Books to Collectibles #1
My first post on Books to Collectibles following a post idea earlier today regarding a possible Mantel Book Club group. When I first landed on Mantel about a year ago, I was 100% focused on soccer collecting. Physical cards for vintage soccer, and licensed NFTs for modern soccer. Then I started reading about all the collectible categories loved and shared by folks here on Mantel. New to comics, entering the comic universe felt like showing up at a tsunami with a homemade surfboard. Needing some background, I purchased this book American Comics A History by Jeremy Dauber. Finished the book in a week! Loved it! Here is a professional synopsis on the book. American Comics: A History by Jeremy Dauber | Goodreads. Eager to chunk down the comic tsunami to a ripple, I came across the Hernandez Brothers comic Love and Rockets. I am one of three brothers, also live in California, and I am the same age as the Hernandez Brothers. Plus, Love and Rockets was one of my early favorite bands, it is so cool that a comic inspired the name of that band. Watching this documentary on the comic sealed it for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTYzqHRqRQU.
This documentary led me to my next book on comics - Reading Love and Rockets by Marc Sobel, where I am taking a deeper dive into the Love and Rockets comic collection. For folks here who prefer fiction to non-fiction, I highly recommend the Pulitzer Prize winning book The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier Clay by Michael Chabon. Half-way through it (long read). I am enjoying the characters and story behind the Escapist and Luna Moth Superhero's.

What is your favorite book with a tie to a collectible(s) that you enjoyed or would recommend?

Just an idea - Mantel Book Club. Since groups are coming, how about a book club group on the subject of collectibles? Group members select a book and a time later, review thoughts, feedback, or a collectible tied to the subject. I am sure members on here can take this initial idea to a different level. Down the road, have an author guest on Mantel to discuss their book. Good exposure for the author, fun content for us. Oprah has nada on Evan.

I think I will start a series of posts on my ten favorite books with ties to collectibles or team/player I have collected. Will try to do get first post done tonight. There are some futbol and football games to watch first.

I think these would make great collectibles. Creatives on here take note!! Alonso, Guardiola, Havertz, Xavi sketch their favourite goals - ESPN These would make a great line of collectibles. Montana to Clark for example. Their favorite plays notarized, lol. May have to get the book, once the English edition comes out or learn to read German as a new year's resolution.
Happy New Years!!

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