Pop Culture Collecting

Geppi's Entertainment Museum Goes on Tour

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn As Washington, D.C.'s Awesome Con has continued to develop into a major pop culture convention, the staff and Geppi's Entertainment Museum (GEM) thought it ...

Even in Passing, Darwyn Cooke Delivered

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Darwyn Cooke, perhaps the most influential comic book artist of his generation, passed away on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at the age of 53 ...

Matt Crandall's Alice in Wonderland Collection Now at GEM

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Geppi's Entertainment Museum (GEM) hosted an invitation-only opening event for its two new exhibits on Friday, April 1, 2016; the event also served as ...

The Artistry of Amanda Conner Debuts at GEM

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn “In the world of hardcore comic book fans, it’s not always an easy thing to get the seasoned veterans and excited newcomers to agree ...

Captain Action Meets Ultraman

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn When writer-collector James Long documented a previously forgotten bit of Captain Action history, it didn't seem very likely that he was actually uncovering a ...

Comic Art, Cosplay and Dreams

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Comic Character Collectibles BY J.C. Vaughn Perez Justice League Cover Tops $80 K Artist George Pérez's original 10"x 15" cover art for Justice League of America #217, originally published in ...

Cosplay: What is it and Why Does it Need a Guide Book?

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C.Vaughn If you're around enough pop culture, particularly at conventions, the term "cosplay" keeps popping up with greater frequency, and while the field is actually very ...

Big Year for Comics, Comic Art Continues

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn It's been an exciting year for popular culture, and it's not showing any signs of letting up just yet. Starting with Hake's Americana & ...

At Long Last, Recognition: Atlas-Seaboard Art Soars

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Although it never truly lived up to its potential or even the company's own hype, Martin Goodman's ill-fated Atlas line of comic books from ...

GEM Gets The Spirit with Will Eisner Exhibit

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn From June 2, 1940 to October 5, 1952, Will Eisner's The Spirit appeared in a comic-book-size insert in local newspapers around the country. Noted ...

Pop Culture Continues to Shine

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Pop Culture Continues to Shine Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Many different facets of pop culture continue to shine in the public's eyes, including original comic book art, game-worn ...

Continue Finding Records

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Just a matter of weeks ago, New York-based ComicConnect.com sold a CGC-certified 4.0 copy of Detective Comics #27 for $475,000. In that grade, the ...

Pop Culture Meets Reality on Overstreet Cover

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C.Vaughn The cinematic successes of the X-Men franchise for Twentieth Century Fox, then the Spider-Man franchise from director Sam Raimi for Sony, and the Batman franchise ...

The Art of Steve Epting and Jim Aparo Comes to GEM, Along with a Lot of Zombies

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The success of Marvel Studios cinematic universe has certainly shifted the general public's awareness of many previously lesser known character comic characters in the ...

Batman #1 Sets New Record

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Batman #1 Sets New Record Comic Book Characters and Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The ups and downs and more importantly the uncertainty of the mainstream economy persist. When there’s good ...

Casper Gets Friends, Batman Lines Up Records, LucasArts Remembered

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Casper Gets Friends, Batman Lines Up Records, LucasArts Remembered By J.C. Vaughn Harvey Comics Get Two Chances to Shine In a pop culture world in which the superheroes seem to ...

Lots of Activity at Geppi's Entertainment Museum

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Lots of Activity at Geppi's Entertainment Museum by J.C. Vaughn GEM's Milestones Exhibit Wraps February 28 Originally slated to end April 30, 2014 and extended twice, Geppi's Entertainment Museum's (GEM) ...

Making The Grade: The Importance of Third Party Grading in Comics

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Making The Grade: The Importance of Third Party Grading in Comics By J.C. Vaughn “Accurate grading of comic books has never been more important because the stakes have never been ...

Seemingly Unrelated to Record Prices, Cosplay Booms

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Seemingly Unrelated to Record Prices, Cosplay Booms By J.C. Vaughn For those who report on the comic book and original comic art markets, and pop culture collectibles in general, it’s ...

Another Action Comics #1 Record?

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Another Action Comics #1 Record? By J.C. Vaughn Action Comics #1 on eBay? By the time our next issue rolls around, we’ll know the results of one of the more ...

Artist Shawn Martinbrough to Appear at Geppi’s Entertainment Museum

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Artist Shawn Martinbrough to Appear at Geppi’s Entertainment Museum By J.C. Vaughn As part of the widely lauded exhibit Milestones: African Americans in Comics, Pop Culture and Beyond, which runs ...

Batman at 75, Other Characters Celebrating Anniversaries, Too

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Batman at 75, Other Characters Celebrating Anniversaries, Too Comic Book Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Geppi’s Entertainment Museum is, of course, dedicated to the celebration of popular culture, and this is ...

May is Really Big for Pop Culture

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May is Really Big for Pop Culture By J.C. Vaughn Some months have a lot of pop culture to digest and May is certainly one of the biggest in that ...

Captain America Wins Again, and Again

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Captain America Wins Again, and Again By J.C. Vaughn Captain America: The Winter Solider has scored another hit for Marvel Studios with a first weekend domestic take of $95,023,721 and ...

Rare Superman Cover Art, High Grade Comics Sell Big

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Rare Superman Cover Art, High Grade Comics Sell Big The comic character component of the pop culture marketplace documented by Geppi’s Entertainment Museum continues to report record prices. By J.C ...