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My Christmas List

pkindlon — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:41:32 +0000

Good news! I brought you it all in for under $1,000! I was thinking of you. I didn’t want to get greedy. HO HO HO

Rep Your Set! Comic Book Attire For the True Superfan

pkindlon — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:26:43 +0000

Toss it out to the world that you love comics. Fly your freak flag high!

This is casual attire for a townie bar or a comic book convention. Clever.

I don’t buy leather jackets. Is this overpriced? Buy it anyway just because the dude is doing some variation on “The Fonz” in his auction photos.

What has been seen, cannot be unseen. You know what you must now do. Purchase.

Viva Mexican Comics

pkindlon — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:36:30 +0000

Ok, so if we’re going to get technical, some of these aren’t Mexican comics, they’re translated comics from the US. But let’s not get too heavy here and instead just acknowledge that Mexico is awesome and celebrate that fact by bidding on some comics. Buy them for a friend who is building a bar in the hip part of town. He can frame them and it’ll be “clever” or something.

You know this guy. Diabolico. He’s “El Hombre Que No Something A Nada!”

Sexual truckers. Viva.

It does seem gran.

The fact that I don’t speak the language makes this comic 20x more bizarre, and appealing.

Animal Magnetism

pkindlon — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:36:24 +0000

I don’t normally get sappy and gush over work in these posts, but I’m going to have to this time so please excuse me. I just reread the Grant Morrison run on Animal Man. The end teetered on idiocy and then pulls out into brilliance in a way I’ve never seen before. It’s straight-up genius. And what’s more, it’s powerful in an exceptionally rare way. I almost cried. Think about that for a second. How often does that happen when you read anything, nevermind a comic from the big two?

Here’s a page of art from that series. Chas Truog’s work took a few issues to convince me, but I eventually warmed up to it and now see it as an important part of the series. This is a low-key set of panels where nothing really happens, but fans of the series will be quick to tell you those pages were the ones that powered the book. Good price. Buy this. Read Animal Man issues 1-26. Today. Do this.

Scary Stuff

pkindlon — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:39:11 +0000

Are horror comics scary? Probably not, unless you’re six-years-old. But they can occasionally get creepy and are almost always fun. It’s getting hard to compete with interactive media like video games that can provide actual jump-out-of-your-seat moments, but horror comics soldier on. In honor of the holiday, here’s a random selection of reasonably-priced terrifying comic auctions.

Old stuff is incapable of being scary (stop lying, classic horror fans) but it is capable of being cool as hell.

This is a little more like it. Still not scary, but starting to get disturbing at least.

Man, I don’t even know how to explain this garbage. Who wants this? It’s not gross, it’s not scary, it’s not cool, it’s just turd. And this was from 1981! Kids were smoking crack by then, how is this supposed to thrill anyone? Misstep, DC.

Bruce Jones really hits the spot for wonderfully clever but intrinsically throwaway horror shorts. This series did everything right. Buy all these today. Highest recommendation.

Wonder Wall

pkindlon — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:19:46 +0000

Here’s one for your wall. Don’t be a herb and squirrel this one away with your other original art. This is meant for hanging. Dining-room material. You don’t need to be a Ryan Sook fan or a Wonder Woman fan to appreciate what this would add to your office wall. It’s clean and direct, two sensibilities any room can benefit from. Buy this one and hang it, don’t hide it.

Hot Lead In Your Gut If You Don’t Buy This

pkindlon — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:40:08 +0000

Normally, I’m not so aggressive in trying to get you to check out auctions. You know, look at it, don’t look at it, whatever. Doesn’t impact me either way. But this is for real. This is a Tony DeZuniga original watercolor illustration of the character he co-created, Jonah Hex. Now, Jonah Hex the title has been really wack over the years and other times the best book on the shelves. But as a character, he’s the tops. Easily the best character in the DC universe. And as far as this auction goes, it’s as cheap as you’ll ever find something like this. Buy it this moment or feel foolish.

Livin’ In the Past

pkindlon — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:37:23 +0000

Here’s two items that no longer fulfill their primary purpose, but nevertheless act as wonderfully inexpensive collectables.

Was 1996 a good year for you? Why not relive it, right down to Wolverine bone-claw fighting a bear? Take that time machine to calmer days.

What good is a calendar from 1986? Not much. Unless it has Batman somehow saying August with a grid of numbers. Sgt. Rock is just counting the days until his tour is over and he can get back to running the grain store in his small Nebraska town. Little does he know his series will be canceled and he’ll spend eternity in a warzone.

Eat Me, Batman.

pkindlon — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:34:37 +0000

Here’s just a smattering of the superhero-related utensils available on Ebay. Who knew people wanted to connect with their favorite characters while they ate? Because I suspect helps motivate a sale, I should mention that Catwoman has her whip in the spoon image. Get weird, 50-year-old men.

As odd as the collectors’ spoons are, I think the toddler utensils are even stranger. It says “Batman” on it. Can toddlers read? Serious question because I try not to know any toddlers so I have no idea. Wouldn’t an image of Batman himself be more effective?

Guessing This One Isn’t Officially Licensed

pkindlon — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:37:50 +0000

Remember the good ol’ days when Superman urged you to have a lighter available at all times?