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<DIV>In a message dated 5/31/2006 8:31:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
onewhowatches@msn.com writes:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>So was I
just being ripped off back before everyone used the internet for
<BR>purchases? Or is Groo depreciating at an alarming
rate?<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>There was quite a comic book bubble in the early 90s just as there was a
huge stock market bubble in the late 90s.</DIV>
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<DIV>I also think that the internet has made certain things a lot easier to
acquire. At one point someone spent a long time looking for a certain item
and when they found it, they were a lot more willing to pay a higher price
- it was "worth it" since they'd spent so long looking. Nowadays, it's
wicked easy to type in eBay's internet address and find several of that very
item. Why spend the higher price when you can wait a couple weeks for
someone to post the same item with a cheaper price?</DIV>
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<DIV>That's my theory. I've spent the last few days going through my many
comic boxes and seeing what certain titles are going for on eBay compared to
when I bought them. It's sad sad sad. It's the oddball comics (Flaming
Carrot, sometimes early Groo, Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children) that
seem to have kept some weight to their prices - in fact, the Beautiful Stories
can sometimes fetch more today then when they were released.</DIV>
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<DIV>Speaking of old comics, does anyone out there have any old issues of the
magazine "Comic Relief?" It was a monthly compilation of comic strips and
panels. For a period of time it ran a David Lynch comic strip
called "The Angriest Dog in the World" and I'd LOVE to acquire more that
strip.</DIV>
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<DIV>I just bought a book called "Zounds!" which is a "browser's dictionary of
interjections" written by Mark Dunn and with cartoon commentary by SERGIO
ARAGONES. I've yet to check all his illustrations to find out if a certain
ship-sinking mendicant makes a cameo.</DIV>
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<DIV>-seth</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>