Remembrance of comics past Archive

This post was originally published on May 3, 2011 The morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was working my campus job in a computer lab. My shift started at 8:30.  The morning shift was typically very quiet, so when I wasn’t reading and/or catching up on my homework, I

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People who have read or heard me talk to them about comic books and specifically my Amazing Spider-Man collection have described me with a number of adjectives – most of them positive: “passionate,” “dedicated” and “soulful” are just a few. And while I admit that I strive to be

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In a previous lifetime, I was a reporter for a daily newspaper in Stamford, CT. Stamford was a relatively small, but business-centric city located in Connecticut’s “gold coast” of Fairfield County, but for my friends and family, who were primarily all from New York, the city might as well

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You can add this puppy to the list of regrettable-buys in the Chasing Amazing collection. However, unlike others on the list, my purchase of Amazing Spider-Man #149 has absolutely nothing to do with being ignorant to comic grading terminology or some kind of deception or omission of truth by

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Growing up in suburban Long Island, you’d drive everywhere to get around. But when you’re 14 and bored, and just looking for something to do, you’d walk. For me, those bored, aimless walks would always end at an indoor flea market in Oceanside, NY, called “Goldcoast.” For a 14-year-old

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I firmly believe that in any situation, when you’re trying to make the best deal for yourself, you have to use all of the resources that are available to you – including the borderline flirtations of cute redhead that just so happens to be accompanying you to said situation.

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I’ve always taken pride in my memory. I can think back to something that happened in my life 15 or 20 years ago and recount a number of mundane details, like the expressions on people’s faces, what I had for lunch that day, or what song was on the

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Only in the world of collecting could something be considered “Good” but not actually look as good as the more non-specific qualifier “Fine.” But if you’re going to collect comic books, you need to know your grading terminology or live to regret your ignorance. A few months ago, I

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I’ve been emotionally connected to newspapers for as long as I can remember. Going back to those silly little essays you’d have to write in elementary school about what you wanted to be when you grew up, I always wanted to be a journalist. And while a journalist means

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As I was growing up, my heroes were not only found inside the pages of a full-color magazines. In addition to characters like Spider-Man, Captain America and the Fantastic Four, I also collected a different set of heroes who could be found on small pieces of cardboard. Those heroes

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