Jim's Free Comic Book Day Haul! - a short box of 25¢ Comics

[@AlansNewMutant]

Hey hey HEYYYYYYY! At about 29:30 seconds, you review The Protectors from NYC Comics, and point out how the bottom of the pages are used to contain little summaries of the creators' works. I'm one of those creators! I'm Alan White, and the book it's describing was called POWERPLAY. I revived that book 7 seven years ago and it's now called The Power Principle! May I post the comic's webpage?

[@xcornmuffinx]

This is the place to come for comics deep cuts. Out of an hour plus video, maybe I knew like 10 of the books you showed. Every video is like a new adventure into obscure comic-dom

[@reddbeard3541]

Been binding my own books for a while but never tried to bind a comic so would be really interested to see the process. Love the channel.

[@neoxbomb]

I love these types of comics! I get excited when I find these types of books I've never hard of. Good Stuff!

[@NoblerThanWork]

I always grab these books I've never heard of when I can in bins. Half the time I don't even like them but they just feel like finding treasure.

[@danelsen1278]

Happy 1st Birthday Cartoonist Kayfabe!!! This was the first episode I saw. Discovered it while I was home sick from work one day earlier this year. This was the start of my new obsession with tracking down 80’s B&W indie and Outlaw Comics. Now I’ve watched almost every episode and bought hundreds of new comics you guys recommended. THANK YOU JIM & ED!!! Here’s to year #2!

[@rogaface]

Man I just got sucked in and watched the whole thing. Thank you Jim

[@Chance0]

Awesome video, I don't know anything about independent comics outside of your videos so I'm learning a lot

[@RXTV]

3:44 Keith Giffen Man, I been looking for back issues of Trencher, i loved that comic, part inspiration for my Al Immortal, your digging tastes are off the charts!

[@landowalker5479]

25 years later, that style is just as wild.

[@mayomonkey-gen1]

That wolfman mac comic. That's awesome. He used to host horror movies on tv.

[@henrykrinkle1576]

Love these overviews of new finds, could watch them weekly! I like the hits of nostalgia I get from looking at covers I haven't seen in thirty years.

[@lorcannagle]

Around 7:50, Homage comics was an imprint of Wildstorm/Image, started in 1995 for comics where the writer was meant to be the selling point rather than the artist. Astro City, Leave it to Chance and Strangers in Paradise were their most notable titles prior to the DC buyout. Their publishing was sporadic after that - Sam Keith and Warren Ellis did some stuff under the imprint in the 2000s.

[@theaceofspades56]

I see ya took Tom Scioli's advice and got you some Destroyer Duck! I never knew Ron Engish did a comic! That's pretty cool.

[@artmonkeys]

Ring of Roses is drawn by John Watkis?! Holy cow! Watkis is from the U.K. He had a meteoric career thru comics before becoming a development artist at Disney. Steve Worthington introduced me to his work in the late 90s. Watkis’ DC work particularly is amazing.

[@marcellerby]

Loved those old Beavis and Butt-head comics back in the day. Rik's gross gunky drawings mixed with the clean on model B+B style was pretty cool. Been searching for them at comic marts myself but no luck so far.

[@comicKkrakK]

really great stuff Jim. So gems in there for sure. I'm currently reading Kamui as I continue down the road of reading everything Eclipse I can get my hands on and I am loving the series. I've probably got about half of the Eclipse run at this point. I sent off a box of comix to you and Ed earlier in the week...half the box is Underground Comix doubles that I had. Looking forward to seeing Ed's portion of the quarter bin dive...!

[@mrvic9395]

More than 30yrs ago I had to live in P.R and in the afternoon Kamui would air on t.v. You can find them in Spanish on KZbin . Awesome finds

[@shanekoch2116]

Brinke Stevens was married to Dave Stevens and she was the body model he used for Bettie Page in Rocketeer:)

[@pixelforge4858]

fantastic video

[@Therealmrmeow]

The ads in Big Top Popaganda are hilarious! Love this haul, some great finds!

[@artmonkeys]

Oh man - so much you’re going through brings up memories! Hey, if you’re interested in more by Spider (Neil Hansen’s pen name), look for covers he did on Badger, and an independent series he launched twice called Icon Devils.

[@CartoonistKayfabe]

I have an issue or two Icon Devil. Didn't realize that was him. I think he also drew the the Epic Heavy Hitter title Untamed. I didn't know Spyder and Neil Hansen were the same person.

