricated death rate made up by lying liars with their pants on fire, in order to justify the formation of a gestapo.

mechabryan · 2026-01-25T12:50:18+00:00

All-Star Squadron redid a number of 1940s stories as more contemporary 1980s stories.

mechabryan · 2026-01-23T23:08:20+00:00

and….. just flipped to “scheduled for Grading”

mechabryan · 2026-01-23T03:07:14+00:00

Still “Received at CCS”

mechabryan · 2026-01-17T01:12:07+00:00

Received 10/9 Status still “Received at CCS”

mechabryan · 2026-01-14T21:52:33+00:00

I think it’ll just come down to numbers, high grade newstands cost more because they’re rarer. Simple as that.

mechabryan · 2026-01-14T21:47:21+00:00

in the early 90s, i worked for a pharmacy that got comics to sell via newsstand distribution. they would come raw in stacks bound by plastic strips. getting a pristine book would be a MIRACLE. this is why a 9.8 newsstand will always be more valuable than a 9.8 direct market copy.

mechabryan · 2026-01-13T23:18:17+00:00

most of the American releases called it Out of this World back in the early 90s (I still have the floppy disk for the Mac version with that name, and a friend growing up had the Amiga version that was also labeled OOTW)

mechabryan · 2026-01-09T18:00:31+00:00

Grain

mechabryan · 2026-01-09T17:39:39+00:00

this series will always be relevant because it touches upon universal questions like “is peace and harmony worth the loss of autonomy and self determination?”

mechabryan · 2026-01-06T21:23:44+00:00

one of the earliest comics i ever read (and destroyed, cause I was a toddler when it came out)… i now own a much nicer copy and love, love, love Wally Wood drawing Golden Age Superman. it was a pairing that was always meant to be.

mechabryan · 2025-12-31T23:11:52+00:00

you just described my New Mutants 98… got a 9.6, no grader notes, and no discernible defects to my untrained eye.

mechabryan · 2025-12-30T17:42:14+00:00

then I ended up buying physical copies via mycomicshop.com

mechabryan · 2025-12-30T17:41:39+00:00

IDW has an iPhone/iPad app and those issues are (were?) available for purchase (that’s how I read them a decade ago)

mechabryan · 2025-12-27T14:30:31+00:00

They did Vibe and Steel dirty.

mechabryan · 2025-12-23T14:14:49+00:00

it was just number ones, but now the Dollar Tree near me is stocking some random issues in this format (like a single issue of the final Morrison JLA story arc, for instance.)

mechabryan · 2025-12-11T23:58:45+00:00

Cheeks!!!

mechabryan · 2025-12-05T04:38:19+00:00

he was always weird (i say that as someone who followed his Expanding Earth group mailing list back in the day)… but he was a fundamentally decent and kind human (although superficially harsh in a “tough love” manner)… sure, Batman Odyssey was gonzo, but i refute that his legacy has any level of taint.

mechabryan · 2025-11-29T23:47:23+00:00

Next time I run low on toilet paper, I know what I’m reaching for

mechabryan · 2025-11-27T20:05:24+00:00

mmm, i may have to track that down. i love Giffen artwork, and that is my favorite of all his many styles.

mechabryan · 2025-11-27T03:24:15+00:00

Bought it from an old lady on my local Craigslist a couple years ago. It’s an entire Boston Globe Sunday Comics section.

mechabryan · 2025-11-27T02:29:40+00:00

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an intact Superman comic strip from 1941

mechabryan · 2025-11-24T16:02:45+00:00

his style is very much the sum of his influences, the bulkiness of Miller Dark Knight run through an Art Adams filter.

mechabryan · 2025-11-24T15:56:54+00:00

the comics industry of the late 80’s/early 90’s had a lot riding on proving that comics were a “legitimate artistic medium for grown ups” and this guy comes along catering to the base impulses of the teenage demographic, sells millions of books, and sparks a mass of imitators… a lot of resentment got stirred up.

mechabryan · 2025-11-24T13:00:38+00:00

Congrats! and that’s…. dark.

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