Do You Like Comic Books?

Do you like winning free stuff? How about if that free stuff is comic books? If you answered yes to some of these questions, you may want to head over to TJ (of the late All Your Base Cards) and Guy‘s new joint Obsessive Rec and let ‘em know what your first and/or favorite comic [...]

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Since I haven’t mentioned in awhile and it’s all I’ve got handy, here is where I currently stand in the Diamond Giveaway.  I’ve managed to score several Diamond Die-Cuts via random vintage trading, and have finally landed a few keepers.  Behold, for I now have a screen grabber! Not bad.  And if you’re wondering how [...]

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… Until I start writing it.  I’m barely mentally coherent and can’t quite think of anything specific to say (I for one blame this ridiculous heat and dis brokeass recliner hurting my back for my total lack of posting energy), but I feel the need to say SOMETHING.  So, here goes whatever. Nothing has happened [...]

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Inspections and cleaning and all that junk are finally done! And I passed it all without parental help with the cleaning for the first time (mom’s out 4-6 weeks with a bad knee). So, I’m feeling pretty good about myself just now. Which means maybe I can get a few things sent in the near [...]

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Trying trying trying… and always failing.  No matter what I do it seems I just can’t keep up with trades.  So I’m just here to apologize once again and thank you for the continued saintlike patience most of you have found it necessary to show.  It has been a lil busier than normal of late, [...]

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Welcome back to the theatre!  Today we’re gonna take a look at Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes.  I wasn’t expecting much from this, but I was blown away.  Just a standard-ish review this time, so significantly less spoilers ahoy. The first thing you will notice is this movie is pretty.  The animation is in [...]

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It took more than 20 tries, but it finally happened, on my fourth and final Diamond Giveaway Code from today (and most likely for the foreseeable future).  I hit paydirt!  Feast your eyes… Not bad eh?  Not just a Diamond Die-Cut, note the darkness of the diamond.  Yes, daddy got a BLACK Diamond!  I may [...]

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Yeah, let’s do this!  I totally failed to get any scanning done today, but I did watch a couple cartoon movies on Cartoon Network yesterday, released in the last couple years.  So I may as well quickly review them here while I’ve got a minute.  Going to try a little “Misunderstood Masterpieces” style for this [...]

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It isn’t a new thought.  I ask myself every time I fall behind on trades or don’t feel like posting for an extended period of time.  I hadn’t thought about it for awhile, but ever since I read certain recent post by card blogging legend Night Owl, I can’t shake it.  I think everyone that [...]

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Yep, my brother and a friend of his are working together on the new project called Digital Dialogue, or Digilog for short.  So if you are into video games, go check it out.  I’ll be here finally updating my For Trade page while you’re gone. Links! Blog: http://www.digilogpodcast.com/ 1st Podcast Episode available here: http://www.digilogpodcast.com/2011/06/episode-1-is-up/ Twitter: [...]

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There’s a new blog in town… that actually seems to have started before even my first six long since deleted posts from March/April 2008.  But after a 27 or so month hiatus, The Diamond King is officially with us again, and is holding a contest to promote this most auspicious occasion.  There are seven big [...]

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Huh?  What’s this? A post with recentish sketch cards completely ready to go?  Did the blog fairy type this up when I wasn’t paying attention?  No, I vaguely remember doing this myself for a rainy day.  So seeing as it rained steadily all day today, let’s post it!  All cards for sale or trade. Me [...]

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‘Ello ‘ello, old chums.  Back with another trade post.  This one is from CamClow of Cardboard Heaven.  Only three cards in this, but they are all great ones. As far as plain jerseys go, nothing beats a Donruss jumbo swatch, I tell ya.  It’s hard to explain, but they just do it better.  Maybe this [...]

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Hey all.  So I guess I’ll start with the most recent trade to arrive and work my way back.  This package arrived sometime between Tuesday and Thursday this past week from Marie of A Cardboard Problem. A nice mix of specific Cubbies I collect.  The only one here I might have already is the ’10 [...]

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Forgot about this until I saw them amongst some undownloaded scannage still sitting in my inbox.  Here’s what I ended up with: Pretty nice haul considering how little I had to work with.  No complaints about condition either.  Only the ’60 and ’72 had any damage, but except for a certain 1965 card from a [...]

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Hey.  Wassup?  Got some random stuff to hit on, so here goes. First, there is one slot left in The Daily Dimwit‘s Ovation Case Group Break!  One team of your choice and a second to be randomed off, for $30.  Go for it! ~~~~ Next, I’ve gotten into trade talks with all of the following [...]

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Finished the rest of my Justice League sketch cards.  Timely too, being as I am down to $29.00 for the rest of the month (even a cheap computer isn’t cheap).  If anybody has ever considered buying any pre-made cards or commissioning a piece from me, this would be swell time to do it!  Anyway, have [...]

