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23 hours ago, jjonahjameson11 said:

I think everyone was expecting a big $$$ from UXM 268, but I’d wager very few were expecting $72K for the Ghost Rider cover.  I was hoping to add it to my collection, but it nearly tripled my guestimate!  

the UXM 268 cover went for just about what I thought it would do, but that Ghost Rider cover ended much higher than I expected. It's a great image, one that I remember quite well, but that has to be a record for Jim's non-X-Men Marvel work, right? 

8 hours ago, wurstisart said:

Mcfarlane once posted he still has (had) his first cover from 298 which he is think gifted to his father. Maybe that’s the one you remember.

Correct. Todd's dad had the cover art to #298 for years -- it's now back with Todd. 

Happy Friday, gents.

I'm interested in adding a page from the Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man comic (the 1976 teamup, not the sequel) to my collection. I'd love a page that includes Mary Jane, but a nice panel page will do. 

thanks!

Mike

I should have big more aggressively on that really nice World's Finest Murphy Anderson Hawkman/Hawkgirl splash -- that's about as a nice a double Hawk page from the Bronze Age as I've seen. ah well ...

18 hours ago, jjonahjameson11 said:

Any thoughts on the Romita Sr cover painting for $55K?

  I love the characters and composition (not crazy about the yellow background)

 

I knew it would be way out of my price range, but I was watching the Romita Fireside painting auction to see where it ended. Kinda shocked it reached that number, but then again, the covers to those books rarely pop up. love that piece, it hits all the right nostalgic buttons for me.

On 9/8/2020 at 10:02 AM, ESeffinga said:

Doesn’t mean he didn’t do it.
 

As opposed to McFarlane. Who DIDNT do it. I don’t care a whit about Larson. I can still tip my hat to him for the effort.

And to be fair, somebody is still buying his books. Maybe not you, or me, our any of our friends, but clearly he isn’t doing it for nothing. Must be enough to be worthwhile to him, or he’d throw in the towel.

 

 

Todd would be the first person to give credit to Larsen for doing more actual work on his run -- but his point of pride with Spawn is that he CREATED the character who has had a longer run than any other independent creator-owned book. Whether he did the writing, penciling, inking or any combination of those three, Todd was always involved in the direction of the book. He doesn't claim to have done more on the book than Larson on SD or Sim on Cerebus ... but it's his creation. His franchise. and it's been far and away the most enduring work of the original Image founders.

Aside: I've always been astounded by Larsen's dedication to SD. In 2019, that book was selling less than 5K copies a month, per Comichron. Maybe the 250th milestone has boosted sales like Spawn #300 did ... but Erik is clearly not in it for the money. Maybe he's comfortable knowing he's got a mountain of great comic art he could sell if he ever needs to  

On 9/7/2020 at 3:40 AM, grapeape said:

This was an excellent show comes in under an hour. Good recommendation!   

Thanks! Glad you guys enjoyed the doc

Hi,

Anyone know which collector has the OA to this Spider-Man Hostess ad? This was put up on Heritage years ago, Reserve didn't meet, and it's been off the grid ever since. Would love to track this down.

On 8/30/2020 at 7:25 PM, grapeape said:

Great insight Scott. I met JB at SDCC shortly before he passed away. We talked and I showed him a Silver Surfer Page I owned. “I did that” he said taking the page from my hand. I watched him amazed as he went back in time examining his work. We talked about Dan Adkins who inked the Page. JB was kind and considerate. It was a thrill for me. So sad when he passed but his legacy is assured.

I guess for me the biggest thrill is that Johns grandson benefited from the sale. This was nuts to watch an auction like this go down on freakin ebay. 
 

A great piece of artwork.

That's awesome that you got to meet John. He's on my short list of artists that I wish I had met.

23 hours ago, Blastaar said:

Does he want to give any away?

HA! I wish. He's shown some of it on his Insta already, but when we were filming at his office and home, I asked him to dig out any old art he may have had -- for "filming purposes." 

I knew he had all the key early Spawn art, but then he shows up with a beat-up, half-torn art portfolio. And inside there were a couple of Spidey covers, splashes, a Hulk cover, a Batman/Spawn cover ... TONS of great stuff. none of it in protective sleeves. It was simultaneously thrilling and horrifying, hahaha!

5 hours ago, Blastaar said:

How much does he lean on this? Is it fair to say it makes up 90% off his work over the last 5-10 years? It's robbed the OA community of such great artwork over the past decade. It's a shame. 

 

I think it's more 60-40 in terms of digital vs pencil/ink output for Todd. I've talked to him about it -- quite a bit, to the point that I've gotten him to share some fun OA stories with me. 

He simply doesn't need/want/care to sell his art. guy has plenty of money and he doesn't live extravagantly AT ALL. Digital simply allows him to correct his mistakes faster, but I must say, and I'm biased because I'm a Todd fan, his skills don't seem to have slipped much.

 While we were making our documentary on him, I saw him inking pages from Capullo for issue #300 in the middle of lunch, and it's rather amazing to see how he can work like that and still do a kick-butt job.

