Andahaion

Growing up, I routinely bought books just for the cover. Never opened some of them. For OA, I do try to only buy from books I've read and enjoyed (regardless of era). I've largely held to that, but have occasionally purchased art that I just fell in love with.

You likely thought of this, but you could make copies of the art to frame and then not have to worry about it. I do not believe I would place any art (pencil, ink, or otherwise) in direct sunlight. But I'm sure there are differing opinions out here in internet land.

Shout out to @Phill the Governor who made the overlay to this cover. Really completes the art and will look fantastic up on the wall. Highly recommend!

I just can't get through them all. As Doc Holiday once quipped, "I'm afraid the strain was more than he could bear."

What he said!

I do post everything I collect on CAF. It's part record keeping and easy access for viewing. Plus I like sharing. That said, my collection isn't very robust from a quantity, nor value perspective.

Picked up two pieces by Liam Sharp from Albert's booth at Baltimore Comic Con a few weeks ago. Really fun time at the con this year. I need to go to more shows as I tend to run into things that are not online (or maybe I'm not as obsessively checking as some of you). To that point, Albert had a whole portfolio of new art that Liam recently gave to him, none of it even priced yet. I saw this splash and pretty much knew this was the example for me. Love the loose rendering, really different from the other piece I picked up which is a tightly rendered WW pinup. It's huge, 21" x 16.5". This is from GL Season 2, #7, page 22. Written by Grant Morrison.

Man do I feel like an insufficiently thoughtful person! I was on my phone when I received the email and did not realize each of my keywords was its own link.

I bought a modestly priced contemporary/modern cover. I missed it last CAF Live, and the seller worked with me a bit. Overall happy with it, but pricing is making decision making more difficult. After I bought it I basically tuned out and quit looking. The pre-show want list email alerts didn’t really work for me. I received one email with one piece of art in it.

Having login issues also. I input my info and it just refreshes without advancing. I input my login info again and it does the same. Thanks!

I've got a few... Daniel Warren Johnson: WW Dead Earth #1, Page 41 Jenny Frison WW #54 Variant Cover Jim Cheung WW 80th Anniversary Issue, Page 10 Sanya Anwar WW Black & Gold #5, Page 8

I guess I've done it all also, except I've not purchased at a convention (though I do attend locally when schedules align). I do prefer to buy from the artist when possible.

I live in NOVA and would be interested in meeting some fellow nerds. Most of my modest collection is framed and on the wall, but I can eat some wings and drink some beer.

Welcome! Good list of artists. I recently secured work (commission) from Priscilla Petraites. I think she may fit in nicely with your list. I also really like a Greek artist who goes by Dani, or Dani Strips on Instagram. She's great and uses negative spacing wonderfully. Regarding budgeting, it's easy to get out over your skis. I'd generally recommend pacing yourself. There is a lot of art out in the world, lots of choices. I'd also generally recommend quality over quantity, but I also understand the excitement aspect of acquiring work. But, once you start buying more expensive pieces you may look at the cheaper stuff differently. I would say most on this board collect work pre-1990. There are some of us who dabble in more current art, but this isn't really the venue for that in my opinion. But, there is a wealth of historical knowledge here and that is really valuable. I generally collect backwards. I look to the art on the page, then usually nostalgia or storyline a close second. Most folks collect based on nostalgia, which is cool too. Most here also don't respond well to/think much of artist proofs. I have one piece, the Hawkman #29 cover by Mikel Janin. It'll likely be my only print (at least in comic art circles). I know that Jimenez is pretty much 100% artist proof, so that may be your only recourse for him. I love his work and might be someone I could buy a print from in the future. But I love the traditional stuff too much. Welcome again. I'm sure others will chime in...

I won a page at a Felix drop on my (I think) third try. So, not too long actually.

Sanya Anwar inks over her own digital pencils. This is from Wonder Woman Black & Gold #5, page 8. Not an artist I really know, nor a book I've read yet, but when this page was posted I was drawn to the bottom panel. Loved the charm/whimsy/sentiment of the image. And for $275, can't really go wrong.

I would add that I've had this happen with pretty much all the major carriers.

I run into this all the time with art as well as other items like wine club deliveries and whatnot. I work from home, so it's usually not an issue, but yeah...causes me some concern on higher priced items. For me this kind of falls into the "pick your battles" bucket. Wife and I working from home, usually not an issue...until it is.

Those boxes are awesome. I ship paintings in them all the time, at least the expensive ones! Totally worth keeping.

I couldn't even get the request to process! Oh well, somehow I won a DWJ Wonder Woman: Dead Earth page at that drop. I've no idea. I think that's the only time I've won at these drops.

Holy smokes that's awesome. Congrats.

This happened to me. I was considering a Lee/Williams DPS a few years ago. Really hemmed/hawed at the purchase for various reasons. A Lee artists edition came out at about the same time and I saw the DPS was published inside. That was encouraging, at least to me. That fact, however, wasn't necessarily determinative in pushing me over the edge to decide to buy, but was a factor in deciding to make the purchase. I now know that looking at the art in the artists edition wouldn't be good enough for me, wouldn't scratch that itch. Not much beats actual, original art in my opinion.

Yes, I think the overlays are needed here. Would make for a stronger presence on the wall.

That makes sense. Here's a couple examples of how I generally frame my art...

I just picked up a Final Crisis cover also and am contemplating what to do regarding framing. Seems it almost commands an overlay with the text, otherwise that's a lot of negative space. You have any thoughts on what you're going to do?