tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post3217093340091341495..comments2024-02-09T06:08:18.431-05:00Comments on Blam's Blog: Case ClosedBlamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-803377839067652822010-03-02T05:51:12.330-05:002010-03-02T05:51:12.330-05:00Trophy. Trophy, trophy, trophy. Hmm... Looks weird...Trophy. Trophy, trophy, trophy. Hmm... Looks weird. Trophy. ^__^El Quénoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-85469710830104383182010-03-02T11:16:19.030-05:002010-03-02T11:16:19.030-05:00I keep going back and forth on slabbing. I've ...I keep going back and forth on slabbing. <br><br>I've never slabbed anything myself, nor purchased a slabbed book. But from an investment/preservation perspective, I can't disagree with it. And my outrage at the locking up of significant comics in protective plastic is lessened somewhat by the current Golden Age of comic book reprints in which we find ourselves. <br><br>After all, I've never SEEN an actual, original copy of Action #1, let alone read it, but I have read the story hundreds of times in several different places, be they reprint comics or trades collecting that issue. <br><br>So it isn't like slabbing is robbing the world of comic book stories: anyone who wants to read Superman's first appearance can; it'll be reprinted long after the original issues have turned to dust. <br><br>But at the same time, I've been reading comics for almost 20 years and I can't deny there's a difference between reading a reprint of a story and reading the issue in which that story was originally published. The smell, the feel of the paper, seeing the fading colors and errors, holding something that's been around decades and wondering how many hands its passed through; these are things you don't get with reprints. <br><br>I've long been trying to put together a complete run of "X-Men", which means someday, I'm going to acquire X-Men #1. I don't need a mint copy, just a reading copy. I've read the issue dozens if not hundreds of time, but I still want to own that piece of history, and page through its decades old pages and wonder how many other people became enthralled with those characters, as I have. It's hard to get that with a slabbed book. <br><br>(Of course, the real solution, as you suggested, is to find a way to preserve a book as well as slabbing but which also preserves its readability. Someday, maybe...)Teeborehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-23325520934779633612010-03-02T17:17:48.101-05:002010-03-02T17:17:48.101-05:00to which I responded with surprising heat.Which me...<i>to which I responded with surprising heat.</i><br><br>Which means you took your arm and bashed dinner off of the table and then pointed a finger at all present while daring them to ask you that again. I approve!<br><br><i>I wouldn't be able to stop thinking about what $1 million could translate into for people in need</i><br><br>This is why I'll never be able to be rich. I won't be able to hop into my BMW with my 3 pool boys with any sort of joy. Well...not <i>real</i> joy anyway.<br><br><i>I wouldn't trade my spine-rolled, faded, corner-chipped, read-to-death editions, precious exactly because they've survived a lifetime with me, for trophy versions.</i><br><br>Aw, little Adam Blambert is a softie!<br><br>Glad your posts are showing up and I will enhance this message with a glyph representing that emotion:<br><br>:)Joan Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04513335615114222374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-15913464275881126992010-03-02T19:52:25.419-05:002010-03-02T19:52:25.419-05:00I, like Teebore, can understand slabbing - the wan...I, like Teebore, can understand slabbing - the want or need to keep a comic preserved. But I've never gone in for that, myself. I buy comics to read them, and read them I do, over and over again. The last time (that I remember now, anyway) that I bought a comic just to own it is when I bought the Klingon language version of Star Trek: Klingons: Blood Will Tell #1. (No, I can't read Klingon, I just wanted it because... well, just because.) The most that I, or anyone I know ever spent on a single issue is $50 (for Sandman #50 signed by Neil. My friend bought it, because we were at a con, and I'd already spent all my money on cheap trades I needed. I wish I'd bought it!) So while I understand slabbing, I'll probably never do it, or buy a slabbed comic. I'll just stick to my weekly pull list, and keep on getting the volumes of TPBs I need when they come out.Batcabbagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609077644806458692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-2374470674559020582010-03-02T23:41:48.076-05:002010-03-02T23:41:48.076-05:00Teebore, Batcabbage: I don't argue with slabbi...<b>Teebore, Batcabbage:</b> I don't argue with slabbing as preservation of important artifacts. But the market has decided that the grading and sealing aspect, with CGC's imprimatur, jumps the value beyond reason -- and locks in that value only as long as the comic book itself is locked in, so almost no slabbed copies will ever be opened again. It's a tradeoff that just feels wrong.Blamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-56687566105023145632010-03-02T23:44:10.443-05:002010-03-02T23:44:10.443-05:00Joan: Which means you took your arm and bashed din...<i><b>Joan:</b> Which means you took your arm and bashed dinner off of the table and then pointed a finger at all present while daring them to ask you that again.</i><br>Uh, yeah. That's... exactly what happened.Blamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-8962319071633087862010-03-02T23:46:02.899-05:002010-03-02T23:46:02.899-05:00Joan: Glad your posts are showing up and I will en...<i><b>Joan:</b> Glad your posts are showing up and I will enhance this message with a glyph representing that emotion:</i><br>Hey! Let's try to jinx it!<br>No, there was quite a struggle on Sunday with that free-association post, actually. And plenty is still unposted from previous months.<br>"Adam Blambert"? <i>Really?</i>Blamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-37223798018981747452010-03-02T23:48:22.800-05:002010-03-02T23:48:22.800-05:00Hey! I am trying here, Wham Blam Thank You Ma'...Hey! I am trying here, Wham Blam Thank You Ma'am!<br><br>HA!Joan Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04513335615114222374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-20753258273261026132010-03-03T00:08:17.466-05:002010-03-03T00:08:17.466-05:00P.S. I can't believe you think that I, the Bri...P.S. I can't believe you think that I, the <b>Bringer of Wonderfulness</b>, could ever jinx anything!<br><br><br>VW: Ishmon<br><br>What Ishmael is called in Jamaica.Joan Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04513335615114222374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-1515078751849167012010-03-03T12:41:28.609-05:002010-03-03T12:41:28.609-05:00It's a tradeoff that just feels wrong.Agreed. ...<i>It's a tradeoff that just feels wrong.</i><br><br>Agreed. I like slabbing from a preservation perspective, but not from a "jack up the value" perspective.Teeborehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.com