alxjhnsn

It's the pedantic guy again.

Mike's painting infringes on DC's trademark - not copyright.

Unless Mike sold the copyright to the image to the commissioner (unlikely), Mike holds the copyright to the image - not DC or the commissioner.

As to the legality of it all, it's not at all obvious that a statue based on a painting infringes on the painting copyright. It is obvious that the painting infringed on the trademark of Batman held by DC.

It is rude though to make the statue from painting without letting Mike know. It's unlikely that DC couldn't contact him or didn't know it was his work. That's just common courtesy - which isn't all that common, I guess.

Later.

Add one more to the "no ethical issue that I can see" column.

#truth

When you start talking parody and "fair use," things really get complicated.

I'm an Electrical Engineer and Software Developer by training, but the proper use of words has always been an interest. If you really want to stir me up, just say "That's just semantics." Given that semantics is what gives words meaning, saying some statement is "just semantics" is the same as saying "I don't care what words mean and "I don't want to clarify the statement because I don't really want you to understand." That way lies anarchy!

So, I had my 5 figured out before Christmas and then Kathy messed it up with a great Christmas gift. Sigh... #firstworldproblems

14 hours ago, Panelfan1 said:

Both maps are awesome!

 

Thanks. I am pretty proud of 15 year old me.  It's the only piece of art that I've created, I think, other than a class assignment.

Re: Trademark vs. Copyright

If the image is a copy of a published scene, that's a copyright violation.

If the image uses a trademarked character or item, e.g., Superman or the S-Shield, that's a trademark violation.

If the image uses Superman in a new scene, that's a trademark violation, but not a copyright one.

If the image uses your character in a scene that is identical to a published one with your character replacing the original, there may or may not be a copyright issue depending on how much of the image is retained from the original. 

Yes, I'm pedantic.

Yeah, Romita's art isn't getting cheaper and your page is an excellent example.

17 hours ago, fishbone said:

My first Romita’s !!!!! Woo Hoo !!

 

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Nice pickups! I've often thought about looking for a Spider-man strip by Romita and your's is pretty much perfect. Congratulations.

I will just have to make do with MJ.  

Regarding commissions retaining value or going up, I'll say what I always say, "If you want to make a small fortune, start with a large one and buy commissions."

That said, the CAF reports that only 16% of my pieces are published (covers, splashes, or interior pages). I've told my family that they can hope for 40% of what I paid at most on them.

Nice work!

I made a map once. I wanted a large map of Middle Earth to frame and hang. I was 15 or so.

I made a copy of a map from a hard cover LotR volume and used a scaling technique from my drafting class to enlarge it to poster board size. I then colored it with colored pencils. I never had it framed; it was too expensive.

Somewhere along the line, I lost it. I had no clue where it was and didn't ask anyone until about 35 years later. My brother matter-of-factly said that it was in a portfolio of my mom's behind the couch in her living room. 

I found it right where he said it was and it had aged/browned which actually made it look better. It's framed now. I wasn't clever enough to scan or photograph it before framing, but you can see it by clicking the image below.

You might also consider the escrow service offered by Not So Nice Art.

I am enjoying this. Thanks for starting the thread.

Three pieces of art appeared under our tree this year. Click the image to learn more.

My wife got a recreation of her favorite Peanuts trip by Bruce McCorkindale

My Secret Santa got me a wonderful addition to my "Supergirl vs." theme. This time she's taking on her jerk ex-boyfriend Powerboy.

An the capper to my Christmas, Jeremy Bastian's very first Cursed Pirate Girl commission

Ditto - I'd treat the 6 pages as one item IF the total is less than $300.

Mike, who says you aren't nice. You are correct, I can post two pieces! and I will! 

Maleficent is the one that I'll use.

Thanks for the reminder. This should get you back on the "good kid" list!

Merry Christmas!

I can only enter once and my entry has votes so I'll leave it (and I really, really like it). That said, here are my runner ups.

Maleficent by Walt Simonson (this is my wife's not mine, her character choice and it's a great choice)

Odin by Walt Simonson (wanted a character that is more visual than Thor and Odin has great hats!)

I think Maleficent might get a lot of votes, but I can't take my Pirate Ship down and she doesn't have an account here.

I have to ask though it might not change my submittal.

My two Simonson "head shots" fit under the $300 limit IF you adjust what we paid by deducting what we got.

