Cool and Collected - collecting pop culture memories and memorabilia
A general discussion of collecting cool things, such as vintage and modern toys, comic books, ephemera.
It’s finally here! The Cool & Collected e-newsletter will go out on Mondays and will highlight some recent articles that appeared on the site. It’s no secret that I am surrounded by teetering piles of pop culture and the newsletter will be a great way for me to host contests and giveaways. In fact, anyone who subscribes [...]
Consigned by Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman; the first full artwork of the TMNT, which led to one of the most successful comics character franchises in history DALLAS – The first-ever artwork of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – the illustration that launched one of the most successful character franchises in history – created for fun one night in [...]
I’ve had an ecrater store for a while now–see it over there on the left side of the page? Ecrater is a free service that allows you to sell your items in your own online store. Overall, I have been pleased with ecrater’s ease of use–and it’s tough to beat the price! I’ve had some [...]
The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) is taking place this weekend, with the highlight of the event being the Captain America: the First Avenger auction by Profiles in History. Profiles in History’s Fong Sam, is a friend of the site and I asked him to send over a few photos of their exhibit booth [...]
The newly launched Nerdist Channel might really be on to something. I’ve watched a few of their shows this week, but the one that I wil definitely check out regularly is Harry Knowles’ Ain’t it Cool… Okay, so Harry starts off talking about a rare King Kong movie prop, so he obviously had me at [...]
The League of Extraordinary Bloggers, the Pop Culture Pundits, The Knights of the Pop Culture Roundtable… whatever we choose to call this great experiment, we’re going to have a good time! Your first mission, should you choose to accept it: —— What movie is, or was, your “go to” Saturday matinee — the comfort movie [...]
I recently received an email from Sharp Entertainment, after they saw one of the collector profiles here on the site. Sharp Entertainment is behind hit shows like Man vs. Food, and Extreme Couponing, and they are putting together a show about extreme collectors–people who have huge collections, are incredibly passionate about their collection, and those [...]
This holiday season, the Action Figure and Comic Art Community is taking time to honor the Men and Women who serve and sacrifice to protect their freedoms. On December 7th, beginning at 6:00 PM EDT, TheBigToyAuction.com will be holding a Charity Auction to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. The auction features donated toys, custom pieces, sculpture and original pieces of comic art. [...]
Comic and Toy fans put their money where their hearts were last weekend for the first ever Heroes Give Hope charity auction. The Live Online Auction event featured dozens of custom made action figures and works of art specially commissioned for the event, and raised nearly $1000.00 for the Disaster relief agency ConvoyofHope.org Sponsored by internet Auction House TheBigToyAuction.com, the [...]
Hi folks! For those who don’t know me, my name is Will, and I’m the pop culture guru to the stars. Well, maybe not yet, but a guy can dream. In any case, Brian knew that I’d be heading off to the Baltimore Comic Con, and he was nice enough to invite me to do [...]
