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

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    Back in July, I commissioned Mike and Laura Allred for one of my world famous faux S&S 100 covers featuring Madman for delivery at OAX 2024.

     
    The delivered everything I could hope to get.
     
    I credit my impeccable art direction; I asked for the tots and Madman in a humorous situation.
     
    With that great assistance, Mike came up with a clever idea. I love Madman's expression as he looks from his work to that of the tots. Yeah, I'd be confused as well.
     
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    What to Draw, What to Draw?

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    On 1/14/2024 at 10:00 AM, Rick2you2 said:

    You really want a challenge? Here you go. 

    Arthur Ranson from "Batman and the Phantom Stranger" graphic novel.

    This is what I call a "fake" panel page. The central and secondary graveyard sculptures, as well as the background, are all positioned in a way to continue into all three panel pages, like a splash page but with panel separations. Yet there are also three different figures of the Phantom Stranger at different locations. So, it may be that the same character is in 3 different places at the same time--or is he simply moving around the same place at 3 different times? Throw in the quality of the line work, and the lovely way it drips off the page. That should keep you busy.

     

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    I've always enjoyed pages like this. It's a nice way to show motion.

     

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    What percentage of your total net worth are you comfortable with OA being?

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    I've kept track of my buying since I first bought a piece. The spreadsheet has grown in complexity and analytical capability.

    It tells me the

    • Basics
      • name & link to CAF
      • type (commission, published page, ...)
      • costs (price, BP, S/H),
      • source (dealer name, auction house name, individual, etc.)
      • date of purchase)
    • Statistics
      • # of pieces,
      • total count
      • total $
      • average price,
      • median price,
      • max price,
      • number and amount by year,
      • number and amount by artist,
      • number and amount by dealer
      • popularity using the views, likes, and comments from the CAF
        • This is a little weird. I wanted to explore which pieces generated the most attention per $ spent. The results were somewhat surprising. Too much trouble to keep up to date since I can't just download the CAF data and have to type it in. Still, it's a view of the collection and of what others find interesting.

    I learned a lot about Excel doing this, too. XLOOKUP and UNIQUE are very useful. :)

    What percentage of your total net worth are you comfortable with OA being?

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    On 1/17/2024 at 12:28 AM, malvin said:

    I've been there. Heck I am there.

    I just ignored it :)

    I love the OA, just selling it when I didn't need the money (and therefore nothing to put it in) didn't make sense to me. I try to trim/optimize/refine my collection, but each year I think it's still a net spend for me.

    Malvin

    +1 to Malvin's response.

    The money I spend is the money that would go to some other hobby with no return so I don't care.

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    Stolen art alert Peanuts!

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    Back to the original topic, I've vowed to use Apple AirTags in all of my packages. I've done it once and found it useful. A friend works for UPS and he says he gets notices frequently that he's being tailed by an AirTag which seems to indicate that I'm not alone is doing this. At $25, they are cheap insurance.

    Heritage Jan 11-14, 2024 Auction

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    On 12/23/2023 at 10:11 PM, tth2 said:

    Formula for OA pricing in the 2020s: (A x 2) + B

    where

    A = your good faith estimate

    B = multiple of $40 (depending on what A is; i.e., if A = double digit, then B = $40, if A = triple digit, then B = $400, and so on)  

    That would be written as:

    =(A*2) + (40*MOD(A, 40))

    Mod is a function that divides A by 40 and returns the integer part so MOD (80, 40) gives 2. Just in case you want to put it in Excel. :)

    Best of 2023 - Post before the end of the year

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    This is what I expect to submit. Changes are possible and your thoughts are welcome.

    Published/Unpublished Comic Book Covers
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    Published/Unpublished Comic Book Splashes, Title Pages
    • No entry
     
