Pete Marino

14 minutes ago, vodou said:

Three plus you two as a team, holding to four I guess it would have to be a Two-Face situation.

I was thinking more of a quato from total recall situation.

My local PO has never asked for ID.

The only place that has ever asked for ID is FedEx.  Pretty scary.

9 hours ago, delekkerste said:

I've bought a number of pieces from my fellow CGC Boardies over the years. I've also sold many pieces to Boardies, facilitated some deals for others and advised Boardies on countless deals as well. The Boards are truly a great information resource, and an essential part of socializing, networking and transacting in this hobby.    

I don't think there's any question about what was my favorite art purchase through the Boards.  It's all recounted in this Scoop! article online:  

Scoop Article on Purchasing the Cover Art of New Mutants #1

I remember seeing this posted in the for sale section.  one of the coolest purchases on these boards for sure.

I'm sure i've bought more than this off the boards.  But, last year i got this via the boards:

22 minutes ago, Blastaar said:

So that being said will Indian Ink fade over time? Will this age poorly when compared to contemporaries or those of the silver age? 

India Ink is what you want on OA.  It doesn't fade.

24 minutes ago, Blastaar said:

Questions I always had about this piece. What is OA and what is composed of stats? Is the Spiderman and the city backdrop the only OA?

From the heritage listing:

Todd McFarlane Amazing Spider-Man #300 Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1988).

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All Spidey art and the top web are in india ink, while the lower web is a stat. The background elements (corner box, text, logo, the "300" pattern background, and cityscape) are all stats with some touch ups in ink and marker. 

 

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/todd-mcfarlane-amazing-spider-man-300-cover-original-art-marvel-1988-/a/7099-92276.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

The person that I'm kind of shocked i don't see on a single list (that I remember) is Steranko. He's one of the guys I think of that has been as influential as anyone ever (this side of Kirby).  Maybe his body of work isn't big enough?  But damn, if he wasn't way ahead of his time.

52 minutes ago, Bronty said:

However, I do think some comic art guys have literally never considered anything besides comic art and I think they'd be surprised at the cool pieces that exist outside of the marvel/dc bubble. 

 Stop giving out ideas!

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Big update for me today.

4 ASM pages from Cammo.  IMO they are some of the best pages in this arc.

4 X-Men pages.  A Silvestri, 2 Leonardi pages (1 published, 1 unpublished) and a Butch Guice page

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerynew.asp?gcat=53881&pm=1&PI=18&days=30

I have 2 archival boxes, with art in Mylars with backing boards. 1 box is my favorite invisibles pages, the other is my favorite "other" pages.

Then I have 1 11x17 itoya with my overflow Invisibles pages, and another 2 Itoyas that are larger, for other art that's either over sized or I don't want in my other archival box.

2 hours ago, F For Fake said:

If you're just wanting to read it, there's a lovely Omnibus of the complete Morrison Run. Well worth the money. (That and the Animal Man and Invisibles Omnis as well!)

Unless you're looking for a book to bludgeon someone with, I'd suggest the Invisibles Deluxe editions over the omni.  If you keep an eye on eBay, you can usually get all 4 Deluxe in pretty good shape for about $80

The plan is to see this with my daughter and wife on Sunday.  Should be a lot of fun!

From everything i've seen she's going to love it.

I was just checking out Metacritic, and it's basically at the same level as Bumblebee.  65 vs 66.  if it's as good as that i'll feel like i got my money's worth.

1 minute ago, Bosco685 said:

 

Season 1 was great, can't wait.

I only have custom frames for my paintings and only 1 piece of comic art.  The comic art is a DPS, so it won't fit into a standard size 11x17 frame and I know I won't be selling it any time soon.

Otherwise, I have generic size frames with UV plexi that i swap stuff in and out of.  I like rotating the art, I feel like if it's always the same thing on the walls you start to take it for granted.

Paintings I feel like need to be framed and up, because they're usually large and a PITA to store safely.

1 hour ago, Garf said:

Some painted TCG art from Dan Brereton just landed for me https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1530814  

I love non mtg card art.  Such good bang for your buck.

1 minute ago, mister_not_so_nice said:

I'm calling dibs on the denim jacket, especially if it is a size too small for me 

ask and you shall receive!

https://www.fasinfrankvintage.com/blogs/frank-web/17945956-the-frank-vault-deals-in-death

if this was bought in NJ, I bet it was on a t-shirt sold at seaside heights as some point

3 hours ago, MIL0S said:

Not quite a “commission” but close enough for this thread, Rob Schrab creator of Scud the Disposable Assassin did a cool promotion on his Instagram, for the 25th anniversary he did a one day deal where he included a free sketch with any purchase from his ebay store. I jumped on it but wasn’t sure what to expect, I figured maybe a bust but was pleasantly surprised when I opened it and saw it was a full figure...

 

Very cool.  Rob is awesome.  He cracks me up on Harmontown.

With an awesome design and great part in "Into the Spider-Verse" EOSV 2 main and Land covers are as good as anything.  But I really don't know if they've figured out anything worthwhile to do with her in comics.

The 1st episode didn't impress me, but as the show has gone on, it's really grown on me.

I enjoyed the "breakfast club" episode.

I had a shock this week, sold something to Washington State, they charged the person sales tax, but the money never hit my paypal, i'm assuming eBay has some process for skimming that money right off the top and putting it in the right place??

Or am I going to get a bill for Sales Tax and never see it coming?

it's a cluster-mess.

5 hours ago, Old_Man_Adam said:

I wonder who the new people are to te right of the photo above , as much as I enjoy this storyline - for a comic that has been in production since 1963 ( not deducting the reprint issues from the original run ) I feel they could’ve done another storyline instead of the same one 2x

They felt like if they really tried and did it a 2nd time, they could make it worse.  They didn't quite nail the imperfection.

19 minutes ago, seanfingh said:

I doubt there will be a Flex Mentallo character. My understanding is that DC faced legal action from Charles Atlas' estate over the character. I believe they agreed not to reprint the issues, and I suspect they agreed not to use or license the character again.  It will be VERY interesting to read about if they go ahead and cast Flex Mentallo!

I thought that got resolved, which is why they were finally able to do the re-release a few years back with the hardcover trade.

12 hours ago, AGGIEZ said:

It's just a Netflix show, but damn it's a good show so far. I've never read the books but so far I'm LOVING this show. 

I keep hearing people say this, but Netflix shows are (IMO) not a small deal anymore.

I'd say of any Network, HBO and Netflix are the 2 places that shows matter the most.