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Jeffrey Brown's work is awesome - well drawn and really funny.

My vote totals were amazing especially considering how little I paid for art this year; my two biggest vote getters were both $250. All five pieces got a vote - that's a record for me. Two pieces made the 10 ten in their category - never had one in the top ten before. Lots of fun looking at everyone's art. Thanks Bill and Brian!

Updated the image and link to the Coollines site for the "cover."

Yep, it's SOP for the DBs. Here's an example:

In addition to the point you made, I believe that Gray's work is also underappreciated because he never had a long run on a popular title / character. The work is all really good, but it doesn't tug at the nostalgia rope for most.

Yep. I wish everyone that kept sold stuff on the site (something I like) had this option. I'd like the sold pieces even more if the price were retained.

$9K seems really high to me. I do like it though.

If one leaves sold items up, please add a pick to remove it from the viewing of the page. That would help a lot.

I'd put it under the "Published/Unpublished Other" category. Why? Well, commissions (and even convention sketches) have an element of risk that is not present in pre-drawn pieces. That is, with commissions/sketches, you generally pre-pay and get what you get even if you don't like it. That risk is removed for pre-drawn pieces. Make sense?

Thanks. I generally don't buy a lot of art from the same artist. However, I have three pieces from Jeremy and if I won the lottery, I'd buy a page from the book. That's a lot of art from one artist by my standards. Here's the links to the other pieces if you are interested: Cursed Pirate Girl portrait Cursed Pirate Girl versus Grandfather Crab The battle with the crab was actually Jeremy's first commission and I recently acquired it from that commissioner, Rob Stolzer. There are two letters of provenance in the Additional Images: one from Jeremy to Rob and one from Rob to me.

The distinction is done "at home" vs. "done on site." So, pre-con list where the piece is ready when you get there is a commission. A piece that you asked to have done and which was completed at the show (on-site) is a convention sketch regardless of quality or cost. My Bastian Pirate Ship (in my eyes at least) is incredible. He did it overnight at the show so a convention sketch. Yes, this does lead to some "quality differences" since a 10m sketch at the table isn't the same as one done in 30m or an hour in the hotel room, but ...

