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Bump - TAKING OFFERS - LOOKING TO MOVE IT.

Thanks so much all you guys!!  

The piece is drawn on regular DC art board but is cut down to 9 x 14".

I'll do a little more investigating but it looks like a match.

Really do appreciate it !

Looking to see if anyone recognizes this piece and where/if it was used. I was told maybe a greeting card but really don't know. Size; 9 x 14" 

Any thoughts or info will be appreciated.  Thanks!  Lou

On 3/25/2022 at 3:01 PM, Bird said:

yes. MOCCA

get out of my way

I mean, see you there!

seriously, if you see me say hello. I am the goofy looking white guy with a mignola dr strange shirt on more likely than not (made from art I own). I'll be holding an itoya and 5 comics or so to get signed

Hey Bird  -- I planned to be ahead of you but I'll be away on vacation that day.  Good luck and hope you get some nice pieces!

Bump - TAKING OFFERS

$550.00 -- Raising some funds.  Offering this beautiful 2 character piece by the great Paul Smith.  Much rarer than the single character pieces. Will ship very securely. Free Shipping. 8.5 x 11" -Taking Offers.

Looks like Ken Steacy but picture is a bit small.  Good luck.

Tough to be certain from the pictures but as mentioned above,  If the inside front cover and 1st page match, then it's a 1st print.  If the inside front cover is darker, then it's a 2nd.  Should be easy to tell the difference. Good luck.

Sold on Ebay for $785 on April 11th:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Marvel-Uncanny-Avengers-1-Signed-Stan-Lee-Sketched-by-Frank-Miller-CGC-9-8-SS-/124663066319?hash=item1d067f6ecf%3Ag%3AVLYAAOSwtzle37L6&nma=true&si=wnYid1ebapKEFSkMXDmNOQP8Z3o%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Relisted 4 days later on Ebay for $2700:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/STAN-LEE-signed-FRANK-MILLER-ORIGINAL-CGC-9-8-Sketch-AGE-OF-ULTRON-AVENGERS-SS/274760180216?hash=item3ff8fba1f8:g:LKoAAOSwkZVgeFWk

September 10th - eBay -- $175.00

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Walt-Simonson-Rai-Original-Cover-Sketch-Valiant-Comics-Hand-Signed-14-X-17-/164362148162?hash=item2644bf5942%3Ag%3ACVMAAOSwXj9fTUvO&nma=true&si=wnYid1ebapKEFSkMXDmNOQP8Z3o%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Now of CAF -$1200.00

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1673100

I'll give this one bump -- thanks very much for looking!

This was from last year.  Wish it was this year, too!

15 hours ago, furthur said:

My Picture is definitely from 87-it was the only year I went until the mid 2000's. I would guess you were correct about the ads appearing after the show rather than before it. Otherwise, I can't imagine that there would have been the same volume of material from DKR 1 and 4 that was at the show-it might not have been complete, but there were certainly many key pages. Of course they could have run just before the show, but because of the slowness of getting the CBG back then, the bulk of the folks who saw it may have gotten it after the show even if it ran in an issue timed to come out before the show. Just as a historical FYI,  Bernie Wrightson's art to all of "Cycle of the Werewoif" was also sold at that show. I wanted to get my birthday month (November) which was an awesome piece of a cemetery , but it got nixed by my girlfriend for reasons best left for another day (though I did explain it in my article about Bernie for the latest issue of the  CFA-apa which will be coming out soon!)

10 hours ago, Nexus said:

The art Scott is holding up is Miller/Janson, and it's the published page. There's only one. In this case, I do believe Janson inked over Miller's pencils.

In general, I believe Janson inked over Miller pencils. Where Miller redrew panels/pages, I believe he either lightboxed the art himself, or redrew from scratch. So any Janson inks (or assistant inks) would still at least be over Miller pencils.

The page below has two versions. One is the unpublished Miller/Janson version (in the scan). The other is the published all-Miller version. (I don't have scan readily available of that version, but I think it was reproduced in the Gallery Edition.) This would seem to be clear evidence that Miller redrew the art later, as the "HAHAHAHA" and "KKKRAAAK" sound effects are statted from the earlier Miller/Janson version and pasted onto the new all-Miller art.

