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Hi there from Italy! You're trying to get covers of two of the most popular Italian "heroes", so be ready to pay some cash. Dyd has been around from 1986. More than 300 issues and still going. The first 41 covers were done by Claudio Villa and are almost impossibile to find (black hole collections); when this happens, prices are very high. Then Angelo Stano jumped on board and he was the regular cover artist till 300-ish (but he switched to digital somewhen). Now you have Gigi Cavenago, who is really great but it's all digital. You can get other covers from specials, annuals, reprints, etc., but people are craving for the first covers up to issues #100. Price range for a Stano cover 1.200€ for the crappy ones to 4.000€ for the top ones. I saw one Villa cover recently for 9.000€. Reprints, specials etc are far less expensive (Bruno Brindisi or Corrado Roi). It all depends on what you are looking for... The image you are showing is the Dyd cover done by Mignola for the US edition of Dylan Dog (Dark Horse). Diabolik has been published since the 60ties, but, if my memory helps me, all the published material is owned by Astorina, the publishing company. They have a huge vault full of OA that are never going to sell. Sometimes you can find some nice illo et similia, but not original covers done for the original series. Specials and reprints may be available (but I don't think so). You might be able to find some art from the French edition. Anything else, just ask! PS: I used to own a nice Stano cover that I sold to get a very important panel page from issue 100 featuring Dyd, Xabaras and Morgana... It's like trading a nice Spidey cover from an anonymous number for a wondeful panel page from a key issue featuring MJ and Goblin. Same rules of the US market apply here as well!

I know this page doesn't sell like a Capullo Batman, but for me it is way more important!

Sometimes your collector's dreams come true. If you have time and you can understand my English, enjoy the whole story on my CAF (and if there is something unclear, please let me know :-) ) Ladies (?) and Gentlemen: Jamie Hewlett Tank Girl published Pin Up http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1462968

I was hoping to bring my sketchbook and have something like that for free. Wrong again.

A little update: "small head shot, sample is shown, $1000. "

But would you risk 15k bearing in mind that if he draws a low background you won't be able to complain?

At th every beginning, tickets were 500euros each (more or less 6/7hundred bucks) a day. They didn't sell any. The attendance was so low that the organisation decided to lower the price to 125euros (more or less 150/200$) in order to have more people. I am pretty sure it won't be sold out even because Cernobbio (Como Lake) is not easy to reach.

As another fellow Italian collector pointed out, we are buying the time of a superstar. Not just any comic artist. We are buying the time of one of the big bosses at DC, the one who helped reshape aesthetically both Batman and Superman. When you buy published pages, the time has been already paid by the "wage" Mr. Lee gets from Dc, but with commissions, well, it's giving his time entirely to you. And you pay for it. It's like watching a Rolling Stones concert of going to dinner with them. And then Mr Lee has 9 kids.

Maybe, and just maybe, it was a great commercial trick in order to raise interest for middle-low pages that had been sitting in albert's moy for quite some time.

It is supposed to be an annual event, but I don't know if they are going to break even this year... So, who knows! Anyway I just got an email from Albert Moy, about Jim Lee's commission prices... copy and paste: " For the first time in over 15 years, Jim Lee will be taking commission requests to be delivered exclusively at the Lake Como Comic Art Festival held April 20-22, 2018 at Villa Erba, Cernobbio , Italy. This offer is an exclusive for show attendees only and wonâ?Tt be shipped out. There is a limit to six total and one commission per customer. Penciled and inked by Jim Lee. 11 by 17 inches, full figure one character with limited backgrounds $15,000 11 by 17 inches, bust shot one character with no backgrounds $7,000 9 by 12 inches, full figure $6,000 with limited backgrounds 9 by 12 inches, bust shot no backgrounds $4,000 Blank cover comic, only bust shot with no background $4,000. Jim Lee will supply the blank cover comic. Jim Lee will ultimately choose which commissions request he wants to fulfill. Once chosen, payment must be paid in full before the show. He may choose to live stream the creation of the commissions at his studio or at the show in Italy. Payment by Paypal or Credit Card only in US dollars with a 5% service fee. A link to enter the information for your commission request will be opened on the website. " This is totally insane. I won't ever pay that amount. If there is someone crazy enough, I would happily pick up and ship for you.

