{"id":343,"date":"2010-07-19T03:38:14","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T03:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/07\/19\/bagging-the-big-game\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:39","slug":"bagging-the-big-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/07\/19\/bagging-the-big-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Bagging the big game!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found an ultra-rare book tonight at Half Price Books, albeit one of personal interest. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/5769598-children-with-glue\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Children With Glue<\/span><\/a> was not only <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmcm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Shannon &quot;Too Much Coffee Man&quot; Wheeler<\/a>&#8216;s first book but also the very first book I ever edited! Published in 1991 by Blackbird Comics, the book never sold all that well (maybe 1000 copies) and a vast majority of the copies that did, often fell apart.  Consequently, a book with the cover <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">actually<\/span> attached often sells in the neighborhood of $50. I only own two intact copies.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1226972681l\/5769598.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This evening, I found a copy with it&#8217;s cover attached for $2.48, half the original cover price of $4.95! That&#8217;s what&#8217;d you call a find.  <\/p>\n<p>Got some other good stuff as well.  Couple of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardcasecrime.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Hard Case Crime paperbacks<\/a>, a few other graphic novels. But nothing that excited me as much as finding <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Children With Glue<\/span>. I actually squealed a little.  I actually got some odd looks from the other patrons looking at the graphic novels. (So a 5&#8217;11&quot;\/220 lb forty-something guy squealed a bit. Get over it.)<\/p>\n<p>I love the hunt.  Especially when I catch some big game!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found an ultra-rare book tonight at Half Price Books, albeit one of personal interest. Children With Glue was not only Shannon &quot;Too Much Coffee Man&quot; Wheeler&#8216;s first book but also the very first book I ever edited! 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