dgarthwaite-migration

Yes. She is. I was told it is extremely rare to be able to see Olivia and the models for her artwork at the same place. Olivia works from photographs, so after the pictures are taken, the model leaves and Olivia works from the reference photos. After Olivia signed it, she said I should go see Sandra who was set up at a different are of the convention. I located Sandra. Sandra was flattered that I bought it and that Olivia had sent me. Sandra was charging for her autograph, but she signed mine for free. Which is good, because I'd already spent all the money I had with me.

DG

I buy what I like, so I don't care what others think it is worth. I actually prefer preliminary pieces. The pencils aren't ruined from mediocre or bad inking in many cases.

Here are some I own.

Wildstars #5 Rough Draft by Frank Brunner

Wizard Magazine preliminary cover by Mike Mayhew

Rich Larson preliminary pencils for a Fastner & Larsen painting:

Olivia rough watercolor sketch signed by her and model Sandra Taylor

You can see the finished painting on he cover of the Dragon Con program book on the table. It's difficult to see because of Sandra in the foreground.

DG

Anybody have any idea why this issue has a 9D printed on the cover?

 

 

 

Since posting last, I now have dual priced Turoks 20, 21, 22, 24. I know that 23 and 25 exist in this same format. Can anyone post photos of either or both?

 

Are there any more of these pence/cents issues out there??? If you have any, please post them!!!

 

Thanks.

Is it 9D stamped with a stamp or is it printed as part of the cover?

DG

I talked to Bob Burden a little bit at a comic show today. His new Kickstarter project ends Tuesday (12/10/2013). He was trying to rally support. It will feature a cover collaboration that he did with Dave Stevens. He says that it will feature unpublished art & text pieces.

I conveyed to him that his fans are looking for new material. He's got another Kickstarter project that will be announced sometime after this one.

Apologies if this isn't completely on topic.

DG

The image is cropped, but this is mine.

DG

It's not a book that I even want to own. If people like it, that's fine. Grab all you want and I'm happy for you.

DG

You keep on comparing NM 98 to the BIG sellers, but a 300K print-run was pretty substantial compared to many Marvel titles and likely blasted the majority of DC titles at the time.

Actually, I was told that Wonder Woman circulation dipped down to the 20,000-30,000 range and was almost cancelled in the 70's.

DC also considered having Marvel make their comics. DC was struggling.

DG

So if the max print run was 250K,25K are destroyed.That leaves 225K(are you impressed by my guzitas)

Does anyone know what the print run of say a Hulk 181 is?

 

 

Most popular Marvel Bronze comics were in the 250,000-300,000 range, but there would have been newsstand return on that whereas NM #98 would not have returns.

 

Relatively speaking, NM #98 is a high print run.

 

DG

 

 

 

#2. 250k copies is the entire print run for the issue, nearly 30% of which were distributed to newsstands, most of which would have been subject to destruction as returns from news agents.

 

70's books would have a higher ratio of returns AND damage. Anything on a spinner rack longer than 4 houirs would have spine creases.

Collecting was a new trend, so handling after the purchase would not have been done with as much care. Anything resembling a backing board back then was very unusual. It was normal to see unbagged comics at conventions.

I think your numbers are off for NM #98 AND by that time the majority of comics were protected immediately and treasured as collectibles.

I'm not trying to debate intangible vague info, but if there were 150,000 Hulk #181's out there in high grade, I'd call that a high print run too.

DG

So if the max print run was 250K,25K are destroyed.That leaves 225K(are you impressed by my guzitas)

Does anyone know what the print run of say a Hulk 181 is?

 

Most popular Marvel Bronze comics were in the 250,000-300,000 range, but there would have been newsstand return on that whereas NM #98 would not have returns.

Relatively speaking, NM #98 is a high print run.

DG

Here's a repost of something I posted elsewhere.

Dream-Knight #1

For a Christian comics, this story is quite devoid of hope. Bible verses are scattered throughout, but the story seems to be just using that as window dressing. The price is a whopping $7.77. My copy is signed. I bought it from the creator at a convention to be nice. I knew the art was rather unimpressive. The pacing of the story is irregular. It does have a rather complicated plot, but several pages are spent on small talk and romance between the main character and his wife. The lead character makes pointless comments about his wife like "Her skin sure is soft." There's a whole page or two dedicated to 2 kids lusting after his wife and a priest reprimanding them. Afterwards, the priest thinks to himself that he was doing the same.

