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Busy day - one new piece in the mail and a few old ones I've never posted. They are all different, but pleasing to me Young Justice 27 pg 5 by Todd Nauck - our heroes play baseball to save Mygr Superman 285 pg 6 color guide by an Unknown Colorist Sugar and Spike 76 Approval Cover from the collection of Jack Adler Sugar and Spike 85 Mechanical page featuring Sheldon Mayer photostats.

I almost scratched the Cul de Sac off the list. The bid got down to the last second and someone pulled the switch. We bid against each other a few times, but I ran out of money that I was willing to spend. It was a classic - Petey reading a comic book about his hero Little Neuro who does nothing and explaining it to Alice his little sister. An odd strip, but terrific! That would have been a huge win if I'd succeeded. Oh, well... The winner paid dearly. Click the image to see it on Heritage.

Without the matching budget. I just realized that my copy and paste of the list dropped the strikethroughs from the ones that I have acquired; I fixed that.

I'm working down my list which dates back several years - some success so far. Alex’ Comic Art Wish List Comic Book Art: In the reasonably possible: Aparo B&B page (art and letters by Jim) In the Serious Stretch Goals category, we have: Ditko Creeper Everett Sub-Mariner page Kirby Thor or New Gods page Mayer Scribbly page (if there are any) [Got an unused cover plus a recreation/revision of it from Harlan E's estate.] Rogers Detective (Batman) page from his wonderful run with Steve Englehart and Terry Austin Shuster Superman [Got a comic strip] Sprang Batman [Got a preliminary to one of his commissions] Swan/Klein Superman or LSH page Special cases: The splash to JLA 29 (1st series) or the cover, but I'd prefer the splash. (The splash sold by auction at Heritage. Maggie Thompson told me it and two other pages had been stuck in a drawer since she and Don were given it by Julius Schwartz.) Cover to The Official Legion of Super-Heroes Index #1. The cover to #2 would work, but it's in David Mandel's collection and I doubt that I could pry it loose. Comic Strips: Peanuts by Charles Schulz Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson

It's their eBay store. If they did it direct, they'd have to raise the cost for the time and effort that eBay saves them.

I'm happy for Tradd and Felix for the sales. I'm happy for the buyers because they got art they like (I assume) at a price they found reasonable. I'm happy for me because it's out of my wheelhouse so the prices are fine by me (if somewhat amazing). I'm inclined to say that the sell out indicates, if anything. that Felix priced them just right or a little low. Excellent work in either case.

How about meeting me at HeroesCon!

Guy, when is the book signing tour? Seriously, do you, @Chris K., and Roger attend cons?

And generally not the norm per my kids!

I have to disagree. I have lots of commissions that will be difficult for my heirs to sell for any amount. They are for my pleasure and to support the artist; that's payback enough for me. Even the printed pages that I have are not the ones that most people will want. I really don't care what the girls get from selling the collection. I'll be dead and there are other assets of more value to them. I consider my spend here similar to the spend of my friends on their golf course memberships, lessons, and other expenses. That money is gone and so is what I spent on comic art.

My first Carol Day exposure came from Aaron N.'s CAF gallery where my favorite strip is housed (click to see it on the CAF): It has to be the creepiest comic strip that I've ever seen while also being an outstandingly beautiful rendering. Wow. That led me to buying Roger Clark's e-book of the story (sadly no longer available) and the buying of two strips from Roger from that story (click to see on the CAF): David Wright did wonderful work.

I was so glad to finding him (quite by accident) at Boston Comic Con in 2012. I got his autograph and picture with him. It was a real thrill to meet this kind and funny man. Here's what I wrote about meeting Al in my review of the con:

Not that I've ever seen. MS for the disease as mentioned, MS for manuscript, MS for the state of Mississippi, Ms. for relationship neutral address to a woman. There are many others, but this is the first time I've encountered it for "mini-series."

Oh, I hope they do another. I'm especially interested in my favorite story - Problem Child. I deeply regret not buying all of the (admittedly low scan) ebooks from Roger when they were on Amazon. Sadly, he withdrew them due to lack of sales, I think.

I simply cannot agree more with your review of this book. Carol Day is an outstanding strip - both story and art - and David Wright's Carol Day - Lance Hallam is spectacular. It's well worth the $350 (US) that it costs in my opinion. The link will take you to the "buy" page. There's a link to an eBay store for US buyers and instructions for international buyers. Among my book collection, for pure joy of owning and reading, this ranks with my copy of The Art of Richard W. Sprang which was also produced by a collector on a mission. This is as high as I can praise Chris' Carol Day book. Now I need to meet the team and get them to sign it. I wish that had been a purchase option.

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Stamps show up on older pages that were physically delivered to the publisher (though mistakes happen). Newer pages are generally sent electronically to the publisher so the original (pencils only sometimes; inked other times; never with word ballots) has no stamps.

I've never seen him paint one, but Bruce McCorkindale is affordable, fast and reliable. Ask him. He's on FB.

Wow! I guess you can't blame a guy for trying, but wow!

I bet Max Dunbar was as happy as you are!

Congrats. Loved Aparo's PS (and pretty much everything else he drew). I still need something from him.

We figured this out long ago. Here's a link to a PDF containing the information. It also contains a link to the original thread from which the summary is drawn.

Interesting.

I have those two HC collections and they are beautiful. Congrats on getting the story.

A terrific example of Dennis at its best.