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Digital Comic Museum => Welcome and Introductions => Topic started by: aussie500 on March 28, 2010, 07:32:56 AM
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Welcome to the Digital Comic Museum we are a site mainly devoted to public domain comics from the Golden Age era, so hopefully when you found us you weren't too disappointed not to find more modern comics. Being a museum we go for the really ancient ones. ;)
Feel free to start a new thread to say hello, and maybe tell us a bit about yourself, or how you found us. We all look forward to hearing from our new members, or maybe even some old friends from elsewhere.
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Wow! Thanks for such a great site! I hope to become a valuable member!
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I love the name! Yoc, love the avatar. ???
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Thanks Astaldo711, pull up a chair, grab some chips from the kitchen and enjoy the new digs!
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Aussie found the new smilies too.
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Welcome to the forum Astaldo711.
Like this batch of smilies since I can actually see them. :D
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Yes, first thing I noticed when I posted. Can't wait to try them all. :D
So animated!
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Like this batch of smilies since I can actually see them. :D
Yeah, the other set was too small and sometimes hard to make-out as to what I was supposed to be seeing ... "Is that a smiley or frown?"
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Hi there. Hopefully you know who I am. Glad to be a part of this.
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No. Never heard of you. 8)
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Welcome back DM! :)
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Hi everyone, it's great to be here and see everyone again. 8)
Geo
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Welcome aboard Geo!
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Welcome to the DCM bchat ,darkmark and Geo. :)
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Wow, looking good though as I'm about to head off for work only had time for a quick look to start with.
First thoughts are to change the main comic pictured in a few of the catagories -St. John and Quality being a couple that stood out, as they are the same as the 'other place' and really we should be seeking to establish our own identity over here.
-Nigel
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It's a work in progress Nigel.
And we will need those publisher intros redone too at some point.
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Sure thing Yoc I'll get on it ASAP, might just do some 'thumbnail' sketches to start with then expand them later if thats OK with you.
-Nigel
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Hi everybody...
I discovered the new site, and found out that my account already existed.
But I had already registered with the wrong name "citlatras". So don't worry, that's me too.
Glad to see you all here Aussie, Yoc, Zog, etc.
I left the other site asking myself where everybody had gone.
Hey! you duplicated everything! Good work.
I am trying to download something to see how it works.
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I Think at the end of the day the attraction of the 'other place' was not just all the great old comic books to download but the fact it was such a friendly place to hang out and rap about comics and other stuff and even when people did not always agree on something there was never any bad feeling.
Though the comics can still be found elsewhere (sometimes -lol) IMO the old atmospheare has now long gone from that place and it is my greatest hope that the old community feeling since lost there will be restored here.
-Nigel
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I had the same feeling, Nigel. It is the people who made the place, not the site.
The old place is like empty now.
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OK, I'm here!
For those of you who don't recognize my avatar, I'm DHFH. I'm the guy who started this whole site's naming contest! (Though, the fact that the site already had a name planned kind of put a damper on participation.) :P ;)
I feel it necessary to introduce some more of our new smilieys:
:D , >:(, :-[, :o, :), :-\, and Monkey
Patterned after the 7 dwarfs.
(TO Admins: the Monkey smiley above has been faked. The button doesn't work. Has smiley 26 been deleted? Is history repeating itself? ... Oh, the whole site is history repeating itself... ;))
DHFH
PS. What is a "Tongue Wink", anyway?
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PS. What is a "Tongue Wink", anyway?
Dunno, but it sounds disgusting.
:o
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Ahh, it's such a pleasure to be among friends at this brand new and at the same time somewhat familiar looking site. Great job getting it up and running guys. And isn't it utterly fantastic to have our for too-long missing friend and colleague Yoc with us again!!! Good to see you Yoc! :D Looking forward to anything we can do together.
I'm promising myself (again) to upping the level of my posts here a bit more on the messageboard and of course I'll be sharing my own scans and other collaborations occasionally as well. What's important though is that we have another opportunity with special thanks to Zog to create a warm, friendly meetingplace.
--Loftypilot
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We all love Yoc, the Canadian, Hockey playing monkey with muscles! Works harder than your average dish peg!
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Here's hoping my first post is memorable. Fingers crossed that my avatar, sig and all that stuff works.
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Your first post, ech0 is memorable in its starkness. Love the avatar!
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Hi, everybody,
nice to know this exists, and my comics are still available to the same scanners. I hope everybody can share them.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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that the site already had a name planned kind of put a damper on participation.) :P ;)
I feel it necessary to introduce some more of our new smilieys:
:D , >:(, :-[, :o, :), :-\, and Monkey
Patterned after the 7 dwarfs.
PS. What is a "Tongue Wink", anyway?
Since the problem has been fixed, the excerpt above no longer makes sense.
Earlier today, the smileys were showing up as text-only so the above read:
that the site already had a name planned kind of put a damper on participation.) Tongue Wink
I feel it necessary to introduce some more of our new smilieys:
Cheesy, Angry, Embarrassed, Shocked, Smiley, Undecided, and Monkey
Patterned after the 7 dwarfs.
PS. What is a "Tongue Wink", anyway?
Which makes a little more sense (And should preserve the original intent for prosterity).
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Well, this is the first forum I have ever been a member of without registering--drafted into a forum, what a concept. But since I'm here, I'm glad you exist but I do find it a bit bizarre to be logged into 2 forums at the same time with the same user name and password. I do enjoy the comics and was despairing of the bandwith problems of the other site. The more places these precious comics can be stored and made available online, the better. I wish you well.
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Thanks to the champions who've stepped in to replace those who've chosen to fix that which had not been broken. This type of thing has occurred to other free sites which sought to restrict membership with usage or contributory plateaus, and in each case the clone sites were safe from legal action simply because the posted work was not copyrightable. Which is why it is a very good idea to rewrite all of the introductory material on the companies and individual titles. Some of it was wrong to begin with (such as lumping Stanhall into the Stanley Morse group of titles; they were unconnected), while some had anachronistic information. For example, almost all of the write-up for Quality's BLACKHAWK had nothing to do with their version but was taken from DC's '80s-era revamp (courtesy of Howard Chaykin): the Quality Blackhawk was not Polish, was not named Janos Prohaska (actually the name of a '50s-'60s Hungarian actor who specialized in dressing up in animal costumes for TV and movies http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698512/, most notably, the Cookie-Eating Bear on late '60s episodes of the ANDY WILLIAMS SHOW) but was named Bart Hawks in a 1956 Quality text page, and none of the Blackhawks had last names.
Have you resurrected the link page listing all the newly posted issues? If not, perhaps you could be so kind as to begin by backtracking to the beginning of March, or at least the point at which the download restrictions messed up everything up? For those of us with a minimum of freetime, the link-page was a boon which obviated any need to do a daily search through everycompany's listing.
Good luck with the new/old site!
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For example, almost all of the write-up for Quality's BLACKHAWK had nothing to do with their version but was taken from DC's '80s-era revamp (courtesy of Howard Chaykin): the Quality Blackhawk was not Polish, was not named Janos Prohaska
Actually the Quality Blackhawk was very much Polish -- at least originally. Read the origin story in Military #1
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Gee, this is like coming home. Thanks for inviting me. I see a lot of old friends but for those here I haven't corresponded with, a brief introduction. I was born in 1928. I enjoyed comic books and pulp magazines as I was growing up, but thought they were dying out by 1948. (It definitely looked that way by the early 1950s.) I was drawn back to comic books in 1977 when I happened upon Stan Lee's "The Superhero Women" and started buying comics again. Then all the publishers I really liked (like Pacific Comics, Comico, First Comics, and Eclipse) failed in the late 1980s and the horrible, horrible art at Marvel in the 1990s convinced me comics again were about to fail. I was wrong again, but fortunately I started finding like-minded fans on the Internet and was able to read again (or sometimes read for the first time) the great comic books of the aptly-named Golden Age.
Best of luck with the DCM!
Darci
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Welcome to the DCM darci. I think you'll find all of us here appreciate these fine books with the same passion as yourself.
