Dave O gets reacquainted with his Comics

Archive for July, 2008

Diving In: ALPHA FLIGHT

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Rereading, The Collection | 1 Comment »

The boxes weren't in any particular order, and #2 was right there on the top. Let's see, what's in there? Oh yeah, Alpha Flight! Awesome! I loved them. This should be great.

Preliminary Apprehension

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in The Collection | No Comments »

I have to admit that I was a little nervous. After all, these comics had pretty much been the most important thing in my life as a teenager. Besides girls. Maybe. I talked all the time about how the Eighties ...

Memorabilia: The Test

Sunday, July 27th, 2008 Posted in Memorabilia | No Comments »

One of the things I plan on doing here on Bronze Age Baby is sharing some of the cool crap I accumulated back in the day. Or, to class it up a bit, let me call it ephemera. I was ...

The Collection in Question

Friday, July 25th, 2008 Posted in The Collection | No Comments »

So, what is this collection anyways? Well, in 1982 I probably had about 200 comic books. In 1988, when I went off to college, I had over 4000. I never collected seriously again after that, but there were enough fits and ...

It Begins (at last)!

Friday, July 25th, 2008 Posted in General | 3 Comments »

And thus a dream is realized.  It seems like it was ages ago that the realization struck me:  this interweb-thing could be used for non-academic (and non-porn) things! Things like science fiction, Tolkien, and - most importantly - comic books. Halcyon ...