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builderboy:
The interesting thing is that, arguably, the most valued part of the books has always been the cover...most times illustrated by a more highly-valued artist than was used for the interior pages...AND it has always been printed on quality stock.  So it is still shocking for me to look first at a cover image that has held up well in terms of brightness, and then open the book to see the dull, darkened images inside.  I guess I don't see why anyone would want that.

I think that doing the color correction on the interior pages brings those images back closer to what the newsprint originally looked like before the pulp yellowed, turning blues to greens and so-forth.  Sure, color-correction can be over-done. I've tried to avoid that myself, but I may be guilty on occasion (probably so, in the eyes of some reading this).

josemas:
One thing I do love about the old comics printed on pulp is getting my sniffer inside them.  Love that smell!  Had my nose inside a vintage Battle Action yesterday enjoying both the merits of Syd Shores' artistic stylings and the aroma of 1950s newsprint.

Best

Joe

John C:

--- Quote from: JVJ on February 21, 2011, 11:33:48 PM ---How come I don't hear anyone complaining about the paper on modern comics?

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Wait.  I've never ranted about that?  I must be mellowing in my old age.

I actually would prefer newsprint, but I also think there's a strong inverse correlation in the industry between the quality of the paper and the quality of the work, for a variety of reasons.

I'm also an office supply nerd and come from a long lineage of them.  With only mild exaggeration, I treasure (and use) the three rolls of yellowed teletype paper I rescued from the dumpster (I had just missed the teletype itself!) and was probably on the verge of being a novice collector, when Staples and their ilk first started popping up...

rangerhouse:
I will say as I just found out that its a HELL of allot easier scanning a issue when issue has great paper (off white) Nickel Comics 2 took me about 2 hours to scan and edit...   all do to great paper.   I will say when trying to make all uniform you need a base color...   and in a comic book it will be WHITE..


Thanks for all the tips I applied them in Nickel Comics 2,  now the Catman issue I'm posting soon..  that's another story

Thanks I hope some day we have every public domain comic available.

JVJ (RIP):

--- Quote from: narfstar on February 22, 2011, 05:46:59 AM ---Jim compare that to people buying antique furniture. They want PATINA. Which means if it is old it should look old. The value of some pieces of furniture go down tens of thousands of dollars even though they look a thousand times better.

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You'll have to show me a real world example of this, narf. Condition is ALWAYS the key to the highest prices. Can you point me to two similar (preferably identical) sales that reflect this valuation of PATINA?

Peace, Jim (|:{>

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