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A delightful surprise to get an invite and so neat to see a bunch of friendly folks together again.
Bloody beauty!
Ernesto
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I'm grateful for the invitation. For some reason, the invitation went to my spam box but fortunately I'm in the habit of checking my spam box because sometimes things turn up there that are pleasant discoveries.
Glad to see so many familiar icons.
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Cool! Still between computers, but ya'll thought to invite me along anyway, despite my long silence and lack of posting... MANY THANKS!
I swear, as soon as I have a computer to work on again, I've got some crazy scannage itching to hit the interwebs!
Glad to be here, and again, very much appreciate the invite!
Joshua
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Glad to be back, I hope _both_ sites flourish. The more comics we get to people, the better!
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Congratulations on the new site!
Victor
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Love the clean new styles going on here! And the name is perfect.
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Have you resurrected the link page listing all the newly posted issues?
This?
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/stats2.php
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Hello, thanks for the email. Happy to jump on. I'm not sure what's all going on and not sure I want to get into the politics of it, having been confused by the bits and pieces I read elsewhere but pleased to participate. I notice my on line name and password from another site are accepted here. Makes life easier for me. I've already found a couple of links that bear further investigation. I'll try not to be so argumentative (if that's possible) Grumpy old men are like that, I'm afraid. Let's all keep in mind - COMICS ARE FUN.
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You're back! Awesome! I like the new looks!
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Wow!!! Congratulation!! Super looking site... it brought a tear to my eye when I received the notification/invitation email. Thanks for that. Looking forward to lots of great reading through the DLs and hopefully I will be able to contribute if I can get my hands on some "acceptable" books.
ps. very cool smilies ;D :o O0
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Hi Gang
Thanks for getting the DCM up and running. Looks great and works swell too. Hopefully I'll get back to scanning soon, the old scan pile has been growing quite a bit.
KF
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Thanks for the email invite! Great to see so many familiar names here again, many of them from other places we share books.
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Hi can I post comics here? ;)
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Hi King and Fett.
And YES PLEASE DO SHARE! :)
Welcome to a new place to call home.
-Yoc
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Hi! I got the invite, and here I am. I'll have to make this forum a regular stop on my net surfin' routine.
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It's nice to be here and I am sure to love this forum a lot.
Thanks for having me here.
Dinshaw
Mumbai, India
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Very nice to get the invitation, sent a little donation your way to show how happy I am to be able to download some more old comics ;D
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Thanks NN, very much appreciated.
:)
And welcome to the old and new faces out there!
-Yoc
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Nigel, Yoc, about the new site ...
... I LOVE IT!!!
I am so glad to "see" you guys up and running again. I missed this place.
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I got the notification of this new site in my Spam folder and didn't know what to make of it at first. I have been getting fake e-mails from Blizzard about my account there so I thought at first that this might be something similar.
I'm glad I was proven wrong! The new sight looks very nice and I hope to find many new and enjoyable titles here!
But what I really want to say is: Thank you so much for all your time and effort.
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Nothing fake about this place. Yoc is even a real monkey!
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Hello
I'm the Director of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization dedicated to the use of students and cartoonists.
http://www.animationarchive.org
I left a note back at the other site, but no one contacted me. I may have the ability to help your efforts. If you are interested, please drop me a line at sworth@animationarchive.org.
Thanks for the great comics!
Steve
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Aussie, Yoc, & Zog:
Thanks for the notice, & congratulations on getting your new site up so fast! Nice clean, uncluttered look; & a great new name, too. Being able to log-on with my old ID made for an easy transition.
Best wishes for success! Hope to help out where I can.
LT
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Good to see the ZCultistas continuing to thrive!
Great site, and glad to have found it.
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I was very happy to get the invite last night. I very much appreciate your letting me know and bumping these back into mind. Great work.
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Glad to see this place is working fine. IT's nice to have two sites, actually, because that lessens the bandwidth load a bit and makes it easier ofr me to download more at once. I think I like GAC's smileys better, though, these ones are a little creepy. :) Stop blinking at me!
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Well I didn't get an invite but I found my way here anyway thanks to Usenet. I'm glad you're here and up and running. I have great hopes that I won't have the same technical problems that I'm experiencing elsewhere. :P
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Sorry for my late arrival, it took awhile before this site's existence was communicated to me. Good Luck with the new site. It is important to have multiple sites out there. I know there are a few more out there as well. While it is not duplicating efforts, it is important to have the books out there for all to download free. I am happy that DCM continues this tradition. GAC continues to provide free books for all and looks forward to working with everyone in the comic community. GAC will not be static, right now the two sites look very similar, so it is difficult to see the need for both when both are doing the same thing.
Nevertheless, new features will come to GAC, and we should all work together.
Janus
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lol,
I'm speechless ::)
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I'm flabbergasted
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Sorry for my late arrival, it took awhile before this site's existence was communicated to me. Good Luck with the new site. It is important to have multiple sites out there. I know there are a few more out there as well. While it is not duplicating efforts, it is important to have the books out there for all to download free. I am happy that DCM continues this tradition. GAC continues to provide free books for all and looks forward to working with everyone in the comic community. GAC will not be static, right now the two sites look very similar, so it is difficult to see the need for both when both are doing the same thing.
Nevertheless, new features will come to GAC, and we should all work together.
Janus
Nice to hear from you Janus. We all look forward to seeing seeing GAC grow even more and branch out into new territory, although some of my fellow admin seem to be having trouble finding words to express themselves. We will likely be changing our appearance a bit to solve the similarity problem although otherwise we intend to stay with what we all love Golden Age comics. Good Luck with the site updates. :)
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Thanks, also please unban my IP address and thank you all for welcoming me here.
Janus
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Thanks, also please unban my IP address and thank you all for welcoming me here.
Janus
How is your IP banned if your posting here? ::)
If we was going to ban you for whatever reason we would ban your username/email and ip....
What your posting doesn't make sense.
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Don't worry about it....its all good.
Janus
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Don't worry about it....its all good.
Janus
Well if anymore problems just paste error message and will look into it.
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It's like a homecoming party here. great to see the camaraderie. I hope I can tag along, and maybe even make myself useful in the process.
The place looks great, Zog & Yoc. Nicely done
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Hi. Although I didn't receive an invite I found this site from a PM by Citaltras on H33T. Glad to be on board with a great crew.
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I didn't see an invite either, but I found it by navigating through the Not GAC message board. I had just finished reading some of the history of what went on over the last few weeks and so was very happy to subsequently read that this site was created. I've been working hard on my American history pop culture site www.authentichistory.com (http://www.authentichistory.com) and so I've been out of the comics loop for awhile. I'm now on spring break, so I intend to scan a few comics.
~Michael
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I didn't see an invite either, but I found it by navigating through the Not GAC message board. I had just finished reading some of the history of what went on over the last few weeks and so was very happy to subsequently read that this site was created. I've been working hard on my American history pop culture site www.authentichistory.com (http://www.authentichistory.com) and so I've been out of the comics loop for awhile. I'm now on spring break, so I intend to scan a few comics.
~Michael
Welcome back, as it were.
:D
Go here, stick your site in it, and tell us more about it.
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/forum/index.php/board,26.0.html
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Had to change my handle to get in...but glad to see you're back in business. SHAZAM!
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hello, my nick is stubby
i do have some old coverless giggle comics, ha ha comics and supermouse. i have the supermouse summer annual 2 with the cover, first inside pages missing and 1/3 of the back cover missing
do want to get them done c2c
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But we are happy to take what we can get and add the rest if it shows up. Welcome Stubby and look forward to the books
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nice to see you all hope everything goes well ;D ;D
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With being so busy at school, I just now found out about this site and what lead to its creation. Glad to see it!!!
-Eric
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Welcome Eric, great to see you.
:)
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Hello gang! The new site is looking good.
Keep up the good work!
ubantuban
;D
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Welcome to DCM ubantuban. :)
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Looks like all the old faces are showing up, cant't be bad 8).
-Nigel
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ubantuban!
Great to see you here!
:)
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Glad to find you. :D Looks great!!!
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Best wishes for the new site! Thank you!
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Welcome guys!
:D
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Hello
Congratulations, and best wishes for a successful site. Thanks to all those generous uploaders who share their own work as well as their new finds. I hope I can find new books to contibute.
Thanks especially to Yoc for his advice, assistance, and dedication.
Prime user
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Thanks Prime, nice to see you.
:)
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I posted this in the intro section, but it seems this area is getting the most traffic, so I'll post it here too:
Appreciate the invite, Yoc!
I love it here.
I apologize for not getting back with you sooner but since our last conversation, my brother, David passed away at the age of 58. It has been very hard to get back into my usual habits but I am trying. I miss him terribly.
The Fiction House books I mentioned to you that are not yet scanned are still here and upon a recommendation by you of a very trustworthy individual, I will be more than happy to make them available for scanning.
General Question: Does anyone here collect or have any comic book (not sci-fi) fanzines from the 1960's?
I am cataloging them at my blog: http://chainlettersfordisturbedchildren.blogspot.com/. I haven't posted there in a bit, but as I said I'm still trying to get back to normal.
Any help here would be appreciated.
Thanks to everyone and I'm looking forward to the future here!
Chris Wallace
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Welcome Chris
Very sorry about your brother. I have the Jerry Bails disc of scans of his fanzines somewhere
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Appreciate the invite, Yoc!
I love it here.
I apologize for not getting back with you sooner but since our last conversation, my brother, David passed away at the age of 58. It has been very hard to get back into my usual habits but I am trying. I miss him terribly.
The Fiction House books I mentioned to you that are not yet scanned are still here and upon a recommendation by you of a very trustworthy individual, I will be more than happy to make them available for scanning.
General Question: Does anyone here collect or have any comic book (not sci-fi) fanzines from the 1960's?
I am cataloging them at my blog: http://chainlettersfordisturbedchildren.blogspot.com/. I haven't posted there in a bit, but as I said I'm still trying to get back to normal.
Any help here would be appreciated.
Thanks to everyone and I'm looking forward to the future here!
Chris Wallace
I know the feeling, Chris,
my brother-in-law just died suddenly a couple of months ago at 59. Total shock and raw disbelief still reigns. My sister just visited today and it's still so very hard.
I have some 1960s fanzines, but probably the later and the more common ones. Also have some early 1970s zines, too. I used to publish GEORGE, The Fanzine Review magazine back in 1971, and I've never thrown anything away. Yikes, but that makes me feel so old...
Hope you're stabilizing.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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I'm sorry for your loss chalwa. My brother died in his sleep at 42. Just take it one day at a time.
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Hi Chris,
I'm Very Sorry for your loss.
I'll arrange a scanner for you and thank-you very much for the offer!
-Yoc
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Thanks guys.
I appreciate the kind words.
I hope to help the group by adding comics to the pool. I need to list up my stuff and compare to what is needed. Yoc helped out with the Fiction House list.
I hope to earn my keep here.
Glad to be here!
Chris
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I sent you an email and a private message on the offer Chris.
:)
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So this is where you all hangout now. ;)
Congrats on getting the site up and running, and best wishes for future success.
Btw, I really like the main page layout with the most downloaded, top rated and latest uploaded comics info boxes.
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Welcome Drusilla, nice to see you.
Glad you like the look of things here.
:)
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I'm in too! A little late, but research has been keeping me too busy to be very active. Love that everyone is getting together and bringing back the old feeling, though. Great work guys!
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Welcome K!
yes, we are trying to get that old sense of community going here again.
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Hello, everybody! I found this site via the PDSH wiki.
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Yeah, can't think of much else to say but thank you for your efforts to spread access to PD comics.
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Hey, it's terrific to see you guys here. This is what it's all about. ;)
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Welcome to the site guys.
:D
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I'm very happy my co-worker told me about this site, so I looking forward to reading all of the goodies you guys have here. O0
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Better have a comfy chair and eye-drops A, we've got a LOT of goodies to choose from!
:)
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Hey, if I replied to the wrong board before, then just understand, I'm new to this forum stuff. Any-who, that will change because I can foresee spending a lot of time here. I'm glad to be member and hope to be a good one.
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Hello, I'm very glad to know this site, I love ancient comics. :)
many thanks and regards to you.
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Welcome guys.
Enjoy the goodies and feel free to chime in here on the forum.
:)
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Look forward to seeing things I have never seen before.
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Welcome aboard Zomboy80, enjoy you stay. Always seem there's something new to see every day. :)
Geo
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hi, I love old comics but I also collect paperdolls mostly which I heard could be found here too. can anyone give me any quick links to any such pd pics here? for example archie comics and katy keene always had paperdolls in them. I'm hoping to find a lot more as well. thank you for doing this site for all reasons.
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Welcome Kay.
Hmmm, I can't recall any paper dolls. Anyone know of them?
-Yoc
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Maybe talking about the Fawcett flying cut outs?
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Most Katy Keene comics had a page with costume cut-outs with which to clothe a Katy Keene doll cut-out. Also, some pages featured costume designs send in by readers.
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Those two are the only ones I can think of as well.
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It's not PD and therefore not on this site, but almost all issues of Sugar & Spike had the "Pint-Size Pin Ups" paper doll page. Which, of course, just helps to make those already scarce books even harder to find intact....
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Can't believe it!
This really works. Fantastic. Wonderful. Sensational.
Found you browsing around the internet for pre-code horror comics.
As a diehard EC fan I stumbled (some months ago) across the marvelous TALES TOO TERRIBLE TO TELL by Mr. George Suarez.
(Is he still around somewhere?, can't find the man...)
Since then my appetite for pre-code horror is growing in a quite dangerous fashion.
;)
He hooked me up with artists like Rudy Palais, Don Heck, Bob Powell, Matt Baker, Lou Fine etc.etc.
Now I can go looking for them in your archives. Thanks a lot.
All the best from the city of Cologne!
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Welcome aboard till. Yes you will find lots and lots of pre-code horror here. Please enjoy your stay.
Geo
"Doing it, by one fill at a time"
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Hi....
Like many today (I suspect), I found this through Boing Boing. I'm looking forward to exploring some classic comics and maybe finding a bit of inspiration. I suspect I (honestly) won't be posting a lot, so let me say thanks up front to all those who have uploaded the comics I'll be downloading and reading.
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I just now saw that we got Boing Boinged; thank you for taking the time to say hello and thanks.
Everybody else who may be arriving from there: enjoy, and feel free to talk in here even if you don't have any books to share!
One point : We only host Public Domain books here, so don't expect a lot of famous characters to turn up. A few fairly big names are around, though.
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Me, too :D Here because of Boing Boing, I mean. With this and Project Gutenberg I'm all set. :o
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Enjoy your stay tuskin, lots of good stuff to see and read.
Geo
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Does anybody have a link TO the BoingBoing article that has brought us over two hundred (wow!) users today?
And welcome again to those passing through. Just so you know, we don't expect you to actually tell us about yourselves, and you're perfectly welcome to just jump into any conversation or start your own if the topic fits in. Don't be afraid that you're not "important" enough to contribute--like in all forums, the folks who look important now (with a handful of notable exceptions) got there from anonymity by getting involved.
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Does anybody have a link TO the BoingBoing article that has brought us over two hundred (wow!) users today?
This is what I found: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/08/the-joy-of-the-digit.html
Not really much of an article, more of a simple mention, which apparently is enough to drive people here.
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Does anybody have a link TO the BoingBoing article that has brought us over two hundred (wow!) users today?
And welcome again to those passing through. Just so you know, we don't expect you to actually tell us about yourselves, and you're perfectly welcome to just jump into any conversation or start your own if the topic fits in. Don't be afraid that you're not "important" enough to contribute--like in all forums, the folks who look important now (with a handful of notable exceptions) got there from anonymity by getting involved.
It was over 254 (the last time I looked) the day before that, I thought I must be mistaken when I saw that. Now we know where they came from.
Geo
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Found this site through a friend. You can add another member from Canada!
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Yoc will like that, he won't feel so alone here. :D
Welcome aboard.
Geo
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Just wanted to say hello to anybody finding their way to us from
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/09/19/the-digital-comics-museum/
today. Or even hello to anybody finding their way to us from some other source!
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Hola gracias por este obsequio, lo esperaba hace tiempo, la berraquera.
Translation:
"Hello thanks for this flattery, waited for it a long time ago, the berraquera."
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Hello
I've just discover this wonderful site. I leave in France and I'm a comic fan since 1975
Great idea!!!!
Merci beaucoup !!!! ;)
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Welcome P!
:)
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Pipo bienvenu, apprécient svp l'emplacement.
Geo
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Pipo bienvenu, apprécient svp l'emplacement.
Geo
????? This is not really french!.... Hahahaha..... But I understood what you wanted to say!.... Thanks! ;D
Whatever, my problem is that I'm very poor in english vocabulary too... so please, don't be cruel with me! :'(
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Pipo bienvenu, apprécient svp l'emplacement.
Geo
????? This is not really french!.... Hahahaha..... But I understood what you wanted to say!.... Thanks! ;D
Whatever, my problem is that I'm very poor in english vocabulary too... so please, don't be cruel with me! :'(
We won't Pipo, but please do enjoy the site. (Looked like French to me, but what do I know ;)).
Geo
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Hiya!
I know I'mma have to got to the mods and admins to see what they recommend before I try to seriously go through all of this.
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Welcome P.
Check the FAQ, it covers most questions you might have.
Enjoy the goodies,
-Yoc
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WOW I'm very new, and have much more to scan that's not on here.. BUT.. I must say that new PREVIEW thing is crazy cool..
Thanks Rangerhouse
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Welcome aboard Rangehouse, scans are alway welcome, please do.
Geo
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Welcome RH!
Please feel free to join in the fun here on the forums.
Your scans have been most welcome.
:)
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;D Hello from a new member. I found your site from a link at BoingBoing and your site is a treasure trove of wonderful things. I vaguely remember the 50's and being severely disciplined for filching a comic from a drugstore rack (with my mother in attendance) when I was about 5. That put an end to my budding life of crime and comics reading. I did become a rabid S/F reading fan though. I started keeping an eye peeled for older comics on-line about two years ago because I stumbled into a few and they were so cool. They are like a lens into an alien culture. I don't have any paper comics to scan and I have few older comics in digital form. Your site is amazing! I won't be uploading but I sent you a small donation and will do so again. Thank you for preserving this extraordinary treasure.
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Welcome LK!
Tnx for sharing your story.
I know you will find lots to enjoy on DCM!
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Hi - I just joined this site. It's amazing - I never saw so many golden Age comics! I came here following a link from the Comicopolis website
www.comicopolis.ning.com I'm from Birmingham, England.
Great to be here - surrounded by kindred spirits. My first love is actually the Silver Age, but there are plenty of earlier comics here that I never saw before that I shall really enjoy reading. Thanks for making this facility available. One question - are there any women members - or is collecting comics strictly a male occupation?
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Welcome Steven.
There are female members - one is an admin and co-founder of DCM. But there aren't that many.
If you check the More Stats area at the bottom of the forum homepage you can learn a lot about or numbers including a 22:1 male to female ratio.
Enjoy discovering all the goodies!
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Hi Everyone!
My name is Ed, and I have to say, I love this site. Whomever came up with the idea
of having previews for every comic is a genius. It makes finding the ones you are looking
for a breeze. Cudos and Thanks for making this site possible!!
Ed
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Glad your enjoying the site, yes the preview does help with finding the book you want.
Welcome aboard Ed, and continue to enjoy your stay.
Geo
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I heard of this channel from the GoldenAgeComics.co.uk channel. Thought I'd come over and spread the Charlie around. :P
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Welcome aboard CR, enjoy you stay with us here, please join in on the threads when you feel the time is right.
Geo
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Delighted. I noticed my registration was back in March which must have been when I first read about this sit at GAC. But I don't remember actually looking around you know. I'm always delighted to talk about comics and other hobbies of mine. Thank you :)
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hola muy buenas a todos
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Gracias Soborno, goce por favor de su estancia aquí.
Geo
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hi i love this forum very much, i am a diehard comics fan, my favorite comics hero is lieutenant blueberry, texwiller,, martin mystery. expecting tex willer comics in english :)
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Welcome aboard, have fun exploring the site, join in any time.
Geo
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Hello. This site is great. I'm trying to find some comics I remember from when I was a kid. When I was about 9 years old, in the early 60s, there used to be second hand shop where I'd get old raggedy comics from the 50s. Does anyone else recall a 1950s science fiction comic (probably Charlton) in which one of the stories showed two spacemen searching for a fabulous space city of gems and precious treasure. They crash land and, to their amazement, find the wonderful city they've been searching for. Then they remember the legend said that you can't find that city until you're dead. They look at each other saying, "But we're not dead... ...or are we???"
Another one I'm searching for had a story in which giant robots, probably drawn by Gil Kane, roamed the land.
I'm always looking around for any reference to these two comics and a third one I always remember (also probably Charlton or maybe E.C.) where a spaceman from the future falls through a timewarp and ends up begging for pennies on a 20th Century street corner. Ring any bells?
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Not of those three stories ring any bells, Spec, but I have my own list of fragmentary memories from comic book stories from 1953 and '54 as well as a few post-code stories that I'm looking to identify. I have actually found three obscure horror stories I remembered to one degree of another among the mass of material here, as well as a Ghost Rider story and an Atomic Mouse story. All I can tell you is keep searching and wish you good luck.
Take care,
Jon Glade
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absolutely amazing
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Glad your amazed TT, and please enjoy your stay with us here.
Geo
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I hope to find in this forum of like-minded friends and learn more knowledge!
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Welcome Emily. Good to see you here.
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We are happy to share our accumulated knowledge. This group has some pretty astute individuals
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Welcome Emily and please enjoy your stay with us here, I'm sure you'll learn a lot for us about the comics from the past. And jump in any topic when you feel like it, we have a lot of folks with the knowledge to answer your questions.
Geo
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Just cannot believe that I haven't run across this place before.
Amazing. :P
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Welcome to our world here and continue to be amazed by the site SC.
Geo
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Howdy everyone. New member. Longtime comics fan. Glad to be here
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Welcome EMF,
You'll have a lot to read now.
:)
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Hi Everyone,
I'm helping a not-for-profit documentary film group build an 11 minute segment on the history of graphic novels for public television. Exciting! We are looking for hi-resolution images of:
L'il Abner (Al Capp)
Our Boarding House (Ahern)
Krazy Kat (Herriman)
Little Annie Rooney (Nicholas Afonsky/Ed Verdier)
Skippy (Percy Crosby)
They'll Do It Every Time (Jimmy Hatlo)
Ginger Meggs (Jimmy Bancks)
Yellow Kid (Richard Outcault)
Superman (Siegal/Shuster)
Is this a good place to start? We are looking for tips. We need files that are hi-resolution (200-300dpi). We will clear rights with publishers where needed.
Thank you for any advice!
-Maggie
Citizen Film, SF
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Hi everyone. Life time comic fan here. Glad I found this site its amazing
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Then please enjoy, sit back relax and take in the smell of old comic books.
Geo
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Always nice to see a new member who will actually admit their presence. What sort of golden age material interests you, in terms of companies, genre, artists, or even writers?
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Hey its good to be on but i can't get the comics to download on my iPad...can anyone help?
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Please copy and paste any error messages you got here Chaz.
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grettings from ireland fantastic site just got back into comic reading lately just love the old comics will donate to the site in the next couple of days keep up the great work and may your gods go with you
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Welcome H!
:D
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Welcome aboard H and please enjoy your reading from here.
