I didn't get alot of geek stuff this year, but I did get some cool gifts. My wife gave an ukulele My parents gave me a nice fish fryer, some cash, and some shirts My mother in law gave me a new nook (daughter destroyed my old one) and the box set of Zatoichi the blind swordsman.
But my favorite part of Christmas was the presents I gave.
We made a ball pit for my daughter which is ridiculous fun (one inflatable baby pool and 1400 non-bpa/non-crushable plastic balls), and she got 2 cooking sets from family. Plus a big Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck stuff toys from Santa. I've eaten 100 lbs of imaginary grits and eggs and read 500 books while playing in a ball pit with my almost 2 year old.
I gave my wife Luke and Lorali shirt and a new nook.
We gave my mother in law an astrological chart of her wedding anniversary (my father in law passed away 2 years ago).
For myself I bought 12ft, 20lb hand tied cast net. I love fishing.
On a random note my daughter turned 2 yesterday. To celebrate we went to a bakery and got 2 sugar cookies and split a cupcake. Milk included. Her party is Saturday.
Well I've had a real shitty Comics related week!!!
My comic book provider over here on the UK has gone tits up. No comics, no communications, no refunds. Scrambling around trying to find my missed issues now and trying to claim a load of lost cash through PayPal.
So disappointed, I've been using this company for over 5 years. In this time I've had no problems, if I had a missed issue they were really apologetic and would get a replacement out asap. And now they've gone off the radar.
I hope there all ok personally, but the lack of communications is real bad.
Anyway, anyone know of any decent suppliers in the UK??
Sean Payton signs on for another four years as Saints head coach, says he loves it there, and has no intentions of ever leaving of his own volition. Brees announces hopes to retire in a Saints uniform, and hopes he'll keep working with Payton for years to come.
In other news, the Saints defensive line goes over plans to just shoot the QB, in a throwback to the "good ol' days" of Bountygate. :)
Sean Payton signs on for another four years as Saints head coach, says he loves it there, and has no intentions of ever leaving of his own volition. Brees announces hopes to retire in a Saints uniform, and hopes he'll keep working with Payton for years to come.
In other news, the Saints defensive line goes over plans to just shoot the QB, in a throwback to the "good ol' days" of Bountygate. :)
Favorite Payton fact: New Orleans feels a Superbowl winning coach is worth a 2nd round pick.
Well I've had a real shitty Comics related week!!!
My comic book provider over here on the UK has gone tits up. No comics, no communications, no refunds. Scrambling around trying to find my missed issues now and trying to claim a load of lost cash through PayPal.
So disappointed, I've been using this company for over 5 years. In this time I've had no problems, if I had a missed issue they were really apologetic and would get a replacement out asap. And now they've gone off the radar.
I hope there all ok personally, but the lack of communications is real bad.
Anyway, anyone know of any decent suppliers in the UK??
Well I've had a real shitty Comics related week!!!
My comic book provider over here on the UK has gone tits up. No comics, no communications, no refunds. Scrambling around trying to find my missed issues now and trying to claim a load of lost cash through PayPal.
So disappointed, I've been using this company for over 5 years. In this time I've had no problems, if I had a missed issue they were really apologetic and would get a replacement out asap. And now they've gone off the radar.
I hope there all ok personally, but the lack of communications is real bad.
Anyway, anyone know of any decent suppliers in the UK??
Ugh. That sounds awful.
I thought your question might get even more notice in the On Topic section of the forum, and it is a very on-topic thing, so I started a discussion with it. Hopefully there are some UK folks that can help.
I started an inventory project of my collection the Monday before Thanksgiving. I finally finished today.
I have 970 collected editions containing some part of 9997 issues of comics. In addition there are another 61 collected edition books of newpaper comic strips and another 111 magazines or books about comics. A collection total of 1142 items.
I started an inventory project of my collection the Monday before Thanksgiving. I finally finished today.
I have 970 collected editions containing some part of 9997 issues of comics. In addition there are another 61 collected edition books of newpaper comic strips and another 111 magazines or books about comics. A collection total of 1142 items.
Of the 970:
646 are DC 232 are Marvel
I just started my inventory; I'm not sure how long this is going to take. I bought the clz app recently.
I started an inventory project of my collection the Monday before Thanksgiving. I finally finished today.
I have 970 collected editions containing some part of 9997 issues of comics. In addition there are another 61 collected edition books of newpaper comic strips and another 111 magazines or books about comics. A collection total of 1142 items.
Of the 970:
646 are DC 232 are Marvel
I just started my inventory; I'm not sure how long this is going to take. I bought the clz app recently.
I did my just with Excel which I am slightly regretting. For some reason, it will not sort the entire workbook. A program with a bar code scanner would be perfect for my needs. In the future, I may think about going in that direction.
I did not keep track of hours spent but it was a lot. I did not do much the last week, but before that I spend a couple nights a week on it. If I would have limited to just what books I had, it would have been quick. I wanted to know who wrote, drew, and what issues each book contained which took far longer than I thought.
I started an inventory project of my collection the Monday before Thanksgiving. I finally finished today.
I have 970 collected editions containing some part of 9997 issues of comics. In addition there are another 61 collected edition books of newpaper comic strips and another 111 magazines or books about comics. A collection total of 1142 items.
Of the 970:
646 are DC 232 are Marvel
I just started my inventory; I'm not sure how long this is going to take. I bought the clz app recently.
I did my just with Excel which I am slightly regretting. For some reason, it will not sort the entire workbook. A program with a bar code scanner would be perfect for my needs. In the future, I may think about going in that direction.
