On my adjunct professor salary, I don’t get to buy anime collectables as often as I’d like to. So these days I have to prioritize interesting and unusual stuff over more commonplace items. I just acquired a couple of manga first appearances at prices I could afford. The March 1990 issue of Model Graphix Magazine […]
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