[@mattkund7708]

Awesome Jim. Cool seeing so many books I didn’t know about

[@STASHdadtv]

Would love a.binding video. I would also bind some.of my dollar bin finds for fun

[@ES_Glenn]

Maaaan, sometimes I really wish I was living in the states to be able to go bin diving like this.

[@keithperkinsart]

Rick Parker is a very cool dude, and a friend. He's living in Portland, ME now, and is doing cons on the east coast this summer. He's done hand lettering for some recent P. Craig Russell (and Neil Gaiman) stuff, has done stuff for Papercutz, has a couple of self published things out right now. He's working on a graphic novel of his 2 years in the US Army, which he posts pages of on Facebook.

[@apexcomix3200]

Cobalt Blue was created & written by Mike Gustovich, who later created Justice Machine.

[@smbhax2000]

So fun to explore these! Thanks for sharing them. : )

[@joechlystun7979]

you buy the same things i do. i look for those oddball indies that i never heard of to. whats up with that "AVATAR CHRONICLES" with Paul Krause Chakan character? what year was that published? i luv RAK press :thundermace" and "Buce n Gar" air brushed covers blew me away!. Those epsilon waves we're some good reading. the company also made "Sea Dragon" which was some of Butch Burcham's (Dark Wolf) 1st works aswell as the first runs of the Twilight Avenger! still looking for A copy of "Cosmic Stellar Rebelers"

[@Reggie235]

PA accent spotted! "Silverwouf" 8:12

He always calls it Silverwoof. Charming! Ed drops most of his L's too. Is that really a PA thing? I honestly never noticed 'til I started bingeing these Kayfabe vids.

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

Can you feature Canadian imprint Comico(Slaugjterman, Az)one of these days? Ty

[@PghZombie]

Jim..Ed love the show.. I always like when they put the 25center's out of the store and into the middle of the mall... There was so much stuff in those boxes I had never even seen before. Got some more PC and Eclipse horror out of those boxes for my collection. Great stuff( and channel) ..can't wait to see what Ed got!

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

Have you seen the B&w series "the Silent Invasion "?

[@KThorJensen1]

Yeah that Dark Wolf is almost certainly photocopied on a multi-ink copier. I used to agonize lining up layers for rock posters printed using those things.

[@CartoonistKayfabe]

I never actually used one. Only read about them. By the time I was photocopying my own stuff, those machines were scarce. Glad to hear any stories about them.

[@Mercuryrules]

Thank-you for doing that.

[@samnoirstoysandcomics1169]

Brinke Stevens was a B-Movie/Scream Queen actress. Other than Brinke of Destruction her other connection to comics is that she was the ex-wife of Dave Stevens, and modelled Betty for him. Notably the eye popping "Wow" moment.

[@bertmickassokimura5737]

That Mythos comic was drawn by Nils Osmar. He use to teach a Sequential Art class through the Experimental College at the University of Washington back in the early 90's. As part of the class, he gave each student a copy of his comic.

[@brettcantrell702]

Brinke of Destruction was based on fictional stories of Brinke Stevens, B-Movie scream queen of the '80's. Sweet woman at conventions and I got a couple of autographs.

[@funnypicturescomics]

Hey Jim! Great video. Great haul you got there. I love the cartoony books like Angel and the Ape. I'm trying to collect all the issues of the Ren and Stimpy Show comics from the early 90's. The quarter bins are filled with undiscovered treasures.

[@CartoonistKayfabe]

I just saw 6 inches worth of Ren & Stimpy comics in a 50 cent box.

[@funnypicturescomics]

@@CartoonistKayfabe OUCH!!! Oh man!!

[@Reggie235]

you can learn kung fu watching Cartoonist Kayfabe 15:50

[@apexcomix3200]

Cobalt Blue first appeared in Power Comics #2 1977.

[@GrungyOipunkhalloween]

Fantaco closed down in 1998 but they tried to revive the company in 2013. They also hosted a comics and horror convention called fantacon.

[@HarryNordlinger]

I also got an issue of Dragon Ring from a .25$ bin on free comic book day!

[@dazthecomickeychaser227]

New sub here pal. Very informative, especially on the indie titles. Thanks for sharing, from a UK fan.

[@CartoonistKayfabe]

Welcome. Enjoy the channel!

