Sorry about the lack of updates, I've been swamped with work, but I did manage to put some time into this project this week:
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Blaze Carson 001 - received, scanned, posted
Blaze Carson 003 - received, scanned, posted
Outlaw Kid 007 - received, scanned, posted
Ringo Kid 008 - received, scanned, posted
Ringo Kid 019 - received, scanned, posted
Slim Morgan mini-comic - received, scanned, posted
Journey Into Mystery 065 - received, scanned, posted
Two-Gun-Kid 002 - received, scanned, posted
Outlaw Kid 004 - received, scanned, currently searching for a replacement cover
Western Outlaws & Sheriffs 067 - received, scanned, editing imminent
Two-Gun Western (1st series) 010 - received, scanned, editing imminent
Patsy Walker 030 - received
Wyatt Earp 005 - received
Wyatt Earp 025 - received
Blaze Carson 005 - (still waiting)
Two Gun Western (1st series) 009 CDN - received, won't be scanned
Western Outlaws 017 - received, won't be scanned
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Some notes: I pulled Two-Gun Western 10 from Project #2 and dropped it in here so I could close the other project out.
The three books which have been scanned but not posted are 90% complete; I've scanned and cropped them, I just need to run a color edit and they'll be posted this weekend. The Outlaw Kid 004 has a clipped cover. I thought I had a high quality cover replacement, but the one I have isn't that hot. I don't really want to, but I will post it this weekend with both covers-- the lower quality complete cover and the higher quality damaged cover. At some point down the road I will release a fixed version.
I haven't bought anything for the project because I hadn't scanned these books yet. I have about half of them listed on ebay this week (ending sunday), so we'll see how that goes.
I have been in touch with the seller of Blaze Carson 5, and he assures me it's in transit.
I hope to have the final 3 books scanned and edited this week.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Project #2: Random Westerns (update #4) COMPLETED
Project #2 status: COMPLETED
Tex Taylor 003 - received, scanned, distributed, SOLD
Two Gun Kid 005 - received, scanned, distributed, SOLD
Wild West 002 - received, scanned, distributed, SOLD
Rawhide Kid 004 - received, scanned, distributed, SOLD
Tex Taylor 007 - received, scanned, distributed, SOLD
Two-Gun Western (1st series) 010 - moved into project #3
Tex Taylor 003 - received, scanned, distributed, SOLD
Two Gun Kid 005 - received, scanned, distributed, SOLD
Wild West 002 - received, scanned, distributed, SOLD
Rawhide Kid 004 - received, scanned, distributed, SOLD
Tex Taylor 007 - received, scanned, distributed, SOLD
Two-Gun Western (1st series) 010 - moved into project #3
Friday, March 7, 2008
Project #3: More Random Westerns (update #2)
A quick update:
Blaze Carson 001 - received
Blaze Carson 003 - received
Blaze Carson 005 - (still waiting)
Outlaw Kid 004 - received
Outlaw Kid 007 - received
Ringo Kid Western 008 - received
Ringo Kid 019 - received, scanned, Gambit editing
Slim Morgan mini-comic - received, scanned, posted
Western Outlaws & Sheriffs 067 - received
Wyatt Earp 025 - received
Journey Into Mystery 065 - received, scanned, posted
Patsy Walker 030 - received
Two-Gun-Kid 002 - received, scanned, posted
Two Gun Western (1st series) 009 CDN - received
Western Outlaws 017 - received
Wyatt Earp 005 - received
Some other stuff: if you had the 4shared page bookmarked, you'll have to bookmark it again, as I changed the page. Turns out the download hits we were getting were because 4shared automatically indexes the contents of shared folders for their search function. I received an email from some random guy who told me he loved the scans best of all the comics he found on 4shared. I did a few searches and found that other people were pulling our files and posting them on their 4shared spaces (search for "Pmack" or Rawhide Kid 015" to see what I mean). There is an option to turn the indexing off, which I did, but it's also likely that people had the old page bookmarked. All files have been moved to the new space; there's nothing different except if you happened to have the specific 4shared paged bookmarked.
As you can see from above, a few new files have been posted, including an update to the project and checklist files.
Blaze Carson 001 - received
Blaze Carson 003 - received
Blaze Carson 005 - (still waiting)
Outlaw Kid 004 - received
Outlaw Kid 007 - received
Ringo Kid Western 008 - received
Ringo Kid 019 - received, scanned, Gambit editing
Slim Morgan mini-comic - received, scanned, posted
Western Outlaws & Sheriffs 067 - received
Wyatt Earp 025 - received
Journey Into Mystery 065 - received, scanned, posted
Patsy Walker 030 - received
Two-Gun-Kid 002 - received, scanned, posted
Two Gun Western (1st series) 009 CDN - received
Western Outlaws 017 - received
Wyatt Earp 005 - received
Some other stuff: if you had the 4shared page bookmarked, you'll have to bookmark it again, as I changed the page. Turns out the download hits we were getting were because 4shared automatically indexes the contents of shared folders for their search function. I received an email from some random guy who told me he loved the scans best of all the comics he found on 4shared. I did a few searches and found that other people were pulling our files and posting them on their 4shared spaces (search for "Pmack" or Rawhide Kid 015" to see what I mean). There is an option to turn the indexing off, which I did, but it's also likely that people had the old page bookmarked. All files have been moved to the new space; there's nothing different except if you happened to have the specific 4shared paged bookmarked.
