WOW - just noticed the MASSIVE difference between the Johnny Mains signatures on my books and Alan's....
WOW - just noticed the MASSIVE difference between the Johnny Mains signatures on my books and Alan's....
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
There's quite a difference on your own two books.Originally Posted by stroppygoblin
WOW - just noticed the MASSIVE difference between the Johnny Mains signatures on my books and Alan's....
Looks like three different signatures, wow.There's quite a difference on your own two books.WOW - just noticed the MASSIVE difference between the Johnny Mains signatures on my books and Alan's....
“Perhaps I am simply a madman who dreamt of being sane for a little while.”
— Roland Deschain
Just received safely in beautiful Vero Beach, Florida all the way from amazing Austria, thanks to a deal with Priest!
you are welcome! nice to see that its in good hands, and back in the states ;D
That's definitely not the same hand that signed those Johnny Mains signatures.WOW - just noticed the MASSIVE difference between the Johnny Mains signatures on my books and Alan's....
It's almost as if he got bored having to sign 750 signing sheets, so got some of his mates to help out...
Yep, the market is just saturated with all those Johnny Mains forgery's out there.
I'd really like it if Johnny had a brother called "Gas".
Based on how my own (mostly illegible) signature has changed over time, I have no problem at all believing those three are from the same person.That's definitely not the same hand that signed those Johnny Mains signatures.WOW - just noticed the MASSIVE difference between the Johnny Mains signatures on my books and Alan's....
It's almost as if he got bored having to sign 750 signing sheets, so got some of his mates to help out...
It takes years for a signature to change over time. These signature sheets were signed by Johhny Mains over a very short period of time - maybe a couple of weeks or less.
If this was a Stephen King signature we were talking about, it would be a very different story and many people would be going apeshit right about now...
If you just compare the letter ‘s’ ; all three have completely different mechanics. One goes down and to the left, one goes down then up to the left and the other goes down up to the right then to the left and finish with a loop on the right. If all three are by the same person it is the oddest thing I have seen.Based on how my own (mostly illegible) signature has changed over time, I have no problem at all believing those three are from the same person.That's definitely not the same hand that signed those Johnny Mains signatures.WOW - just noticed the MASSIVE difference between the Johnny Mains signatures on my books and Alan's....
It's almost as if he got bored having to sign 750 signing sheets, so got some of his mates to help out...
“Perhaps I am simply a madman who dreamt of being sane for a little while.”
— Roland Deschain
Maybe there is no "Johnny Mains"...
No, we wouldn't be. It's very unlikely that a reputable and respected publisher would forge a signature in a signed limted book. Especially a publisher that has published signed editions for some of the bigggest names in the field: King, Bradbury, Wolfe, Powers, Hill, Gaiman etc.It takes years for a signature to change over time. These signature sheets were signed by Johhny Mains over a very short period of time - maybe a couple of weeks or less.
If this was a Stephen King signature we were talking about, it would be a very different story and many people would be going apeshit right about now...
I understand your frustration with PS but this is reaching. As for signatures changing, my looks very fifferent after signing it 100 times in a day.
Seams that there are not that much people here into the DT comics, but i am very glad that my personal book-consierge got the new series for me, as they are very hard to impossible to get here in austria ;D
I don't think anyone's claiming the publisher was involved. That would be malevolent and not worth any publisher's reputation.No, we wouldn't be. It's very unlikely that a reputable and respected publisher would forge a signature in a signed limted book. Especially a publisher that has published signed editions for some of the bigggest names in the field: King, Bradbury, Wolfe, Powers, Hill, Gaiman etc.It takes years for a signature to change over time. These signature sheets were signed by Johhny Mains over a very short period of time - maybe a couple of weeks or less.
If this was a Stephen King signature we were talking about, it would be a very different story and many people would be going apeshit right about now...
I understand your frustration with PS but this is reaching. As for signatures changing, my looks very fifferent after signing it 100 times in a day.
This kind of difference really could (note I'm saying "could") be attributable to an author or artist having someone else help sign a bunch of signature sheets. The striking differences in the 3 signatures are hard to deny.
As we're seeing with "Gone Girl" those signature sheets get sent to an author/artist and sometimes don't come back for months. The publisher, out of respect or just practice, surely doesn't police the signatures once they get them back. This is just a weird case. I doubt this artist, or most others, would think about super-informed collector sites such as ours combining signature images from 3 different sheets and comparing.
This is just something be curious and speculate about. i find that interesting.
Sorry to trample, Priest! Nice acquisition. I like the DT comics.Seams that there are not that much people here into the DT comics, but i am very glad that my personal book-consierge got the new series for me, as they are very hard to impossible to get here in austria ;D
I like the King comics too. I just got the five The Prisoner ones from a local seller. Made me check my collection and realise there are a few holes in the earlier arcs I needto find.
The first of the Doubleday slipcases is in hand and looks great! for those that are interested but may have missed the discussion on how these came about see here
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
Wow, beautiful slipcase!
"God punishes us for what we cannot imagine." - Stephen King, Duma Key
Looks great
“Perhaps I am simply a madman who dreamt of being sane for a little while.”
— Roland Deschain
Those are wonderful!
Awesome Simon!!!!
Two new acquisitions. My very first F&SF edition. I saw it on a shelf and liked the condition, so bought it. Also, a short nonfiction piece appeared in Tin House magazine called "The Ring."
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Great Stuff!!!!Two new acquisitions. My very first F&SF edition. I saw it on a shelf and liked the condition, so bought it. Also, a short nonfiction piece appeared in Tin House magazine called "The Ring."
New addition to the UK NEL series:
Congratulations! They look so good on the shelves...
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