[@robertjacques6812]

Would love to see the Kamui project completed

[@doomedandconfused411]

I’d love to see how you setup to get these top down shots or would that break Kayfabe?

[@CartoonistKayfabe]

It's very basic. Next time I shoot something like this, if I remember, I'll take a pic of the setup. - Jim

[@doomedandconfused411]

Cartoonist Kayfabe perfect! Thanks Jim!

[@jrox1904]

Great video i really enjoyed it

[@antgto]

Lots of hidden gems in there I'm sure. And a shout out to Jademan Comics, which is something only I'd appreciate, haha.

[@CartoonistKayfabe]

We might do a deeper Jademan dive one of these days.

[@amirmalekpour4316]

Which comic did you think was the prize? I liked that Ron English one you got and the anything goes one. Moebius wasn’t bad either

[@CartoonistKayfabe]

Your choices are all solid. I would add the Dr. Wetham Comix & Stories to that list too.

20:34 The first two panels of that right-hand page obviously take place in 2020.

[@simplefilm]

That Dark Sector book is interesting, that seems to be based on the video game of the same name from the PS3/360 era

[@andyristainodraws]

great haul! can't wait to see what ed bought. here's a recent dollar bin find i stumbled upon recently. keep an eye out for alien fire. a three issue black n white sci fi comic full of great writing and ideas

[@CartoonistKayfabe]

Thanks for the tip, Andy. I've seen Alien Fire before. I might even have an issue or two. After a while, it's hard to remember what I've read, what I've seen in boxes, and what I've actually brought home. Alien Fire is a great title!

[@andyristainodraws]

​@@CartoonistKayfabe piranha is loose was good find too.

[@diegomayamedina9179]

This is the third time i watch this 🤣 The "I had a dream" comic catch my eye certainly. Anyone knows more of that artist? I'd like to see more of his work!

[@diegomayamedina9179]

The "Ring of Roses" by John Watkiss looks pretty espectacular too...

[@Teargasrock]

God, I love comics!

[@jasongott1094]

The artwork in Piranha is Loose looks great, it reminded me a little of Steve Epting. I will have to keep an eye out for that book.

[@fausty616]

1963 binding - if you want an extra add-on, grab Shadowhawk #14 for some pointless 1963 guest appearances.

[@CartoonistKayfabe]

If I do this collection, Shadowhawk 14 is in. I also plan to add pockets for a couple of 1963 related ashcans that Hero Illustrated and Steve Bissette made. We'll see.

[@doomedhuh]

i want some beavis and butthead back issues

[@culturefan]

I'd very much be interested in seeing how you bind comics. This was a really great episode. I was very much an indie black & white fan. Peter Grau is still creating comics and you can read about his newest efforts here: atomic-pulp.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2016-11-10T00:17:00-05:00&max-results=15 One of John Bolton's other profile projects was Black Dragon, a well done comic as is anything by him.

[@CartoonistKayfabe]

Here is a video about Jim's bookbinding experience: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJ6sq3qZetqUaMU

[@entertaintech4374]

You should keep the channel going, RIP Eddie P 🪦 😢

[@sub0slyd868]

Anywhere near Philly or New Jersey with books like this? All I seem to find is Marvel and DC?

[@fausty616]

Bump for me to follow this thread. Fat Jacks in Rittenhouse has half decent back issues with some 80s Eclipse/First/Comico/etc included, but not plentiful and not dirt cheap. A lot of the other Philly stores have shitty back issue selections. Odd for a big city

[@CartoonistKayfabe]

A lot of stores dumped a lot of their back issues in the 2000s-2010s. I think the market fell out of the back issue business (at least the 80s-90s books), and it wasn't worth the cost of warehousing those back issues, especially in cities where space was more expensive. There are a few warehouses around the country like Joe Koch Warehouse (Brooklyn?), mycomicshop.com (Texas), Mile High Comics (Denver), New Dimension Comics (Pittsburgh), plus some scattered shops here and there. I think there are a few in Ohio and Portland. There's a good one in southern CA that I've seen pictures of. Bender's in Norfolk, VA is worth a stop if you're ever within an hour or two of that place...

[@sub0slyd868]

@@fausty616 Thanks, I went there today. They definitely have the best selection I've seen around the area so far. Staff was great too.

[@sub0slyd868]

Fat Jack's had a great selection. I picked up Live and Rockets vol. 3, MaxiMortal, Will Eisner's Moby Dick. Didnt even make to the back issues. Thanks