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On 2/27/2024 at 11:45 AM, vodou said:

I know why people avoid the brothers but what's the beef with the guy from Boston?

I picked this piece up and was wondering if anyone has any idea of what Phoenix's hand gestures represent? 

Last pieces of the year, just received these pinups from Dan Brereton, a 'Thrillkiller' Batgirl and Frank Thorne's Lann: 

thoughts? wouldn't touch a 'Bob Kane' sketch with a ten foot pole, one of the most faked artists out there. check out this thread for discussion on similar pieces: 

I am selling some art on behalf of artist Tim Vigil at 25% off normal price this week.  Art includes a couple of published pages, some original sketch cover comics and a few color illustrations and can be found here: 

https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=235258

just found out that Bill Watterson has released a new illustrated book called 'The Mysteries' which is a total departure from his previous work. has anyone picked it up and care to share their thoughts?

good chance the actors had no idea they were signing original artwork.

On 6/21/2023 at 7:20 PM, Ducky13 said:

I would also like to get a color guide and matching OA page, where would be a good place to get these together?

unfortunately there is no place for one stop shopping for art/guides. in over 20 years of collecting I think I may have seen a page with color guide pop up for sale once or twice. I happened to acquire color guides to several pages that I own but it really comes down to dumb luck and it took me many years to do it.  I bought some John Romita Jr. pages from Spencer Beck years ago and then some of the corresponding color guides appeared on Heritage 20 years later... so don't hold your breath, lol... One dealer that reps a few color artists and sells color guides (and where I was able to buy a couple of other guides to reunite with the published pages I already owned) is Scott Kress at catskillcomics.com.

On 7/29/2023 at 2:14 AM, The Voord said:

Heritage should steer clear of such things unless given cast-iron provenance that can't be disputed (chances of which are probably very slim).

. . . and also steer clear of Donnelly dodgy-doings of altered artworks.

another undated 'Kane' on Heritage this week... 

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/sketches/bob-kane-batman-sketch-original-art-undated-/a/322334-49125.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/bored-apes-sothebys-lawsuit/index.html

thoughts? I find the whole concept of NFT's ridiculous and have less than zero sympathy for anyone involved. 

On 8/7/2023 at 9:53 AM, Andahaion said:

I've only sold one piece and that was because I was able to land an upgrade and used the sale to offset the acquisition.  I went with Heritage.  It wasn't a very expensive piece, certainly not good enough to negotiate any special terms. 

was your piece valued at $5k+? when I inquired about selling a couple of pieces last year I was told that was the threshold for them to accept anything. 

will this 'glitch' affect anyone's decisions to sell or buy on ComicLink going forward? 

thanks for the info Twanj, and no not looking for offers but thanks for the snark KirbyCollector.

can anyone confirm if this is the prelim for the page 1 splash from Thor #275? 

On 7/28/2023 at 7:35 PM, Drummy said:

I went today (Friday) and they were checking bags but not banning them.  You can bring anything reasonable into the Con, methinks.

Dan

yup, I was also there Friday and it was a typical con, anything reasonable goes (and even unreasonable - I saw a couple of comic-book-store type guys carting around stacks of comic boxes to better assault creators with hundreds of books to sign...).   They just need to proofread/edit what ends up on the tickets.

I'm going to Terrificon at Mohegan Sun for the first time and just noticed that on the bottom of the ticket it says "Bags NOT Permitted" which seems ridiculous for a comic show. can anyone that has attended this show in the past tell me if this is an actual policy that is enforced? I was planning on bringing a standard size shoulder/messenger bag that I always use at cons. 

current Heritage weekly has a Bob Kane Batman sketch: 

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/sketches/bob-kane-batman-and-robin-sketch-original-art-undated-/a/322331-46110.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

I love prelims and have a bunch in my collection from a variety of artists, they're typically dynamic and capture the creative spark and all for a fraction of the cost of the final piece so you get a lot of bang for your buck. 

Here's a Tim Sale sketchbook cover: 

An Aaron Lopresti Wonder Woman cover (vol 3 #23): 

A Jim Davis Garfield prelim: 

And a John Buscema Conan illustration that was an alternative layout for a European convention program cover: 

On 7/12/2023 at 12:27 PM, Nate Hartz said:

I believe it is Tales of the TMNT #45 Rocks story by Laird and Lawson and art by Lawson. I don't have the issue in front of me.

thanks!

I love John Buscema's work but his prelims tend to be on the looser end of the spectrum compared to some other artists.  I was surprised this cover prelim just sold on Comiclink for nearly $2k, thoughts?

I’ve got one more Jim Lawson turtle page that I’m trying to identify. Anyone know where this one was published?

Does anyone know if this Ron Adrian pinup of what I believe is Luxura from Vamperotika was ever published?

On 6/25/2023 at 3:28 PM, Spider-Variant said:

I found this email address for him online.  No idea if he still uses it.

ronadrian@gmail.com

Thanks for the info, I sent a message and received a reply but unfortunately he doesn’t recall if/where it was published.

Does anyone recognize this piece, was it published?