The hero and his wife take a vacation at an Amish village in Ohio so she can research the Amish for a movie role. James Cameran (sic) wanted her for the role. While there and sleeping, the hero and another female character (Vexxus?) encounter a demon and confront him. It's not really clear what is dream world and what is real world. It's almost as if that is completely insignificant. At first I thought his wife was turning into Vexxus (sp?), but later I decided it was another character. Essentially this guy seemed to be having a non-sexual fling on the side with some superpowered female in the dream world. Vexxus has supposedly lived for thousands of year, but looks only 19 according to a bio. The adversary in the comic is a demon so powerful that he only reports to Satan. The only reason he reports to Satan is that he's not sure he could overcome Satan. In addition to him there are hordes of demon minions that just attack the hero and prevent him from doing anything he needs to do. Jesus Christ makes a cameo to save his life and give him purpose. At the end, nothing really goes like the hero wants. Many questions are left unanswered. What happened to his wife? If he dies in his dream, does he die in real life? Is the author more interested in Satan than salvation? You simply can't tell from reading the comic. This is full color with glossy pages. It is the size of two or three comics all bound as one. I was too lazy to count the pages.

DG

the happy the clown art doesn't look so bad. the concept might be stupid...

Let's just say it was bad enough that he didn't want to talk about it. J.G Jones was ashamed of the work he did for Defiant. Everything is relative. My point was that most artists start rough and get better with time and practice.

DG

From the look in Iron Man's eyes, his hand is freezing.

DG

He's done quite a few covers for Marvel.

He did this..

He did this TPB cover for Fireside...

I know he did a Power Man/Iron Fist cover. I'd seen his work for years, but the PM/IF cover is where I actually learned his name and remember it.

I have been corrected. I cannot locate a PM/IF cover that Norem did, so it was something else that keyed me in on his art.

DG

that's what amazes me about some of this indie stuff. the art is shockingly bad. frank robbins Invaders pages look like masterpieces compared to this stuff (I'm off the frank robbins is terrible bandwagon because some of his earlier stuff isn't bad). and at least for the hero/action stuff you can tell that the stories/dialogue may even be worse. yet they had the chutzpah to try and charge real prices (sometimes more than mainstream comics) for this garbage? i don't mind funny animal or cartoon stuff where the emphasis isn't on the art, but rather telling a story, but action comics that look like they're drawn by untalented 8 year olds.

This is what I try to tell people. Unfortunately, a lot of the modern art in comics doesn't even meet my standards. MignolaDark Horse.

On the other hand, I mentioned to David Mack that I owned his "Happy the Clown" comics and he was ashamed.

Happy the Clown #nn (#1)

Happy the Clown #2

He improved to an amazing degree. Practice does wonders.

Kabuki (Vol. 7) #1 (signed)

DG

This may just be my favorite super hero cover ever:

 

 

I like Norem covers, but don't you think Thor And Iron Man are jerks here?

They carry one end of the Hulk and make Ant Man and Wasp carry the other end?

Hulk is in a block of ice that's bigger than a refrigerator. What help would Antman and Wasp be anyway?

DG

My dad said a used book store in his town would do 2 for one trades on used comics in the early 50's. He would buy comics and then take two in to trade for a different one after he read them.

DG

I'm not really into decorating my home with comic book items, but I did pick up this when a store closed in my area. It's still in the box.

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DG

Dinosaur issues GOD BLESS....

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

So many wars would have been lost if man had not used dinosaurs in combat.

DG

Treasury Edition from Crown of Shadows came out on Wednesday, in its huge format, which considering there are so many full page splashes with the Giant Tyler and the shadow monster, its the greatest way to enjoy the art. Here's the cover with the OA.

 

I don't follow modern comics, but I do buy Treasuries occasionally. I bought this....

DG

9.8 double cover!!! wOW

Double covers get graded based on the best looking cover.

DG

A halloween mini-comic....

Marvel Comics Presents Heathcliff #nn

DG

Krigstein & Kurtzman were my least favorite. Believe it or not, I'd rather see Williamson art more than Frazetta art. I appreciated Frazetta art because of the Molly Hatchett album covers. When I see his art in comics, I just feel it's overrated.

The signatures that hold the most value are those done by people who don't sign a lot. Collectors scramble to get the ones which are harder to find.The more a person signs, the less value their signature is worth to collectors because supply outweighs demand. Stan signs things all the time for fans, so you are really only getting the novelty value of it.

DG

Would anyone say, no, if Steve Ditko agreed to sign your copy of AF #15?

The only reason I'd get anything signed is for the novelty value of it. Just a token reminder that I'd met the person. A collectible would be the very last thing I'd want them to sign. I'd rather value be added to something that had little value than sign something that had value already. I remember buying some original art and the artist asking If I wanted him to sign it. I told him I thought that was a little redundant and silly since he'd drawn the entire page. I have a very rough watercolor sketch done by Olivia. There was a really rare opportunity to have it signed by both her and Sandra Taylor, the model she'd drawn. I jumped at that chance. Someone earlier said "raw and on the cheap". I agree with that.

DG