My votes might be different tomorrow, but it is too late to change them. Enjoy AJ Published/Unpublished Covers - My criteria: Would it make be buy the comic and would I want it 1) Amazing Adventures #1 by Jack Kirby, John Romita, and Frank Giacoia - Hans Kosenkranius 2) Elektra Saga #4 Cover by Frank Miller - Jeff Singh 3) Daredevil: The Man Without Fear Issue 4 Cover - Kingpin! by John Romita Jr. and Al Williamson - Malvin V. 4) Planet Comics #1 Cover - Jim Halperin 5) Wonder Woman 6 Cover Frank Cho - Dean Abraham Published: Splash Pages, Pinups - My criteria: Do I want it in my collection. The primary issues are: do I find it attractive, do I associate the artist with the character, and does the image make me want to know the story. 1) Superboy and the Legion 233 page 1 by James Sherman/Bob Wiacek - Miki Annamanthaodoo 2) Wonder Woman # 128, pages 2 and 3 by John Byrne - Filmore W. Bedwick 3) Negative Burn 16 page 11 by Terry Moore - James Bella 4) New Teen Titans 4 DPS pages 2 and 3 by George Perez/Rafael Tanghal - Robert Frey 5) Batman 14 Splash by Jerry Robinson - Gary Land I almost went with Marvel Age 90 by Fred Hembeck (S C’s gallery) and Iron Man 55 by Jim Starlin (James Halperin). I love both, but … Published: Interior Panel Pages - My criteria: I’m looking for artist/character combination, interesting layouts, and readability plus a good looking image. 1) Swamp Thing #5, page 6 origin page by Berni Wrightson - Brian Bogg’s 2) Strangers in Paradise v3 #11 page 10 by Terry Moore - James Belia 3) Motor Girl #6, pg 16 by Terry Moore - Sideshow Bob 4) The Shadow Mini-Series #4 page 23 by Howard Chaykin - John Cogan 5) Sinister House of Secret Love by Alex Toth - Trevor Pearson I greatly admire many other pieces in this, e.g., the other Wrightsons, the Sean Murphy Batman, and the Mouse Guard piece. For the latter, look at the mice in the bottom. Each has a different personality expressed by their body language. Great book. Check it out. Published: Strip Art - Criteria: Story telling, appealing image Okay my first three are Carol Day strips. I can’t help it; I’m a huge fan of David Wright’s work for the first 1000 strips or so. David Wright had been a fashion artist and it shows on the strip. He does wonderful work on fabric draping. He’s wonderful with light and shadow as well and look at the hatching. Mine can be found here and my favorite of all time is linked from the Description. 1) Carol Day 139 by David Wright - Ronan Killack The first panel is outstanding. I love the two near silhouettes of Carol. Her friend looking up from the bed is so natural. 2) Carol Day 468 by David Wright - Mark Yanko Another wonderful use of light and shadow in the first panel. The face in the last panel is classic. 3) Carol Day 47 by David Wright - Mark Howland Love Carol’s body language and the draping of her dress. Look at the hands and the turn of Carol’s head in the last panel. Lovely work. 4) Cisco Kid 6-21-51 by Jose Luis Salinas - Steve Kriozere Lovely work. I’ve heard about these strips for years, but never really looked into them That may have to change. 5) Krazy Kat Sunday 12/26/20 by George Herriman - Jeff Singh A wonderful example of the craziness found in that strip. I need to read my copy of the Herriman biography. I thought that this was a really rich category this year. Published/Unpublished: Commissions - Character / Artist combinations that I like or images that I really enjoy 1) Weird Scrooge Fantasy 29 by Don Rosa - S C How can you go wrong with a team up of Frank Frazetta and Don Rosa? It makes me smile and fits in both of my criteria 2) Bigby Wolf, Boy Blue, & Fly Catcher going off on a Quest by Mark Buckingham - Leonard Richman Fables was an all-time favorite for me and Mark Buckingham was a big reason. Three of the most interesting characters from the book are featured here by the best artist in the series. This is a winner for me. 3) Nightwalk (Frank and Pupshaw) by Jim Woodring - Michael Diaz I’ve admired Woodring’s work from afar; I own nothing by him, but the images I see have always attracted em. This one is really special. 4) Adam Strange by Albert Monteys - P Portillo I doubt that this will get a lot of votes, but it really stuck with me. There’s something here that I can’t quite place. I think it’s terrific. 5) Detective 27 Homage by Ardian Syaf - eewwnuk 1 It was hard to pick this last spot. Eewwnuk 1’s other Batman entry is equally striking and the Cho WW and Adams Capt. Marvel are both lovely and there are many others as well. That said, I chose this one. I think it’s beautifully painted and is a striking image. Unpublished: Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches - Criteria same as for commissions 1) Batman and Catwoman by Tim Sale - Dean Abraham Wonderful. I’ve often wanted to get something from Tim, but … 2) Hanami Picnic by Stan Sakai - Eltanin C Love Stan’s work and the characters he has created. Excellent. 3) Who Ghost There? by Ryan Sook - Michael Rankins Nice work by Ryan. 4) Antman and The Wasp by Alan Davis - Rich Cirillo Not much to say except that Alan’s work is exceptional 5) Taarna by Rags Morales - Michael Rankins Who knew Michael would buy a single character sketch! No clue who Taarna is, but I doubt that she’s ever looked better. Unpublished/Published: Other - Images that I like 1) Vader’s Little Princess (2013) by Jeffrey Brown - John Espinoza If you haven’t read these books, you should. Yeah, they aren’t canon, but then what is? 2) Vintage 1980's Shadow illustration by Howard Chaykin - John Cogan Striking image. 3) The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe book cover by Roger Hane - Comicart B Cool to see the original art for this book. I’ve owned my copy for decades and I find the covers interesting. 4) Miss Lace, Male Call 1943 by Milt Caniff - Ron Soenethal If Ron buys it, I’ll like it. Besides, how could you not like this? 5) Miss Lace Trio of Original Art by Milton Caniff - Tie Designs by Milt Caniff - Jeff Singh Jeff is another whose taste I admire.

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On the really minor OA relationship front, Aaron Lopresti's son got his first film credit. He animated the gills of the monster.

Very nice Sabrina. I can't see her doing Conan, but I do enjoy Big John's granddaughter's work. Thanks for sharing.

That's a hoot. I took a look to see what I could learn and find my own notes referenced. Made me laugh.

I got nothing. Piecewise scanning and merging the images in a tool like Photoshop or Visio or GraphicConverter can be done. Kind of a pain in my experience. Another approach is to take a photograph using a camera mount while the piece is on the floor. A good camera with a fixed mount should provide a good capture.

Buy a bigger scanner (<$200) or use the office copier (free) will work for 11x17. How large are we talking about?

Don't we all. Excellent book!

I would add that the Comic Art List on Yahoo groups is an interesting place to follow. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/comicart-l/info You also want to join so that you can setup a special CAF gallery and post in the "Best of ..." session each year. This gallery is known as your "Lowry" and is named after a late and lamented pioneer comic art collector - Bruce Lowry. You can learn more about the comicart-l here.

About as scarce as hen's teeth, but it is something I'd be interested in.

Recreation? Bruce McCorkindale does great work. You can find him here and on FB. You can find lots of examples on the CAF. He did this for my wife's Christmas. Click to expand.

There's a printer/scanner in the picture? I didn't notice. I've admired the girl on the mast for sometime. Lovely work. Belated congratulations.

Lots of copiers can scan and email. I used to do that at work.

Extremity is a wonderful book and the art is really spectacular.