One of Dave's guerilla marketing ideas for the Remastered Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8 by Aardvark-Vanaheim and The Waverly Press, was sending original art cards to Comic Book Stores that have been around since TMNT #8 first came out in 1986. And then he faxes me a 220% enlargement that I email to them:
** In 1986 the World was watching many thing including; Chernobyl, Halley's
Comet, Phantom of the Opera, Ronald Reagan and Space Shuttle Challenger;
** Meanwhile Fans of Comic Books were often oblivious to these world events,
they were more interested in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank
Miller, Watchmen by Alan Moore, Man of Steel by Byrne, Daredevil in Born
Again by Miller, Punisher limited series by Zeck;
** The Mid-1980's were BOOM Years for the Early Alternative Independent
Comics, as the Direct Market was growing; MAUS V1 by Spiegelman made a
small and overlooked DEBUT, only to win a 1992 Pulitzer Prize! Judge Dredd
by Eagle delighted Fans;
** CEREBUS THE AARDVARK was in its 9th Year with #100 coming in 1987;
CEREBUS was establishing it foothold as one of the most collectible and
enduring Alternative comics of all time, values of early issue were soaring,
better known than TMNT; I often recall when DAVE SIM did an Autograph
Session in my Winnipeg Store in the Early 1980's, long-lineup and a very
busy day! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was only in its 3rd year, originally
seen as a Gimmick comic with #1 impossible to find, thus the collectible
value was value soaring; When it was announced CEREBUS was going to Team-Up
with the Turtles in TMNT #8, many of my regular Comic Subscription buyers
requested at add to their List, with several buyers wanted 5 to 10 copies
each. Up until issue #7, we were ordering about 50 copies each of TMNT, but
for #8 we ordered 300 Copies; It turned out to be a good decision, as we
sold out Six Times our normal Order in less than a month. It was actually
one of the Greatest and Historic Crossover Independent Comics events of
Decade. Fast forward 37 years to 2023, with Zillions of comics printed, and
fans obsessed with The MCU (Marvel cinematic Universe) this Classic
Crossover has been mostly forgotten, with the collectible value stalled.
Perhaps the Reboot TMNT #8 will remind Fans of this overlooked 1980's
Classic Crossover Key issue!
Doug Sulipa
(Comic World; Overstreet Senior advisor since 1972)
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Doug Sulipa's COMIC WORLD
BOX 21986
STEINBACH, MANITOBA
CANADA R5G 1B5
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Email; dsulipa@gmail.com
Phone; 1-204-346-3674
TEXT; 1-204-392-6686
Inventory site; www.dougcomicworld.com
If you ARE, or KNOW of a Retailer who's been around since 1986, email me at momentofcerebus@gmail.com and I'll get your info to Dave, and he'll mail you an original art card.
It's Iguana's day off. Big Board will return tomorrow.
Next Time: How YOU can help the T8 KS without spending your retirement savings... (for real this time...)
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Got the SECOND entry in the T8 Card Contest:
Details as I know them.
- They're producing a card set called "Visions of Turtles 8" with art by lots of cool folks. (Maybe even me!)
- They are looking for members of the Cerebus community to submit their own art ideas for a trading card that will be included in the set.
- Dave Sim is one of the judges. Our man at the Waverly Press is the other.
- Winner gets 50 copies of their card, and "a package of fun stuff including a platinum T8 ashcan"
- Contest runs until Friday, March 24th at midnight.
- Submit your entries to momentofcerebus@gmail.com
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Heritage has ALL sorts of TMNT/Cerebus goodies
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Gary Boyarski's Kickstarter for Jack Grim #11
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Up to 35% off site-wide:
March 23-26.
Tell your fans! Remind them that everything will be up to 35% off
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