As well, you can see the page I own in my gallery, which is a Miller/Janson page, with all-Miller patch panels. The Batman panels were redrawn by Miller and pasted over the original Janson-inked panels.

 

Benno - thanks very much for your reply.  

I think my confusion lies in the way Scott described the scenario with Frank being upset about some pieces being sold and him no longer being involved.  Maybe I misunderstood but since Scott was selling at the 1987 SDCC and the CBG ad was in early 1988, there was a long period of time where he was still selling FM DK art.  I had a sub for the CBG since 1986.  That ad listed in late Jan/Early Feb 1988.  There was no lengthy delay for my delivery  - of that I am certain.  Maybe I'll give a listen through the podcast again in case I missed something.  I guess it's not very important but I was curious of the timeline.

Does anybody have un-inked Dark Knight pages?  I don't ever recall seeing any.  I thought there were: 1. FM/Janson pages -- 2. pages totally redrawn by Frank -- 3.  panels that were drawn by Frank that were used over existing panels.  My partial page is scenario number 3.

It would create quite a stir if it turns out there are separate FM pencils and Janson inked pages.  I am certainly no expert but again, I don't ever recall seeing full un-inked FM pages other than in print.  I believe the Dark Knight Absolute volume shows a bunch of them but I assumed they were stats from before inking.

Thanks as well for your reply, Felix.

HAHA -- Hey Sean, all is well thanks.  I do follow a lot of threads here but I rarely post.  I could talk all day about comics and art but sitting and typing always seems like work:) I do have strong opinions about many of the topics -- I'll look to get into more conversations with you.

I hope all is well with you.  See you soon.

As an addendum, to the post above, after I chose the page from Scott, I told my buddy Bill about the unpublished page.  He passed on it and regrets it to this day.  I do remind him occasionally

My Brush with Scott Free and a Small Mystery.

Thanks very much for the interview.  I answered and bought a partial DK page through the one time CBG ad and wondered for a long time who Scott Free really was.

My story – Like many of you, I was totally blown away by the Dark Knight and when I saw that ad, I jumped at the chance and called right away.  I was not really an art collector but I had a few pieces and was already an FM fan.  I called as soon as I saw it and spoke to Scott.  I recall the conversation and he asked me how much I was looking to spend. I told him that I was looking for a page with Batman on it.  He offered me 2 choices, 1 that was published with Batman, Robin, and Supes -- and one that FM did not use but was similar to the published piece and was almost fully inked with Batman, Robin and Alfred.  I chose the published piece and we closed the deal.  I asked if he could have FM sign it and he said no problem.  I mailed the check and a couple weeks later I got the page.  I loved it then and still love it today.

Knowing nothing about the split between FM and Klaus and having no idea of duplicate pages, I took the page a few years later to a show for Klaus to sign it.  I asked and he took a quick look at it and said “That’s a Frank page.”  I asked him that he meant Frank inked it and he said yes.   I never thought at that time to dig deeper. I wish I had because it was many years later when I learned of all the issues.

Also some years later, I asked FM at a show who Scot Free was and he just kind of shrugged and blew it off.  He was nice about it but I just assumed it had been many years and he didn’t recall the details.  Again I wish I pressed for more details.

Now the mystery.  I still have the cancelled check.  It was dated 2/19/1988 and cashed on the 25^th.  That means the ad could not have run before the 1987 SDCC.  If I dated it the 19^th, I can promise you that it was only a day or two after I spoke with Scott.  So I imagine that ad ran in a CBG the first 2 weeks of that month.  So is Benno’s picture of the 1988 SDCC? Or did Scott just mis-remember and this was run with leftover DK stock in 1988? Neither seems right but after listening to the podcast, I would love to know the correct timeline. It was 30 years ago  --  I surely don't remember all the details but I have the check.

Thanks again for the podcast.  It was a blast from the past to hear this story from Scott.