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    Creative OA Portfolio cover art

    in Original Comic Art

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    I use a label maker and packing tape.

    My label has my name and number, Kathy's name and number, and a clue as to the type of material in it (Published, Commissions, etc.)

    I use the packing tape to make sure that the label stays on.

     

    I do the same with my sketchbooks, my phone, and my iPad. It's saved my hash a few times! 

    Show Me Your Prelims

    in Original Comic Art

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    I've added another prelim to my collection. This one is a Pint-Size Pin-Up from Sugar and Spike #83.

    It's fun to see how he changed and strengthened even these drawings. For example, note the change in direction of the dog head. The printed version is better. Most of my pages have patch panels as he worked to nail the story even after a page was completed. Remarkable work. Click to get a bigger picture.

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    The OFFICIAL "This week in your ORIGINAL ART collection?"

    in Original Comic Art

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    I've added another prelim to my collection. This one is a Pint-Size Pin-Up from Sugar and Spike #83.

    It's fun to see how he changed and strengthened even these drawings. For example, note the change in direction of the dog head. The printed version is better. Most of my pages have patch panels as he worked to nail the story even after a page was completed. Remarkable work. Click to get a bigger picture.

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    Notable eBay OA results

    in Original Comic Art

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    Does great

    On 4/20/2024 at 9:13 PM, grapeape said:

    if you guys come across other results from eBay that standout please share.

    How about great deals for the buyer?

    In this four page story, writing and drawn by Sheldon Mayer in 1939, Scribbly, the boy cartoonist, got his first job. The story was originally published in All-American Comic #6 and reprinted in The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told. For a Sheldon Mayer fan they are a big deal. Such a big deal that they reached $30K on Nate Sanders' auctions in 2020.

    Later they were discovered to be a recreation. The buyer was refunded and Nate auctioned them on eBay four years later. I got them for less than $500.

    Read the full story by clicking on the image.

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    I found this to be a wonderful eBay deal! :)

    Need advice on WWII Caniff Piece

    in Original Comic Art

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    Here's my standard reply when asked about restorers.

    In the many threads on paper conservation, the names that recur the most were:

    • Robert Dennis
    Comic Art Restoration Service (on Facebook)
    Robert's legal problems preclude recommending him at this time.
     
    • Gordon Christman
    Gordon doesn't seem to have a web presence, but his snail mail address and phone number are:
    Gordon G. Christman
    Restoration & Conservation
    960 Vine St
    Oceanside, CA 92054
    TEL:  760 439 7970
    CEL:  760 458 2290
     
    • Tracey Heft - Eclipse Paper
     
    I used Alexandra VonHawk to restore several pieces 
     
    Alexandra VonHawk
    P.O. Box 546
    Paisley FL. 32767        
    Lab phone is 352-669-7776 
     
    She did exactly what she committed to do and I'm very pleased.
     
    I've also had one recommendation for each of these:
     
    I would add that most major museums know of paper conservators. You might want to contact someone at a local museum and see if there is a conservator close to you.

    Dilemma - Another collector had prelim to my piece inked, latest owner says mine is a blueline with no pencils

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by alxjhnsn

    On 4/15/2024 at 2:01 AM, RBerman said:

    if I had a prelim of someone else’s finished piece, I would link to its CAF page on mine.

    That's what I did with my such piece. I discovered that in the CAF gallery of Georg Schell there are three more versions.

    Georg was the original commissioner. He bought a finished and colored commission that Mike turned into a print. As part of the process, Mike sent him a scan of the pencils which he then inked and colored. James inked a scan of the pencils. So, here is the full progression. 
    Click the image to learn more.

    My Prelim by Mike Grell    Georg Schell's pencils  Georg Schell's inked             Print                    Inks on pencil scan
                                              by Mike Grell                 & colored by Grell                                            by James Pascoe
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    Dilemma - Another collector had prelim to my piece inked, latest owner says mine is a blueline with no pencils

    in Original Comic Art

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    On 4/11/2024 at 1:19 AM, MyNameIsLegion said:

    there are major dealers that have been laundering  xerox prints as stats,  transparency overlays, trade dressed prelim art with some serious word salad descriptions meant to confuse and obfuscate the true origin and artist for YEARS via Comiclink in particular, but also HA that otherwise would be radioactive when it sits on their site or CAF or they have to go ask their brother for a price. There's a reason they have their own thread.  

