comicnoir

May we get a close -up of the #20?

Wow! I've never seen this one.

I can't remember where I read it, it was a long time ago. Might be a fanzine I know longer own. Though It seems unusual, if you hit the paper too many times, it bends the nib. This prevents that from happening. I tried letting a drop of ink hit a piece of paper once. It ain't easy.

The dots thing does seem labor intensive. Hard to believe he did that by hand. I'm sure there's some digital way to do it today! It would be hard to digitally do it and get the same effect. Finlay never let the pen nib touch the paper. He held the nib above the paper and the ink would drop, one drip at a time. His method was laborious, but created a beautiful effect. The drops were never uniform, so computers would have a hard time duplicating.

Not anymore - just a handful of the ones I really like!! I love this cover You have a nice collection. I like how OS refuses to admit this is a Baker cover year after year.

This is the nicest one I've seen of this cover. Really nice! This is one of my favorite covers. I have a beater copy of this one. Have you had it long? Thanks for sharing. I picked it up a couple of years ago. I prefer it to #8. Yes, but #8 has the great reefer story illustrated by Baker.

My latest from Boyd. One of Baker's best covers IMO.

GCD sez "I Was Tired of Being Good" and "Breaking Hearts Was My Hobby". I don't see it in the first one, but 'maybe' the second. This book is on the Baker checklist I copied from Alter Ego some time ago, but not sure how accurate that is. "Being Good", no way in my opinion. "Breaking Hearts" has elements of Baker, might have been victimized by bad inking. I feel that artists were told to imitate Baker- his comics sold. I could see some artist copying from his work under orders from St.John.

None of those examples is Baker.

It's amazing what a complete rip-off the Australian comic is. No originality. I guess they were pressed for time and couldn't be bothered with the fire-escape. Baker was the complete original. The others were just hacks.

I thought the final price was a pretty good deal. WM #4 is tough book to find. Took 4 years to find a copy. First saw a copy from the John McLaughlin collection auctioned on Heritage back in '06. Bid and lost. Been looking until now.

This is the other Weird Mysteries that I need!!! Did you get this one on Ebay? Yes I did.

A recent purchase.

Of course, there is no true answer about what Colletta might have done. I'm wondering if there was a mix. For instance, I can't see Colletta spending the time to ink all the lines on the girls pants. I think he would have just made it a solid cover. Actually that cross- hatching was probably done with zip-tone shading film, not by hand. Before computers, artists would cut out transparent film, usually in a dot pattern, sometimes in a hatch or cross-hatch, and apply it over a certain area of artwork. I remember playing with the stuff when I was 12 years old. Still have some tucked away.

I see more Colletta than Baker, but maybe it was because he inked it. The finger symmetry people talk about is just good drawing. People's middle fingers tend to close together when relaxed.

you edited out the red dress.... I went for the 2-shot close-up instead. More intense.

Yes, it is Baker and if you notice carefully it's my avatar. Somewhat uncommon. If you like it, go for it. Don't pay too much for a copy in that grade though.

I've heard the #3 is tough- strangely enough that was the first Baker romance I ever picked up - in solid 5.0 Never seen another.

What a beaut!

What a great first Timely!

If you mean #1 is a bad drawing while #'s 2&3 are excellent drawings, I understand. Which is why I only own #'s 2&3.

Here's one from Motor City

i thought there might be a boardie or two watching that auction. First time I haven't been sniped on book I really wanted in a long time... Sorry about that. We met at a T.O. con once. I believe you bought a Blue Beetle #54 at the time. great sig line

So you're the one who yanked it out of my trembling hands.

That looks like Wally Wood to me. Is it? u betcha, (use to own a copy)