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I'll be getting that one, too.

They should they really should!

I feel less lonely. @comix4fun, I'm glad that I managed to pass on keeping the external box. I feel so proud.

I have a problem. I can't get rid of the boxes that my Artist Editions (and similar) come in. If they were plain, I could do it, but they all have that sticker on them and my compulsive tendencies don't allow them to go in the recycle. Am I alone? What do those of you who keep them do with them?

You are doomed. He's called a dealer for a reason! [Welcome!]

A "collecting plan" sounds like an impossibility, a self-contradicting term, an oxymoron, something I will never have.

Thanks! Definitely tempted.

That’s the ratio that seems to work.

Not to content, but yes to # of views = 1 comment and a few others.

Yes, I'm a nerd.

I have a spreadsheet where I actually calculate $ per comment. It's interesting to see that cheap pieces can generate more comments than one might expect and vice versa.

Then I totally missed it. My point was that Jack could make a decent living in the 50s doing comic book pages and that today - adjusted for inflation - artists make a lot less doing pages.

Re: 2x Yes, it's a guess. Re: Compare to Jim Lee Back in the 50s and early 60s (prior to 64 - the timeframe of the quote) the big money cartoonists were in the papers. Yes, Jack probably made more than many others in comics in the 50s/early 60s, but was it the same % difference as Jim versus others today? It seems unlikely to me. Plus Jack didn't have the aftermarket for his work that Jim has; Jack's sole buyer was the publisher.

Still that's a 20% pay cut over the years and the cost of the books (64 pages for $0.10 cents) to today (20 pages of story for $4.00) is even greater than inflation (640 pages per $1 vs. 5 pages per $1; 128x). Someone's making money, but it doesn't seem to be the creative types.

Inflation since then is nearly 10x. If you care to assume K was 2x the average, the majority of the artists today are still being paid less in purchasing power.

Re: No you're not True, but I am polite.

I'm sorry.

From an interview in the Comics Journal, For modern day, here's what Jim Keefe had to say on DC and Marvel today, Jim's page is quite interesting. Oh, a handy inflation calculator says that Jack was probably doing much better than the average comic artist today: $55 in 1955 is nearly $500 today. So our folks are getting half of what he got in purchasing power.

You should include the link to your CAF.

Interesting, but the headline is a bit off (as they often are) since Tin Tin has been selling for that for a long time.

100% agree. For the most part, I'm not sure what an offer would have to be to get me to part with my art at this stage of my life (full time job, few dependants), but I'm sure it would be so high that it would never be met. [Not that there's a huge demand for S&S #100 faux covers or commissions featuring people arm wrestling. ]

Two new S&S 100 faux covers commissions for Christmas. I've mentioned before and elsewhere that S&S made it to 98. DC did an issue 99 (DC Silver Age Classics Sugar and Spike 99, 1992), but there is no #100. There's lots of material that Sheldon did for the overseas market once he had cataract surgery so a 100th issue is possible. I'm preparing for that big even with variant covers to help out. You can see them all here. As usual, click on the image to see the full picture and learn more. Matthew Childers Scott Shaw

Here's my second piece from Christmas. It to is an S&S 100 cover. Drawn by Matthew Childers and given to me by a Santa who may reveal himself if he so desires. I think it's terrific though I'm sure I'm prejudiced. It combines two of my themes: Arm Wrestling with Heroes which is my go to theme when I want an artist, but don't know what I want the characters to be doing. Usually, it's the Silver Age Supergirl against the artist's characters or ones with whom I strongly identify the artist. Sugar and Spike #100 faux cover which I explained above. I'm embarrassed to admit that I'd never thought to cross these over. It does cause me some grief in terms of filing the piece though - which sub-gallery? [I chose the S&S 100 one.] Enjoy. As usual, click the image to get the full story and get the bigger picture.

Thanks, I'm very happy with it. The concept and character choices were all Scott. I simply suggested an S&S #100 cover. My wife worked with Scott, a Sheldon Mayer fan, too, and they decided on Muppet Babies. Scott worked on the MB cartoon and won four Emmys so it was a natural fit. Scott also thinks S&S influenced MB so that makes it even better. Having Angelica from Rugrats join the fray is the topper on the cake. Rugrats was definitely influenced by S&S.

My Wonder Wife, Kathy, commissioned the extremely talented Scott Shaw to create another of my faux Sugar and Spike #100 covers. S&S made it to #98 in the US in its original run and DC later published a comic called DC Silver Age Classics Sugar and Spike 99 which I count as the 99th US issue, but they never reached #100. While we wait for that issue (there's a lot of material used in other countries by Mayer that's not been seen in the US), I've decided to build an inventory of the variant covers such an event will require! Kathy really helps with these. Here's the latest - Sugar and Spike meet The Muppet Babies. Click the image to read the full story and meet all the characters.