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On 9/11/2022 at 4:28 PM, barneythecantankerous said:

The fourth point you've missed is investment

A fifth point would be "checking a box".  For example, I've never owned a Jack Kirby piece.  I'm not well versed in the Marvel universe.  And I didn't really read Kirby's DC work.  But I'd like to have a Kirby piece one day, hopefully a DC piece.

On 9/12/2022 at 8:34 PM, cloud cloddie said:

What happened in the last 24 hours to make ‘nude’ make the list? 

The stats only show the top 20.  I'm willing to assume "nude" is usually in the top 25 of every stat.

1) If there's a piece that I absolutely know will generate a lot of comments... and I see that piece soon enough that I'd be an early commenter... I'm more likely to comment, not that I'm commenting just to comment.

But if I'm late to the party, I'm less likely to comment.  Basically, I doubt that I can add any observations or commentary.  No need for me to be the 1000th person to say it's a great piece.

2) I look at older pieces in a CAF gallery (especially if I discover a new gallery).  I'll add a comment... whenever

3) I'm sure there are lots of older pieces that get lots of views but not a proportionate amount of comments. 

Basically, "Jim Lee" might searched constantly but that may not generate a constant stream of comments. 

Look at CAF's most searched terms:

https://www.comicartfans.com/popular-searches.asp

Which has some useful stats.  And as of this writing, "Dean Yeagle" shows up in all 4 stats.  Nice pinup but is there a "Please share your Dean Yeagle art" topic in this forum ??

Pics would be helpful.  In general, production art has minimal value.  But it seems like these are niche characters / titles, so you'd probably find someone with interest but not willing to spend big bucks.

On 9/8/2022 at 9:17 AM, tth2 said:

$20k for a Terry & The Pirates comic strip from 1935.  It's crazy how prices have absolutely exploded for these.

That really surprised me.  And knowing there were more Terry strips to follow, I thought... "OK, here we go !!!".  The amazing thing was there was another Terry from less than a month later in 1935 that went for "only" $ 528.  That is a very wide range.  And several others in the later 1930's went for less than $1,000.

Detective Comics 487 cover by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez went for $ 43,200 (including buyer's premium). Wow.

Even at today's crazy prices, I don't consider $3,000 comic art to be a low cost piece.  But otherwise, I agree with your argument.

I have a 1/2 page from Secret Six 4 by Jack Sparling, just sayin'.  ComicConnect auction in 2020 for $165.00  .

https://www.comicconnect.com/item/895204

Based on comics.org, Sparling didn't draw the entire Bomba series.  But I'd say the covers to Bomba 5 and Bomba 6 would be pretty desirable, not that they'd be in grail territory.

https://www.comics.org/series/1793/covers/?page=1.1

As Andy mentions, AI is (will be) a tool.  Just as digital coloring is a tool.  The tool is only as good as the person that's using it. 

People may not remember it now but when comics started being digitally colored, they looked terrible. 

Some shlub getting a book colored wasn't the same as it looking good.  The same went for digital tools when they started being used to manipulate pics in print advertising.

It's a great cover by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez.  If you look at the calendar, the piece is in the Wednesday, September 7 auction.

But right after it ?  You have the Signature Auction, September 8.  Anyone that really wants the Detective Comics 487 cover has to hedge against anything they want in the Signature Auction.

On 8/31/2022 at 7:03 PM, MAR1979 said:

it was not that common and it does not happen to all hammers and it is a big deal

I guess NYCC's web page is behind. 

They just sent an e-mail with links to Artist Alley and Exhibitors. 

It looks like none of the usual suspects of OA dealers are on the list. 

Does anyone know which dealers will actually be exhibiting ??

https://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en-us/explore/show-features/artist-alley.html

https://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en-us/explore/exhibitors.html

On 8/31/2022 at 10:31 AM, Unstoppablejayd said:

So you did get his appeal…..

I guess.  But his Marvel work (what I saw of it) wasn't interesting to me. 

I never got Zeck's appeal.  But I did like his Deathstroke covers.

On 8/30/2022 at 7:55 PM, KirbyCollector said:

"Recreation." It's a good thing someone concocted this term for our hobby... hate those more offensive terms like fake, duplicate and copy 

If you're not going to do any of the above... then re-imagine it.

I think I heard that Zeck has limited his recreations to only 1 of each.  @comiconxion can probably confirm.

Suggesting Shannon Weathers on CAF.  A great collection of comic animal characters, particularly Krypto the Super Dog.

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=9234

As someone that will put quotes around certain words or terms, I'm always "intrigued" when another person does it.

Byrne definitely changed from the beginning of his FF run (pencils / inks / writing) to the end (pencils / writing).  But he's looking pretty darn good in his X-Men: Elsewhen series (pencils only) on byrnerobotics.com .  Pretty good for "fan fiction", apparently Marvel won't publish it. 

I think on JB's web site ( byrnerobotics.com ) he once commented ( re: commissions, I think ) that the certain inks changed over time.  Meaning the manufacturer changed their formula / recipe.  John Workman once told me that some ink he was using had changed.  He was told that some people were using it to get high, so the formula was changed.

I'm more worried about inks that fade (e.g Penstix) or bleed (e.g Sharpie) over time.

George (on CAF) isn't really a flipper.  He does take on consignments.  So it could be that it didn't sell on CAF.  And he (or the consignor) put it on ebay.  The ebay listing says the seller is in Wisconsin.  And I'm really sure George uses his name as his ebay ID.  I think George used to live in Wisconsin.  But I know he moved out of that state a few years ago.

FWIW

https://boards.cgccomics.com/topic/456951-no-one-mentioned-the-huge-jim-davis-garfield-strip-auction-at-heritage/?do=findComment&comment=10842243

On 8/22/2022 at 1:43 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

On 8/22/2022 at 12:33 PM, arexcrooke said:

And another from Greg Land. Can’t remember which title. Brilliant double page splash

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WOW!  awesome stuff!
Could the wolverine/sabretooth be from around issue#54 or #55? I know #55 was the "death" of sabretooth, with a greg land variant, so it is possible!

Possibly Wolverine: Black White and Blood #2

https://www.comics.org/issue/2177154/?

It just as easily could've originally been named Black White and Red.

On 8/20/2022 at 10:28 AM, Nuttzo said:

On 8/20/2022 at 10:23 AM, Twanj said:

I'm gonna guess that's a way to say zipatone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screentone

Thanks

Also, a moiré pattern is created when 2 or more pieces of zipatone are overlapping.  Gray Morrow seemed to do this a lot.  I guess he wanted to use up all the random pieces of zipatone that were lying around.