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Pretty funny to see that cover re-created by two different artists in the same couple of days.

My advice:

1) Buy what you like.

2) Buy what you can afford

3) Pick a theme and stick to it; it makes the experience more fun

Covers, panel pages, commissions, etc. doesn't matter if you follow these rules.

On the other hand if you are investing here are a few generalities (exceptions can be found):

1) Published beats unpublished

2) Covers beat splashes beat panel pages

3) Artists with a long tenure tend to be more valuable over time especially if they are strong associated with a particular character

I'm a total newb when it comes to OA...wanted to wade into it slowly. I'm collecting OA that features my favorite character, Magneto. These are my first pages in the collection.

You should open a ComicArtFans gallery - www.comicartfans.com - and spend some time exploring that wonderful archive.

These are terrific examples, Michael.

Terrific pickups. Terry does great work and Echo was a blast.

I like Loston's work and this is a very nice example. It has a real Silver Age Infantino cover layout feel. Keep posting.

I think it's a crying shame that Lichtenstein gets all this praise given that he lifted and - to my eye, at least - did not enhance the work of others.

Marketing kings indeed.

That may be my favorite Suicide Squad piece so far. It's a lot of fun.

I'd go with if you could drop the UPC box.

I had Chris Ivy create an overlay for my Dan DeCarlo "Archie Andrews, Where Are You?" cover.

It's on a clear overlay attached to the original with an easily removed tape. It's not framed yet, but that's the way that I'll frame it.

Chris was fast and reasonably priced. He's very reliable based on my experience and on the number of times I've seen him used for commissions by Michael (OML guy) Finn.

Hope this helps.

Thom Zahler of Love and Capes (LnC) does prints for each show he attends featuring the Crusader and Abby flying around landmarks of the various cities.

Below are some of the sites he's picked - maybe they will inspire you.

BTW, Thom's LnC is wonderful and these all feature those characters and style. He did a recreation for me that I really enjoy - quick, talented, and (for now) inexpensive compared to lots of folks. His style does vary based on the requested subject..

Mid-Ohio-Con

New York.

Detroit

Cincinnati (featuring the JLA's Hall of Justice, more or less)

Baltimore

Atlanta

Very nice. Cindy is one tough woman.

If you are his FB friend, you can send a FB message to him.

That 101 piece is amazing. I'm surprised you hand hasn't cramped permanently and that your eyes still work. Whatever you charged for it is not enough. Great work.

PS. This is the best thread on the board.

Where are the feathers?

Seriously, very nice. Thanks for sharing.

Flicker! Put them on the CAF!

Send me the scans and I'll open the account for you and post 'em.

I have to admit that this is one of my very favorite threads to read. Wonderful work - every piece makes me smile.

Congrats! Looks like you got your "Holy Grell" ..ouch.

Groan! You should be punished for that.

I'm a long-term LSH fan; I received my first Adventure featuring the Legion 46 years ago (more or less) while in the hospital during the 3rd grade. I was hooked.

I've been lucky enough to get LSH images from a number of the best Legion artists:

• Al Plastino
  
• Curt Swan
  
• Dave Cockrum
  
• Michael (Mike Nasser) Netzer

and now I have another great one - Mike Grell.

My wonderful wife chose to commission Mike for my 55th birthday and he really delivered. Check it out here.

or scroll down

The page from JLA 200 is great, that one was sure to go fast.

Quick as a flash, if I'm not stretching the point.

Your link is to your CAF page; not to the image itself.

You need to:

1) Right click on the image in your CAF page

2) Choose "Copy Image URL"

3) Paste that between the two HTML commands

Voila!

Glad you guys like it. I'm pretty pleased.

Got one more coming - my birthday present.

New Art Day for me! I have wanted a "real" Infantino Elongated Man piece to go with my Adam Strange and The Silver Age Flash sketches. I haven't see many, if any, of the pages from the backup Elongated Man stories in Detective, but Mike Burkey did have this on his site recently.

As soon as I saw it, I laid claim and now it's in my hands.

Justice League of America #200 P37, a one page battle scene of the Flash racing uphill against the Elongated Man - 11x17.

If I can find a reasonably priced Infantino Batman, I think I'll frame the four of them together.

Anyway, check it out here and leave a comment.

There's some interesting "warm-up" inking on the back which I show in the Additional Images section of the CAF page.

For the link impaired, here's the picture:

It's easy enough assuming you have it posted on-line somewhere like ComicArtFans

• In your browser, go to the "somewhere" and right click on the image. You will get a choice in the contextual menu that says something like "Copy image URL".
  
• Select "Copy image URL"
  
• Come to the Collector's Society Original Art Forum.
  
• Select your thread of interest.
  
• Go to the reply box.
  
• Select "Switch to Full Reply Screen"
  
• Click on the third icon from the left above the box. If you hover your pointer over it, the tool tip will say "Enter an image"
  
• Paste the URL into the box
  
• Click on "OK"
  
• Click on "Preview Post" to see what you have done.
  
• If you like it, hit "Submit." If not, correct and retry.
  

You'll see the instructions embedded in your message which means that you can memorize them and avoid the switch to the "Full Reply" screen.

And one just because I like it, here's one of mine. Consider being forced to look at it as the cost of the lesson.

You can read about how I ended up with the front and back cover of this Sheldon Mayer treasure by clicking here

I posted it on my CAF. I can't hot link the image.

Terrific piece - classic fanboy zombie! What more could you want from a dead geek?

By the way, right click on the CAF image, choose Copy Image URL, switch to the boards, choose the Reply, click on "Switch to Full Reply Screen", click on the third icon from the left, paste to populate the URL field, hit return and you are done.

For example, see this:

Alternatively, you can use the "[", img, "]" and "[" "/img" ']" tags directly with the path in the middle.

Speed-D taught me this trick.