As you can see from above, a few new files have been posted, including an update to the project and checklist files.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Project #3: More Random Westerns (update #1)
Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been really busy these last few weeks with a big work project.
Here's the latest on this project:
Blaze Carson 1, received
Blaze Carson 3, received
Blaze Carson 5 (still waiting)
Outlaw Kid 4, received
Outlaw Kid 7, received
Ringo Kid Western 8, received
Ringo Kid Western 19 (still waiting)
Slim Morgan Brings Justice to Mesa City mini-comic (still waiting)
Two Gun Western (1st series) 9, received
Western Outlaws 17 (still waiting)
Western Outlaws & Sherrifs 67 (still waiting)
Wyatt Earp 5, received
Wyatt Earp 25 (still waiting)
Journey Into Mystery 65, received
Patsy Walker 30 (still waiting)
I kind of made a hash of this batch of books, sorry. Turns out Western Outlaws 017 has already been scanned, Wyatt Earp 005 has been scanned and posted this past week (although I am going to rescan it), and the Two Gun Western 010 I bought a few weeks ago turned out to be the Canadian version of TGW 009 which I bought last week. Details of the book are contained in the update post for Project #2.
I haven't gotten a chance to scan any of the books yet (the Blaze Carsons will be particularly difficult since they have taped and restapled spines), but hope to do so this week. Raws will be made available and I'll post when they are ready.
Also, check out the updated scan_project excel file, we made a (small) profit selling this week's books! Huzzah!
Here's the latest on this project:
Blaze Carson 1, received
Blaze Carson 3, received
Blaze Carson 5 (still waiting)
Outlaw Kid 4, received
Outlaw Kid 7, received
Ringo Kid Western 8, received
Ringo Kid Western 19 (still waiting)
Slim Morgan Brings Justice to Mesa City mini-comic (still waiting)
Two Gun Western (1st series) 9, received
Western Outlaws 17 (still waiting)
Western Outlaws & Sherrifs 67 (still waiting)
Wyatt Earp 5, received
Wyatt Earp 25 (still waiting)
Journey Into Mystery 65, received
Patsy Walker 30 (still waiting)
I kind of made a hash of this batch of books, sorry. Turns out Western Outlaws 017 has already been scanned, Wyatt Earp 005 has been scanned and posted this past week (although I am going to rescan it), and the Two Gun Western 010 I bought a few weeks ago turned out to be the Canadian version of TGW 009 which I bought last week. Details of the book are contained in the update post for Project #2.
I haven't gotten a chance to scan any of the books yet (the Blaze Carsons will be particularly difficult since they have taped and restapled spines), but hope to do so this week. Raws will be made available and I'll post when they are ready.
Also, check out the updated scan_project excel file, we made a (small) profit selling this week's books! Huzzah!
Project #2: Random Westerns (update #3)
Project #2 status:
Tex Taylor 003 - received, scanned, distributed, SOLD
Two Gun Kid 005 - received, scanned, distributed, SOLD
Wild West 002 - received, scanned, distributed, SOLD
Rawhide Kid 004 - received, scanned, distributed, SOLD
Tex Taylor 007 - received, scanned, distributed
Two-Gun Western (1st series) 010 - received, won't be scanned
Turns out I didn't read the auction carefully enough, and the TGW 010 is actually the Canadian version. The contents are identical to TGW 009 with the exception of the IFC & IBC (blank here), BC (different ad), 2 interior ads (entirely different from US version), and 2 edited ads (all info in the coupon box is deleted & the box is blank).
I don't think these changes are big enough to warrant scanning this book, especially since the Canadian version has such crappy printing overall.
As far as the sales of these books, believe it or not we actually made a profit! It was offset by some bigger losses on other books ($14 on WW 002 alone), but overall we ended up coming out ahead by a few bucks. All the gory details are in the excel spreadsheet which has been updated.
Of the books I listed this past week, only Tex Taylor 007 did not get any bids, so I have relisted it.
Tex Taylor 003 - received, scanned, distributed, SOLD
Two Gun Kid 005 - received, scanned, distributed, SOLD
Wild West 002 - received, scanned, distributed, SOLD
Rawhide Kid 004 - received, scanned, distributed, SOLD
Tex Taylor 007 - received, scanned, distributed
Two-Gun Western (1st series) 010 - received, won't be scanned
Turns out I didn't read the auction carefully enough, and the TGW 010 is actually the Canadian version. The contents are identical to TGW 009 with the exception of the IFC & IBC (blank here), BC (different ad), 2 interior ads (entirely different from US version), and 2 edited ads (all info in the coupon box is deleted & the box is blank).
I don't think these changes are big enough to warrant scanning this book, especially since the Canadian version has such crappy printing overall.
As far as the sales of these books, believe it or not we actually made a profit! It was offset by some bigger losses on other books ($14 on WW 002 alone), but overall we ended up coming out ahead by a few bucks. All the gory details are in the excel spreadsheet which has been updated.
Of the books I listed this past week, only Tex Taylor 007 did not get any bids, so I have relisted it.
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