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Mycroft

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    Success when contacting artists directly

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    I did it once. The artist didn't know where the art was. And that was it.

    But years later he contacted me, having found the pages i was interested in. Except I had moved on and his prices were way higher than what I expected for art from a forgotten series from an artist that never had much success and had disappeared from mainstream comics.

    That why I'm reluctant to contact artist directly. I don't know their prices and I don't want to realize I can't afford it, costing both of us time.

    The OFFICIAL "This week in your ILLUSTRATION collection?"

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by Mycroft

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    Here is a surprising piece.
    It's the cover for Norvegian comic magazine titled Magnum by a Spanish artist.
    But the main character is heavily inspired by The Punisher, the 1989 comic book adaptation featuring Dolph Lundgren.
    I wrote a lenghty report about this painting here (in french) : https://diogensclub.wordpress.com/2021/04/25/punisher-espagnol-pour-magnum-norvegien/

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

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    Posted · Edited by Mycroft

    4 hours ago, babsrocks31 said:

    Not the most known series, but does anyone know where any of the pages are from DC's most recent Manhunter iteration (the Kate Spencer version)?

    Some pages by Brad Walker are out there, but I am more interested in any by Jesus Siaz or Javier Pina.

    There is one guy on CAF who has a lot of Saiz art and some Pina.

    I contacted him a few months ago, without much success, but you could give it a try.

    Collecting goals for 2021

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by Mycroft

    Copy paste 2020 goals ... remove a few, here are my 2021 goals :

    - A nice X-Men/Batman/Spider-Man page

    - A Perez/Davis/Wieringo page

    - A Crossgen (Negation or Ruse) or Wildstorm (Majestic, StormWatch, Wildcats, Jet, Gen-Active ...) page

    - A page from a fumetti and a page from a Archie comic

    - Frame some pieces,

    - Maybe commission a piece or two (that would be a first for me)

    As always, the key is finding art that matches my tastes and my (small, by the forum standards) budget ...

    The Official 2020 OA Collecting Goals Thread

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    On 12/23/2019 at 7:46 PM, Mycroft said:

    Almost the some goals than in 2019 :

    - A nice X-Men/Batman/Spider-Man page

    Well, I bought two pages featuring Batmen (the main universe one and the one from Earth 2, not yet on my CAF)

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    - A Perez/Davis/Wieringo page

    I had opportunities, but nothing I liked enough within my budget.

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    - A Crossgen (Negation or Ruse) or Wildstorm (Majestic, StormWatch, Wildcats, Jet, Gen-Active ...) page

    I found a small Gen13 OA for a trading card !

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    - A comic strip

    Three comic strips by Mike Roy, including one featuring Nero Wolfe, one of my favorite detectives

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    - A page from a fumetti and one from a manga, 

    Three manga pages came home (one is already on CAF). 

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    - Frame some pieces,

    - Maybe commission a piece or two (that would be a first for me)

     

    No framing, no commissioning, although I may pull the trigger soon ... (I payed for a small remarque by Bob McLeod, though)

    The Ebay listings that stinks ...

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    One example among too many :

    Deathstroke The Terminator Original Art By Mike Zeck Teen Titans 2 MH991 (without description)

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Deathstroke-The-Terminator-Original-Art-By-Mike-Zeck-Teen-Titans-2-MH991/363165010698?hash=item548e524b0a:g:BrEAAOSw8MRfoZfI

    Already for sale from another seller : 

    DEATHSTROKE THE TERMINATOR ORIGINAL ART BY MIKE ZECK TEEN TITANS 2 BATMAN 1 PC

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/DEATHSTROKE-THE-TERMINATOR-ORIGINAL-ART-BY-MIKE-ZECK-TEEN-TITANS-2-BATMAN-1-PC-/123724521037

    BUT ... described as "This is a print done by Zeck that was hand-colored by his friend Ian Tetrault - signed by Zeck and Ian after it was colored by Ian - Zeck's agent Jim Warden sold these for Ian to after Zeck gave the originals to Ian."

     

    OA stream of consciousness thread

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    On 10/18/2020 at 5:28 PM, cstojano said:

    This exactly. I really like the art but couldn't begin to the guess the pricing structure. 

    Like in the US, it depends on popularity and scarcity ... 

    You can't understand the prices if you don't know the european (well, mostly french) comic market and his fads.

    Grzegorz Rosinski is the artist of the long lasting series Thorgal (1977-2018) and a some well received mini series and storys arcs.

    Heritage Staff vs Google Search

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by Mycroft

    I was looking through HA next auction and there was two pieces where HA could not tell where they were published.

    One right-click, search Image with google on the image and ... bam !

    First piece (for TSR fans) : 

    https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/karl-walker-fantasy-art-32-illustration-original-art-c-1980s-/a/122024-15666.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

    https://oldschoolfrp.tumblr.com/post/174604852105/darktentacles-dweller-in-undermountain-karl

    Second piece (for Dark Age: Feudal Lords CCG fans) :

    https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/dave-dorman-blinded-woman-painting-original-art-c-1996-/a/122024-15509.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

    https://darkageccg.wordpress.com/author/darkyeoman/