{"id":1737,"date":"2002-05-08T11:32:48","date_gmt":"2002-05-08T16:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1737"},"modified":"2002-05-08T11:32:48","modified_gmt":"2002-05-08T16:32:48","slug":"livin_in_the_co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/05\/08\/livin_in_the_co.html","title":{"rendered":"Livin&#8217; in the (comic book) ghetto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A nice note by Tom Tomorrow on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thismodernworld.com\/weblog\/archive\/2002_05_05_bloggera.html#76219542\">some snarky reportage<\/a> by the <i>New York Times <\/i>regarding the theft of a an Amazing Spiderman #1, priced at $6,500.  Quoth the <i>Times<\/i>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">And for the more literary-minded, it also undoubtedly raised the serious question of just how much any book could be worth when its message is conveyed through word balloons.<\/p>\n<p><p>Tom opines:<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">And this, of course, is in a paper whose real estate section manages to report that shoebox-sized condominiums are now selling for half a million dollars without editorializing, and whose Style section treats the price of designer shoes and handbags with similar matter-of-factness.<\/p>\n<p><small>(Via <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2002_05_01_archive.html#85066742\">BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nice note by Tom Tomorrow on some snarky reportage by the New York Times regarding the theft of a an Amazing Spiderman #1, priced at $6,500. 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