tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post2973441570366763404..comments2024-03-24T08:17:55.097-04:00Comments on BLOG TO COMM: Christopher Stiglianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-80387754984136445472018-02-08T12:49:28.797-05:002018-02-08T12:49:28.797-05:00When you pay $10 for a beautiful exact reprint of ...When you pay $10 for a beautiful exact reprint of an old comic book, factor in the jar of Benadryl you DON'T have to buy because the original moldy and mildewed comic book would make you sneeze for three days after you read it.<br /><br />Did you ever see one of those TV commercials featuring the late great JERRY VAN DYKE pitching for the BIG LOTS chain? He would end each commercial by looking into the camera and saying, "come on, you KNOW you want to go there," aimed at people who might think they were "above" going to a low-grade store like Big Lots. You and I are the same way about vintage comic books--don't fight it, embrace it! Every paycheck I buy both some actual used comic books AND some reprints from Gwandanaland or Golden Age Reprints or whatever (and maybe also some comic strip reprints....just today, I sent some money off to Hermes Press....right down the road from you in New Castle, PA...for a collection of Steve Canyon strips). Who knows if I'll even make it to retirement! I doubt I could afford to retire before age 70. What if I DID NOT buy those comic books today and did not make it to retirement....well then, I'd be doubly screwed! I'm going to enjoy my comic books....and my Elvis bootlegs....and my Italian sword and sandal films....TODAY! And then I'll continue to have content to provide for Blog To Comm! Oh, speaking of other things I blow my money on, I just got the complete run on DVD-R of the obscure 1961-1962 TV show FOLLOW THE SUN, starring Brett Halsey (right before he went to Europe) as a magazine writer chasing down stories in Hawaii. It's kind of like 20th Century Fox TV's attempt to do a Warner Brothers TV show along the lines of HAWAIIAN EYE or BOURBON STREET BEAT. Maybe I'll do a review after I watch more of them.<br /><br />BILLBill S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07573129431937332002noreply@blogger.com