rsonenthal

Some older ones:

The Cap 155 is a recreation. It's not the original.

BCE is short of product too. It's some problem in the supply chain.

I’m behind in posting and thought I would try to catch up a little. I’ve always been impressed with Alex Raymond’s work. He created strips for Secret Agent X-9, Jungle Jim, Flash Gordon and of course, Rip Kirby. People talk about the lines, the shading, the brilliant use of light sources and brush work – all true. But, I have to tell you that his ability to tell a story is underrated. After creating Secret Agent X-9, he created strips for Jungle Jim and Flash Gordon. The work was simply beautiful. While away in the army, Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim were taken over by another artist. After returning from service in the Pacific in WW II, the syndicate asked him to start something new. So, that’s how we get to Rip Kirby. I’ve seen many wonderful examples out there and have grabbed some that grabbed me, either for the lighting, the story line, or the overall look. But only recently have I actually taken the time to read the strip through. I have to tell you, it still holds up. Rip is urbane, smart, and tough when he needs to be. It’s counter to what private detectives looked like in the film noir of the 40’s and 50’s. He’s closer to the Thin Man than Sam Spade. And, Raymond’s artwork and story telling? Just great. Sadly, Raymond died in an automobile accident in 1956 at the too young age of 45. Here’s some strips that I’ve picked up that cover the years of Raymond’s Rip Kirby run. Link: http://cafurl.com?i=25845 As always, feel free to look around at anything that seems interesting. Ron

Twice up art is 18 1/2 by 12 1/2. The piece of paper itself? That's all over the place.

Surprised I haven't read more about people's votes. This year, there is a lot of great art, and I love the two step voting process. In the past, I would try to look at each category from the top down and from the bottom up, so I didn’t use my votes too quickly, and inadvertently disadvantage someone with a name later in the alphabet. The new two-step process is brilliant. Thanks to Bill and Brian for improving a fun (but tough) process. This took a really long time, but I love seeing so many pieces that I somehow missed! So, perhaps more importantly, thanks to everyone that posted such amazing art to keep all of us busy with something to see over such a terrible year. That said, my votes (alphabetical within each category) are as follows: Published/Unpublished Comic Book Covers Nick - Barry - Matt - Hal – Namor – Romita Jr. Amazing Spider-Man Amir Eyal – Adams Detective Wallace Harrington – Kaluta Shadow Chris K – Aparo Detective Michael One Minute Later – Miller Doctor Strange Published/Unpublished Comic Book Splashes, Title Pages Glynn Crain – Wrightson Swamp Thing Robert Frey - Byrne Avengers Rob Hughes – Aparo Spectre Dan P – Romita DD Jason Schachter – Sale Superman Published/Unpublished Interior Panel Pages Comicart B – Everett Sub-mariner Glynn Crain – Smith Weapon X Ephiny22 – Batwoman origin Luca Esse – Cooke New Frontier Howland – Kirby Thor Published/Unpublished Comic Book Pin-Ups, Illustrations, Gaming Art Rich Cirillo – Willingham Elementals Ray Cuthbert – Adams FF DJ – Mignola Uncle Creepy Jason K – Stevens Rocketeer Justin Porter – Jim Lee Death Published/Unpublished Strip Art (the toughest category IMHO) Monty B – Raymond Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim topper Felix Lu – Pearls Before Swine Bill Morrison – Lil’ Abner 1944 Jeff Singh – Caniff Male Call daily John Stuart – Frazetta Johnny Comet Published/Unpublished Commissions/Recreations (ouch! This was tough too!) Alan Hamilton – Goblin Queen by Pearson Alex Johnson – Sugar, Spike, and George Reeves by Aikins Michael One Minute Later – Blacksad by Guardino Leonard Richman – Warlock by Nauck Jeff Singh – Dragon Lady by Manara! Unpublished Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches Stephen Albrecht – Mister X by Rivoche Artless Artmore – Female figure by Hoffman W Grief – Byrne Dark Phoenix Hans Kosenkranius – Supergirl by Timm Leonard Richman – Copiel Thor Published/Unpublished Media artwork (Music, TV, Movie) Imran A – Lord of the Rings Soumya Das – Scooby Doo painting Terry Doyle – The Passionate Friends movie poster Matt E – NYT magazine Jason K – Lone Wolf and Cub cover Published/Unpublished Non-Comic Cover, Pin-ups, Illustrations, Gaming Art Imran A – Dragon’s Lair Poster Doug Ellis – DeLay Weird Tales prelim Roger K – Kaluta Starstruck Morrison – NCSFest poster Jeff Singh – Count by Charles Addams Published/Unpublished Other Doug Ellis – Herman Vestal, Planet Stories Doug Ellis – Virgil Finlay Illustration Rabid Ferret- Cuneo Santa Claus George Hagenauer – Simpsons Mandala Michael One Minute Later – James Montgomery Flagg Again, thanks to all for posting!!! Ron