I did not keep track of hours spent but it was a lot. I did not do much the last week, but before that I spend a couple nights a week on it. If I would have limited to just what books I had, it would have been quick. I wanted to know who wrote, drew, and what issues each book contained which took far longer than I thought.
Gotcha. I'm not looking forward to doing this. I just reorganized all my trades 2 months when I did a major overhaul of the room. Then I tweaked my back last week after starting phase 2 of my room. Once I get part 2 done I'll post pictures. It really is starting to look great.
www.comicbookrealm.com has the ability to catalog trades as well as floppies. It includes information regarding creators included (and links to the individual issues for additional information that might be located there. It's hardly perfect, but it sounds like it hits most of the notes that you're looking for.
So I'm at the gym today and I'm finishing my cool down. There's two older women in front of me probably 70's and they start talking about David Bowie. At first I thought they were too old to listen to his music, but then I realized no when he burst on the scene they were late 20's early 30's
Crap. Was inventorying my collection and just realized that I own this issue, Flash #124 from 1959, which I picked up at a flea market as a kid for next to nothing. :
Why "crap," you say? Well, while that issue is an awesome addition to any collection in it's own right, I can't help but note that it turns out I was oh so close to owning this rather more iconic one instead:
Crap. Was inventorying my collection and just realized that I own this issue, Flash #124 from 1959, which I picked up at a flea market as a kid for next to nothing. :
Why "crap," you say? Well, while that issue is an awesome addition to any collection in it's own right, I can't help but note that it turns out I was oh so close to owning this rather more iconic one instead:
I'm just sad the reboot means The Space Boomerang is no longer in continuity.
Crap. Was inventorying my collection and just realized that I own this issue, Flash #124 from 1959, which I picked up at a flea market as a kid for next to nothing. :
Why "crap," you say? Well, while that issue is an awesome addition to any collection in it's own right, I can't help but note that it turns out I was oh so close to owning this rather more iconic one instead:
I'm just sad the reboot means The Space Boomerang is no longer in continuity.
I'm a firm believer in comic book continuity being personal to the individual reader, and that it should include or omit whatever issues each reader wants it to. So don't worry, in my personal DC continuity, the Space Boomerang is alive and well.
Crap. Was inventorying my collection and just realized that I own this issue, Flash #124 from 1959, which I picked up at a flea market as a kid for next to nothing. :
Why "crap," you say? Well, while that issue is an awesome addition to any collection in it's own right, I can't help but note that it turns out I was oh so close to owning this rather more iconic one instead:
I'm just sad the reboot means The Space Boomerang is no longer in continuity.
I'm a firm believer in comic book continuity being personal to the individual reader, and that it should include or omit whatever issues each reader wants it to. So don't worry, in my personal DC continuity, the Space Boomerang is alive and well.
I like to believe the current DC Universe Earth is actually balanced on the back of a giant space boomerang.
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My wife gave an ukulele
My parents gave me a nice fish fryer, some cash, and some shirts
My mother in law gave me a new nook (daughter destroyed my old one) and the box set of Zatoichi the blind swordsman.
But my favorite part of Christmas was the presents I gave.
We made a ball pit for my daughter which is ridiculous fun (one inflatable baby pool and 1400 non-bpa/non-crushable plastic balls), and she got 2 cooking sets from family. Plus a big Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck stuff toys from Santa. I've eaten 100 lbs of imaginary grits and eggs and read 500 books while playing in a ball pit with my almost 2 year old.
I gave my wife Luke and Lorali shirt and a new nook.
We gave my mother in law an astrological chart of her wedding anniversary (my father in law passed away 2 years ago).
For myself I bought 12ft, 20lb hand tied cast net. I love fishing.
PS I may or may not have my Falcons gogles on as I type this message.
My comic book provider over here on the UK has gone tits up. No comics, no communications, no refunds. Scrambling around trying to find my missed issues now and trying to claim a load of lost cash through PayPal.
So disappointed, I've been using this company for over 5 years. In this time I've had no problems, if I had a missed issue they were really apologetic and would get a replacement out asap. And now they've gone off the radar.
I hope there all ok personally, but the lack of communications is real bad.
Anyway, anyone know of any decent suppliers in the UK??
In other news, the Saints defensive line goes over plans to just shoot the QB, in a throwback to the "good ol' days" of Bountygate. :)
I thought your question might get even more notice in the On Topic section of the forum, and it is a very on-topic thing, so I started a discussion with it. Hopefully there are some UK folks that can help.
I have 970 collected editions containing some part of 9997 issues of comics. In addition there are another 61 collected edition books of newpaper comic strips and another 111 magazines or books about comics. A collection total of 1142 items.
Of the 970:
646 are DC
232 are Marvel
And even though I don't like them 99.99999% of the time I actually wished the Vikings pulled it off.
I did not keep track of hours spent but it was a lot. I did not do much the last week, but before that I spend a couple nights a week on it. If I would have limited to just what books I had, it would have been quick. I wanted to know who wrote, drew, and what issues each book contained which took far longer than I thought.
Then I tweaked my back last week after starting phase 2 of my room. Once I get part 2 done I'll post pictures. It really is starting to look great.
http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/jimmycarlton/wiaanewrulescheering.html
Too many cupcakes with thin skin these days...
Why "crap," you say? Well, while that issue is an awesome addition to any collection in it's own right, I can't help but note that it turns out I was oh so close to owning this rather more iconic one instead:
Isn't that the 1st or 2nd appearance of Capt. Boomerang?