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Its still $6.25 a month.  Give up one day of Starbucks or (Insert vice here) each month and you're good.

All my art is A level for me or I wouldn't buy it.  I'm sure most of you feel the same about your purchases. Here's an example for your thread. The piece below sat on a dealers site for over a year with no takers.  It was a piece that really grabbed me when I first saw it but it wasn't part of a story and wasn't actually a character. I had other priorities of art I was searching for but I would always come back and view this on the dealers site.  Probably twice a month.  And then I realized why I kept coming back to this and decided it belonged with me.  I will probably never sell it because no one else wanted it, ha. It is just an illustration that accompanies an article at the back of a Brubaker Criminal comic.  Its called Korean Noir.  Now this piece really speaks to me. I love neo-noir.  This scene could be the opening of the best crime story never written or the finale to it. Hey, I like that, maybe I'll add that description to it on my CAF.

2 hours ago, oakman29 said:

There is no question Hulk 1

No question at all. The two books are not even in the same ballpark. 

3 hours ago, Rick2you2 said:

I would have demanded my money back. That's absurd.

I did.  He said he doesn't have it anymore while promising me that the painting will come. I'm taking steps though. Funny, I commissioned an artist last week for digital coloring and the next morning an email was waiting saying it was done.  And she is currently coloring a Batman book for deadline.  You just have to find the right artists that have a realistic sense of their work output.  I used to commission Gene Colan for huge pieces and it would take him a month. I miss cracking open his packages that reeked of cigar smoke.

On 8/6/2018 at 7:39 PM, JadeGiant said:

I haven’t read the Patience thread in a while, might need to dust that off.

 

I have a decade plus story of my own. No comic art involved but it is in the hobby. We might see a Bleeding Cool article in the coming months.

I’m not at a decade yet but an artist has had my 4.5k for six years now.  

On 8/11/2018 at 7:06 AM, Octavius said:

Found this lot up on Kickstarter,

 

That is crazy.  He asked for $15,000 on Kickstarter and its closing in on $200,000.  So now the comic is funded and he can buy a boat as well.

On 3/12/2018 at 7:15 PM, PhilipB2k17 said:

So, you're saying Hulk #180 is the true first appearance of Wolverine? I've been making this argument for years but the market has decided otherwise.

Absolutely, you can say that Hulk #180 is literally the first appearance of Wolverine. The value of 180 vs 181 doesn't change that. Is there an image of Wolverine in #180? Yes? And does 180 come before 181?  

However, I've never followed the hobby's guidelines or market trends. When I used to collect, First appearance was the literal First appearance of a character, even if it was in an ad outside of the story. That's what was important to me and I HAD to have the actual first time that character was printed and published. Value was never a consideration when I was ten. 

On 2/13/2018 at 10:02 PM, kimik said:

Who would you cast as the lead for Lobo? Jason Mamoa definitely could have worked based on looks, but he is out of the running now. How about the Rock as Lobo instead of Black Adam?

No to the Rock. Even though I used to be a Rock hater (for his acting) I came around after watching a season of Ballers.  And I'm not a football fan at all. But still, no to Lobo.  I don't care for Momoa but he seems to have been born to play Lobo.

On 8/9/2018 at 7:01 AM, Brian Bollinger said:

Anyone know who this is?  I don't recall reading him in any Tick Comics.  One website named him Mr. Gone or something like that.

The Maxx was released on MTV's Oddities along with The Head around the time they were doing Liquid Television. It was a perfect translation of about the first dozen issues of The Maxx by Image in the early 90's.  Man, MTV used to be great, what happened?  As for Mr. Gone, he was a serial killer/rapist that liked to antagonize the social worker who helped Maxx, a homeless guy with a purple costume.

My first digital commission and it is strangely satisfying considering I have no physical art to show for it other than the original sketch by Sam Kieth. Ronda Pattison did a wonderful job. She was also the colorist Sam chose when he remastered the Maxx series.

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1465418

I've been waiting for it, didn't know it was released yet.  I'm all over it now.

1 hour ago, stinkininkin said:

The Escape from New York piece has Kurt Russell with a freakishly large head.  Once seen, it can't be unseen.

I did think something was off with that. Maybe I thought it was just 80's hair.

58 minutes ago, BCarter27 said:

I just realized people keep asking about the prices because you guys aren't logged into CAT. Wassammatta wit you?! Go sign up. It's free!

Or view them at the source: https://galacticgallery.com/drew-struzan-original-art

I was real tempted with the Escape from New York.

This thread popping back up reminds me that I'm still on the hunt for a nice copy of Thorn: Tales from the Lantern.  

Disappointed overall, maybe because of my high expectations.  They had one awesome idea in utilizing the kryptonite but it wasn't enough to save it for me. The villain was also boring and very two dimensional.  As mentioned above, the covers and back-page short stories were great and made up for the price of admission. The story had potential but the dialogue was fan fiction level. I bought the OA for several covers and ended up selling them all. The one I decided to keep was by Jock but I traded it to Frank Miller. How can you say no to him?

On 7/23/2018 at 4:05 AM, alxjhnsn said:

If you are a premium CAF member, you can upload larger images. You can see the result on my Bastian work:

Cursed Pirate Girl herself

Pirate Ship

JB’s First CPG Commission

You should a black bar under the image saying to click on the image to enlarge it. 

Of course, you have to be a Premium member; I find that worthwhile. 

I'm a premium member on CAF and just did a side by side comparison of the same image on both sites. The zoomed image from a small panel displayed sharper on 2DG. (Screenshots from my tablet). Next I copied both images from the sites to my desktop and it turned out the resolution and file size from 2DG was the exact same as the original image. The CAF image had a lower resolution and larger file size than the original. I still frequent CAF much more than 2DG so I would of course love to see the resolution stay the same as the original image after it’s uploaded. Maybe in the future.

I’m looking forward to these standalone films since the extended universe sucks. Man of Steel is the only one I continue to rewatch from time to time. 

Type SDCC into CAF and the first images are of Albert Moys booths.

8 hours ago, paperheart said:

 

Yup, sadly this franchise will become like the Transformers. Good first flick and then down the drain.

I have six covers by Sam Kieth but have never met him in person. Everyone I’ve talked with that has met him had only great things to say. That he was kind, very humble and generous. He did send me this great drawing/sketch as a gift. Even if I sell off my collection one day, this will be what remains. 

Once again I miss an opportunity to meet Sam Kieth. And on my home turf no less. Knew about it in advance but the job has me working out of country. 

Anyone have any images? 

Absolutely. Have all the tape removed and you can just bag the piece that has the title written on it. You mention it’s a color guide. Is it the final version used to print the cover? And if it’s hand painted by Oliff (or someone else) it’s defintely not a color guide but original published art. Even if he painted over a copy of the lines. I don’t know that he did, just asking.

Has the Star Trek II poster art ever been auctioned? That has to be the grail among Star Trek collectors easily by a mile. I don’t collect movie poster art but I would take a serious run at Wrath of Khan. 

Yup, great movie, really enjoyed it but not nearly as good as the original.