Geo
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Hello from Montreal, Canada! I've been a comic book fan since before I could even read, so it is such a pleasure to discover this wonderful site! I'm looking forward to reading these buried treasures from the past!
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Hey Yoc, another one of your brothers snuck across onto the site!!
Welcome and please do enjoy yourself here. Please join in the conversations anytime you feel the need. And don't forget the vast load of downloads we have available too.
Geo
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Yep. We're everywhere.
Welcome Ivan! :)
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Hello Team DCM,
this is an awesome resource. I cant dload as yet but once i can this will be so useful for me.
many thanks for all your hard work on this project.
Wulfthing : )
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Welcome Wuf, I've replied to your email.
I hope your login troubles are improved.
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Hello looking forward to becoming a valued member.Great site
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Hello from San Diego, this is a great site and I am glad to be part of it ! (just stumbled on this site accidentally while browsing thru amazon comics) anyway. Glad to connect with right minded individuals.
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Welcome guys, enjoy your stay and all the goodies.
:)
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Thanks im looking forward being a member, nice site. :D
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Hi all!
Here's hoping I can find the issues I'm looking for here...
~Scott C.
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I believe you will Scott as we have a very wide selection of books. Please enjoy the books we have, with more coming daily.
Geo
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Hi, I just joined 30 minutes ago, and am very pleased to have found this place.
I am 69, have been reading comics in one form or another for about 65 years (I count having my big brother read them to me as reading them) and am still going strong. I know US comics best, followed by European (mostly published in French), and Manga (in English or French), and I am still finding new things, some of which even though new to me are as old as me, my latest discoveries being the amazing Powerhouse Pepper by Basil Wolverton and Intellectual Amos by Andre Leblanc. My tastes are pretty eclectic, but I kind of like anthropomorphic comics like the Nikopol Trilogy or Blacksad and guys in red suits like Flash and Dr. Solar (and of course, Santa). Aside from comics I like to read Literature, classical and modern, mostly prose but some poetry.
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Welcome aboard theorbys, I'm sure you'll find something that matches your eclectic tastes here, as we have a little bit of everything. So please enjoy your stay with us here, and join in when you feel the need.
Geo
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Hi everyone. Brand new to the site, haven't even checked out a single comic here yet, but eager to get started.
I'm a long time comic fan, I also study and teach about the history of comics.
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Welcome E, tons of source material here for you classes!
Enjoy.
-Yoc
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Hi, I have joined a few days ago, as I was looking for the content of issues from the Daredevil Comics series (by Lev Gleason).
I am from Italy where – as you probably know – we have had almost no translated edition of early Golden Age comics.
Silver age Marvels started to be published with a 10-year delay (or so) in the early 1970s.
I am getting increasingly fascinated by Daredevil and the work of Charles Biro, and I hope I will be able to contribute in some way.
For now, many many thanks for this effort. :)
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Welcome V
Biro had a style all his own.
Enjoy the goodies and we always welcome small donations towards our monthly sever bill.
:)
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Hi Yoc,
fine, but I also hope to contribute with some scans. I have almost nothing from the Golden Age, but I am waiting for four issues of Daredevil (prior to #50) I just purchased.
Coming to the Silver Age (I do not count classic syndicate Walt Disney by Floyd Gottfredson) I am a big fan of Jack Kirby, and of course I am really sorry the early Timely comics are so expensive. You can stretch to a Lev Gleason comic, but "Young Allies", "Marvel Comics" or "Captain America" are out of the question, unless you find them coverless… :(
I would particularly love to have an issue of "Captain America", since I personally met Jack at his Thousand Oaks home in 1991, and he was a wonderful person. I would like to know his nephew Jeremy some day.
I am also a big fan of Steve Gerber (with whom I briefly discussed via email about depression, before he got ill) and of Marv Wolfman, but all of the classic Silver Age Marvel have been among my formative readings, and I hold them very dear. :)
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We would certainly would welcome any Daredevil Comics to the collection V. Jeff Cannell just shared #7 today!
There are a few Masterworks collections of early Kirby work out. Sadly we can't share any of his Marvel work here. It must have been a real thrill to meet the man!
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@Yoc: Oh, yes, it has been.
Jack was a wonderful person, and I suspect his health was already not so good in 1991, when I visited him.
(it has also been the only time I traveled to USA).
I have the 1941 Captain America reprints issued by Marvel in the early 1990s, the volume reprinting "Fighting American", and "Sandman".
But the comic books are an entirely different thing, they give you the exact atmosphere of the moment they came out.
I also collect some pre-war italian comics publications (which were large format, over Tabloid, in some cases).
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Oh I'm with you all the way on original cover to cover (c2c) scans V.
It's something we encourage all scanners to do when sharing. The ads are very telling of the times.
:)
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Sure, it’s also for a question of completeness. And in silver age Marvels, the mail page is also extremely interesting.
I would like to re-transcribe the interview I did with Jack Kirby, if I do I will probably contact John Morrow to re-publish it, and let the forum users here know. I was very ignorant (and I still am) about Golden Age in 1991, but there are a few questions about Jack's war experience and golden age books.
The interview came out (in English) in its original form in an issue of "Comics Interview" (thanks to David Anthony Kraft) but for some error, I presume, they reported I did it in San Diego in 1993 (while it was from the summer of 1991), but I think it can be transcribed a lot better.
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Sounds great, I'm sure the gang would love to see it V, good luck!
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Hi,
sorry for my bad English
I live in Germany but I come from Italy
I'm a Bonelli comics fan (Tex, Zagor) und
above all old western comics from U.S.
I'm happy....that I've find this homepage
Great!
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Welcome E, we've got lots for you to enjoy here.
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I live in Germany but I come from Italy
I'm a Bonelli comics fan (Tex, Zagor) und
above all old western comics from U.S.
I'm happy....that I've find this homepage
Great!
Hi eismann,
what a coincidence! ;) Speaking of Goldena Age, did you know that Siegel & Schuster's Superman (rechristened "Ciclone") first appeared here in Italy precisely on the pages of "L'Audace", the historical pre-war publication which gave birth to the Bonelli publishing enterprise?
Ciao eismann,
guarda che coincidenza! ;) Parlando di Golden Age, sapevi che il Superman originale di Siegel & Schuster (ribattezzato "Ciclone"), è stato pubblicato per la prima volta da noi in Italia proprio sulle pagine de "L'Audace", lo storico giornale anteguerra da cui è nata proprio la Bonelli?
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Hi,
sorry for my bad English
I live in Germany but I come from Italy
I'm a Bonelli comics fan (Tex, Zagor) und
above all old western comics from U.S.
I'm happy....that I've find this homepage
Great!
There is nothing wrong with your English, which is better than the English of many native speakers; I understand you perfectly. There is a wealth of western comics here. Read a few of the Straight Arrow books from Magazine Enterprises which, I think, are splendid. I know a little about Zagor, who is a character I like, but I do not know Tex at all.
Always feel free to express your opinions here, or to ask questions.
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@Valliant
Superman appared by "Audace" nr. 299 (21.9.1939) but the text has been attributed to Zenobio Baggioli und the drawing to Zenba (nickname of Baggioli)
becouse the MinCulPop (ministero della cultura popolare, ministry of culture) didnot allow american comics. (Tarzan was Sigfrido 8))
But the first time it was publish in 2.07.1939 nr. 19 by "Albi Audacia"
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Ahoy from Satellite Beach, FL, just off the state road, on the Beach Frontage Road...
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Welcome W!
Enjoy the scans on tap here.
:)
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Hi everybody my name is Kostas, I come from Greece and I've been reading comics for my entire life. I study at the University of Athens and I work part-time as a spanish teacher. I randomly discovered this site from Facebook through a DCnU fan page (yeah that's the defintion of irony for you.) What I mostly like to read are silver-bronze age comics (I even used to collect ATLAS comics :P). Golden age stories caught my eye as fillers in these books (I loved the Captain Comet reprints in world's finest) and by some marvel golden age collections. So I've wanted to get a grip of these comics and thanxs to this site now I have a chance! ;D
Thanxs for reading and keep up the good work you do here! Be seeing you!
