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I would. Here's my standard answer on restoration questions. It might be useful. --------- In the many threads on paper conservation, the names that recur the most were: Robert Dennis agraphicstateofmind@verizon.net http://www.agraphicstateofmind.com/ http://www.agraphicstateofmind.com/comic_art_restoration_service.html Gordon Christman ggc2k@hotmail.com Gordon doesn't seem to have a web presence, but his snail mail address and phone number are: GORDON G. CHRISTMAN RESTORATION & CONSERVATION 330 SOUTH HORNE STREET #L OCEANSIDE CA 92054 TEL: 760 439 7970 CEL: 760 458 2290 I also had one recommendation for: Tracy Heft - Eclipse Paper trace@eclipsepaper.com http://www.eclipsepaper.com 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.

Yeah, there are ample targets for improvement in that website, but Josh & Co. seem to have zero interest in making it better. Sigh...

Colleen Doran has written quite a bit about the hazards of markers including Copic. Comments on Twitter: If you join her Patreon account, you'll get access to posts on this topic. On that stream, she recommended these:

Yep. That's the way it should work legally. Carl Barks had permission from Disney to paint the Ducks. I believe that Don Rosa does, too. I'm sure that there are other formal arrangements.

Re: The artist's drawing of an image, however, is probably a copyright violation, if it is something like Wolverine, where Marvel would hold the copyright I'm a little pedantic so here goes my simplified copyright vs. trademark explanation (I can't stop myself). Copyright - right to make copies Trademark - right to use a symbol (words, image, design, whatever) as a means to identify the seller and the goods The artist owns the copyright to whatever she draws unless she specifically sells it. It may or may not be protected by Trademark. A few use cases: If the artist copies a work, e.g., a published cover, exactly. In this case, he could be (probably is) violating the copyright to that image. The odds are the publisher holds those right. This can occur even if he drew the original because he probably assigned his rights to the publisher. If the artist creates a new image with a character created by someone else, e.g., a commission for me featuring Superman. In this case, the Superman image and especially his S-shield are trademarked. Though he would still own the copyright to the image, he might be (probably is) violating the trademark of the character owner, e.g., DC. If the artist creates an new image without using the Intellectual Property of others, she will own the copyright and have the option of trademarking the image or portions of it. The length of a copyright to a work is set by law. The length of time that a Trademark remains active/in force depends on its being in regular use and the owner enforcing her rights. Coca Cola hires people to go to restaurants to ensure that when an order is place for "Coke" they get a Coca Cola; hence, "No Coke, Pepsi." You will see DC and Marvel revive and repurpose trademarked titles to keep the trademarks enforceable. The gist of the above is your sentence should read:

Amen to that!

You are welcome. This question comes up very often so I keep this answer at hand. On the Felix podcast, Ron Sonnenthal mentioned me and these answers. The conversation lasted 15s (I timed it!). I'm sure everyone is impressed with my 15 seconds of fame!

That's actually a mistake everyone in this hobby makes - buying all the bright shiny objects without considering whether or not they really make sense. A theme (or three) really helps, but it often doesn't develop until much money has been spent. [Voice of experience.]

I commissioned Yale Stewart of JL8 fame (click the link and read, you'll be glad you did) to create a Silver Age Lil Legion piece for me using the Silver Age team. He nailed what I wanted. The commission included a print which I have had framed. You can see the OA, a better scan of the art, and read more about its creation by clicking here. You can see this piece and other framed art on the walls by clicking the image below.

More seriously, they are scarce and expensive. My usual answer on such things follows: You might want to explore the following resources The website Comic Art Tracker can help you find art and look at current asking prices for similar pieces. The OA auction archive at Heritage Auctions – This archive presents the results from all of their OA auctions.. Once you sign-up and get an id, you can search for pieces by your artist and see what they have sold for. The CAF Market Data - More auction results (more than 1,000,000) are available if you join the Comic Art Fans site, pay for Market Data access, and access eBay and other auction sites as well as Heritage. The Comic Art Database. It contains transaction records entered by the owners of Comic OA. Dealer sites. Dealers, generally, post their art with fixed prices though there are exceptions. There is a list of dealers on CGC OA board and the Dragonberry site has a list as well. The CAF site will search the inventories of several dealers for you. [Of course, Comic Art Tracker is better.] Blouin Art Info which tracks sales at major art auctions. It can turn up some Comic OA as well. Look for the “Art Prices” item on the top right of the screen Jerry Weist's Comic Art Price Guide - Heritage published a third edition of it. In my opinion, it's a good history book and might be useful for comparison work, but it was out of date a year before it was printed. A topic on the CGC OA boards, A-level panel page valuations by artist/run - thoughts/additions/changes?, holds a discussion that relates to your question. It provides some "generally agreed upon" ranges for popular runs by popular artists on popular characters. The Biggest OA Prices thread tracked some of the largest sales in the OA space. While that particular thread has stopped; it's probably worth reading for the discussions. Meanwhile , the information is still being updated - just with a different mechanism. The price information moved to The OA Elite blog. Click on the categories on the top of the page to see the updated list. The discussion moved to Biggest OA Prices: The Blog. New buyers and sellers often find that OA is too hard to price. I agree that it is difficult. However, I think that there is a valid reason. Each piece is unique. Uniqueness make art sales generally and OA specifically non-linear. Examples of how piece can differ in ways that impact pricing include: Content: Consecutive pages could and do sell for radically different amounts based on their content. Page Layout: In general, you might say: Covers > 1st Page Splash > Other Splash > 1/2 splash > panel page However, that's not always true either. The right panel page can be much more compelling than a bland splash. Penciler vs. character: There are "A-list" artists, but not all of their books/characters have the same value. Kirby FF pages generally go for more than JIM/Thor pages which go for more than Cap pages (2nd run) which go for more than ... Pencilers/inkers combinations - Kirby/Sinnott FF pages rank above Kirby and anyone else on FF, but a Kirby/InkerX FF page might be more or less than a Kirby/Stone Thor page. Hard to tell. Finally, you should join the comic book OA community. The three main points of Internet contact are: Yahoo's comicart-l mailing list The Comic Art Fans website The CGC OA Board The main points of physical contact are probably: San Diego Comic Con New York City Comic Con Heroes Comic Con - Not a lot of comic art dealers, but a huge number of artists who generally will draw and have portfolios to sell Comic Art Con - A twice yearly show in northern NJ within relatively easy reach of both NYC and Newark Airport NYC Comic Art Expo - only one so far, but more are promised; not thing but art people (dealers, individual sellers, and buyers) and a few local artists. One last comment, if you are looking to buy or sell, spend the time to learn the market. That might take 6 months, but it's worth the time.

