Let’s Sort This Out
This Week Chris and Walt talk about how best to sort one’s collection: it sounds a lot simpler than it turns out to be. Don’t believe us? Have a listen to poor Chris lament as to how to get it…
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Blame it on the Jive Turkey
Thanksgiving weekend, which for me means some family gatherings! It was a big doubleheader for me today, at the folks for afternoon session then brother in law’s for the evening. Suffice to say way too much of that Bosnian hooch…
Long Weekend Delay
Our fearless editor Scott always tells me to have one or two columns in the bag but I just can’t seem to get there. I think it’s the pressure I like or maybe it’s something closer to what Scott says…
Comic Hunting
This week Chris and Walt talk about the art of hunting for comics, in the old days it was ads in the papers, these days it’s online. But today, just like back then, getting out and about is still a…
Timing is Everything, Maybe
Last week I was talking comics with an old veteran and I asked him what’s been selling well on his eBay auctions to which he said: “Walt I don’t put anything up during the summer, it’s no use, prices are…
Collecting Pitfalls
Chris and Walt explore some of the pitfalls of comic book collecting. Please let us know what you thought of the show. We’d love to hear some of the mistakes you’ve made that you can pass along to the new…
It’s Chaos Out There
I read a story a few days ago about the Target store chain in the States suspending sales of Pokémon Cards because someone drew a gun during some kind of altercation over limited product. The scene got me to thinking…
Chris and Walt Pick New Titles to Collect
This week Chris and Walt talk about the joys of collecting comics as they each pick two titles they are going to start to collect. Getting back to basics, collecting for the sake of collecting is the focus of this…
The Reluctant Investor
This week Chris and Walt talk about old time collectors who now find themselves having to think seriously about the value of their collections, no joke, you could be sitting on a gold mine. We messed up and were supposed…
Chain of Fools
This week Chris and Walt delve into the new and developing world of virtual collecting, block chain collecting and even fractional ownership of collectibles like comics, sports cards and more. Since we recorded this there was a 10 second video…
The Valleys of the Giants
Finally! I’ve lined up all the numbered boxes from that warehouse collection I bought before Christmas, there are about 1,100 comic long boxes now in some semblance of order. I didn’t show you the pic of the 500 or so…
Looking Ahead At 2021
This week Chris and I look ahead to 2021, we get out the crystal ball and try to see what this year holds for comic book collecting, local comic shops, comic book conventions. Will the back issue market stay hot?…
Show Off
My pal Chris Owen sure does seem to inspire a lot of these posts, he’s a good kid that one. Chris and I will sometimes show each other books from our PC. I can’t tell you how much of a…
So What’s the Play?
I hope everyone is safe and healthy and practicing their social distancing responsibly. Right now we need to keep up our mental health as well as our physical health so I thought I’d post something positive that looks forward to…
Nostalgia Cycles
Nostalgia cycles exist and they have a great effect on collecting comics and other pop culture collectibles. The process seems eternal. As kids we enjoyed what we enjoyed then too suddenly we grew up and found ourselves in school. After…
Collector Types
Time to Collect is a series of posts exploring collecting comics. We’ll focus on recognizing and exploring our collecting motivations and uncovering some common mistakes we seem to be prone to. The goal is a better understanding of how and…
New Column
On Monday, January 27th I’ll be starting a new weekly column. I can’t tell you what the title of it will be because I’m still not sure but I can tell you what it will be about: collecting comics. The…
The Developing CGC 9.9 Market
I’ll get back to my regular Undervalued Spotlight posts next week. This weekend I spent a lot of time thinking about and discussing a relatively new and exciting segment of the market so I thought I’d put some thoughts down…
Are There Still Comics at Fan Expo?
Hell Yeah! Another year and another Fan Expo attendance record. Big B Comics has set up at every Fan Expo so far giving us a behind the table view of this dramatic growth over these past two decades. I heard…
Can New Comics be Long Term Collectibles?
It’s been busy in the shop today, really busy. I have never seen so many people buy “one of each”. There were 13 new DC #1s today (the 1st wave of this month’s 52 new titles basically re-launching the whole…