On the YouTube video https://youtu.be/G9OyJ-Z9lns?si=RlB27L-knSfCrHQM21020
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| Simply put, I have yet to be impressed by anything from StickyGoose. Props to anyone who has a YouTube channel and a decent number of followers. However, with that being said, having been a collector of comic books since the early 1970s and currently an avid and consistent listener/watcher of 50+ podcasts and YouTubers about comic books (some I like less and some I like more)... StickyGoose has yet to align with anything, in my opinion, other than making click-bait from always having a sour outlook on the hobby. Having "been there" since the 70s and having lived through several comic booms and busts, I can attest to the fact that StickyGoose is not a YouTube channel for facts. I do believe everyone is entitled to their opinion. But I draw the line at simply putting out negative videos for the sake of putting out negative videos. Why would anyone state that graded comics are not being bought anymore? PSA and all their researchers surely don't believe this or they wouldn't be joining the game. As a nearly 50-year buyer, reader, and collector, I dislike grading new books for the pure sake of a quick flip. And I do prefer to touch, feel, smell, and READ the actual comics instead of locking them inside a slab forever. But slabbing has its place and it's here to stay. Slabbing was created to protect buyers and level the playing field for people to be able to order their books with confidence. In its simplest form, slabbing is there to find restoration, missing pieces, and trimming that the buyer might not otherwise know about. It was not created to get a 9.8 over a 9.6 of a recent title and then flip it from cover price to $100 overnight. That's what it has become. But that's a totally different topic for a totally different day. I dislike new book flipping to some extent. But that has nothing to do with the popularity of slabbing going away. I truly hope that raw sales will increase over the coming years. I have had great successes in my lifetime with buying raw, even in the days before the internet. My original copies of AF15, FF1, Hulk1, GL1, SHOW4, Spm1, and XM1 (just to name a few) were all bought in the early 1990s before the internet in the real wild, wild west of the Comic Buyer's Guide's line ads. For those of you that don't know, in the old days, the CBG had a classified section of ads that were 3-5 lins in length in the back of our hobby's "newspaperlike" weekly guide. And there were no pictures! We used them because in many cases it might be the only time someone living in a rural neighborhood with no comic shows or conventions might be able to buy those pieces of heavy metal Silver Age and Golden Age books. Then there was eBay in the first few years with no pictures at all. Try ordering a few books through the mail, by phone, or online, with no pics, and see how you feel about the necessity of a third-party grading company. This guy doesn't know what he's talking about at all. He's just talking to talk and posting to post. It's sad. And it just amounts to YouTube "filler." Unfortunately, some of the people that watch him are impressionable and he's causing more harm to our hobby than anything. Slabbing has its place in our hobby. Slabbing is here to stay. Maybe modern flippers are the problem... nah... we need those too. There's plenty of our hobby to go around. What we don't need is an unhealthy message about our hobby blasted out to impressionable viewers without some pushback from those of us who know better. I hope somebody doesn't watch this and decide to dump their collection because the sky is falling. All that would do is hurt us all. We need more YouTubers making videos about having a BETTER hobby!! Shout out to Keston's Comics, Swagglehaus, Bry's Comics, the Golden Age Guru, ComicTom101, Reapertate, LongBoxLoveAffair, ComicTropes, Alex the Comic Hoarder, RegiCollects (please come back, Regi) and my personal favorite, Bronze and Modern Gods! These guys are where it's at! | ||
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 I do what I can.
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| Imo flippers are a problem to the hobby. Never really cared for sticky goose vids. Although I do agree to an extent that slabs sit longer than raw at LCS. I'm sure people are buying. Don't really bother me too much I slab for PC and I personally haven't bought a slab in some time. Also personally I can't stand comictom101 I believe it's his on screen persona feels forced to me. But this is just my opinion and like you stated everyone is entitled to their own opinion. | ||
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 I wish I had a title.
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ComicNinja0215 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| He should his name to sticky douche, that guy is lousy. | ||
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 Collector
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antoniofett private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Yeah I don't subscribe to flippers on any social media. @jaysonslade you listed some great channels! | ||
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 Beaten by boat oars
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Quote:Originally Posted by TheShocker So true. The biggest pieces of shit are the flippers who will tell you they have no interest in comics other than selling the current flavor of the week. They add nothing to the hobby. No thoughts of their own on writers, artists, titles, runs that could help a collector, etc. It's just "Here's a first appearance derp derp der!" or "It's the 1:1,000,000,000 Jock retailer incentive cover!" As for Sticky Buns' rant about people not buying graded books, it can kinda be true. Slabs typically don't sell in my local shops. They all have them, but they don't move as well even at good prices. Regi was alright on youtube. Most of the rest were whatever to me. |
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