CGC RAISES PRICES ON JANUARY 18, 2022 On January 4, 2022, CGC announced that they were raising prices associated with grading comic books, magazines, concert posters, and lobby cards beginning on January 18, 2022. You may recall that in April of 2021, CGC raised their prices significantly, and just nine months later, they’re raising them…
On Episode 20 of Certified Comic Talk, I’m joined by Jake Hull and Jesús Estrada of the Spec Tales Podcast, where we talk about what it takes to launch and sustain a comic book podcast, the spec market, and Jesús gives us an update on his passion project, GuaranteedComics.com. Give the show a listen to…
On Episode 19 of Certified Comic Talk, I’m joined by Brendan Conrad, the founder and creator of Comic Query — The Comic Book Store Search Engine. Brendan stops by to talk about how he came up with the idea to build a search engine that connects comic collectors to the online comic shops that have…
On Episode 18 of Certified Comic Talk, the streak continues with a third new episode in three consecutive weeks! In this episode, I’m joined by Jason Douglas, the creator of the acclaimed graphic novel, Parallel, published by Source Point Press. Jason stops by to talk shop, rare comics, how he went from school teacher to…
On Episode 17 of Certified Comic Talk, the podcast is rescued from certain doom by you, the listeners. Ruben Najera, from Metahumas Comics joins me to talk shop, how he became a professional skateboarder, a comic shop owner, AND the creator of the renowned Imperial Valley Comic Con. This episode is a must listen for…
On Episode 16 of Certified Comic Talk, I embark on a last ditch effort to keep this podcast alive. Cookie from Just A Little Podcast joins me to talk shop, being a comic-preneur, Star Wars, and other nerd stuff. Will it be enough to keep Certified Comic Talk alive? The fate of the show is…
CGC RAISES PRICES ON APRIL 28, 2021 On April 21, 2021, CGC announced that they’d be raising the prices associated with their Grading & Pressing services as well as updating the benefits of their annual Membership Tiers beginning on April 28, 2021. In this article we’ll take a look at what’s changed so you can…
HOW TO FIND EBAY’S ‘HIDDEN’ BEST OFFER SELLING PRICE Whether you’re planning to sell an item on eBay and don’t know at what price you should list it at, or you’ve found an item you want to buy but aren’t sure if the asking price is fair — looking up what similar items have sold…
On Episode 15 of Certified Comic Talk, I give you an update on just where the heck I’ve been the past 6 months and what I’ve been up to both personally and with the shop. Tune in for more comic-preneur tips, tricks, musings and ramblings.
WHERE TO BUY COMICS ONLINE BESIDES EBAY There’s no arguing the fact that eBay is often seen as the main source for comic collectors to buy comic books online. As of this writing, there are over 5.7 million comic book listings on eBay. But just because eBay has the most aggregated comic book listings, that…