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Gal Schwartz

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    The OFFICIAL "This week in your ORIGINAL ART collection?"

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    Stefano Raffaele is an artist whose style grew leaps and bounds over the last

    few years and is now doing outstanding work on some cool Sci-Fi projects.

     

    In 1997, Raffaele was invited to be one of the four major Italian artists

    to contribute a pinup to the Play Press edition of SUPERMAN #105, which

    was the Italian edition of SUPERMAN #123 and featured the debut of

    Superman Blue:

     

    http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1341695

     

     

    I was told this piece was also published in the U.S, but I have no idea where;

    if you have any clue about the U.S. publication of this piece, please let me

    know. Thanks !

     

     

    Why is it harder to collect art from the 90s than it should be?

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    did someone say something about hitting their 90's sweet spot?

     

    I bet this one will go for a few bucks...

     

    https://comics.ha.com/itm/miscellaneous//p/7141-54007.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

     

    This one is actually from 1999, from the 'Road To No Man's Land' arc.

    That issue retold Batman's big moments up to that point.

     

    Ah, shows you how much i know, still counts as 90's at least! doh!

     

    Thanks for the info Gal.

     

     

    I think it will still do well enough, since it is a splash pencilled by

    Jim Aparo and does depict a 'important' moment.

    The Official "Does Anybody Know Where This Art Is?" Thread

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    Hi guys,

     

     

    I'm hoping to locate/buy/trade the cover for THE FLASH v2 #55 cover

    by Greg Larocque & Jose Marzan Jr:

     

     

     

    33u9yds.jpg

     

     

     

     

    It was sold on Heritage a few years back. It looks like the original art

    was hand-colored after publication, but I like the piece anyway.

     

     

    So, if anyone has a lead or the piece, please contact me at:

    galschwart@gmail.com

     

     

     

     

    Thanks,

    Gal

     

     

     

     

    Bumpty bump...

    The Official "Does Anybody Know Where This Art Is?" Thread

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    Hi guys,

     

     

    I'm hoping to locate/buy/trade the cover for THE FLASH v2 #55 cover

    by Greg Larocque & Jose Marzan Jr:

     

     

     

    33u9yds.jpg

     

     

     

     

    It was sold on Heritage a few years back. It looks like the original art

    was hand-colored after publication, but I like the piece anyway.

     

     

    So, if anyone has a lead or the piece, please contact me at:

    galschwart@gmail.com

     

     

     

     

    Thanks,

    Gal

     

     

     

    The OFFICIAL "This week in your ORIGINAL ART collection?"

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    Not a huge DC/Superman guy but why not. Picked up the title splash to action 655. It was just iconic, it looked like what you would hope a superman title splash would look like. McLeod and Breeding, killed it. Love the copper age, was in middle school when this came out, think i even read it (had a truck on cover, different cover artist).

     

    anyway, huzzah...superman icon

     

    Ft8kYnkf_0507162102271gpadd.jpg

     

     

    Stunning image from the days when Superman used to be, well... super !

    The OFFICIAL "This week in your ORIGINAL ART collection?"

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    Hi al,

     

    Just in time for his cinematic debut in BATMAN V SUPERMAN:DAWN OF JUSTICE,

    here's a nifty 1994 (0r 1993) DOOMSDAY style guide, illustrated by two

    legendary Superman artists - Kerry Gammill and Jose Garcia Lopez:

     

    http://qurls.com?i=55155

     

     

     

    Unlike many modern style guides, this one was inked over original pencils,

    so both artists worked on this very piece.

     

    Personally, I much prefer this earlier version of Doomsday over

    some later depictions. I hope you'd enjoy it as much as I have.

     

     

     

    Cheers,

    Gal

     

     

     

    The OFFICIAL "This week in your ORIGINAL ART collection?"

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    Occasionally I'll see here or on CAF a story about how some wife or girlfriend was amazing and bought an incredible piece of art for their significant other. Every time I saw something like that, I wished that my wife had enough comic knowledge to do the same. Let me be clear, my wife rocks and after 9 years or marriage I'm still super stoked I get to be with her. But, for as supportive as she is about my enjoyment of comics, she doesn't share that passion. Well, this Christmas, she blew me away with this surprise:

     

    I can't be 100% sure because as a kid my love of super heroes didn't actually start with comic books - I didn't start collecting until much later so I didn't really keep track. But one of the very first (if not the first) comics I owned was Superman 121. The story wasn't really cool (although it's amazing how relevant it still is today), but the cover really grabbed me - very powerful. Well, many years later I learned that cover was hanging in a local comic shop. I'm sure I showed my wife on one of the 2 occasions she's ever been there with me, but I was also sure she was only half paying attention. Boy was I wrong.

     

    Without so much as hinting, she went to the shop and opened a negotiation with the owner to buy it for me. Took her a couple days of calling an going back in, but he finally let it go. An incredible gift and my first OA cover, from possibly the first book I ever owned (did I mention my wife rocks?):

     

    Superman%20121%20-%20Cover%20-%20resized%20small_zpspwdrmafb.jpg

     

     

    For what it's worth, I actually really liked the story and cover !

    Dan Jurgens did some amazing "done-in-one" stories and this was a

    good read !

     

    Congrats on this amazing gem and even more so for having such

    a wonderful soulmate !

    The OFFICIAL "This week in your ORIGINAL ART collection?"

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    Hi all,

     

    I've reposted my new Dan Jurgens cover.

     

    The problem with the image seems to be resolved !

     

    Please check it out via this link:

     

    http://qurls.com?i=54345

     

     

    The downer -

    the two nice comments I got from Mike and Aiden are now gone...:(

     

    I'm really sorry for that, guys, if you could, please repost them...

    I really appreciate the time and thought you'd put into it.

     

     

    Best,

    Gal

    The OFFICIAL "This week in your ORIGINAL ART collection?"

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by Gal Schwartz

    Hi all,

     

    My first CAF update of 2014:

     

    http://qurls.com?i=54341

     

     

    I saw this on EBay and HAD to win it as the listing had two magic words

    (or actually three) which are - "Oracle" and "Brett Breeding".

     

    There was quite a bit of an unexpected bidding war on this one,

    but victory is sweet (even if the price ended up higher than I had

    hoped to spend).

     

    I think Paul Pelletier and my favorite inker, Brett Breeding, did

    a bang-up job on this nice pinup of Oracle.

     

    Having Batman in it didn't hurt either...

     

     

    I'll try to post a better picture (this one distorted and skewed),

    once I'll get the art.

     

     

    As always, comments are welcome and appreciated !

     

     

    Thanks,

    Gal