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Im afraid not. The chemicals in a sharpie will degrade over time no matter what. It's not archival. (And even then, some archival pens wont last 20+ years.) Keeping it away from sun light etc will obviously slow this process. But no matter what you're gonna get some degree of fading when marker is used. Please dont get me wrong though, not like the image is going to disappear or anything. If that was the case I wouldnt even bother with my sketch book at cons.... But it certainly will dull and when compared to something inked with india ink which will look just as black 30 years from now as it does today. I understand that there will be a degrading in the appearance no matter what - but maybe I haven't seen enough old pieces done in sharpie to see this fully hashed effect. Malvin - Why would I want to avoid these pieces like "the plague". If it's great art why would it really matter?

Im in the same boat and have avoided the recent colored marker commission trend like the plague because I dont know how the art will look in 10-20 years time from now. But yes, this is a perfect example of why someone wouldn't want comic art inked with a marker. Doesn't how you store the art affect, ultimately, how fast the marker/ink will fade. If it's properly stored why should it matter if it's india ink or marker? I agree with the above - as long as it doesn't detract from the art I could care less.

Marker?! oh wow... that's terrible. Im sure were gonna see a lot of those making there way back out onto the market in a few years. Yes, but it will have nothing to do with the fact that marker was used.

goodluck with all of those!

Where did you hear about this?

I don't know. Inconsistent art still sells books. http://www.comicartfans.com/ForSaleDetails.asp?ArtId=377543&dId=1 that splash isn't half bad..

I'm taking my pages to the framers tomorrow but as I was cutting up a copy of hardcover #1 to get this page out, re-reading the story I just realized this is the first freaking Glenn panels as well. I knew I loved the page but to have Glenn's first appearance is an unexpected bonus to say the least. Jim As soon as I saw your pages I thought "first glen and death of shane", thought you did it that way on purpose! and... , and some more!

yeah, all these pages posted are great!

What I was trying to get at is that there aren't many people getting into OA saying "I have to get a Preacher page", at least not many that are actively posting their recent acquisitions online. It was a stupid comparison, but I only wanted to use it to show the difference between new collectors buying interests and established collectors buying interests..

Wow Terry, you have amazing stories here - so much history! and you have one of the best collection in the hobby, at least from what I've seen. Congrats! It's so cool that you get to view that art daily.

Thought I'd spark this thread a little bit. As of a few months ago - covers were going for upwards of 3K. As of recently I've heard of several personal collectors paying upwards of 6K for a cover, which is certainly a "jump". Interior pages seem to have remained steady-- however, splashpageart now only has around 25 pages from before issue 70, only about 1 issue worth of pages, so the availability of these earlier pages is becoming a little scarcer. Many comic collectors are turning towards the OA market - I think most of us can agree with this. There are only so many "good", non run of the mill pages to go around. I've also seen a LARGE number of new comic readers being turned onto comics because of this series - sorry for the redundant statement but I mean this sincerely. Look at the number of "walking dead" pieces on CAF and then look at the number of "preacher" pieces. The WD is only a few away from passing Preacher for more uploaded art. If you then look at the number of those who have uploaded WD pages you'll find that many have just "started" collecting with those. I hate to do the "compare TWD to "x" " thing - but I think it's interesting to see this happening.

Nice and fresh. That's an awesome Tattoo. Man that is so cool. I love that tat thanks guys! I almost went with the batman logo, but I like this so much more..

I have batman from the cover of Detective 33. It's since had the lines added on the wings and a few other little things..

Eh, the variants for 100 seemed to overwhelm a vast majority of walking dead collectors - but in the end they are just different covers for the SAME comic books. It's the interior that matters, not the outside wrapping. And on that note - I just finished re-reading 70-101 and it's unbelievable how much effort and creativity was left out of the pages. Every now and again I'd see a few panels that reminded me of Adlard's old style - but it doesn't even feel like the same book. The splash pages never felt like they were effective as a full page picture, but I can't put my finger on why that is... I really miss the silhouetted panels he use to draw.. It's these little things that made it feel like a whole different book. The storytelling seemed weak because transitions within the panels were either sloppy or drawn from unusual perspectives. Regardless of this, I still love the series - I just think that the quality has diminished in the last few years. Don't get me wrong though - I Love the story and that's why I can't leave the series. The last page of 101 is awesome - even if it's drawn a bit funny.

I'm currently re-reading the series.. The first 48 go without saying. I just reread 49-66 today - and I like it much more than I did when I read it the first couple of times. I can honestly say that the first 2/3 of the series are pure awesomeness. (thumbs u Here's to another 35 issues in the next few days and to hoping that my opinion of the art was a little more critical than it needed to be.....

Holy spoon, Jim, Those are absolutely stellar pages! Serious congrats!!!

YUP! I'm envious. I only want ONE example of a WD Cover other than my coveted issue 48(Issue 43!), but unfortunately they aren't selling any of their art, even one cover, in this lifetime.. If that's the case, it's going to make the best stuff scarce and expensive!!! Basically Tony Moore and now the Nowell brothers control the market...awesome. Jim There's certainly a fine line between "collecting" and "hoarding".

YUP! I'm envious. I only want ONE example of a WD Cover other than my coveted issue 48(Issue 43!), but unfortunately they aren't selling any of their art, even one cover, in this lifetime..

The Nowell brothers strike again!

That may be true for JL, but WD 100 had over 300,000 copies. NO NEED for a second print, let alone a third. Little demand for that kind of supply.

For what has become a "big ticket item" as you say, that number is low. So you are assuming there are at least 340 people per state who are looking to drop 1K on a comic? A modern comic that is as volatile a market as can be? You do realise we are watching it shoot up, no leveling, no sustained market, just up. So I say we sit back and watch, because there are alot of speculators and hoarders who will be the ones to bust the bubble. I will guess that I am more aware of the fact there are people holding 5 to 10 copies of the "key" issues, and buying more to keep the market going. So this is a big we will see. +1 The key will be not to be the collector stuck sitting on a stack of books that lose over 80% of their value when the bubble pops The very reason I've been missing #1-4 in my collection. I can't reason the prices now. I wasn't saying that all those people want to spend 1k on a book, merely that even when prices level out on the early books, there are still very few copies going around - and this will keep the prices relatively high..

looks MUCH better online then in person imo I get it, I just don't even want it, even if it was a dollar for all five.

For what has become a "big ticket item" as you say, that number is low.

Okay.. I guess I have to do this. Issue #1 of The Walking Dead had a print run of around 7,300 copies, correct? In America ALONE, 50 states, EACH state can have 143 people that own a copy of issue 1. Now, take into consideration all the other countries in the world where there could be, potentially, people that want an issue 1 first print for themselves? And hey, not to mention some of those earlier issues! The print run at issue 19 was somewhere around 17,000 copies. That means that, considering again just America, only 340 per state could have a copy. Now how many other people are there in Canada, and Spain, and the U.K., and countless other countries that want these early issues? Now, maybe my math is terrible, but those numbers seem mighty low. The obscenely low print run of the series alone will keep prices high. Add this to the increasing number of people that are reading the series now, then add the future generations of people that will read it and want the originals in their collections. It may FEEL like we're in the nineties, but the truth is production numbers on books are NOWHERE near the numbers then.

That cover looks like a piece of mess.