Gee, I wish I'd known you then, Roger, &* been close enough to ask for
them.
Doug
On 13-Aug-08, at 3:13 PM, Roger Day wrote:
> I guess that at one stage those comics were my friends and world,
> which I'd revisit occasionally, break out of my humdrum, live my life
> vicariously. So when I wanted to go on my own adventures, I tried
> selling them off, could have made a little money out of it, but
> putting each one in a little plastic envelope was way too clinical and
> murder-like for me. In the end, I gave them to charity. Lucky people.
> An almost pristine collection of Sandman. First edition collection of
> the Watchmen. First 20 editions of Love & Rockets. Oddly enough, when
> it came to dispatching my book collection - Andrew saw a cut-down
> version of it when he came to visit - I did not feel the nearly same
> amount of emotion or connection.
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Douglas Barbour
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Collectors!
>>
>> Or readers. like us, eh Roger?
>>
>> Doug
>> On 13-Aug-08, at 4:36 AM, Roger Day wrote:
>>
>>> I hate people who buy first edition comics then wrap them unread in
>>> plastic. Seems like a form of murder to me.
>>
>> Douglas Barbour
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>>
>> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
>>
>> Latest books:
>> Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
>> http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
>> Wednesdays'
>> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html
>>
>> A little planet blues, for the
>> deathwatch.
>> A season of rictus riffs.
>>
>> Dennis Lee
>>
>
>
>
> --
> My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
> "I began to warm and chill
> to objects and their fields"
> Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
>
Douglas Barbour
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Latest books:
Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
Wednesdays'
http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html
A little planet blues, for the
deathwatch.
A season of rictus riffs.
Dennis Lee
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