BVladimirHarkonnen

Some overdue uploads in the pipeline, my second cover and my first piece from Tyler Crook. 

This is also the last (and assuming final) purchase from Cadence. 

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=2009954

On 2/2/2024 at 10:11 AM, NinjaSealed said:

Has any received or know anyone who has received any art from them in the past few months?

I ordered a cover from them during the Tyler Crook sale in the latter half of '23 (Payment completed in mid November) received it just before the end of the year. 

Guess I should count myself lucky. 

On 11/17/2023 at 10:48 AM, delekkerste said:

This was the first Moon Knight issue I ever read (because of the X-Men appearance).  

I had the cover already and was happy to add this page as well, for far below my max bid. I also bought the TMNT HC Vol. 1 with the vintage (1988) Eastman & Laird head sketches. Sold for the minimum bid, half of the low estimate. 

That makes it extra special, congrats! It's a beautiful example. 

Didn't get a chance to check this out fully but was curious about this Bob McLeod MoonKnight page. I don't really know his market 

Finished at just over $1100 with the fee. Like it quite a bit

https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/279731/MOON-KNIGHT-35-COMIC-BOOK-PAGE-ORIGINAL-ART-BY-BOB-McLEOD

On 11/15/2023 at 6:43 PM, RBerman said:

Is this film based on a comic book story? Even Shang Chi kept the nugget of "fighting my dad the evil mastermind" from his comics origin.

I didn't find Brie Larson a memorable presence in the first film. She's not charming, she's not resolute in an Ellen Ripley way, she's just sort of stiffly there, which was at odds with all the dialogue about how she needed to be less of a hothead. I did like Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan on TV, but she lacks the star presence to carry an action film. Looking down the cast list, I don't see a must-see name to draw hoi polloi.

Iman is very charming and has a good screen presence. Hopefully she'll get to do a bit more and not have to be bogged down by the MCU machine. 

My pickup from the recent Comic Art Live, HOM is something I tend to keep on my radar and wanted to add something from E.R. Cruz.

Nice bit of title splash too! 

On 11/14/2023 at 5:23 PM, grapeape said:

Somebody (joking I hope) in reference to this  failed waken film, suggested that Hollywood do a waken version of Dirty Harry. 

i pissed my pants and snorted unsweetened ice tea all over my keyboard when I heard that. It's time for these freaks to understand we've had enough. No more messaging, no virtue signaling, we want entertainment dang it!!!! 

What's Waken? is that like Wiccan? 

It was a neat event and I like the panels that coincide, especially just getting to listen to more stories from Howard Chaykin.

I had saved a bunch of stuff and seemed plenty of sellers were ready to wheel and deal (based on email offers) I ended up picking up one piece that I liked and made an offer on. 

Seller for that was great to work with as well, which is also a plus. 

On 11/13/2023 at 8:19 AM, KirbyCollector said:

Bill could refuse to take their money in a heartbeat. The fact he doesn't tell you what he values. Hint: It ain't you.

I feel like this is your mental image. 

Something appropriate from Gene Day. 

Day of the Chaykin!

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1965522

Something from a recent Comiclink lot.

Storyboard by Darwyn Cooke, for a Batman Beyond special in 2014 (Done for the Batman 75th Anniversary)

The special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z65aq1EVGhs&t=5s

Couple of additions to my personal sketchbook over the weekend at NYCC. 

Jason Shawn Alexander

Alvaro Martinez Bueno (His piece inspired by Walter from his book 'The Nice House on the Lake')

Painted Dredd commission by German Peralta, this was in the pipeline for a bit and was finally able to pickup at NYCC. 

On 8/7/2023 at 9:45 PM, jjonahjameson11 said:

Thanks to all whose keen eagle eyes have spotted these items for sale on ebay.  I'm glad to be a member of this august community of collectors, and I want you all to know that I am communication with the ebay seller presently.  

 

The seller had just reached out to follow up. Glad you'll be getting your pages back! 

My first piece(s) of Comic related were these sketches from my first Con (Big Apple Con 2003) done by Toby Cypress

Unfortunately Spidey was lost during a move but feel like he may pop back up. 

My first published page was from Abe Sapien done by Max Fiumara (NYCC 2016) 

So 2 outta 3 firsts I still have. 

It might be best to contact Terrificon directly to confirm, seems like fairly strict rules coming from Mohegan directly. 

On 7/27/2023 at 9:09 PM, KirbyCollector said:

The joke is Mike and Anthony have priced things so high on the show no one bites at first, giving everyone time to run some searches or wait for someone to pop in with price discovery. If they actually priced things better, someone would claim quicker and no one would be the wiser. 

I think that may be part of the more recent behavior. Claims would fly in due to the FOMO but now collectively it's a marathon rather than a race. 

So you take the chance and really upsell, you'll only need a few bites to offset a whole stack potentially. 

Have a few pickups recently that are Tunnel Territory, most recent is this one!

First Chaykin and first time purchasing overseas (Tavole Originali in Italy) they were great to deal with. 

Creepy #64 p.39

I'd chalk this up to a weird exchange and perhaps some tone deafness. It happens, perhaps leave out any exposition in the future and just discuss the commission as if its someone you actually want work from. 

On 5/22/2023 at 12:48 PM, grapeape said:

Did everyone who viewed a page get a reduced price offer? The guys were talking about that feature where a seller can tag all their viewers with a message, and first to respond wins.

Anyone take advantage of that or were the lowered prices not sufficient?

I thought that was just for the Saved pieces, that the seller can send out a message with price reductions. I received a number pretty quickly after saving pieces and one via my initiated direct email response. 

I'd passively watched the shows and always found the most interesting stuff (for me) to come from other community members vs dedicated dealers.

Finally grabbed a page from this one as well a very reasonable sketch slot. It's a nice venue of sorts for art and away from the noise of auctions and dealers. 

From what I experienced, people were pretty open to negotiate as well and send out offers themselves to those who saved pieces. Prices can be aspirational but you can just ask someone if you're really interested and see where it goes. 

Add a Wrightson, Joe Kubert and an ASM page/strip I think most of all.