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narfstar:
Antiques Road Show has something along those line every show. Also there is furniture sold now with faux wormholes and other signs of wear. Have you ever been to a place that sells weather vanes? They age them all green and ugly even though they are brand new.
JVJ (RIP):
--- Quote from: John C on February 22, 2011, 03:46:28 PM ---
--- 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.
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I totally agree with your "inverse correlation" observation, and I have nothing against newsprint, John, despite my comments above. It serves a variety of purposes - one of which was to make comic books a viable medium because of the cost. Nowadays, the cost is so high that the break-even point is so low that ANYTHING gets printed.
Without newsprint, there would have been no Spirit, no Superman, no Fiction House, no Marvel Comics, no EC, no Jack Kirby, etc... forever. It was the combination of cheap paper and cheap printing that got the medium going and kept it going for so long. So I am a big fan of newsprint, but I have NEVER thought that it ADDED to the enjoyment of the comic book stories.
It was a necessary evil, not an aspect to be savored and treasured in any way that I can imagine (although the smell is certainly nostalgic - but you can't smell the scans...). I know I'm in a small minority here, but I remain obstinate in my objections. It's a small privilege, but it's mine (to paraphrase Ann Elk).
Peace, Jim (|:{>
JVJ (RIP):
--- Quote from: narfstar on February 22, 2011, 05:53:14 PM ---Antiques Road Show has something along those line every show. Also there is furniture sold now with faux wormholes and other signs of wear. Have you ever been to a place that sells weather vanes? They age them all green and ugly even though they are brand new.
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I don't own a TV nor have I ever seen Antiques Road Show, narf, and the other references are to marketing techniques, not value. I can understand to some degree someone desirous of a "look" to complement their home design, or decoration scheme, but neither the furniture nor the weathervane doctoring examples has much effect on their functionality. And since they're new products, everyone knows that it's all pretend aging.
I still am interested in an example of a true antique being worth more money because it is discolored more than a comparable counterpart.
In comic books, the reality is that the whiter the pages the higher the price, so artificially maintaining a yellowed look to the scanned pages is the exact opposite of what you're trying to convince me.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
JVJ (RIP):
--- Quote from: rangerhouse on February 22, 2011, 05:10:10 PM ---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.
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And were you at all tempted to make those pages yellower, RH? I mean, just for the nostalgia value? I'll bet not...
Peace, Jim (|:{>
narfstar:
You are right Jim. An antique dresser that is pristine would be worth more than one looking old. But with some very valuable antiques restoration reduces the value tremendously. A hundred thousand dollar old looking dresser could be only worth 10K if refinished to look like new. I assume however if it looked like new with no restoration it would really be worth a lot. No one wants to yellow already white pages. Some just would rather not restore yellowed pages to white.
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