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Appreciate all the nice comments about the video here ... but especially yours, Scott!

What a great video. I don't think you have to be a Jim Lee fan to appreciate the scope of talent this guy displays here. There are things that he does, creative choices that he makes on the fly that I could only dream of doing.

 

Terrific editing and craft involved in making this video. Great job!

 

Scott

Good morning,

Don't know why i haven't posted this before, but here's a cool video I produced for Jim Lee awhile back showing him drawing Batman. Jim is not only one of the best artists ever, he's also one of the best at explaining his artistic process. I was commissioned to do this by DC for a digital comics 'extra' but then the big changeover happened, the New 52 came into being, and this was shelved.

But I figured Original Art fans would dig seeing this. And in case anyone's wondering, the finished original can be found in my CAF

I want to continue to diversify my collection in 2017. By that, I don't necessarily mean buying a ton of stuff. But last year I picked up a half dozen pieces that ranged from covers to commissions, and it felt immensely satisfying. Not just from the aesthetically pleasing nature of the pieces, but also financially.

In recent years, I'd largely been focused on making 1-2 big purchases per year (big being relative, since many other collectors have much deeper pockets than I do). But after adding a few nice panels and splash pages, I think i'm going to continue down that road, and save cover purchases for REALLY special opportunities.

All that aside, I guess my specific collecting goals (aside from my usual interests) would be:

1. A 70s Kirby cover

2. Bronze Age Spidey splash

3. Bronze Age Wonder Woman art -- really looking for a nice display piece for my daughter's room. a Garcia-Lopez merchandising example would be great, or a splash. Something that really captures the family-friendly look that defined WW for me as a kid.

Here's a link to My Lowry:

http://www.comicartfans.com/MyLowry.asp?GSub=1135

2016 was a great collecting year for me. Added several great pieces, including:

1. American Gods paperback cover painting by Robert McGinnis

2. Amazing Fantastic Incredible - A Marvelous Memoir Stan Lee cover art - Colleen Doran

3. Jack Kirby splash from the Stan Lee memoir - Colleen Doran

4. Flash/Superman Race homage by Darwyn Cooke

Really enjoying looking at all the great art in this year's submissions!

Won this in a charity auction last week. Helping out children with cancer and getting an amazing piece of art in the process. I call that a win-win!

 

Pleased as punch to have this Darwyn Cooke homage to Superman #199 in my collection. Flash vs. Superman -- who you got? love this piece ... it's huge too ... 14x16....

That Jim Lee Wizard cover is for sale on Albert Moy's site right now, so unless Albert put it up for auction, then someone may have some 'splaining to do ...

here's one more new addition -

The original cover art to Ultimate Spider-Man #28 by Mark Bagley.

A beautiful image of Spidey on a flagpole with the American flag in the background.

Love the series, and Bagley is a genius.

Happy to have this in my collection.

Hello,

just updated my CAF with some recent purchases. It's all animation art, as lately I've been picking up cels from some of my favorite cartoons from my childhood.

With original comic art prices skyrocketing, I like that animation cels are still relatively affordable with a similar nostalgic boost -- with the bonus being that it's much easier to convince my wife to let me hang some of them up in our daughters' rooms

Here are a few of the new additions:

The Centurions title cel -

Super Friends Title cel -

and this Scooby Doo/Dynomutt Comedy Hour publicity cel -

here's the link to the rest of the gallery.

Hope you enjoy 'em ...

+1 on all the kudos

 

regardless of what I had to pay. That sting wears off; the art is permanent

 

Once, I went to one of those "liquidation" auctions at a hotel. Oriental rugs, furniture, sculpture, paintings, etc. During the bidding for a rug, the auctioneer said something to spur the bidding and has stuck with me ever since... it was something along the lines of "you'll never make a rug but you can always make more money". Once in a while that made me pull the trigger on getting some OA. Sadly, nowadays, I don't have to think of that auctioneer in order to overspend.

 

"That sting wears off; the art is permanent."

That is a GREAT QUOTE describing OA collecting.

I've only been collecting since 2004, when I stumbled across OA pages on eBay. I was lucky to score my grail fairly early on in my collecting 'life' -- I think the Dazzler #1 cover was maybe the 4th or 5th piece I ever purchased. I overpaid for it a bit, but who cares? It brings a smile to my face every time I see it on the wall.

Best advice I ever received in this hobby from some more experienced collectors was to 'buy what you like.' That way, you'll never regret the purchase. And it's true.

It's funny, this hobby has changed greatly even since I began collecting. Prices in the early to mid-00's were still manageable.

I remember buying a Pollard Micronauts cover (Vol. 2) on eBay for about $250-$300 back then -- actually, a lot of 80s Marvel covers could be had for not much more than that. My first page was a Dazzler #18 panel page that cost me all of $25. Now, everything seems overpriced. I really feel for new collectors who step into the hobby now. If your tastes run older than the year 2000, you are going to have to commit some major funds just to get the collection started. Even as early as 10 years ago, you could start collecting and find quality stuff that wouldn't bust your bank.

I would have liked to have experienced this hobby pre-Internet just for the potential gems that could have been found at conventions. But back then, I was just a comics collector.

I grew up in Miami, so we only had 1-2 shows a year. I recall John Byrne attended one year and had some art, but I was 14 or 15 and had zero interest (note: I was an insufficiently_thoughtful_person teenager!). Same in 1990-91, when Jim Lee and todd McFarlane appeared at the same Miami Con. I laughed at the sky high prices for art ($200 for a B&W page?? ridiculous!!!)

