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On 6/7/2024 at 8:34 AM, vodou said:

Working up to a hoard of 1980s Marvel superhero art was easy 25 years ago, cheap too. Most collectors wanted EC and Big Two twice up. To succeed, at 80s hero, you just had to have dedication, determination to buy what made sense but which the market hadn't latched onto yet. You had to be okay buying, in size, what very few others wanted (and looked down on).

A great example of this is Iron Man art prior to the first [Marvel] movie. Very few people actually wanted it.

I’m going to ask my boss if I can get paid now and I’ll do the work in 10 years time.
I wonder what he will say…

John Ridgway was the artist for the first nine issues of Hellblazer - essential reading.
Best of luck to anyone trying to get those pages. True gems IMHO!

The hands are generally where you can pick up that it’s AI, though it’s definitely getting better. The Zatanna hands, at least the one you can see, don’t look right…

An interesting array of art on sale today. I was fortunate to pick up a couple of favorites from my want list, so very happy with the event.
In going through the sold listings (as of now) exactly two thirds of the sold art was under $1k.

Looks like it’s working seamlessly now on iPad/Chrome. Thanks Nico for your efforts!

I saw a similar issue with chrome on iPad. There is significant lag - it took about a minute to load - and there are some display/caching when the search list scrolls down it disappears. The previous version was flawless. 👍

Do you know how they got the “used comic” look, maybe digital??. Looks great with the effect across MKs cape.

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Mark made a huge impact on my love of comics and OA, from GL to Iron Man to his run on Milestone comics. I miss him already.

I have had multiple shipments from Italy, France, Spain, UK and Germany without issue. I prefer FedEx or DHL.

I purchased all my art by Clay through Essential Sequential, but I don’t see him on their repped artist list.

On 2/2/2024 at 1:52 AM, MyNameIsLegion said:

(Gene apparently, he must have 10 storage unit's full of cr@p he hoarded in his youth or he ran a shoplifting ring of nerds, but I digress...)

Can someone post the results or highlights of the OAX auction?

Tom Fleming and Ricky Wong, true gentleman of the OA community. Thanks for sharing, Michael.

250k on the X-men 122 cover!

$100k for a picture of Wolverine is not unreasonable 

I read and enjoyed the series even after the Parallax/GL cross-over when Guy switched to “Warrior” mode. 
I like the cover and it always struck me move as if Guy was surrounded by enemies and enjoying the pending smack down.
If I had not been distracted with other purchases, I would have bid. I’ll put that down as a learning experience…

Agreed.
I’m not sure why this went low. Staton, 90s cover and #1 issue. I probably should have bid on it.
Hopefully it went to a GL fan and not end up for sale again in a month at $10k…

Reading is an aging hobby.

“For the first time in modern history, less than half the adult population now reads literature.” - National Endowment of the Arts

On 7/7/2023 at 8:05 AM, comix4fun said:

Ostracized and Burned at the Stake!!!

I see several of the super rare mini boxes - Expert Set and Greyhawk Adventures. Fantastic!

plus here’s the original art to the x-men rpg set.

Back in the early 2000s there was a huge volume of D&D OA dumped on eBay over several months IIRC which included lots of illustrations and several paintings. They ended up going for peanuts. I wish I’d picked up more. 

I have CI and they were very helpful and professional in processing a claim.
I highly recommend anyone who has a policy with CI reads the shipping terms - it only takes a few minutes - so that they are familiar with it.
That’s also why I preferably use FedEx.