Odin by Walt Simonson and Maleficent by Walt Simonson

We got them at the Simonson dinner at SDCC 2017. Here's the breakdown of why I think they cost $250 each.

Part of the dinner with IDW. Cost is an estimate as follows:

Total cost:                                                                        $500

Dinner at FdC:                                                                 $100

BRB AE (signed/numbered):                                         $125 (list)

Ragnarok Vol 2 HC (remarqued, signed, stamped): $  25 (cover)

This makes the drawing $250 though since Walt doesn't do commissions, it's really hard to value.

Thoughts?

8 hours ago, Jay Olie Espy said:

My goals for 2017 were to pick up a nice Mike Allred Madman page and a Sam Kieth page, but that did not happen.

I don't know if this counts as "collecting" goals, but I told myself not to buy anymore con sketches, and if I did, not to spend more than $50 a piece with the exception of Los Bros Hernandez. This is one goal that I met: with the exception of freebies, I paid less than $100 for three con sketches and I bought a pre-done piece of art from Beto and Xaime Hernandez. Generally, I resisted a lot of impulse buying at cons up until the last quarter of the year.

My third goal was not to spend more on art than I did in 2016. Not blowing my money on con sketches allowed me to buy more and expensive art in 2017. But that became a double edge sword: right off the bat in February I bought a $1400 piece, which I funded through a Spring quarter sell-off you may or may not recall, but that blew my budget for the, which resulted in me spending twice as much on art in 2017 (and still no Allred or Kieth!). I think I may have eaten into my 2018 budget. Talk about fiscal irresponsibility 

The story of my OA collecting life right there. It's not that I haven't had enough money to buy one on my want list, but that I spend it on other cool stuff!

How about an Evil Queen as in Snow White's step-mom? Click to read more.

17 minutes ago, Reader said:

I remember this cool story but did not know you actually found the original later which makes the story even better.

Yep. It was an accidental discovery. I'd spent all my OA funds and was determined not to checkout the CL auction, but I was in The Netherlands with nothing to do. I scrolled through the list and saw it. I had to buy it. I made a strong bid (higher than I should have) and one it for a lot less (so happy!).

Never thought I'd find it.

My collection consists of comic related artwork by artists that I admire of characters I associate with them. For example, Curt Swan (Superman, LSH), Nick Cardy (TT, Bat Lash), Joe Kubert (Sgt. Rock, Hawkman) and more recently Nick Pitarra (Manhattan Projects), Joe Eisma (Morning Glories), Thom Zahler (Love and Capes). I think you get the drift.

I have two sub-themes:
1) Supergirl arm wrestling X where X is a character I associate with the character X

2) The cover to the 100th issue of Sugar and Spike (big Sheldon Mayer fan). They got to 98 in the original US run. DC then issued a 99 some years later. Still waiting on #100 so I took matters into my own hands.

The art is segregated into galleries for myself, my wife, my daughters, some sketchbooks, and a few others as follows:
 

• Collections
  • My Art Gallery - Contains scans and stories about each piece of art. The theme of this gallery is pretty simple - characters that I care about by the artist I most identify them with, e.g., Bat Lash and Cardy, SA Flash and Infantino, Superman and Swan, etc. Be sure to scroll to the second page. There is good stuff on it, too.
  • Kathy's Art Gallery - Contains pieces of art purchased for or by her.
  • Allie's Art Gallery - Contains pieces of art purchased for or by her.
  • Elizabeth's Art Gallery - Contains pieces of art purchased for or by her.
  • Rebecca's Art Gallery - Contains pieces of art that purchased for and by her.
• Sketchbooks
  • 40 for 60 Sketchbook (Alex) - Contains scans from the Sketchbook that my wife and daughters made for my 60th birthday
  • Strong Women (Kathy) - Contains scans from the Sketchbook that my wife is building for herself.
  • Untitled (Rebecca) - Contains scans from the Sketchbook that my daughter is building for herself.
• Miscellaneous
  • My Pseudo-Art Gallery - Contains art related materials for which I do not have the originals, but which are related to the pieces that I do have.
  • On the Walls - Framed pieces

Here's the link to the main gallery page: http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=10225

Here's the link to all the art sorted by Most Views: http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetailsearch.asp?gcat=10225&pm=1&pi=54&order=Views

On 12/19/2017 at 3:12 PM, alxjhnsn said:

I forgot two others! I'm getting old. I've updated the original post.

 

Make it three others. The post is now update. Sigh...