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[File #8:]
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[This is an example of what NOT to send. The article is nice, but it
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doesn't go with h/p. In the future please only send h/p related articles
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to us. Unless u have a really unusual how-to, send only h/p. -hc]
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================================ by: kid Eternity
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For those of you who collect comic books, you probably know
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that it can be an expensive hobby. For those of you who don't collect
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comic books, trust me. Even if you don't collect comics, this file may
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be of some use to you. Comic books, like basball cards, can be(come)
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very valuable; so you could acquire and sell comic books, or give them
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away to friends, relatives, etc. Also, to those of you who don't collect,
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I suggest you start- its damn fun. There are comics for everyone.
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===-
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First, you'll need a place to steal comics from. This could
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be a local bookstore or a supermarket with a comic book stand. But,
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the Best place would be either a comic bookstore, or a comic book
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convention.
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In a place like a bookstore or a supermarket, you could
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hide the comic book(s) inside on another, in another book or magazine,
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or just take it. When I say 'just take it', i mean discretely, like
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hiding it or something. Stick it under you shirt/jacket, whatever.
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The best way is to roll the comic book (gently!!! if you bend it,
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it may not be worth shit!) a little, then stick your hand and forearm
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through it, then put your sleeve over that. That may seem a little
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complicated, but I've found it to be the best/most discreet way.
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Or you could always walk out of the store it.
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Many times people won't even think that you are stealing it.
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If they do, just say that you bought it somewhere else. If you are
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going to say that, you may want to bring along a bag from a comic
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bookstore plus make up a fake receipt on your home calculator(on that
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you can print up numbers and shit on), or you COULD do it with your
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computer/printer. If you bring along the bag, you'll probably get
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away with taking more stuff.
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STORES & CONVENTIONS
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Comic book stores and conventions are sometimes better to steal
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from because you can get older/more valuable/more rare comic books than
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at a bookstore or something.
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Choosing the store is very important. You want to find a store
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that is poorly run, somewhat spacious, and does not have any employees
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walking around watching you. At most of the larger comic book stores,
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they'll have a television with some sort of sci-fi movie playing, if
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you've seen the movie before, you're in luck. The employees are usually
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watching the movie. Listen to the employees talking to see if there is
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a part of the movie that they especially want to see. If that part isn't
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too far away, you'll want to make your purchase RIGHT before it comes on.
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It also works to your advantage if the employees are having a discussion
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If you are a veteran collector, and there is a particular store
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you hate, because of the owner being an asshole, Whatever, you'll probably
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want to hit this store.
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Once you have found the comics you want, you can try a few different
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things. If you didn't already know, in comic book stores, all back issues
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are stored in a plastic comic-sized bag with a thin piece of cardboard o
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the back (but inside the bag) to keep the comic book safe. One thing
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you can do is get some newer issues off the new issue rack-section-type-
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thing, then open up the comic bag, look through the comic book a little
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(as if you are deciding whether or not to purchase it) then, as you
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are putting the comic away, put a new issue or two inside the bag also.
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Remember to put these behind the back issue that was originally in the bag.
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Then look around a little longer, then casually go and buy your comic
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books.
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Another thing to try is somewhat easier, but requires more
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planning, and only works if you have some experience collecting.
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First of all, you'll need to find a comic book worth stealing.
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You don't HAVE to for this plan to work, it may even work better if
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its any old comic, but its just not worth it unless you find a comic
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worth stealing. I suggest a comic in the $20-$60 price range. Also,
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and this is the important part, make sure that it is either not very
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popular AT ALL, or that it has 2nd, 3d, etc printings that look exactly
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the same as the first printing. Next, go to the comic book store and
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find that comic book and check to see if they have 2nd or 3rd, etc,
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printings that are cheaper than the first printing. Remember how the
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price label looks (you may even want to take a piece of paper and copy
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it right there - say you're checking how much comic books are in a couple
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of places to compare prices or something), now go home and make that label
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again. The next day, go to the store and put that copy of the label
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that was on the later printings on the FIRST printing (right over its
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old label). Now the first printing looks like a later printing, and
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has the same price as a later printing. Now, just like before, wait til
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the employees are preoccupied, then make your purchase. You may want to
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buy some other comics at the same time so they don't get suspicious.
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For those of you who collect comics: a perfect comic to do this with
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is the Vampire Lestat #1.
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Conventions can be handled somewhat the same way as stores, but
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there are usually more people watching you at all times at a convention,
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so it can be much harder. An essential at a convention is a bookbag and/or
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a binder. The best thing to do at a convention is to look at the boxes
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that the dealers have set up under the table; the larger dealers usually
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keep the stuff they couldn't fit on their table under the table. While
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under the table, keep your bag right next to you, OPEN. Take out some
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comics that you'd like out of the box along with some others, proceed
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to look at some, then put some down next to the opening of your bag,
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and when no one is looking casually, but quickly, slip them into your bag.
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But using methods like those above work too, especially putting
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comics in a bag with other comics and buying just one (with the others
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in the bag). You can find conventions by looking in comic book price
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guides or magazines(Wizard, Comics Vaules Monthly, Comic Books Buyers
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Guide, etc), in a section entitled 'Conventions!'' or something
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self-explanatory like that.
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===-
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There are more methods than I've described above, but some were
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little complicated, some too simple, some just variations on stuff above
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and some i just didn't feel like putting in. Again, if you don't collect,
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I suggest starting a little before trying any of this, just so you have the
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general feel of being at a store and/or a convention; and also cuz its fun.
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For those of you who do collect, be careful and not too greedy. If
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you have any other ways to get comics, problems with what I wrote,
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questions, etc, please leave me mail or talk to me on IRC or something
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like that. Cya l8r....
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kid Eternity - eternity@phantom.com
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