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God Hates Astronauts by Image Comics
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This was a recent actual sale that I got blown out on. I was pretty impressed by this sale considering it's what's being referred to as a second printing of the #1. In all actuality it's a 4th printing. Ryan did a true first printing and second printing that were self published in very low print runs, according to his kickstarter hard cover. These were mainly given out to publishers when he was trying to get picked up early on. I've only seen one copy of the true first printed (apparently only a nominal amount were printing, I think he said 50 or so). So the ones on ebay are the first widely released printings, but not the 1st or even 2nd printings. You can see images of the covers in his hard cover collection and the Image TPB.

 

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/God-Hates-Astronauts-2011-1-2-3-Ryan-Browne-Self-Published-HTF-OOP-/281434722096?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item4186d10f30

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That is an asking price. The good news for those of you who have them is, these 3 issues are heating up rather nicely.

 

Original series 1-3 $105

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/God-Hates-Astronauts-2011-1-2-3-Ryan-Browne-Self-Published-HTF-OOP-/281434722096?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item4186d10f30

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HOW magazine interview with Ryan Browne. He created the cover for the latest issue. Interesting read to peruse if you like learning about the process. As I find myself at a tipping point of finding a new design job, this magazine has been a good starting point to get me thinking about it in the right way.

 

http://www.howdesign.com/design-creativity/behind-the-design/comic-book-artist/

 

 

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That is an asking price. The good news for those of you who have them is, these 3 issues are heating up rather nicely.

 

Original series 1-3 $105

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/God-Hates-Astronauts-2011-1-2-3-Ryan-Browne-Self-Published-HTF-OOP-/281434722096?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item4186d10f30

 

I agree - it's just an asking price and an aggressive one at that. I found the no reserve auction result on the 4th printing to be more telling.

 

Here are the printings to GHA #1 that I am aware of.

 

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The left is the true 1st print and the right is the 2nd print. These 2 books are extremely rare with extremely low print runs.

 

Then we have the cover that sold in the auction you linked. That cover was used for the 3rd and 4th printings. The 3rd printing does not have the Tim Seeley Pin-up on the back of the book. The 4th printing does. Both of these versions are also rare, but they were the first printings to reach a major audience. So the one that sold for $105 with the 2 and 3 was the 4th printing. The one that is priced at $600 something is the 3rd printing, and more rare version.

 

Then we have Vol. 2 which is starting now at Image. The first print and a soon to be 2nd printing, just announced from selling out.

 

 

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