the maxx...
 

fans?

got em.

I have most of the IMAGE collection at my moms stored away.

you never let me down.

:thumbsup

Hell I even have the IMAGE Bikini comics.

Im more into I, Lusiphur, Poison Elves, Cry For Dawn type comics.

I have some Clive Barker comics some would kill for.

;)

I believe at this moment you have a date with destiny.

Horror collector whether its comics or rare bela flicks.

if i ramble its cuz im super sttttttoned.

I have the entire Hellraiser series from Epic. 1-26 and the special volumes.

you will fear me...

I doubt it, you don't have a clue who I am.

how's the movie site going nina?

oh it's going...

that's right you little bastards run.

Nice my most prized shit - nothing to do with value, I never sold a comic in my life. I only buy the shit I read.

Like Neil Gaiman stuff.

Which brings me to my most prized piece.

Is complete Sandman (double copies up to 60) all stories. Book of Dreams etc... Neil Gaiman of course.

Best comics I have read lately was the Neil Gaiman

LUCIFER

http://neilgaiman.com/

Im also into rare James O Barr (creator of the crow) he did a signing once at a shop called Papergold ( i was there)

Anyhow...

hiiiiigh.

I have like 2 Sandman trade paperbacks.

I used to collect a lot of comics back in the early to mid 90's.

I have them all in a big carton now :)

"only buy the shit I read".... the only thing that matters is what's important to you.

I also got lots of Image and Valient comics from when they were popular and worth lots of money.

I got lots of:

Magnus Robot Fighter
Rai
Harbinger
Bloodshot
Youngblood
Wild C.A.T.S.

Would you believe me if I told you I sold the ENTIRE, i mean ENTIRE Valiant collection like 6 years ago, every book put out by them, of course less some of the rare covers.

I bought it off a friend for 600 bucks and turned it over for more than 2k.

Good deal.

I still have plenty of boxes, laast count was around 13 boxes (i think) I left all that shit at my moms when I moved to california hehehe

:smokin

oh, one of my also prized stuff is the original ALIENS and ALIEN VS PREDATOR horror comics.

And early stories like MUSIC OF THE SPHERES, and paperbacks ALIENS novels.

Awesome shit to read, the artwork is killer on the trade paperbacks too.

I always collected Marvel comics, mainly spiderman, cause carnage was the coolest character ever

Used to watch The Maxx when it was on tv though

i had most of the maxx, all of it on tape and 1-27 1st edition mint Spawn stolen in my breakin... can you fucking believe it.. it was all in boxes too.. youth of today... sheesh.

I got the 3 issue Carnage introduction trilogy from the Amazing Spider Man. That was worth like $100 back then... has to be worth more now.

I had them as a trade paperback, aint worth dick now coz ive had it for years and never took good care of it :(

Trade paperbacks are never worth anything. It's the originals that are worth money.

I've got Maxx 1/2 as well as Maxx first appearance. ;)

I collected up to about issue 28 or so, then stopped collecting.

I got Maxx 1/2 from Wizard. I still have that thing in perfect condition.

I want Image Comics #0. I remember you had to buy the first issues of their early series and then send in some coupon to get it.

Yeah, my Maxx 1/2 is also in perfect condition. Here's some others that I have:

Vampirella #0
Ultraman 1-3 by Nemesis also Ultraman 1-9 (from Japan)
The Nocturnals 1-8
Akira 1-36
Elvira #13
Spawn 1-28
Bone 1-8
Violater 1-3
The Guyver 1-4
Faust 1-8
Hellraiser 1-5
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac 1-6
Gloom Cookie 1-4
Creed (All different versions of #1 + a signed copy of a promotional issue of #1) 4 versions total
Aliens 1-8 + Aliens vs Predator #1

(on a different side)
I also have version 1-29 of the infamous underground hacker guide "2600"
I also own a full printed text manual of "The Jolly Roger: Terrorist's Cookbook"
Another that I own is a first edition print of the book "The Necronomicon: Giger Poster Book" printed in Germany in 1972" inscribed with an original sketch and signed by "Salvador' Dali".

(on a different side)
I own a complete set of the Benjamin Franklin .50c pieces in MS60 or better condition.
As well as 1 1878 7 Tail Feather Silver Morgan Dollars in MS65 condition, graded by the ANA.
And a few other collectable coins. Appraisal total value of $25k.

And quite a few other collectables.

But that's about it.

I have the very first issue of Iron Man in mint condition

Spawn was great for the first 20 issues when Mcfarlane did the artwork.

I think the Hellraiser series by Epic comics was fantastic. Tons of bizzare and disturbing short stories in Clive Barker's universe.