Hello everybody, next month, for the first time, an incredible comic convention will be held in Cernobbio, a tiny tiny town by the Como Lake in Italy. Just artists and some dealers. Not cheap to get in. http://www.lccaf.com/ Is anyone coming? No, I am not advertising, as I just purchased my own ticket. It would be nice to meet in person! Luca

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Well, in my point of view it's an A page, but then maybe it's just me who loves his art too much. Here it is, if you feel curious. http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1439370

Considering I own examples of both, I wonder what other boardies think about it. The Death page was bought several years ago, but the Jones page is recent and it wasn't over the 10K.

Do you remember a couple of months ago I inquired about a piece by Bachalo, asking if anybody had seen it published somewhere? Well, if you do, thanks for your attention. If you don't, thank you for readinf this... Here is the piece, hope you enjoy it as much as I do. http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1449848 Comments are always more than welcome! Luca

Of course I have, NicoV! I am hoping to find someone who has art NOT listed for sale or hidden into their (bat)caves!

Had already seen it on CAF. Very nice, but not my cup of tea!

Hello folks, I am looking to buy some Death art, possibly published and done by artists that have worked on Gaiman related series. Just let me know what you have! Luca http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetail.asp?gcat=47928

Every January I think I am not going to improve my collection as I don't want to spend too much money on art and every December I check my bank account to find that I have spent too much money in art. 2017 has been a little bit different: some very good sales, one great buy and immediate flip (it happens) mean three great pieces in my collection! (IMHO, of course). Kelly Jones - Sandman 24 panel page http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1439370 Jamie Hewlett - Tank Girl (Deadline 25) panel page http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1434115 Milo Manara - Gli Occhi di Pandora three strips for one panel page http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1391492 If you are curious, feel free to read my comments, they are very detailed! Comments and votes are more than welcome! ;-) Luca

Bachalo replied and he confirmed this piece was one of a few concepts that he submitted for the 95 SDCC t-shirt; unfortunately (for me) it was not the idea that was used for the final. So he thinks it is an unpublished piece.

Oh yes. Sent him a message via afcebook yesterday, but he hasn't replied yet. More than 20 years ago, maybe he doesn't remember!

Hello folks, I am looking for information about this piece done by Bachalo in 1995. 1) For what I had been told, the piece was used as SDCC cover program in 1995, but I checked online and the cover of the 1995 SDCC program is different. They probably commissioned Bachalo, but later on they changed their mind as a new logo (the eye) was made so it was decided to have the toucan on the cover (pure speculation by me) 2) I asked a seller on ebay to go trough the SDCC 1995 program catalogue to see if the piece was published as an interior pin up, but the answer was negative 3) I asked for help here on the board and a fellow collector went trough the book "comic con: 40 years of artists, writers, fans and friends" to see if the piece was published there, but again the answer was negative. He found only one piece by Bachalo and it's another image with Dream and Death done in 1995; it was used both for the SDCC update magazine #2 and a tshirt. 4) one of the previous owners of the page still has it listed on CAF as UNUSED cover 5) I found a very old thread on the yahoo c-list where a collector (Peter Ward) asked infos about some wonderful prints/posters done back in the day and he remembers a Bachalo piece done in 1995 with Dream and Death. Another collector, called DavidM, believes the prints were produced in conjunction with the Comic Retailer trade show that used to take place in the 2 days before San Diego Comicon. Being that it was a trade show, the posters/prints were never available to the general public, so they are fairly hard to come across these days. I contacted Peter Ward (still no reply) and I thought DaveM was David Mandel, so I contacted him but he doesn't remember the image at all. Couldn't find anything online.... Researching is a very fun part of the hobby, but finding the (positive) answer to your doubts it's even better... Any help, folks? Luca

Hello folks, after some research MAYBE I have been able to find the publication for a piece of art I dig very much; the only reference I have found about it is in "COMIC-CON 40 years of Artists, Writers, Fans, and Friends" book. If somebody has the book in hand and can make an easy research for me, I would be thrilled. More info via PM please as it is "a sensible" matter to me! Thank yo all!

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Thank you. Being Italian, I am not very familiar with tshirts and other promotional stuff: any help?