On 2018-02-03 06:30:13 +0000, John Smallberries said:
> On 2018-02-02 22:43:40 +0000, symm said:
>
>> Also I bought Supes 261 as a Chistmas gift to myself that I need to
>> scan. It's one of the first comics I can remember from my childhood
>> (along with a Rhino guest star issue in Hulk (#104?) and a
>> Avengers/Defenders issue that I need to ID based on a couple of panels
>> I can half remember). These are all borrowed/found-laying-around issues
>> that pre-date my actual (expensive) comic buying hobby/addiction
>> starting at age 12 or 13 (right at the start of the Claremont/Byrne
>> Xmen run).
>>
>> Now if I can just found where I left my motivation laying around at...
>
> Man, do I hear that.
>
> I have something like 12 long boxes filled with comics from the '80s,
> most of which are of no value whatever. I have no idea what I'm going
> to do with them.
>
> When I was a kid, I had a friend who had most of the early Marvels,
> which is where I first read them. They were beat, so not of much value,
> but it did lead me into being a Marvel reader when I was older. I've
> owned multiple copies of Amazing Fantasy 15 and Spider-Man 1 in my day.
> None were in great condition, but I wish I still had them. Who knows --
> maybe they were good enough that I could pay off my house.
>
> As for the Archies, the big ones are only 72ppi but almost 40 inches
> high saved at PS Level 12 quality. Redusing them to 8.5 inches wide @
> 150ppi and saving at PS Level 8 quality reduces a 3.4 MB file to 1.4
> MB. So that's helpful, but just too much work. Yeah, I could create a
> script to do it, but it doesn't seem worth the effort.
>
> Somewhere I think I have a bunch of the Archie radio broadcasts (as
> posted years ago on Usenet) and youTube has a B&W Archie live-action
> pilot which is not terribly good.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA9gesm2bBo
Thanks. Took a look at the unaired pilot. I saw a few TV character
actors I remembered from that era. Lots of TV tropes from that era, too
;)
I could probably batch process the huge digital Archies and repost if
you're interested. Let me know.
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