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Welcome GC.
We don't have any Marvel/DC or silverage books but there's plenty of fun stuff here for you to read.
Enjoy!
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Hi...
Today is my first day here. Wow! What a site!
Thank you to you guys/gals that make this place available to us all.
Brilliantly Awesome. :D
>:-)
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You are welcome. We do it for your enjoyment.
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Hi! I'm watson387 from the US. Love the site!
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Watson glad your enjoying the site. Join in on the fun anytime you feel the need.
Geo
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Welcome aboard Watson. Lots of war comics here just a guess you might be interested
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Hello
I'm a returning member. I was here two years ago when the site was starting, and then a whole bunch of things happened. But I'm back now.
I'm a digital archivist and I'm building a database of reference and inspiration for cartoonists as part of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. We have over 7,000 digitized animated films, 1000 artist biographies and around 125,000 high resolution scans. All of the material is in a database and cross referenced. It's a lot of work, but I have a crew of volunteers who keep the scanner burning.
I haven't scanned a lot of comic books, but I have a huge stack of golden age funny animal comics that I'd be happy to share when they reach their place in line. If anyone would like to find out more about my project, feel free to contact me.
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Wonderful news we need those scans of funny animal comics. It is one of the areas still very lacking.
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Hi, guys.
I'm a dinki-di Aussie who has read and loved comics since 6yo - small-sized compact comic books that included titles Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill, Robin Hood, etc, regular-sized issues (The Phantom, Straight Arrow, Classics Illustrated, blah-blah), and Golden Books (Broken Arrow, etc). As well as less "serious" stuff like Archie and Jughead.
I used to walk all over town hunting for empty drink bottles that could be sold for a couple of pennies refunds and I used that to buy / swap comics at the local "book exchange". I just wish I had kept them all. *sigh*
I'm sure this site will bring back a lot of memories,
Glad to be here.
;D
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Welcome Destry.
No need for bottles here - you've got access to as much as you could ever want there.
We even have a bit of a foreign section with some books you might recognize.
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Thanks very much for your donation Hypia, every penny helps!
-Yoc
grettings from ireland fantastic site just got back into comic reading lately just love the old comics will donate to the site in the next couple of days keep up the great work and may your gods go with you
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Hello. I'm from Canada. I've read a lot of these pulp magazine when I was a kid, a long time ago. I'm 59. Going through this Museum brings back a lot of memories. Anyway, I have been and I will be downloading lots. I've made a donation, 5 $ for now, repeated on a monthly basis. I will increase the amount eventually, when I finally get some other payments out of the way.
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John thanks for the donation, as Yoc said above "every penny helps".
Also welcome to the site.
Geo
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Hi johnnybarbwire,
sorry, but I can't see where you've made any donations.
We will look into it more on our end.
If you want to contact me directly for a private discussion on the topic please use the Word Balloon below my avatar on the left of this message.
Welcome all the same!
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@Yoc
I've made the donation just two days ago, the 17, through PayPal. On my account it says the payment will be received around the 27.
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Ok Johnny, I'll pass that info along to our financial guru.
:)
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Hi, I've just joined you. Found you on a link when I installed Comic Rack yesterday.
I've always praised comics - had trouble learning to read as a 5 year old with eye problems and have always said it was comics that did the trick. I WANTED to read them - unlike the boring readers of the 1950's. I'm now a retired school principal so you can see comics were very kind to me!
Very glad to see you people keeping the traditions going - it seems to me that children nowadays are missing out on the fun of comics. I look forward to exploring this site.
Cheers, Graham (from Sth Australia).
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Welcome aboard Graham, we have a lot to offer you on the reading side.
I don't know if you used the same readers we did but I'm sure glad they
don't use them now, as I too worked in the education field before I retired
a few years back now. We did use comics to help to get students to read.
Please enjoy your stay with us here.
Geo
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Hello from the woods of New Hampshire! I am a 61 year old male who has always loved comic books. As a teenager I used to read mostly DC comics because that's what they sold at the local general store. My favorites were Superman, The Flash, Aquaman, Metal Men, and The Green Arrow to name a few. I am a huge science fiction and horror fan and love the EC Comics. After I mustered out of the service I needed to catchup on my comic reading and started a rather large collection of sci-fi and sword and sorcery including many Marvel comics such as Conan and John Carter On Mars which I still have. This comic museum is a great opportunity for me to delve into some golden age comics. Discovering this site is like finding a treasure trove.
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Welcome Bill!
Enjoy the collection and if you spot any on our Still Needed list you own please think about filling a hole if you can.
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/forum/index.php/topic,4081.0.html
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Well, old guy here and I remember sitting under a tree, or laying in the grass and looking up at thr sky with my trusted comics by my side.
First site i really participated in , I look forward to some good reading, and great art. :(|(
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Then welcome aboard to the site, enjoy your stay with us.
Geo
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I read about this site elsewhere and registered. I hope I can hold up my end of the deal.
I was born in "The Silver Age' but there were still enough people around to remember "The Golden Age" and write enough about it to peak my interest. if there had been an internet back then and sites like this, I could foresee having gone in another direction and developed a penciling or inking career. Alas, it was not so, so I am living this timeline.
Recently I was researching to begin a blog that I have put off for years about newspaper comic strips and was reminded of the connections between comic strips and the early comic books, which in many cases reprinted the strips. That is what led me here.
I'm active under different usernames on the internet, so that may be the same with others here. Real Life has gotten busy in recent months, so I may be here sporadically. In the meantime, I'm glad to have joined up.
I'll have to find an approriate obscure Golden Age hero/ine to use as my avatar. My favorite DC and Timely characters from that era are Doctor Fate and The Vision, but that may be too "mainstream" for your tastes here. I have been fascinated with Golden Age Canadian comic book publishing, not because I'm Canadian, but because when I was semi-active in fandom in the 1980's, I had the privilege to corresponded with "The Map Maple" or "T.M. Maple."
Pulse Oximetry
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Hey Pulse from someone just a couple years younger. Your avatar need not be obscure. I am mister obscure but everyone's taste varies.
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Welcome Pulse, please enjoy the site and join in when you feel the need.
Geo
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Thanks, narfstar and Geo.
I'll find an appropriate avatar and start posting a bit after I find my way around.
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Hello everyone,
I am Sumit from New Delhi, India.
It is super exciting to have finally created an account here. A few times that I tried in the past some bug prevented me from doing so.
The DCM should be fantastic for out-of-print and rare books. I consider myself a student of comics and I hope I can use a lot of what I see here in my own understanding of the medium.
Fingers crossed, I can participate meaningfully in the discussions here.
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Welcome aboard Sumit and enjoy the many goodies here. You may want to jump over to CB+ and check out the Hindi comics we have there.
http://comicbookplus.com/?cid=1514
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Hello everyone,
I am Sumit from New Delhi, India.
It is super exciting to have finally created an account here. A few times that I tried in the past some bug prevented me from doing so.
The DCM should be fantastic for out-of-print and rare books. I consider myself a student of comics and I hope I can use a lot of what I see here in my own understanding of the medium.
Fingers crossed, I can participate meaningfully in the discussions here.
We hope you can find out interesting things about American culture of the years before 1960, Sumit. We would not presume to think that whatever small selection of material any of us might have acquired from the Indian sub-continent would in any way be representative. It is only through the combined efforts of hundreds of us, over many years, that sites like DCM and CB+ can cumulatively have a claim of representing the entire cultural picture. We have the many copyrighted blindspots, of course, but there is much to be gleaned from the Public Domain material that shapes them. And we have an amazing array of knowledgeable folks who help "fill in the blanks".
Welcome to the Museum.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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Hi there.
Long time comics nerd. Hope to maybe upload something of value someday.
See you around.
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Jim and Narfstar, thank you both for your warm welcome. The CB+ tip is much appreciated.