Leviathan played a stronger part in the stories compared to the movies.

My favorite story was the one in Hellraiser #4 about the piano player who was born blind.

I have had 2 comic book stores in the last 10 years. Before I closed my last store last year I had over a million comics. Did a lot of buying and selling thru Comic Buyers Guide and other comic magazines. Once Ebay became popular things got wild and I had to decide on doing either comics or adult full-time. Adult was making me much more money so it won over comics. Have a 9 year year old son who was heart-broken when I closed the store. He made me promise that one day I would open another so that he could work there. Maybe sometime in the future when I have made my money from adult I will get back into comics again. I have organized several comic book conventions in the last 10 years and met pretty much everyone in the industry. The walls of my computer room are covered in original comic book art. Have commissioned art and original pages from Tim Sale (Superman: Man for all seasons page), Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo), Jeff Smith (Bone), Ray Lago (Little Annie Fanny), Chris Moeller (Cover to Interview With the Vampire #11 and Cover to Star Wars: Devilworlds #2), Dan Brereton (huge Vampirella painting), Terry Moore (Strangers In Paradise), Evan Dorkin (hilarious Milk and Cheese painting), Dave Dorman (Luke Skywalker and Judge Dredd pieces), Adam Hughes (bad girl art), Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon piece), Don Maitz (awesome Pirate painting), Frank Cho (more bad girl art), Bernie Wrightson (Swamp thing and various monster pieces), Joe Simon (Captain America), William Stout (cool dinosaur), Dave Stevens (Rocketeer), and my favorite piece, the original origin page for Hellboy by Mike Mignola (bought it from him years ago and everytime I see him he wants me to sell it back lol). Got more signed comic books than I can count. Have tons of Star Wars figures signed by the actors. Signed Star Wars posters, statues, lunchboxes, etc.. Still collect about 20 titles a month. When I had my store I read about 100 titles a month. Have read most runs of the major titles.. Spider-man, X-men, Fantastic 4, Batman, Superman, and pretty much everything from 1980 on.

Funny how people laugh about comic books and when you tell them you read them they say "isn't that for kids?", but think of how much pop culture has come from comics. Spider-Man the movie.. nobody laughing about that. Made over half a BILLION worldwide this year. Men In Black, The Mask, Smallville, Batman, Superman, X-men, Daredevil, The Hulk, Road to Perdition (which will probably get a few Oscar nods), Hellboy, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (which Sean Connery in the lead), Justice League on CartoonNetwork, Blade, Ghost World, From Hell, WitchBlade, The Crow, Heavy Metal, the list goes on and on and on. Comics are a much cheaper medium for storytelling than TV or Film and Hollywood has realized that. I bet there are Hollywood suits who get all the new comics delivered to their door so that they can look for promising books to film. I had a friend that had New Line Cinema pay him $750k for a 5 year option for his comic book. They went 5 years and never got it made. He used the money to self-publish several other comics (and several of them are now being optioned). Yeah, comics are just for kids... too bad kids can't afford them any longer. 20 years ago tons of kids read comics. Today getting most kids to read ANYTHING is a chore. Pretty sad commentary on our society. Maybe all the comic movies coming out lately will help get kids interested again. Would be nice to see kids walking around with a comic rolled up in their back pocket. When the focus on comics changed from reading to collecting that really fucked the industry. All the gimmick covers and storylines from the late 80's/early 90's made some decent short-term money but left the industry with a bleak future. There are less than 10% as many comic shops today compared to what there were in 1990. Yet comic related properties are more popular today than ever. Hopefully things will turn around and comics will be popular again. Closing my store meant I have to drive 20 miles to the nearest comic shop. I remember when I was a kid there were several just within walking distance. Ah, the good ol' days..

eru - Are you sure you don't mean Songs of Metal and Flesh from issue #3? I have several autographed copies if you want one. The artist is a good friend of mine and when I had a comic store in Florida he lived real close and signed a bunch of copies for me.
Funny thing is I do gay cartoons (I'm not gay) with artist Joe Phillips (he is gay) and Clive Barker (I think he might be gay) wrote us and let us know that he loves our work. Pretty weird lol

the maxx, what is it? Comic book?

Dawn all the way.

I have the Dawn: Back in Black print here somewhere.

Fletch - you like Neil Gaiman? I'll have to dig around for a pic I took of Neil when we went to dinner years ago. For some strange reason he decided to get up and dance in the middle of the room because he heard some old song he knew. Very funny picture and very funky dude.

Very strange and cool comic by a very weird guy.
Anyone catch Sam Keith's Wolverine and Hulk mini-series a few months ago? Very weird as usual.