Matches_Malone

Looks awesome D

Glad you were able to do it.

Great McSpidey (thumbs u

Classic IM. I still love that piece. Congrats

This awesome Stan Sakai Usagi Yojimbo piece arrived from Albert Moy a few days ago. When I purchased it I didn't realize it was published but it is the back cover to Usagi Yojimbo Issue 94.

Very Nice.

Been buying it since #1 and I'm done with it as of last month. I just lost interest as the storyline dragged on far too long. Y'know where it hits the point of "ok here comes the big reveal finally" and you don't even care anymore

Like watching Lost...I feel the same. But still hanging on.

Fantastic Book!

Something is lacking...

Nice to see some Ezquerra work. Awesome Page.

My question revolves around how one really goes about looking for Art. I am new to this and I have tried to give myself a limited window of things to look for (Wonder Woman #178-203, Speedball covers, etc). Is this simply being too optimistic? I have been looking for a year or so but they have not come up. Am I being unrealistic?

I waited 16 years to acquire the right McFarlane Spider Man cover. A year is not a very long time. Hang in there.

By Reilly Brown - My Lil' Nephew in of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are

The combinations that I know of are:

• pencils, inks, letters on same page, colorist works on photocopy (Traditional)
  
• pencils and inks on board, letters and colors done on computer (most everything since the 90s)
  
• pencils on board, inks on blue-line copy of pencils, letters and colors on computer (like my LSH example)
  
• pencils on board, everything else digital and maybe no inks (like Nathaniel Dusk)
  
• all digital (like Saga)
  
• all digital except covers/splashes/key scenes where the OA might have after market value

 

I think that's the complete list. Are you seeing something different?

 

I am probably talking about your third bullet. However, I initially thought I was looking at your 2nd bullet. But I guess there would be two pieces in my scenario. I was just wondering if they just did pencils for certain pages that were published in the same book for a specific reason. Because every page for this certain issue was inked except for maybe 3-5 pages, at least from what I've seen out there in collections and for sale. But I have not seen a pair of one specific page. I've only seen it inked or penciled

 

Im curious...Are you inquiring about pages offered by Spencer at The Artist Choice?

 

You got it. Why?

I understand now that your questions were not in regards to general knowledge of OA collecting, but pertaining to specific art pieces you have an interest in. And Since you haven't mentioned the books in question, I'm assuming you don't want anybody else to know what you are after as you take advantage of the very popular Christmas Sale. If that's the case, I just wanted to say that Spencer is a good guy and he will be able to clear up any specific concerns you might have with the pieces you have in mind as it can be a bit harder to give an exact reason why some pages are pencils only while others are ink without knowing the book/artist that you are asking about. No worries, Spencer will help you out. Good Luck on the buy.

The combinations that I know of are:

• pencils, inks, letters on same page, colorist works on photocopy (Traditional)
  
• pencils and inks on board, letters and colors done on computer (most everything since the 90s)
  
• pencils on board, inks on blue-line copy of pencils, letters and colors on computer (like my LSH example)
  
• pencils on board, everything else digital and maybe no inks (like Nathaniel Dusk)
  
• all digital (like Saga)
  
• all digital except covers/splashes/key scenes where the OA might have after market value

 

I think that's the complete list. Are you seeing something different?

 

I am probably talking about your third bullet. However, I initially thought I was looking at your 2nd bullet. But I guess there would be two pieces in my scenario. I was just wondering if they just did pencils for certain pages that were published in the same book for a specific reason. Because every page for this certain issue was inked except for maybe 3-5 pages, at least from what I've seen out there in collections and for sale. But I have not seen a pair of one specific page. I've only seen it inked or penciled

Im curious...Are you inquiring about pages offered by Spencer at The Artist Choice?

No, I would not say most likely. Is quite the opposite.

The practice of having one pencil page and one ink page started no to long ago... Mid 2000's I think [somebody correct me on that] A small percentage of books do this, where there pencil art is created, and as part of the process inks are done over a blue line copy of the original pencils, Ending up with a set of two pieces. Adlard's Walking Dead is one example.

Most modern pages are still created of via the process of inks over original pencils or digital inks/color over original pencils. Inks over a blue line photo copy were never desirable in the past, but that has changed in the modern age with digital inks and digital coloring. The art of inking over original pencils seems to be slowly going away.

Part of the allure of collecting OA over comic books was that there could only be one. Now you can have two originals, one pencil, and one ink. The original pencils will always be more desirable in this cases. Some collectors place it at 60%-40% Pencils over inks. But that’s up to you to decide depending on different variables such as penciller, inker and the what book is it from.

At the end of the day, both pieces are part of a production process. Different people prefer different stages, Personally I have no interested in blue line copy printouts…because at the end of the day is still a copy even if it has original inks. Inks over original pencils will always be the most valuable.

Same here. But that page is fantastic.

Thats pretty wild. Congrats

It's really straight forward with Spencer which is good . And try to buy during the Christmas holidays as he normally has some festive Christmas specials.

I think the Donnelys might have a Speedball cover

 

Are they not the Coolines Artwork guys? I have been given one piece of advice in Original Art so far and it was to avoid that website.

Well don't avoid their site as they do carry some amazing stuff, but Know everything there is to know about the OA you are inquiring about, including its market history price. If the offered price and the piece are not to your satisfaction, just move on. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. And most of the times their prices are sky high.

Picked up a couple pieces to The Wake's last issue (#10). Cover by Andrew Robinson, DPS by Sean Murphy.

 

 

Nice Cover from an amazing Story. Congrats on acquiring all the covers from the 2nd half of the series..

Digging the Bolland. Very Nice

This is new

And this one too.

Thanks Hekla

 

 

1.) Know the difference between blue line pencil and blue line printout.

 

noob question...I assume blue pencils are actual penciled drawings which are inked while a printout is a copy which is inked. Is that right? How does this play into whether or not to make a purchase or negotiating a price? Are blue printouts less desirable?

Inks over a blue line photo copy were never desirable in the past, but that has changed in the modern age with digital inks and digital coloring. The art of inking over original pencils seems to be slowly going away.

Personally I have no interested in blue line copy printouts…because at the end of the day is still a copy even if it has original inks. Others feel different and would place a higher value on a blue line copy with inks because they were part of the process of making the book.

Part of the allure of collecting OA over comic books was that there could only be one. Now you can have two originals, one pencil, and one ink. The original pencils will always be more desirable in this cases. Some collectors place it at 60%-40% Pencils over inks. But that’s up to you to decide depending on different variables such as penciller, inker and the what book is it from.

I place the emphasis on original pencils and inks together.

I always have high hopes and then I get home at 9, put the kids to bed, make dinner, do laundry and before you know it it is 1:00 a.m. and I am frigging exhausted. I am really going to try tonight.

You need to tell the kids to make dinner and do the laundry because you have more important things to do.

Where is it?

Thats exactly what it is. And the addition of Bat Hound and the Laughing Fish. I like the way it came out