I enjoy seeing all of the amazing artwork I missed during the year, so thanks to everyone for posting and special thanks to Brian and Bill for putting this on. I actually posted a lot this year, and that made my choice much more difficult. But, here's my top 5. COVERS Camelot 3000 #8 Brian Bolland DC Comics Presents #28 Jim Starlin - Mongul from the all too brief run that introduced him to the world! COMMISSIONS Deadman by Jim Lee (thrilled with this piece - part of his support of local comic stores) ILLUSTRATION ART The Corpse was Beautiful by Thomas Lovell - published in American Magazine in 1942, an amazing painting. SPLASH PAGES From Detective 1006 by Kyle Hotz, this is a showdown with Batman and the Spectre!! The depth of the inking is just spectacular. Have fun voting. I always do!! Ron

For me (of this group) 181 170 171 176 189 I also think 169 is an amazing cover idea. Tough competition.

No love for 158-167? Ouch.

For me, it's all great, but I'm drawn to issues with Bullseye and the Kingpin. But, as it's been pointed out, great interior pages doesn't necessarily tie to an equally great cover.

Wow! Is there a "claws in chest premium"? There should be!

Yep, I missed out on Comic Art Fans live, but you can win from my mistake. This is the page 1 splash from Barry Windsor Smith's historic Weapon X story in Marvel Comics Presents #78. Pages from this run don't show up all that often, and a splash page? Very hard to find. Price is $50,000

I'll play. This cover of Our Army at War #160 by Joe Kubert is memorable for being one of the first covers to show Jackie Johnson, an African-American member of Easy Co. If you look closely at the upper left corner, you can see Joe's note to the colorist making it clear that Jackie is going to look differently than what they are used to seeing.

15 pages, I think. HA shows the scans trimmed and full page.

That's a complete story, right?

Nice Wonder Woman cover in the same auction went for under $5k, no? It looks like two people wanted this one very badly. I call outlier.

I'm in for my one piece. This is by Tom Lovell and was published in May of 1942.

These are great. What a wonderful run! I've seen another colored page somewhere. Thanks for sharing! Ron

In July of 1980, DC Comics Presents issue #26 came out (carried a cover date of October). It was an important issue – not for anything that has to do with Jim Starlin. More about that shortly. The reason it was important is that contained a 16 page preview of the New Teen Titans. At some point, I’ll write more about NTT, but I believe the Wolfman/Perez run is one of the more consequential DC runs in the last 40 years. For me, though, the Len Wein/Jim Starlin four issue run was personally captivating, and also introduced Mongul to the Superman cast of major super villains. Creating real competition for Superman is extremely difficult if not impossible, but Wein and Starlin succeeded in a perfect bad guy in Mongul. Mongul has continued to appear in the DCU in various books and notably in Superman Annual #11, written by Alan Moore. Additionally, Wein chose to give Superman the weakness of pride and explore in this short run what happens when the man of tomorrow makes a mistake. It's a deceptively complex run. Anyway, I’m always on the lookout for pages from this run, and when I had the chance to put my hands on the one of the covers, I jumped on it. Please take a look at the cover to DC Comics Presents #28 by Jim Starlin. Link: http://cafurl.com?i=24880 As always, feel free to take a look at anything else that looks interesting. Ron PS If you're looking for a Gil Kane Thor cover, 2x Kane Atom splash, Kirby Western splash, Cardy Batman/Deadman cover or a Jack Davis EC splash, you're in luck, they're still available in my for sale gallery. Link: https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=96811

I'll play

Kirby Western splash, Jack Davis EC splash - still available!

Update: The Trimpe cover, the Golden Nam page and the Colan 2x up DD splash are on hold. But, lots of good art is still available. A Davis EC splash, a Gil Kane Thor cover , a Cardy Batman/Deadman cover, a 2x up Kane Atom splash.....

I've opened a For Sale gallery. IMO there are some great pieces in there. Covers and splashes, 2x up pages, Kane, Kirby, Colan, Cardy, Golden! Everything is priced at what I think are market prices. Let me know if you have any interest. Link to the gallery: https://www.comicartfans.com/my/galleryroom.asp?GSub=96811&Piece=1640754&sts=Posted Ron

Excellent!

Reported. Thanks Vodou! Ron