    Published/Unpublished Comic Book Double Page Splashes and Spreads
    • No entry
     
    Published/Unpublished Interior Panel Pages
    • No entry
     
    Published/Unpublished Comic Book Pin-Ups, Illustrations, Trading Cards

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    Published/Unpublished Strip Art
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    Published/Unpublished Commissions/Recreations
    • Faux Sugar and Spike #100 Cover by Kerry Callen
      • My year: Most Comments (5th), Most Likes (3rd), Most Views (2nd)
      • One of my very favorite pieces by one of the most clever humor artists working. The first time I tried, he wasn’t doing physical commissions, but he’s since changed his mind and is cranking them out. Highly recommended. Also, read his Super Antics which features DC Heroes in very funny situations.
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    • Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Pets by Jim Shooter
      • I’m a fan. When I found out that Jim would do commissions, I had to get one (at least one for now). His run with Swan and Klein remains my favorite Legion era. And he was only 5 years older then my 8 or 9 when I read his first story. That blew me away. If you get a chance to meet him, do it. Look through his memory books. Ask questions. Get a commission. You’ll be glad that you did.
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    Unpublished Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches
    • CPG’s Port by Jeremy Bastian
      • I love Jeremy’s work. This completes my original ideas - CPG, her father’s Pirate Ship, and her Port. I’ll get more I’m sure, but I need to figure out what.
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    Published/Unpublished Media artwork (Music, TV, Movie)
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    Published/Unpublished Non-Comic Covers, Pin-ups, Illustrations, Gaming Art
    • No entry
     
    Published/Unpublished Other
    • No entry
     
    Honorable Mentions
    A few pieces that I really like, but I couldn’t put ahead of the above.
     

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    • Mosely 1 pg. 26 and 27 by Sam Lofti (published Splash/Panel Page)
      • Mosely is yet another good book written by Rob Guillory. Sam did an excellent job with the visuals. In these pages, you see our hero gain his powers and deal with his first foe. Buy it, you will enjoy it.

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    •  Young Justice 27 pg 5 by Todd Nauck (published splash)
      • I enjoyed Todd’s work on Impulse and Young Justice a lot and I love group shots. This scratched a real itch for me.

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    The Official Commission Collecting Thread

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     New addition to my faux Sugar and Spike 100 cover collection. This one was commissioned 3 years ago. Kathy works way ahead. 🙂
     
    The cover features Jeffrey Brown's Lucy and Andy Neanderthal as S&S's babysitters.
     
    Thanks to Jeffrey Brown of Star Wars fame (Darth Vader series and Jedi Academy series) for the excellent job!
     
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    The OFFICIAL "This week in your ORIGINAL ART collection?"

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    On 12/26/2023 at 10:32 AM, fenip said:

    Really like this one! Jeffrey has a very distinctive style and it works perfect here!

    Thanks! I think he does excellent work and he has a good sense of humor.

    I have one other piece by him that amuses me as well. :) Click to embiggen.

     

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    I made a fake faux S&S 100 cover out of it using a different SW based image taken from the internet (my bad) that seemed appropriate. My image manipulation skills are rather limited.

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

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    New addition to my faux Sugar and Spike 100 cover collection. This one was commissioned 3 years ago. Kathy works way ahead. 🙂
     
    The cover features Jeffrey Brown's Lucy and Andy Neanderthal as S&S's babysitters.
     
    Thanks to Jeffrey Brown of Star Wars fame (Darth Vader series and Jedi Academy series) for the excellent job!
     
    Click on image to embiggen!
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    The OFFICIAL "This week in your ORIGINAL ART collection?"

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    I'm a Kickstarter Superbacker which means I spend way too much money on Kickstarter projects in the Comics section. This is a fact.

    It's a matter of opinion as to whether or not a particular purchase is worth it. In my opinion, Mike Kunkel delivers the goods with his books.

    In this case the book is Ham and Eggs. It features the story of two brothers in a small town. Think Abbott and Costello and you'll get a bit of the feel for the characters.

    Anyway, Ham is short on cash and gets involved with a loan shark and things get dangerously funny.

    You can see my Ham and Eggs here: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1980991

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    You can buy the book here: https://theastonishfactory.com/astonish-factory-bookshop/hamandeggsbook

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    What are your 2024 OA Collecting Goals?

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    Posted · Edited by alxjhnsn

    I have a list - to get anything on it will require selling a lot of comic books! :)
     

    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
    • Rogers Detective (Batman) page from his wonderful run with Steve Englehart and Terry Austin
    • Swan/Klein Superman
    • Swan/Klein 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.)
      • It's up for auction again, but sold for 50K last time. My rich uncle would have to die for me to buy it if I had a rich uncle.
    • 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. The cover to #1 belongs to Mark Waid, but he loaned it to a friend to study and said friend thinks he owns it.
    • A published Scribbly page - I've seen one in 18 years of collecting.

    Comic Strips:

    • Peanuts by Charles Schulz
    • Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson