JS

FINALLY one that looks awesome! Are we kidding? Jim Which cover do you prefer? Saw the cover before I saw the artist and I thought, Hey that looks like CHEW! I dig the cover! You got Rick looking at a photo of his family, and blasting zombies in a whimsical light. Actually, I REALLY like the cover, is the OA available!?

You just described my kitchen:

I've had some time to think and I'd like to add some random thoughts about the OA market, the comic, the franchise, and my intentions in general (not that they matter to anyone but me, but I like to share my thoughts). Folks can go back and forth over why prices are what they are, what players motivations and of forces contribute to causing increases or decreases in prices but lots of times reasons are much more obvious than we might care to admit. For example - there was a page that sold on Ebay a few days ago for $480. I think thats actually a pretty fair price. Certainly last year that would have been a strong sale. Two years ago and it would have been high. Three plus years and it would have raised eyebrows over how high it was. The auction ended at a really odd time..4pm on a Monday. I bet that the page would have went for at least $250 more had it ended on a Sunday evening. Probably closer to double in price - like this page which went for $1300. Objectively, I actually like the page that went for $480 better. I think its drawn better and I think it has more action. Why did one go higher and the other lower? Well, I think that the $1300 page ending at 6pm on a Sunday had a huge affect on its price. That many more people ready, willing, and able to bid. I really believe its as simple as that. I won't pretend to know what lies ahead for WD prices but I can say this - I don't like the new style of the artwork. I hate the new style of comic-art-board they are using. I hate that its being drawn up like prelims for ads. I hate that its not on Image board anymore. I think Charlie's pencils are really tight which is a positive. I like the new guys artwork, but I hate its execution. Seeing the original art in person solidified my thought as its drawn out in an odd way. Again, almost like a story-board. That however is great news for a lot of us collectors with Charlie's pages. His ink-run is done - limited in set - no more guessing as to how many more pages there can be, or how many more zombie pages there might be. Someone ought to count how many zombie pages there are that Charlie inked, splashes? First appearances of characters? Deaths of characters? You get my point.. One question that I have been struggling with lately is where the prices will balance out to - I think my exit-point on pages I bought as a speculation will be when I get the feeling the franchise is getting desperate. The cable-figures are great - the show is as popular as ever - the book is strong - and there is a ton of interest in the OA. I have a few test pages up on Ebay and I am happy with the amount of views I am getting.

before... after...

You do own a page from issue one, don't you? Unfortunately, he still does moving on...poor Steve Yeun (Glenn) got robbed

I guess since we are in the art sharing mood James, here's a couple:

since we are on the PM feeling type thread, this is so worth it. spend the next 6 minutes enjoying this and thank me later.

isnt that what this board is, a big inside the loop pm?

you crazy comic collectors have infected me...i kinda want a wd1 comic now....you evil bastards.

last couple of pages certainly prove this point Never really thought about it before......Just always thought this was a general discussion group for the Walking Dead. I love the show,love the comic story. Love collecting the OA and the comics. Love finding rare Dead stuff. Should there be a Collecting The Walking Dead Thread ? Made up of collectors for collectors? I'm sure you can see my love for the Dead goes deeper then watching the show or reading the comic. where do I belong ? Point me in the right direction to people just like me. The only people that will be heard here are the people that post here. Speak up stichem05...let you voice be heard. All are welcome here. by the rate WD is going we will have an OA, comic, TV, movie, book, action figure, game, camp, video game, and clothes line sub-thread.

last couple of pages certainly prove this point Certainly does. The book comes out once a month. We talk about it for about a week. Then it fades and we talk about art. True, but then again there doesn't always have to be something new to say about the story. The cool thing is we can recall parts of it WITH the art! And other ways, of course +1 to both of you guys

spot on.........still need a lot more of these to cover the ones I over paid for no such thing as overpaying for something you like james - its way better than kicking yourself for not getting something and missing the chance - lots of these pages are in black hole collections we will most likely never see resurface online in the next 10 years..

james i think youve officially snatched the torch from me buddy! you've got the powah!

crazy - i was watching that one...very good deal james nice goin.

I think that page ended early..didn't it have a few days left? Perhaps he was contacted for a sale off ebay..

It's always Banana time on here! :banana: :banana: WOOT! :banana: :banana: Banana train!!!! obligatory:

Going to a good home Retro! He does look pretty bad- in that splash doesn't he.

Retro at least be happy in that the rush you got last night is usually one people pay for!

Since we are all sharing new art I guess in that spirit here's a pretty zombie dps I just got:

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Someone got a pretty good deal on a Tony Moore WD commission: http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Walking-Dead-Original-Art-Sketch-By-Tony-Moore-rare-Rick-Grimes-1-/121203320004?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&nma=true&si=j779FOy3%252ByDSfxYz7LI0k%252BYEveE%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

PM in a sec!

Dre......some of your 9.9's would look good in the picture... you book collectors are so weird.