Hi folks,

Has anyone here seen the OA to this page by Ross Andru from Amazing Spider-Man #143 ... kind of surprised I haven't seen this elsewhere, or in the collection of some of the big webhead collectors.

I see you, Ankur! hahaha

Just a friendly BUMP to put this back on people's radar. C'mon, no one has any spidey/MJ pages to sell???

15 hours ago, JadeGiant said:

Yep, go through Jason at ES for art buys. Tim's also pretty active on his FB fan page if you want to follow his art more closely. 

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

anyone know how to contact Tim Sale, or his art rep (if he has one)? 
 

please PM if you can help connect. 
 

thanks,

mike

Hi folks,

looking to add aN OA page or two featuring everyone’s favorite fictional redhead, Mary Jane!

Any era would work - even Clone Saga pages

lmk

mike

On 5/23/2020 at 11:59 AM, christosgage said:

I remember speaking to Anthony years ago about Godzilla art and I think he said this particular cover meant a lot to him because he either lives or lived in Vegas at one time, or something along those lines...I believe you're right that it may be a situation where he'd just as soon not part with it unless it's for the proverbial "offer you can't refuse." Which I get. I wonder if other sellers will see prices like these and overvalue the Godzilla pages they have...like I said, I wouldn't complain if one could actually realize these prices, as it would make my pages worth more, but if I'm being honest I don't think the demand is there. It's like how Sal Buscema Rom pages were cheap, then shot up because there were a couple of folks who were willing to pay big money for them, and now there's a correction going on as those collectors seem to have obtained enough examples and prices are falling more in line with general demand.

Anthony's dad was Jimmy 'the Greek' Snyder, one of the most influential people in sports gambling history. It makes sense he would have this cover in his collection...

I owned the painted cover to the Amazing Spider-Man Fireside GN for a long time. Bob Larkin found it in his basement buried behind a bunch of supplies in ....2004??... and that's when I bought it.  

17 minutes ago, Keys_Collector said:

Fantastic piece, his auctions for charity were recently selling for 5K+ so hope this moves up into that type of territory.  Good luck and great cause!

thanks!

On 5/29/2020 at 10:12 AM, rsonenthal said:

I’ve always been a fan of keeping a story together.  But, I totally understand the other perspective. It’s expensive and if all stories were kept together a lot of people would never be able to own an example from an artist or comic that is meaningful to them.  Still, when I have a chance to find a complete story that is a great read by a great artist, and I can swing it – I’m going to do what I can to make it happen.  This is one of those times.

Hawkman has a long and storied history, first appearing in 1940, later a founding member of the Justice Society of America and was an extremely popular character throughout the 40’s and 50’s. He faded away with the balance of the Golden Age heroes, only to be revived in 1961 by Gardner Fox and Joe Kubert (in the Brave and the Bold #34) as part of the DC Silver Age reboot. The Silver Age Hawkman joined the Justice League in Issue #31. His own series ran for a few years, lasting through issue #27, where he combined with the Atom.  Sadly, Atom and the Hawkman only lasted another year or so before being cancelled.

The Silver Age solo Hawkman series was initially written by Gardner Fox and the art chores were handled by the incomparable Murphy Anderson through issue 21 (after that Richard Dillin took over as penciler). As with any run, some books are better than others. When I saw issue #12 come up for auction – a complete book no less – I knew I had to make a run at it.

It's a great story.  Hawkman and Hawkgirl find themselves trying to stop a war in between two ancient warlords from being refought on their home planet of Thanagar.  Spoiler alert – they stop the bad guys and prevent the war.  It’s a fun adventure with a lot of action, lots of great pages of Hawkman and Hawkgirl and three nice title splashes (back then the comics had chapters, so there were multiple title splashes in each book). 

So, for your reading pleasure (and I suggest reading the story as well as appreciating the art) is the complete Hawkman #12, with artwork by Murphy Anderson.   

The link:  http://cafurl.com?i=24712

As always, feel free to look around and see if anything else looks interesting.

Ron

wow, this is OUTSTANDING! Of all the Hawkman stories to have in complete form, you picked A DOOZY! Just phenomenal artwork throughout. And the splashes (drool!). 

Hi everyone,

I'm parting with one of my favorite pieces, a Dazzler drawing gifted to me by Jim Lee, to raise money for a worthy cause. It's an 11x14 drawing of Dazz in all her Disco awesomeness, and it's all Jim - pencils+inks. Those on here who know me are aware of my love of this wonderfully wacky character. If you share that passion and want a killer artistic example, you're not going to get much better than this!

The auction is taking place on Twitter; you can bid directly in my thread. LINK:

Not mentioning the charity here because I don't want to start any political debates/discussions and potentially violate any group rules. So I'll just focus it on the art - DAZZLER BY Jim Lee. Go for it!

4 minutes ago, Will_K said:

And still at 9 x 12 ??  I hope that piece comes with a checklist / guide / who's who.

That Brainiac piece is some next-level insanity. Jim is absolutely killing it with these ... calling them 'sketches' almost seems to be a disservice to the incredible detail he's putting into these.