Jim, the corpus of public domain comics in India will be meagre to begin with, unfortunately. There are not many preserved/documented works before 1953 (60 year copyright rule). Before that one would have magazines like local versions of the Punch magazine (yes, like Awadh Punch) which carried cartoons, but are mostly lost to us, or translations of foreign comics. In fact mainstream pan-India comics start with translated reprints of Disney and Phantom comics. Apart from that there are regional-language comics, which in a multi-lingual country, make collection and documentation even more difficult. Alas, we are a long way away from getting all the knowledge together. But, let us not stop trying :-)
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Hello to all comic fans,
What a cool site! I've been collecting comics for more than 4 decades. I plan on becoming a regular. ^-^
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Good for you W55, please enjoy the site and all we here have to offer and welcome aboard.
Geo
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Welcome W!
If you have anything not on the site or that would be an upgrade please think about scanning them or letting one of us do so. We're always trying to add to the collection here.
Meanwhile enjoy the scans! There's lots to read.
:)
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Hello to all.
Found my way here via Comic Kingdom.
Very much into comics for most of my 40 years, though gave it a miss in the 90's after it seemed that each month was the same old same old with the art progressively getting worse.
Since the internet has opened up a whole new world of comics I have began an interest in pre-sixties comics and have been collecting some of the EC Archives (which now seemed to have stopped *sniff*).
Look forward to being an active member and learning some stuff from you guys as I know little about the era (do own some Bulletman/Ironjaw reprints).
If anyone has any recommendations then let me know, I'm not tied to any one particular genre.
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Welcome Monkey!
I believe I heard the colour EC Archives might be making a return under a new publisher but I don't know when.
If you are a horror fan we have a 'precode horror index' which might be helpful for finding books from 'the other guys' that really could be nasty stuff.
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/forum/index.php/topic,3151.0.html (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/forum/index.php/topic,3151.0.html)
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hi DCM and hello to everyone! newbie here from the Philippines. i'm so happy to have found this forum. cheers to all the mods and people behind this site. keep up the good work guys :)
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Welcome V.
Enjoy all the scans!
I'm going to have to remove your link to that commercial site in your profile. Please understand we don't allow any kind of such links on the site or in profiles.
-Staff
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Psyched! Blew work off today, it's snowing, I'll be reading some comix!
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LOL!
What a great way to spend a day when stuck inside anyways.
Welcome to the site K.
:)
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Wouhou comics everywhere, what a great idea, I saw this website on a French newspaper
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A salutation on that cool website by me, a swiss from Switzerland :D
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Glad your enjoying the site. Lots to see and welcome to the site.
Geo
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That way we don't offend anybody! (Points if you recognize the quote.)
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What a wonderful website! I am thrilled to have found it! If it weren't for comics, I would never have learned to read! I plan to become a valuable member.
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Welcome to the site K.
I think a lot of people could say that about them.
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Hello from France !
I just heard about your website on my favorite French radio this morning.
I can't wait to discover all these lost treasures !!!
Stéphane
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Welcome Stéphane!
Could you tell us the name or any other details about the show? This is the first we've heard about the mention.
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Hello! I just discovered this place today. Brilliant. I'm happy to be aboard.
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Wouhou comics everywhere, what a great idea, I saw this website on a French newspaper
Welcome! You will find many good things here.
Do you have a link to the French newspaper mention? It is great to hear about positive mentions of DCM, especially from outside the U.S.!
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Hi all, I am new here. Just joined today. I am interested in learning more about Winnie winkle comics, archie, and betty and veronica. read them as a young child. it would be nice to see the old comics again.
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Hi all, I am new here. Just joined today. I am interested in learning more about Winnie winkle comics, archie, and betty and veronica. read them as a young child. it would be nice to see the old comics again.
I'm sorry Joann, but those books are still under copy righted, so we can't share them here. All books we have here are in the Pubic Domain.
I would hope still that we have others that you will find to your liking though.
Geo
OPPS, my bad!!
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Actually you will find the earliest Archie stories in the Pep Comics section starting with #22.
Here is a link to the section:
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?cid=48
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Hello everyone.
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Welcome Addie - great picture!
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Hello Folks...I have been a member for some time but just realized I haven't introduced myself yet. I am 62 years old. I grew up in southeastern Massachusetts in a small town. I read comics under the covers when I was a "youth" and have continued off and on all my life.The village country store where I lived only sold DC Comics. Some of my favorites were The Flash,Adventure,Green Arrow,and Metal Men. I don't think I read any Marvels until I was in my 20's. Not being very forward thinker I had comic book sale in my front yard when I was about 13 and sold many comics for pennies the are worth hundreds of dollars now.This place is a real treasure trove! Now I can read the comics that were before my time and the comics of my parents generation. I especially like to check out the horror and science fiction issues. Some of the artwork is so neat. I am a huge Frank Frazetta fan.
Sincerely...John
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Welcome to the fold John.
Sorry we don't have any DC on the site but many of their artists did work for publishers here so you might stumble across them in your readings.
Don't forget to vote in the 'how old are you' topic here (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/forum/index.php/topic,2171.0.html) if you haven't already.
Take care,
-Yoc
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Howdy Everyone,
I've enjoyed roaming around this sight, but I've joined for one reason. After collecting all the Hopalong Cassidy movies (first on VHS and then DVD), all TV shows, all the books, and all the radio programs, I've decided to go for the comic books. My plan is to help complete your collection as much as possible, as I complete mine. I've got a few other westerns that may also be useful. Don't know how much time I'll have for this. We own a little property and a few horses that keep us occupied.
Nevertheless, if I don't get started, it will never happen. Joining is a start.
Best Wishes...
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Welcome HF,
Sounds like you've got one heck of a collection!
We always appreciate any safe additions to the collection. If you have a title you can't find on the site best ask if it is safe for sharing.
Otherwise we look forward to your contributions!
GL with the farm,
-Yoc
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Hi All,
My name is Floyd Evans, been a fan since 5 years old or so, my sis would bring home the comic leftovers with covers torn off per company policy where she worked. Always loved the talent and hard work and try drawing all the time.
I would like to compliment your site and effort for running the site! Great Work, I want to apologize in advance for not donating to your site. See my problem i have Dementia and MS by disability don't afford me to spend much. I hope you don't mind me reading the old ones from your site, the Dr. gave me 3 months but im here 9 months so far and not leaving anytime soon.
Is it OK if I stay a member? I'm 50 soon to be 51 on Dec 9th I just lost my old iMac to read on and have an XP old laptop to read on until... well until I don't read anymore.
Regards.
Floyd Evans
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Welcome to the site Floyd!
And don't you worry about donating, just enjoy the scans.
:)
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My name is Hondobrode and I'm a lifelong comic book addict.
I've been on the site before but hadn't signed up until now.
Love that this site exists and has saved all of these forgotten treasures. What a kick !
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Welcome HB.
Happy to have you.
Enjoy all the goodies!
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hello. i just become a member and here wishing all of ya A Happy New Year. tq. :)
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hello. i just become a member and here wishing all of ya A Happy New Year. tq. :)
Welcome aboard to site and join in conversation when you feel the need. Also Happy New Year to you and everyone else too.
Geo
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Hi everybody. I love comics all over the world, specially Golden age 40's y 50's.
I think this a great site full of the best USA comics. I hope have many hours enjoying these Little jewels.
Thanks a lot, :) :)
Escalopius
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Your welcome, please do enjoy the site. You will find many, many books to read till late at night. So also join in the conversation when you feel the need.
Geo
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Hello all,
My name is Chuck, and I'm 49. Been collecting comics since '68 so the Golden age is a bit before my time. Super happy to have found this site.
I'm a native of San Diego, but currently planted in Washington.
Thanks for reading.
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Welcome to the fold Chuck.
Lots and lots of you to catch up on here.
Enjoy! :)
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Hi!
I'm Eric and I've never read a comic book in my life... So I signed up for this website to change that. My plan right now is to start and finish the DareDevil comics.
Cheers!
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Welcome Eric.
If you like DD you should also see the Silver Streak Comics from the same publisher.
Enjoy the scans!