    Re: There's a reason they have their own thread.
    That's incorrect. They have many threads. Here's a curated selection of Threads About the Donnelly Brothers / CoolLinesArt:

    Business Model -

    No pricing

    https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/407281-cool-lines-art-work-inquiry/#comments

     

    Recreations as the real cover

    Superman Annual

       Update: https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/426864-a-dealers-pricing/page/6/?tab=comments#comment-11231922

       Original: https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/426864-a-dealers-pricing/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-10056263

    Altered Art

    https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/394320-altered-original-art-for-sale
    Look for Rob Pistella’s comment about altered scans: https://www.facebook.com/groups/459273764470607/permalink/1043284886069489/

    Deceptive Advertising

    https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/393655-coollines-looking-for-a-sucker/#comments

     

    Show Me Your Prelims

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by alxjhnsn

    This one shows Carmine Infantino's ideas on how to improve a cover. It starts with a Curt Swan cover. It then shows Carmine's rough, Nick's inked pencils, and the finished cover.

    Note: I do not own any of the art though I do own the comics.

    Click to image to learn more.

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    Show Me Your Prelims

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by alxjhnsn

    I forgot two.

    Note: I do not own any of the art shown though I do own the comics. :)

    This one shows the progression of a cover from Marie Severin's prelim to Kirby's finished pencils to Frank Giacoia's inks to publication. Click the image to learn more.

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    Show Me Your Prelims

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by alxjhnsn

    A relatively recent acquisition found at the bottom of a bag or so I was told. I currently have it under some very large books to see if it will flatten and allow a better scan.

    I don't own the comic, but I'll fix that shortly.

    I do wonder if the OA survived somewhere. It dates to 1969 which is before art returns, but he seemed to get a lot of his art back.

     

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    The OFFICIAL "This week in your ORIGINAL ART collection?"

    in Original Comic Art

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    A relatively recent acquisition found at the bottom of a bag or so I was told. I currently have it under some very large bags to see if it will flatten and allow a better scan.

    I don't own the comic, but I'll fix that shortly.

    I do wonder if the OA survived somewhere. It dates to 1969 which is before art returns, but he seemed to get a lot of his art back.

     

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    Odd art storage question

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    I doubt that this will help, but it's what we did to our 60+ year old house. You can see more pictures here and here.

    We have renovated every room in the house and lived here the entire time. We put some furniture in storage, but for framed are, we wrapped it in bubble wrap and stored it in one of the rooms not being worked (yes, we had to move it twice). The portfolios were stored in the same room.
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    The entry way, living room, dining room, kitchen, utility room, and den were taken to the studs and the screeds (the 2x4s that hold the wood floors off the slab).

    The house maintained climate control in the rooms not being worked.

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    Adams vs. Kirby

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    I loved Neal's work when he started working regularly for DC. I was VERY disappointed when I got a Batman or Detective and it had a Novick or Springer story. That said, it hasn't aged well for me.

    In Jack's case, I continue to love his work on Thor and the Fourth World books. Why? Because of his immense imagination and his art supported that vision.

    Yeah, Neal was clearly a more skilled artist and his impact was greater (look at all the folks that emulated him and the total change in the art that followed), but as beautiful as it was, Kirby's was a magician of the imagination.

    So, my answers are:

    1. Kirby
    2. Adams

    Heritage Online vs Catalog

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by alxjhnsn

    On 3/23/2024 at 10:03 AM, comix4fun said:

    Clearly the only solution is to slice the piece in half ( I prefer vertically) and sell half now at the lower seller's fee and then sell the other half in the summer signature auction. 

    It's called "Solomon's Dollar Cost Averaging"


     

    I've heard better advice. What do you do for a living? :)