Great googly moogly, I forgot a Heroescon purchase! In my defense, we landed in Houston at 1:30pm on Monday and I had to fly out to London on an 8:30p flight. Given the time to get home, pack, and get back, I was lucky to scan and save as much as I did. However, I was in such a rush that I left one piece on the scanner! Please meet Hazel from the comic book series "Southern Cross" which is written by Becky Cloonan and drawn by Andy Belanger. Hazel is quite the character and I'm glad she's visiting! As usual, click image to embiggen.

I had a little time during a meeting so I added images to my post above for the link averse.

The last of my Heroescon haul. Gandalf the Grey - David Petersen http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1480177&GSub=34812 From the Drink and Draw for Team Cul de Sac Owly in the Rain - Andy Runton http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1480180&GSub=159807 PK, Purrmione, and Bagheera (my wife’s cats) - Andy Runton http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1480182&GSub=159807 Fred and George (my daughter’s cats) - Andy Runton http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1480183&GSub=159810 From my new Sheldon Mayer sketchbook: Red Tornado - Franco http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1480122 Sugar and Spike - Chris Giarrusso http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1480123 Three Mouseketeers - Andy Runton http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1480124 From my wife’s Strong Women sketchbook Selina - Yale Stewart http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1480139 Wonder Woman - Richard Cox http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1480144 From my daughter’s sketchbook Katy Keene - Dan Parent (interesting story here) http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1480159 Selina and Kitty - Yale Stewart http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1480165 Something for everyone.

The splash from the first comic that I ever read is burned into my mind. I was 8, my brother 7, when I bought this comic at a HoJo in Brownsville, TX in 1964. We studied this page intently trying to understand who these people were and what they did. I knew Superman, but, basically, no one else. I found it fascinating.

Thanks. Mine is the sibling of the auction piece; Anthony Snyder won the auction piece. He already has a buyer in Europe for it for 50% more than auction. Mine was sold at David’s table to the first person that asked (me!). The story of our quest is kind of interesting http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1479894 Mine Auction Piece (Anthony Snyder)

My standard answer to this common question. --------------------

Chris, I glanced at the piece when it was on the wall, but didn't pickup the extras in the background. Once more, I demonstrate that I will never be Batman. Thanks for pointing it out to me after the auction; it was fun to see. Everyone, most of the auction results are posted on my Facebook page here. Kathy and I left shortly after the Michael Dooney Wonder Woman was sold, but only a few remained and some of those were added by others.

and you got to see me and mine!

Heroescon 2018 is over, but I'm still thrilled with what happened. Here are three items that are the direct result of the con. Be sure to click the images to get a bigger picture and read the details. Don Rosa added color to my Scrooge and Donald birthday present! Check it out! My first jam is complete! Sgt. Rock and Easy Company charge into battle. The Kubert image is printed on the page from the original that I own. Matthew Clark did the layout around that image and various artists completed it. I think I'm going to do that again! We finally won (after 5 years of trying) a David Petersen painted piece featuring Mouse Guard characters - Kenzie in this case. Yay! The story of our long search might be fun to read. Click and see. I also have a piece that I've had for a long time, but never scanned. The original Omnicoms from the Legion 5YL stories. They were used to frame text pieces in the books. Last, I have a Don Rosa piece that I had not posted. It's been a busy week and I'm not through posting our Heroescon pickups. More to come.

I’ve been a fan of Brent’s work since The Last of the Greats (wish that was going to be completed). I’ve enjoyed his work on The New Superman and picked up this piece at his signing at Houston’s Bedrock City Comic Company.

If you'd like a little Bill Watterson C&H artwork, there's some coming up for auction this weekend at Heroescon. You do not need to be present to bid.

I’ll never get my hands on a Carl Barks page or painting, but I now have a wonderful example of his best successor - Don Rosa. Kathy, my Wonder Wife, did it again. Check it out here.

I'll be there with my wife, Kathy, and my youngest daughter, Rebecca. I'll probably bring a few things with me, but the good stuff is framed and on the walls.

I wish.