Matches_Malone

21 hours ago, Skizz said:

I posted here some weeks ago about my surreal experience of walking into a used book store in a village in France whilst on my holiday (vacation for the North Americans) and finding all this Moebius art.  Despite have not enough cash, I bought one small piece that was supposed to have been published.  

I had no idea at the time if this was legit or fake. But the members on this board were kind enough to help me verify.  I have now been able to get a copy of the magazine my piece was published in (see below) and certainly looks legit.

I can't believe that I actually own something drawn by Moebius (and published at that). Now if I can just get a Jack Kirby my life will be complete. 

Great find. You have a great story to go along with your Moebius illustration.

1 hour ago, Zaddick said:

Nice to see Frank Thorne on your nostalgic list Matches, The Sonja #10 cover was sold but like most of the Thorne works I do think it ended up in the right collection.

 

Z.

 

There's no doubt in my mind that she will be treasured.

Pictures?

Quick thoughts.

Is it me, or did the Neal Adams pages underperform ?

I was expecting a higher price for James Jean Fables Cover

Still can get over a Preacher SOK page  selling just shy of $9K.

5 minutes ago, Cleangone said:

Has a Seed page ever gotten close to $10K before?

Oh Yes!

Seed of Destruction #2 Story Page 23  $11,950 in May 2017

Seed of Destruction #1 Story Page 15  $14,340 in Nov 2016

Just now, comix4fun said:

$14k+ for the Mignola Hellboy page. 

I wonder how much would a early Mignola Hellboy cover  go for nowadays? 

McSpidey continues to be strong.

I'm with the 266 camp. Somehow I see a bigger upside in the long run.  I wonder if the recent hammer price of NYX3 will change how BSD go after 266?

2 minutes ago, Brian Peck said:

The Red Sonja cover was on the market in the last couple of years when Thorne decided to sell all of his original art he had been keeping over the years.

She is a beauty. 

Mid 80’s is when I gravitated toward comics heavily. There are the usual suspects that everybody most likely has in common.   Perez Crisis on Infinite Earths # 7, Zeck  Secret Wars 8….  But there were others that left an impression that I have not forgotten.  Some came before my time; nevertheless   discovering the sword-and-sorcery comics from the seventies is also a nostalgic period for me, as I could not get enough of such movies like Beastmaster, Excalibur, Clash of the Titans, Krull, etc, etc.

35 minutes ago, The Voord said:

Here's a Heath cover I used to own (sold it to a friend when raising funds a while back to buy another house and relocate):

Thats all kinds of awesome. I bet you miss her.

The discussion of disliking a specific work of art without irritating someone can sometimes be challenging.   Yes, both the title of the thread and first post are in need of some tact as history shows the topic can be quite delicate.  But I don’t think we should completely withdraw from the discussion. Personally I like to read why a person likes and equally dislikes a work of art.  Not everybody sees the same thing. Art is subjective.  If the OP feels in this specific example Kevin Nowlan is not producing quality work, I would like him to elaborate on it, not shut him down.   I’m sure there’s a better choice of word than quality, but Im willing to look beyond that just for the sake of the discussion.  Just keep it civil….and productive. 

4 hours ago, cloud cloddie said:

This thread isn't about likes and dislikes. It was started solely for dislikes. 

If the thread was 'which artists work has changed over the years', then I agree a discussion could be had. And has been in other threads, with positive and negative comments both, but constructive nonetheless. 

I stand by my opinion that a thread solely for calling out perceived subpar work is a useless thread. And insinuating immaturity and emotional deficiency seems more of a personal attack, but whatever. I'll chalk it up to you defining civil the same way you define productive discussion. 

I don't see where I defined a civil discussion and productive discussion as been the same.  

10 hours ago, Brian Peck said:

JRJR is a better artists than you, me and most who post here.

He absolutely is, no question about it.  But that does not mean a person can't comment on his work.

8 hours ago, cloud cloddie said:

I don't understand why this is even a thread. What a useless topic. 

We can criticize  films, music, books but criticizing  OA quality is useless?   

Are we not mature enough to read other board members opinions on their likes and dislikes of  an artist without taking it personal and calling for  death by stoning.

if you can't emotionally handle someone disliking what your favorite artist is producing , then just avoid this thread.  

I think the discussion can be had, without personal attacks.  Keep it Civil.

3 hours ago, Skizz said:

Congratulations on getting your grail mate.

I've never read Howard the Duck or Steve Gerber's writing, but your write up makes me wanna some Gerber. 

Gerber's writing in Man Thing was superb. Worth a look.  

55 minutes ago, Brian Peck said:

Still think it's an impossible way to stand, both feet are forward of the center of mass.

Not if you have a third leg to support you.

27 minutes ago, artistlost said:

Was just able to pick up a page from The Old Guard #1 by Leandro Fernandez. This is one of my favourtie new series and the chance to own a page from #1 was too good to pass up. I was able to get there pretty early so I had the choice pick of most of the pages (that I could afford of course) so I went with a great splash page of Andy (the team leader) holstering her weapon while the recently decapitated head of an enemy soldier bounces to the floor. So happy!!!

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1409013&GSub=171718

 

Thanks for looking and comments are always welcome!

 

mathew

Congrats. Thats an awesome book.  My favorite series as well. 

14 minutes ago, PhilipB2k17 said:

What do you guys have against James Chen, Ed Benes and Ethan Van Sciver? 

More like Ed Benes studio material

14 hours ago, malvin said:

Probably just you, otherwise it would have sold

 

Malvin 

It was listed for $20K last year. 

39 minutes ago, comix4fun said:

That's great Scott!! 

Love to see what you're bringing.

2 hours ago, Claudio said:

i LOVE that page!!!!!

SOK???  More like 5k

Really? [I do not follow the preacher market]

3 hours ago, SquareChaos said:

Feels high to me for a relative unknown, but definitely more than originally quoted just out of the gate no matter what for a published cover. 

 I remember the buzz around him a few years back after illustrating the covers for We Can Never Go Home book.  I would personally consigned it to CL as I do not see it selling under $1K

Heritage used to do it 

5 hours ago, AnkurJ said:

$800-$1200

I agree with this valaution.