Category: Nostalgia
I have waited for this holiday season for the whole year. I have been preparing my list and now I am ready for an article that needed to be written. Here it is, in the spirit of the season... Bring out that aluminum pole, because I am...
So much of comic book collecting and investing nowadays is dominated by modern books. With the endless variants, store exclusives, and first appearances of ultimately insignificant characters, many investors, especially those who prefer older books, often feel ignored and left out of the conversation. Fortunately, we here...
Spectacular 100th Issue! Long-awaited...mightiest...special 100th anniversary! I feel like the big announcer voice-guy proclaiming "Sunday, Sunday, Sunday"! And though technically anniversaries happen on a yearly basis, we all love milestone comics like 100, 500, or 1,000. So, on the occasion of my...
During the Golden Age of Comics, Thanksgiving covers weren't exactly the norm, but when they did appear they were fun and colorful, giving people a sense of normalcy during the Second World War. The holidays are knocking down on our doors again. Many of us might gather...
To this day some Aurora model kits can be worth thousands and are in constant high demand. Over the course of the initial run, Aurora sold millions of these kits. On October 25 Hakes unveiled a series of new auctions, including an Aurora Plastic Model auction. Bidding...
"Everything old is new again" is attributed to Stephen King, but I suspect poets and farmers turned that phrase many times before that author. And what do we say about fashion...just wait a while and it will soon be...
I tried so hard. I rejected their cuteness and collectibility for as long as I could. But one fateful day, I received one as a gift, and it was over. The Berlin Wall I had put up in my mind had crumbled to dust. And...
Since posting my first blogs on digital (NFT) collecting, I receive MANY questions about collecting strategies...
The Creature -- better known as the Gill-man -- has been a merchanding machine for decades. Fans can find a cornucopia of items; clothing, shoes, accessories, toys, model figures, art, replica masks, comic books, virtual slot machines, and of course pinball machines! As is the case with...
If you grew up between the 1950s and the 1980s, chances are you wore a Ben Cooper brand costume for Halloween. Ben Cooper is a Halloween icon, and their simple yet effective costumes -- a plastic mask and a plastic smock -- defined Halloween for generations of...