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So yeah, if you heard on twitter, there was no flea market on Saturday, and apparently there won’t be one at all this month.  It’s okay though, I took my what basically amounted to my entire monthly card budget to Target and Walmart, and had the good fortune of it turning out fairly well.  We [...]

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Almost done! We’ll get two of the last three binder pages done today, and finish it off just before I head out on Saturday.  Also, I blew the days in a row streak again, due to being up pretty close to 24 hours into yesterday afternoon (thanks in part to coloring sketch cards), and sleeping [...]

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Ugh, mojo is such a dumb word (unless we’re talking super intelligent monkey supervillains or card blogging hands), but I digress.  While the weather is hitting record highs, so to are my blog hits.  And I’m closing in on posting every day for a week straight for maybe the first time ever in the history [...]

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I finished up the couple sketch cards I started the other night, so I thought I’d share them real quick since they pertain to some of you. Busted out my new watercolor pencils for the first time on this one.  The only markers are on his name in the corner, the pic itself is all [...]

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Before I begin, I’d like to mention I spent most of the day setting up new pages listing the cards that I have from my various player collections.  They aren’t even close to finished yet, but you can see what they look like so far if you’d like.  I’ve made one for baseball, basketball, and [...]

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Less than a week away from the next flea market and still a few more posts to go.  I’ll try to post the upcoming event’s swag in a much more efficient manner, but if I play my cards right (heh), I may be able to get the rest of these flea market posts in under [...]

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And what a fun one it was.  It did get off to a rocky start, due to me getting back so late from the parents’ place the night before, which pushed everything back a bit and put them a little behind schedule to head out of town to attend the 1st birthday bash of my [...]

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Back with another binder page ready to go! Why Purchased: An entire page of almost vintage stars of the day and Hall of Famers, duh. Keepers: Definitely Andre Dawson and maybe Kingman/Gorman Thomas (though I will part with it for the right offer). Notes: The negativity and/or wangst of Mets twitterers make it seem like [...]

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Better get back to these, the next flea market might be this weekend.  Why Purchased: For the almost-vintage Hall of Famers.  I didn’t even notice the Youk rookie till I had already decided to purchase it. Keepers: None I guess.  The Griffey doesn’t interest me very much, and the others I can probably find good [...]

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Yeah, that’s a lame title, and I apologize.  I’m not sorry enough to not go with it though.  Anyway, I stumbled upon this hot little number with a low price on eBay with about six minutes left, but nearly blew it due to having so many tabs open my internets had slowed to a crawl: [...]

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Some stuffs from my retail value pack: Not the best picture, but as with the binder pages from the flea market, pretty solid for webcam.  Doesn’t even begin to do these beauties justice though.  Not even scan do these bad mamma-jammas justice, though.  You gots to see them in person for yourself.  I’m going to [...]

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Yes, it’s a sketch card post.  No, I’m not sorry.  Although you do have my apologies for this post going up two days later than intended.  Maybe some pretty pictures will get my mind off the nagging questions and thoughts about the state of our world after last night’s shocking revelations for awhile though.  Anyway, [...]

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So, I finally got the singles I picked up at the flea market edited down into bite-sized chunks recently, and after the power going out at some point while I slept the other day, when I started things back up, my keyboard was working again.  So, I’m back in business. First though, a quick note.  [...]

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Apologies for starting to drop off the posting pace again, it isn’t for lack of content or anything to say.  To put it briefly, as of early Sunday morning, my keyboard is on the fritz… yes I somehow managed to kill another one.  Anyway, this is being written via crummy on-screen keyboard, which is no [...]

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I’m starting to get on a roll, might even get close to finishing before the next show!  Here is the 4th binder page: Why Purchased: Because I collect Frank Robinson, and also for the Alex Rios RC & A-Rod Thunder insert. Keepers: Just the Frank Robinson I guess. Notes: There’s something unflattering about Willkie’s photo there, [...]

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Here be the first of the two 25-card $1 grab bag pack things.  This be the football version.  Here’s the pack in order (accomplishments via Pro-Football-Reference): Vintage, it’s all vintage! 1970 topps David Lee (1x First-Team All-Pro), Dave Osborn (1x Pro Bowl), Jon Morris (7x Pro Bowl; 1x First-Team All-Pro), Jerry Smith (2x Pro Bowl; [...]

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So I’m sick.  Unsure if I’m running a temp, but I’m achy, and my throat feels like sandpaper.  My left back/side also feels like I tweaked something in it.  Add to the fact that I wasn’t able to only able sleep 1-2 hours at a time this morning, and wasn’t able to get to sleep [...]

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