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| I've been collecting comics for quite a few years now, and I've met lots of people from all walks of life into collecting comics. I've been wondering which type of people are most likely to collect comics and what do you do for living? I'll start. I'm currently a university student and I've started collecting since I was around 12-13 years old. |
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Duncan1228 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I work for the Ontario government. I started collecting in grade 6, then took a hiatus during high school. I picked it up again when I was around 21. |
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KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Accountant!! Don't remember when I started but I still have the books my Mom sent to me at summer camp in the early 80's (so 8-10 yrs old)and books from earlier I think | ||
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| I've worn many hats over the last 50+ years of collecting. I got my first comic books of my own when I was 6 years old. I have worked at McDonald's, been a machinist, and have been registered to work in medical x-ray/CT scan since 1984. |
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00slim private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I sell on e-Bay & periodically work in construction when my Dad (a General Contractor) needs a hand. I've collected comics since I was about 8 or 9. I started coincidentally shortly before the Death of Superman story began. I remember painting fences to scrape together the $55 I needed to buy that black bag edition. It's worth what? $15 now? LOL! When I got married almost five years ago, I sold a lot of my more valuable books to buy my wife's wedding ring. Cool thing? She's very supportive of my collecting. She knows it's an investment & has got me some epic books as Anniversary gifts. |
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 I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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| Retired at 30. | ||
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| lab tech at a wastewater plant. | ||
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 "Forum Overlord" bah ha ha ha...
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JustThatGuy private msg quote post Address this user | |
| street pharmacist | ||
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Pole Dancer... |
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Themaxx35 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Attorney and Army Reserve. Collected in the 90s. Came back to collecting about 1 year ago. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Oxbladder Call it what it is....Water taster. Haha |
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Thanatos private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Military contractor and Air Force Reserves. My mom only let me read one series when I was a kid due to financial struggles and picked Green Lantern in the early 2000s. Besides my Green Lantern collection from that time I mostly collect casually and pick up key issues of other characters I like when I get a chance. I envy those whose wives support their comic collecting, getting that Showcase #22 is going to take a lot of groveling. |
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 I had no way of knowing that 9.8 graded copies signed by Adam Hughes weren't what you were looking for.
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Grayspeedster private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I work as a supervisor for an online flower service similar to FTD and 1800Flowers. Been with them for going in 3years now! I started collecting at 14 and stopped around 16. I picked it back up in October of 2016 and it's been a blast since! I turn 24 this august! | ||
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| Program manager. Basically I manage a team of Architects and Project Managers. Make sure the Architects design something that can actually be built, then make sure the PMs build it correctly and on budget. I wish I was a pole dancer. |
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| Collected from 9-15 then started again when I was 32. Have had many many jobs over the years. I'm currently an production Operator at an Aluminum plant in Pickering, Ontario | ||
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Drogio private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Engineer. I started I the mid 80's (13 at the time). Took a hiatus during my college years (no income)...then got back into them for a while after getting a steady job...Took another hiatus when I got married and had kids (slim budget)... I got back into them recently when I decided to slab my keys and move some of my non-keys and issues I'll never read again. I still have a really tight budget, so I've been reinvesting the $$ from selling to slab more keys buy a few reads that I've always been interested in. The wife has been understanding as I haven't been dipping into our income or savings and she knows what I purchase/slab has good return on investment potential. |
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| Army, medical research specifically. | ||
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| FabricatorMachinist for an Aeronautics company. I started collecting in 1990(Spiderman,X-Men,Wolverine)dropped off in 2k and picked it back up about 4 years ago, started back up to help get my son into reading and it worked(he loves villans now, Venom,Carnage) and that has turned into my wife,daughter,son and I all collecting. | ||
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| Physical therapist read a lot of books when younger then got back into it in mid 30's | ||
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 PEDIGREED... Again!
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| RETIRED... mm |
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Honors world history teacher varsity football / head track coach. Started reading Gi-Joe books back in the day. Got out of collecting comics during college (but collected star wars statues and busts) picked it back up a year ago to help with my sons reading. Turned both my boys in magic the gathering players and me in a 20 comic pull list.. |
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OrbitCityComics private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I am an Economist at a think-tank where I specialise in central and south American emerging economies. Prior to that I worked for large companies where I would analyze data to determine the infamous MSRP points. I started collecting about 35 years ago, and have even had a few forays into owning comic shops. The first two I sold and the last one I lost in a divorce. Getting ready to start my fourth. I also wrote a mini-series for DC's vertigo line. My most infamous claim to fame: I ghost wrote a porn stars "auto-biography" when I first graduated journalism school. |
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| I'm a struggling graphic designer/ fine art photographer. I work as a yearbook cover artist during the school year & usually laid off over the summer months. I got lucky last year & started working on some outside commercial books through our sister company. ALWAYS looking for more freelance work so I can actually get my bills paid. | ||
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 Beaten by boat oars
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| Broadcaster for a PBS affiliate, Navy reserves after being active Navy. Recently recalled to active duty so my posting will be nonexistent soon. Started collecting when I came home to a shoebox full of books. Nothing fancy but Amazing Spider-Man 328 and What the?! #6 hooked me. Been on and off with collecting over the years, but pretty entrenched now that I have some disposable income and no kids that I know about. | ||
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Trilogycomics private msg quote post Address this user | |
| comic shop owner for 35 years.. Sold most of my personal collection 15 years ago after my divorce.. Had been collecting since I was 7 when my brother went to college and started bringing me home comics he collected around the dorm at Va Tech Just restarted my Spidey collection |
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| Street car conductor. | ||
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| Quality Tech.... Professional Complainer | ||
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 I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery.
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Quote:Originally Posted by SteveRicketts You have the height for it. |
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