He also said comics like the new Barack Obama/Spiderman may be worth a lot now, but could go down in value.Of course not. The entertainment value should come first and foremost. And that Spidey/Obama short story in issue #583 is unlikely to last long in value. Especially if it's kept bagged and boarded. I won't be surprised if some copies start turning up on Ebay in just a few months.
"You shouldn't buy comic books just to invest in them," Morton said.
Because if we're going to try and stop the misuse of our favorite comics and their protagonists by the companies that write and publish them, we've got to see what both the printed and online comics news is doing wrong. This blog focuses on both the good and the bad, the newspaper media and the online websites. Unabashedly. Unapologetically. Scanning the media for what's being done right and what's being done wrong.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Portage's convention
The Northwest Indiana Times writes about the comic book convention taking place this week in Portage. And, someone even makes the following observation worth considering about the Spidey/Obama issue: