I'll start: I've been a full time working comic book artist/graphic novelist for nearly 20 years-- I don't work in the superhero field but in horror or non fiction and this career has afforded me the ability to travel all over the world with a concentration on Asia where the market and publishers flourish. These work paid for trips allow me to haunt some really obscure shops and make some great finds. We also spend a good chunk of our time all over the US which also has a lot of offerings for a collector.
I've always loved Classic Universal Monsters even more than Batman (gasp) so a lot of what I collect is geared towards that-- especially 60s vintage stuff. Probably the oddest thing I collect...
No, not convertibles or even cows although there are both there. I have a large collection of sports jackets. I wear them almost year round and I like finding conservative but unusual ones. The photo is a rare one of me (I don't like having my picture taken) as Veronica and I tool around the mountains of Vermont in our Miata.
Indian Motorcycle related merchandise, this is my favorite brand of bike, and this love goes way back. There's just something about the slick lines and low slung nature to them that make them superior (IMO) to other brands.
One of the best things about the publishing industry being shut down for six months at the start of the pandemic was a chance to build and paint a pile of model kits I'd had lying around. This particular one was from a good friend who passed away suddenly. The pic shows it about 90% complete, I added more shadow and paint to the face after this was taken.
Ditto the playing mantis Spidey re-issue, the pic is bad but I actually got all of the webs painted in. This was a kit I wanted to do ever since I was a kid but the webbing was too daunting.
Vintage Godzilla Sofubi's sell for multiple $100s here in the states but you can still get them in Japan for about 1500Y (about $14.50), sofubi's are soft or hollow vinyl figures and my favorites are usually about 12" tall. On one trip I ran out of room in my suitcase for anymore, so I went out and bought another suitcase from a Japanese dollar store and filled it with these and checked it. It arrived with me safe and sound, unlike another box which I mailed back to myself and it was lost forever with barely a "oh, sorry" from the Post Office.
Kresge Mego figures- I have about a dozen of these-- this one is a custom with a vintage AHI head and a modern Mego body on a custom card, but I like the way it came out. I always liked the Kresge cards because they were better balanced than the standard Mego cards. I also have several examples in boxes.
That's all for now, I'll post more including my Colgate Monster Soaky collection and the new Super7 one's too.
