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Sideshow Bob

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  1. Had my bidding finger primed and ready to go for tonight's auction. This was a great set of color guides from a tremendous issues. Sadly, just got note from HA saying the lot had been withdrawn....
  2. A couple of great cover prelims/layouts from Ed Hannigan (trying to find the finals...DM me!). And a page 1 prelim from a little book called The Killing Joke.
  3. Unlikely that lightning will strike the same place twice.
  4. Yes, Gabe has all the interiors, except for one issue that was broken up and pages were sent out as retail incentives. Those are the only interior pages you'll see currently on CAF. Every year I ask, the interiors are not available, regardless of the price offered. The covers by Gabe are few and far between. A pile of them are owned by one guy not on CAF, and the remainder are coveted by those who have them. The final two issues (Alpha and Omega), with all the variants, are the easiest way to get a published cover, but it won't be by Gabe. Some of the Sandman crossover covers are out there too, by variant artists. Bob
  5. Going to sound petty, but it should be "IF WE MUST DIE, LET NEW GENESIS LIVE!" That poorly placed first exclamation mark is torture for my grammarian OCD. I don't think I could handle looking at that every day. It is spectacular in every other way. Well, except for the incorrect use of "- -" which should just be a comma; unless there is another double dash -- which there isn't -- you don't put in just one. Uggh.
  6. So the OA to the Spectre #1 by Kaluta popped up. Looking forward to the crossing of the streams of the DC Spectre/First Issue/Kaluta crowds... maybe no one remembers 1987 DC...
  7. My entries...two iconic DC covers, an Aparo Spectre title splash, a Peanuts hockey-themed Sunday, and a Robotech storyboard. A fun year...hard to pick just five! https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerybestofyr.asp?yr=2023&gcat=92556
  8. Was wondering why you used the words "post card art", so I went and looked on ebay and found the actual postcards. I had thought it was just a t-shirt and poster, but the postcards were a big component of this. The dimensions on HA are 6.25" x 10" so the image itself is a bit less in size than a regular sheet of US letter paper, but at least it's bigger than a Bolland sheet of tracing paper prelim... displayable, but smaller than a regular image on 11x17. But bigger than a postcard!
  9. After waiting and waiting for this little page to pop up, I'll try and ask. Its page 8 from issue #6 of Batman: The Long Halloween (the St. Patrick's Day issue), with Jim Gordon and Harvey Dent talking about targeting the GPD investigation into Salvatore Maroni and Bruce Wayne. More specifically, Gordon reminisces about seeing the annual dyeing of the Chicago River green for St Pat's...a favorite memory of mine growing up in Chicago in a family full of Irish plumbers (who are responsible for dropping in green dye every year) and Irish cops. Sort of the perfect page for me... If you know where this page is, or have a handle on where it might be, please reach out. I'd be comfortable going well beyond current prices to be the next caretaker of this page. Bob https://www.comicartfans.com/my/SketchbookPieceDetail.asp?Loc=G&Piece=1983558 for the CAF WTB listing...
  10. In 2023, I knocked off eight items (wow!) from my hitlist, a Powerpoint file I compiled in 2020 with screenshots and sales/tracking info containing all the OA I would ever want. It's essentially a working model for how I research and rank art from a targeted book, artist or character, in the hopes of building out a curated collection after years of flailing about rudderless. The selling process over the last three years has brought my collection down to only a couple portfolios and frames. Finding the whereabouts of anything from that list is an accomplishment in and of itself; securing it from there is even harder (and typically expensive). But the benefits of a sharpshooter approach means my spending is no longer scattered. In 2024, the goal will be to continue to network within the community, track down some of these elusive hitlist pieces and continue a disciplined acquisition strategy. Fingers crossed! Bob
  11. It didn't help keep the Adlard WD interior page at Heritage Weekly from getting run up tonight...
  12. Living in a Manhattan apartment, display space is at a premium. So for something to make it up on the wall, it has to be pretty damn good. Unfortunately, my idea of "pretty damn good" is widely shared, so I've had to go to that 5x well a couple times to get display-worthy pieces. But since I get to see those pieces every day, rather than the pieces that are stuck in a portfolio on a shelf, I get infinitely more enjoyment from the pieces that I had to pay up for and which represented a new price point plateau for me. The pieces in my portfolios are pretty much in a holding pattern of getting framed with a paired piece (a related splash/cover/interior to be found someday...) or destined for the auction block or private sale. I'm more likely to buy a 5x piece of high quality once a year than 5 cheaper pieces throughout the course of the year. Bob
  13. The crib death page? More like a gut punch than a dreamy emoticon...
  14. The Bingham Detective cover was very well bought. I sat out of bidding on that lot, otherwise it would have gone much higher. Sure, its rats, but its a full-figured Batman on a memorable cover. And those Bingham inks are exquisite in person. I thought anything under $20k was a good deal. The Batwing toy box art was bought by me. Looking forward to putting it with a Batman prop I just got.
  15. Does it have to have a color in the name for you to collect it?
  16. https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pulp-pulp-like-digests-and-paperback-art/gary-norman-american-20th-century-boston-don-t-look-back-album-cover-1978-acrylic-and-airbrush-o/a/8030-71060.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515 Don't Look Back album cover (1978) went for $81k in April 2021.
  17. JJJ, I regularly buy from ComicLink and read their explanation of the hacking event. What part of that should I not believe and why is what they said false? Trying to differentiate if you're just trolling CL or if there is something you can share that would help us all better understand their comment... -Bob
  18. Thanks! This is the response I was looking for.
  19. Andy's discussion was transformative to my collecting. Understanding what is in your collection and where you rank it is forces you to make some serious evaluations of not only your inventory but also where you succeed and fail in acquiring new pieces. To elaborate a little bit: Evolving as a collector takes a lot of learning, and unfortunately a lot of times that is from making mistakes. I found Andy's approach of ranking your collection (using Marie Kondo's approach of "does it bring me joy", not by fair market value) forced me to confront my mistakes and ask myself some probing questions: 1) Why did I buy this piece I suddenly find in the bottom half of my rankings? Was it an impulse decision? Was it strategic (trade bait, part of a bundle)? Was it a poorly executed commission? Was it to check a box in some ethereal checklist that I had poorly thought out? 2) How can I make better decisions to keep the impulsive "squirrel" purchases to a minimum? If I'm working on a checklist, why isn't it written down with some thought put behind it? Realistically, where do I want my collection to be and what do I need to do get it there? Do these pieces in the bottom half help me to get to that "future state"? 3) Now that I've identified the bottom half, what do I need to do next? Look for trade? Sell at the next auction and get what you get? Realize that no other collector would want this, so just hold onto it in a "for sale/trade" folder so you don't get pennies on the dollar?
  20. Has anyone received some kind of official communication from CL about a data breach, and that it accessed personal information including credit cards? If there was a data breach, I would have expected something official, but haven't received anything. Or is that speculation due to a hack that resulted in the redirect of the main page?
  21. I thought the first appearance of Jesus was the final splash page in #91. But I looked at the auction listing, and Heritage makes the point that its the first "full appearance". You can see his mouth and chin here. Interesting characterization by the auction house.
  22. I'm dealing with the same on a 1980's Peanuts Sunday. The entire back is tacky with a universally applied adhesive from the former frame. My framer is working with a paper specialist to figure out next steps. I'll update here as I go through the process. Bob