JadeGiant

Interesting to see that some only list CAF to look for a possible purchase or if linked from a specific piece of art. I check regularly even though I rarely buy from CAF - I just love seeing new art that people post daily.

Same here. My CAF activity was drastically impacted by this

LOL! Forum protocol is to filter all Hulk art through my PM box.

I don’t think you have to be buying all the time to be considered an art addict. If you are involved in the hobby on a daily basis of any kind I think you qualify. If you visit CAF, this board, FB groups, other forums, etc. you are in the demographic. My name is Dave, and I am addicted to comic art.

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For sure. I think most here are in the top 2 categories. Also guilty

Great write-up, great art, ... sounds like a great con - thanks for the recap!

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This is a great point. I completely agree. You say Suicide Squad sucked? TMNT sucked? Who cares if the paying public says otherwise? Turtles are still extremely relevant IMO and are positioned to be that way for a LONG time. I am positive that when it comes time for my son to spend serious money when he hits the sweet spot of disposable income buying power, TMNT will be near the top of his want list.

Agreed on the order and rationale for value. All 3 are likely in the north-of-100K category As for popularity and cultural relevance, I put Deadpool and Harley in the same category. I don’t see either one ahead of the other by a landslide – it’s marginal at best IMO. Both are wildly popular in the comic world and emerging in popular culture but not one outpacing the other significantly. Tough to say which of the 2 has a greater growth curve in terms of popularity in pop culture. I think they are both positioned very well to be popular for a very long time.

Interesting. Our timeline is probably very similar as I discovered comics in the latter half of the 70’s and into the early 80s. This is where most of my nostalgia resides. I had stopped buying comics (would read a friend’s copies to stay in the loop a little) in high school and was absolutely mesmerized when I found McFarlan’s run on Hulk. It totally blew me away and really caused me to jump back into the hobby with both feet after high school. This period is another huge nostalgia bump for me and I love McFarlane and Keown’s stuff for this reason. I was never a big fan of Liefeld’s stuff, at all. I didn’t hate it at the time as I was fully engulfed in the comic mania when his stuff (and others) was popular. His art never appealed to me aesthetically like McFarlane and others. I never got why his star rose so fast. I always appreciated Jim Lee’s art but never went gaga for it like a lot of others. I was always more of a casual Xmen fan as I didn’t follow a lot of team titles extremely closely. For my taste it is easily TM #1, JL #2, and RL somewhere way down the line thereafter with these 3 artists.

Agreed. In my mind this is a similar effect that Hulk 181 has for Wolverine. I have never been able to wrap my head around a logical reason that 180 is not widely credited as his first appearance and just came to the conclusion that the dealers, Overstreet, general market, etc. wanted 181 which had wolvie on the cover to be the big ticket item.

The Chameleon – tries to blend in as a passionate, diehard collector in order to buy something NFS or at a fellow-hobbyist-discount only to flip or grow tired of the art Kraven the Hunter – hunts the big game with all-out abandon. Acquires art, stuffs and mounts it on the wall only to turn around and move to fund the next hunt. All about the chase.

Ah, yes. His style clearly changed but I have read that this was more due to more natural evolution of his style, and in part due to him taking on more and more work through the years. This shift actually started on his Hulk run and there was a very distinct change in his style from the beginning and end of the run. His style even today remains very similar. I think if this shift is more to do with his artistic preferences than the era. I think of it similarly to the Romita Jr. style shift(s) over the years. Herb's change was purely to keep working and was painful to look at. My

My understanding as well.

Anyone know who was strongly urging Herb?

Did you mean Herb Trimpe? I certainly recall his temporary style change (agreed: HORRIBLE) to suit the mania around the 90's "style" but never recalled Sal adopting this as well.

Outstanding

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Nice – looking forward to next month’s episode already!

oh yeah, this is a great view. I check this out on a periodic basis.

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I was wondering this as well. Felix?

Great listen! Thanks Felix!

Malvin, these are outstanding! Major congrats on these!