-Yoc
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HI, everyone:
First of all, thanks a lot for this wonderful opportunity to delve into the quaint, ancient, vintage, oldies and goldies of the comics world. I'm from Spain and completely new to your website, so I don't know whether you've got old Spanish comics (there are some very old ones around here too, obviously). Also I was basically raised up in France (until I was about nine) and therefore quite familiar with the French-Belgian comics that also go back till about the 1910's and certainly the 1920's. Is there any chance you've got any samples of those too?
In any case, thanks a lot again. I'm sure I'm in for a wonderful ride into the origins of the ninth art form here. Tons of thanks, guys.
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Hi GM,
Welcome to the site. Sorry but there are almost only English comics here on the site.
We hope you'll find something to enjoy here.
Your search for foreign books might be better if you tried Comic Book Plus at this link -
http://comicbookplus.com/?cid=1514
Good luck,
-Yoc
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Hi,
thanks for to do avaible this historicals comics
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Your most welcome ESD, please enjoy what we have to offer. And welcome aboard our site.
Geo
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Matt Jackson posted about this site on G+. I'm glad to find it. It's not easy to find out of print comics. I see you have some Sherlock Holmes ones on here. He's one of my favorite literary characters, so I'm looking forward to reading those.
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Welcome to the site DD, there's lots more to read, I'm sure you will find other to your liking here.
Geo
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Hi guys. I would be here as Sturgeon's Law, but Geo got part of my name first. ;) I likely won't post much here, but I did want to say hello.
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Dig in SL. Post questions when you got 'em. :-/
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Sorry SL about the name thing, it's been mine for many a year now, (20+). Welcome to the site, I'm sure you'll find something to your liking, so enjoy.
Geo
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::)Hi I am new here but a long time lover of the graphic book genre. Thank you for allowing me to join.
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Welcome and WOW! your name is a month full. Enjoy the goodies we have to offer and join in on the conversation when the need comes up.
Geo
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Well...here I am! Time to search... Thanks!
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Welcome James... enjoy your finds.
:)
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Greetings from France ! I am 55.8 ( ;D )
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Hello, all.
My name is Arcadia Berger, and I write Masked Passions, :hug: a series of text stories featuring public-domain characters like the Black Cat, Captain Freedom, Slenderman and Lash Lightning.
I'm here mainly to collect images and ideas about characters who can appear in future Masked Passions stories.
Have any of you read my stories? Do you have any characters you'd like to nominate?
Please note that here at the Museum, I will not say anything inappropriate to a family-friendly venue, and I expect all of you to do the same.
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Greatings from France as well, (43, married and a rpg geek) many thanks to the uploaders hard work !
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Hi everybody! I am from Brazil! I believe it is a great site!
Let's begin the digs and discover awesome comics!
See you all!
;D
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Hi,from the Philippines,thanks for the scans of cool classic comics ;D
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Hello all,
Lankylurkr here. Just discovered this site, and thought I'd introduce myself. I'm a comics scholar and reviewer, but I'll wait for admins to clear me before I say what/who for (I promise it's nobody you've probably heard of).
Anyways, looking forward to discovering some lost gems.
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Hi LL,
welcome to the site. Lots of stuff to discover here.
You are now a member, the admins don't have to clear you.
-Yoc
Staff, DCM.
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Hello,
My name is Tracy Cook, and I reside in Birmingham, AL. I am a long-time comics fan and like the nostalgia and the creativity the artists of so many classics have left behind in their works that we can now come to this forum and enjoy. Looking forward to my time here to be a fun and interesting one.
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Nice to meet you Tracy.
If you aren't looking for something specific I'd suggest looking in the Archives and Collections section.
Lots of fun stuff there.
-Yoc
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Hello, I am from Covington Kentucky and have been reading and collecting comics since I was 6 ('72) , I came across this site accidentally and I am glad I did. I am blown away by the great Golden Age Comics I have been seeing, this site is great! Many thanks to all the members who have devoted they're time to making this site awesome. Many thanks to all!
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Welcome WB!
We're very proud of the site that is only possible as a group effort between staff and members who help with scans and with financial donations that keep the lights on.
Without everyone we wouldn't be here.
Enjoy the goodies, you've got lots to read here!
-Yoc
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Hello! I am a big fan of DC horror comics from the 1970s and I'd like to expand my knowledge of golden age horror as well. This looks like the right place.
I also love Charlton Comics!
Jody
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Welcome Jody.
We've got an extensive collection of horror for you to enjoy and Lots of Charlton as well.
Have fun!
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^-^ Am back and it's good to be back. My favorite comic book character is Billy Batson Captain Marvel SHAZAM !
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Welcome back Dig! Tis good to see you have escaped from the clutches of Dr. S. & family.
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Hi. Thank you DCM.
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Welcome aboard, glad your enjoying our books. Any questions please post it and we'll get back to you with an answer.
- Geo
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Just joined today. Found this site through a school assignment link.
I look forward to getting lost among the pages and pages of...well, you know.
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Welcome to the site jj, remember to come up for air every once in a while OK!
Geo
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Welcome to the site jj, remember to come up for air every once in a while OK!
Geo
Not to mention the occasional food and water!
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Thanks for the site, i was always a big comics fan.
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I was introduced to DCM by David Millers Create a Motion Comic in Skillshare. I enjoy using public domain sound samples and need material to create my own animated music videos. I’m honoured to have found this wonderful resource and thank the creators/curators immensely.
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Happy to be here. I work as an activity coordinator at an assisted living and love old comics. I am almost as old as they are.
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Happy to be here. I work as an activity coordinator at an assisted living and love old comics. I am almost as old as they are.
Welcome aboard geekville!
My daughter was an activities director for skilled nursing facilities for over fifteen years.
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Hello everyone and thank you for accepting me!
I love oldschool comics, I love the feeling, it is like you are living in another era.
I am pretty sure that I will love this wonderful site.
Congratulations to everyone for this amazing effort!
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Hi. I am writing from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I knew your site as guest and now I just registered. Thank you for this wonderful site.
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Welcome aboard H!
:)
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Hi all from Canada,
Very happy that i've found your forum through searches on Google.
I'm sure it'll be worth it!!!
Many thanks.
pepel1
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Hi
I tutor kids with dyslexia (7-15 year olds). The boys love war comics
and can hardly get enough. I am doing remote learning so here is a question.
How can I remotely tutor and read a comic with my student? We will be on skype.
Mctutor
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Hi Mctutor,
I think you'd want to have a comic open on your machine, start a Skype and then share the comic screen with the others on your Skype chat. You could then read along together.
I know it's not hard to share any window open on your PC inside of Zoom but I'm not so sure in Skype.
They have a Help section and I think if you check here it talks about screen sharing.
https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA34895/how-do-i-share-my-screen-in-skype
Good luck with this idea,
-Yoc
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Looking forward to perusing. I'm 57 and have three older siblings, so I grew up with their interests as well as my own. I'd be on the lookout for the latest Spiderman, Daredevil, Fantastic Four and Defenders titles (along with the never-ending fascination with horror, i.e. Famous Monsters of Filmland...)...but equally drawn to the old circa late 50's early 60's stuff my siblings had laying around. Good times! Cheers, y'all!
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Welcome Aboard!
My story is bit like yours. I still have my older sister's copy of Cisco Kid #1.
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Thanks for adding me as a member. I look forward to reading all those previously "forbidden" comics that I either didn't have funds to buy or that my parents would find objectionable, in the mid 50's.
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Hi. Thank you DCM.
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I just wanted to say "thank you" for this amazing site!
I love everything public domain but it took me a long time to discover that public domain comics were out there, and even longer to find you. Growing up, I wasn't "allowed" to have comics so I had to feed my desire by reading them at a neighbor's house. ;) That's probably why it took me to so long to "discover" them! Anyhow, thanks again for creating and maintaining this site for the world to enjoy!
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Hi BB, and welcome to the site.
Some things are worth the wait. At least you finally found us.
Enjoy all the goodies!
-Yoc