06/11: Comics on Craigslist
Category: Craigslist
Posted by: kidchris
Back when I used to live in the big city of Los Angeles I would ever so often peruse the Craigslist for collections of older comics. Not really something you would do if you were only looking to pick up a specific issue, but really great if you were looking to pick up a full (or near full) run of a series that has 1. never been collected into trades 2. been collected but you are currently unemployed.
The latter was usually the case for me, but every once in a while I would come across a cherry of a deal. Example: I once got an entire run of Sandman for thirty bucks from a nice, young lady living in the valley, and on the plus side the books were not in too shabby of condition. Also, since Craigslist lacks the anonymity of eBay you often get the to meet the people abandoning their comics in person. A positive or a negative depending on how you look at the situation. In attempts to strike conversations with the sellers I was often times refered to comic shops i would have probably never have shopped at or even known about... such was the case of how I learned about Continental Comics in Northridge, my prefered shop while I lived in the area.
Anyway that was a bit of a tangent. Let's go to Craigslist:
San Fernando Valley, CA- Rare PUNISHER For Sale - $2500 (yea yea)- Now, I'm fairly sure we're all aware of how Frank Castle would one day become the Punisher... something to do with the mafia and the Viet Cong, maybe not in that particular order. But no less that $2000? Yea, keep dreaming fella.
Denver, Co - YOUNGBLOOD COMICS. ROB LIEFELD! - $10. For those of you new to the comic business, this is not exactly the best way to advertise your product. We try to keep the acknoledgement of Liefeld to a minimum.
San Francisco, CA- comics (alpha fight) - $20- Nothing too note worthy about this ad. I just enjoy the text in the body: comics. tired of having them. Amen, brother.
Manhatten, NY- First Graphic Novel (1st to call itself a Graphic Novel) 1976 - $200- Buy the book that helped comics reach a new level of pretension. No longer are you a geek for reading Batman, you are now an intellectual. Geez, you could have at least proof read your cut and paste job from Wikipedia. Imagine if i turned in a term paper that read: Nikola Tesla, this article is about the man, if you were looking for the 80's hair metal band with the hit "Cumin' atcha' live" please click Tesla (band). That would just look sloppy.
Bostin, MA- New Kids On The Block (NKOTB) 12 Comic Books - $50- Um, I know they're on tour again, but really? That's more that four bucks a pop. I really don't think the badly drawn adventures of Danny, Donny, Joey, Jordan, and Jonathan have appreciated that much.
Another great aspect of Craigslists. Two-fers!
Chicago, IL- Buffy Comic and South Beach Diet book - $5. What? An overweight Buffy fan? Surprise, surprise.
Portland, OR- Multi- Purpose Ladder - $100- This one is a little cryptic. I mean anyone could use a multi-purpose ladder, but what the hell am I gonna do with 100 Image comics? Also, I was a bit confused by the caption : NOT ALL COMICS ARE PICTURED. Considering no comics are pictured in the post, does that mean all the images have been ripped out, reducing them only to text?
Have no money due to a failing economy, but are rich in comics? Then do what I do, trade your comics for services.
Long Island, NY- guitar lessons for comic books !!! music lessons 4 comics !!!-Pretty much speaks for itself.
Los Angeles, CA- Massage Trade for>?- What won't this guy accept for giving a massage? Concert Tix, Computer Lessons, Facials, Tarot Readings, Magic Cards, Spiderman Comics. This post really makes me wish we did live in a bartering type society with no money. "Hey can you fix my car?""Sure, give me a facial."
The latter was usually the case for me, but every once in a while I would come across a cherry of a deal. Example: I once got an entire run of Sandman for thirty bucks from a nice, young lady living in the valley, and on the plus side the books were not in too shabby of condition. Also, since Craigslist lacks the anonymity of eBay you often get the to meet the people abandoning their comics in person. A positive or a negative depending on how you look at the situation. In attempts to strike conversations with the sellers I was often times refered to comic shops i would have probably never have shopped at or even known about... such was the case of how I learned about Continental Comics in Northridge, my prefered shop while I lived in the area.
Anyway that was a bit of a tangent. Let's go to Craigslist:
San Fernando Valley, CA- Rare PUNISHER For Sale - $2500 (yea yea)- Now, I'm fairly sure we're all aware of how Frank Castle would one day become the Punisher... something to do with the mafia and the Viet Cong, maybe not in that particular order. But no less that $2000? Yea, keep dreaming fella.
Denver, Co - YOUNGBLOOD COMICS. ROB LIEFELD! - $10. For those of you new to the comic business, this is not exactly the best way to advertise your product. We try to keep the acknoledgement of Liefeld to a minimum.
San Francisco, CA- comics (alpha fight) - $20- Nothing too note worthy about this ad. I just enjoy the text in the body: comics. tired of having them. Amen, brother.
Manhatten, NY- First Graphic Novel (1st to call itself a Graphic Novel) 1976 - $200- Buy the book that helped comics reach a new level of pretension. No longer are you a geek for reading Batman, you are now an intellectual. Geez, you could have at least proof read your cut and paste job from Wikipedia. Imagine if i turned in a term paper that read: Nikola Tesla, this article is about the man, if you were looking for the 80's hair metal band with the hit "Cumin' atcha' live" please click Tesla (band). That would just look sloppy.
Bostin, MA- New Kids On The Block (NKOTB) 12 Comic Books - $50- Um, I know they're on tour again, but really? That's more that four bucks a pop. I really don't think the badly drawn adventures of Danny, Donny, Joey, Jordan, and Jonathan have appreciated that much.
Another great aspect of Craigslists. Two-fers!
Chicago, IL- Buffy Comic and South Beach Diet book - $5. What? An overweight Buffy fan? Surprise, surprise.
Portland, OR- Multi- Purpose Ladder - $100- This one is a little cryptic. I mean anyone could use a multi-purpose ladder, but what the hell am I gonna do with 100 Image comics? Also, I was a bit confused by the caption : NOT ALL COMICS ARE PICTURED. Considering no comics are pictured in the post, does that mean all the images have been ripped out, reducing them only to text?
Have no money due to a failing economy, but are rich in comics? Then do what I do, trade your comics for services.
Long Island, NY- guitar lessons for comic books !!! music lessons 4 comics !!!-Pretty much speaks for itself.
Los Angeles, CA- Massage Trade for>?- What won't this guy accept for giving a massage? Concert Tix, Computer Lessons, Facials, Tarot Readings, Magic Cards, Spiderman Comics. This post really makes me wish we did live in a bartering type society with no money. "Hey can you fix my car?""Sure, give me a facial."
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