Anyway, Felix, keep up the great work on the podcasts. They are an absolute delight.

Holy Cow!

Not just a great art pickup, but the story behind makes it even better. Congratulations on the historic find!

That is one beautiful painting! love the statue of liberty background for the Spidey-Goblin showdown

The Amazing Spider-Man 185 cover went for $19K ...

considering all the paste-up work on it, anyone surprised at that price? should it have gone higher/lower??

And add me to the camp of people surprised by the final price of the Logan's Run cover -- although besides it being a sweet cover (albeit to a pretty forgettable comic adaptation), wasn't it also a house ad image for Marvel at the time promoting that book? Just seems very familiar to me.

I was really hoping to get that Jim Lee/Scott Williams Superman splash ... but wasn't expecting it to hammer at $9.5K...

fantastic thread! thanks for sharing -- not just the great pix, but your observations.

love this thread -- great place to pick up tips on how to frame art.

We recently moved back to Miami after 14 wonderful years in NYC, so I have lots more wall space to work with. I just put up four framed pieces up. I still don't know how to post pix in a message here, but here are the links to the pix on my CAF showing the framed art:

Dazzler #1

Dazzler #3

Prime TpB Painting

Silver Age Batman Splash

I have a few more pieces to get framed at some point....

I posted the DK3 cover I inked over Jim Lee last week, and this week I have my own cover to share! Pretty jacked about being one of the artists invited to add to the Dark Knight legacy since Frank Miller's original Dark Knight returns made such a HUGE impact on me almost 30 years ago. Inking/collaborating with other artists has always been the main component of my comic career, but every once in a while it's so rewarding to pick up a pencil and call something all my own. Honestly, I'd do more if I was faster, but I'll take opportunities like this every time, especially on such a classic character from such a memorable storyline.

 

Thanks for looking!

Scott

 

 

Fantastic job, Scott! This is just gorgeous ...

I had a chance to talk to a couple artists at NYCC at the SYFY interview studio about their Dark Knight III art -- Andy Kubert, Klaus Janson, Jim Lee & Darwyn Cooke -- and all indicated they weren't going to be selling their DK variants art. Was really bummed to hear about Cooke holding on to his, because he seems to be keeping most of his recent cover art. Certainly within his right, of course ... but it stinks for this Darwyn fan who's been trying for a long time to add one of his superhero covers to his collection

And the same buyer just added the Allred variant too:

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1264693&GSub=170435

 

Seems like a very nice guy with a great start to a collection (or is only showing a fraction of it!)

Both the Allred & Albuquerque covers are excellent! That buyer really scored

Well, speak of the devil, I just posted the first cover for DK3 that Jim Lee and I did in my CAF gallery. It's not for sale at this time, but it's such a kick for me to be even a small part of the DK lore that I wanted to share this. And as soon as it's released by DC publicity, I will share a second DK3 variant that I pencilled and inked myself. Good times!

 

Scott

 

Oh. MY. GOODNESS.

That some kind of spectacular. Thanks for sharing, Scott!

As DC keeps releasing more of the variant covers for the upcoming DKIII: The Master Race, I wonder about the insanely high premium being asked for a few of the covers by some artists & their reps.

I mean, it's one thing to throw a high price on Jim Lee's cover; we know Jim's got a huge fan base & his art, especially Batman art, always holds its value well. But some of these covers are done by artists who while obviously talented, don't have a fraction of the market interest. And with a few dozen covers out there, won't supply & demand pretty much kill the chances most of these appreciate in value?

I get that the Dark Knight legacy is incredibly prestigious and thus any published art will command a higher premium, but it seems to me that there is no way paying $3-5K for a variant cover by any artist NOT named Jim Lee/Romita Jr/Kubert & Bermejo will turn out to be a smart art investment.

And while I know the true purpose of OA collecting is the love of the art, I don't think any one of us ever wants to buy a piece, regardless of how much it means to you, knowing you're going to lose $$ on it.

Curious to hear thoughts on this; BTW, I have no problem at all with artists trying to get maximum value for their OA. That's their right, absolutely. I'm strictly looking at this from an investment PoV.

and FYI, I would gladly overpay for Bermejo's cover. That is a magnificent cover!

Hi,

been so busy these past few months I've forgotten to post some of the cool art I've picked up since SDCC. Let me start to rectify that with this charming little piece:

It's the cover art to the 1989 British Marvel Super Heroes Annual, which reprints SPIDER-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS #1 ...

I'm a huge fan of that cartoon so whenever I have a chance to pick up art featuring all 3 amazing friends, I can't resist.

picked this up from the artist, Martin Griffith, who has had it all these years.

here's the link to the piece in my CAF:

oh, didn't realize that about Bill's 80s paintings -- thanks for the heads up (I hope whoever has that Wonder Man painting is taking good care of it!

I'll take a shot and see if anyone can help me track down a piece I've been after for years.

Bill Sienkiewicz's painted cover to the WONDER MAN one-shot from 1986. I love Bill's work from this era & Wondy is one of my all-time favorite Avengers, so this piece is jam-packed with awesome for me.

Bill told me he sold it years ago, and doesn't remember to who - anyone ever seen it? I'd obviously be interested in buying it, but would be happy to know its even out there.