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Re: a previous comment about the running time for claim shows

On 6/21/2022 at 10:12 AM, John E. said:

Felix’s art drop

and those other dealers that do the similar (e.g. Albert), those art drops are the ultimate in fast moving claim shows.

On 6/21/2022 at 7:53 AM, Drummy said:

Of the many shows I've missed, only one piece showed up for sale that I would have gone for -- Mike Burkey's Ghost Rider #18 cover -- but even then, I would have needed 10 months of time payments to buy it!  So...nothing really lost there.

You mean something that is especially desirable to you, a spontaneous big purchase based on a relatively small scan and not a lot of time to decide ?  On Dueling Dealers, Mike and Anthony will take time payments on "sizable" purchases.  It's pretty much assumed.  But you should mention that you'll need time payments when claiming / haggling.  In case of a tie, a claim with "payment in full" trumps those with time payments.  I think Mike mentioned he likes 6 months.  But you could've asked about stretching to 10 months.  Don't recall if it's been stated on Dealmakers but I guess the same follows.

On 6/20/2022 at 3:01 PM, vodou said:

Oh man...

But still keeping an eye out for Phantom Stranger art ! !

On 6/19/2022 at 6:35 PM, New School Fool said:

What the origin of the "Thigh gap" joke anyway...? I can never understand why Bill says it. Is it something that's sought after in art by some collectors?

In the chat, someone made an "observation" about one of the pieces up for sale (don't recall the exact piece or episode).  And since then, the term has been used fairly regularly but not during every episode of Dueling Dealers.  Bill isn't usually the first one to call it out.  But if someone says it in the chat, Bill might echo it.  Sometimes there are variations depending on the context of the piece.  I can't recall a specific instance.  But for example, if there was a McFarlane Spider-Man piece, in one of those odd poses, it might be a "Mc"...  I'd never use the term in public or private.  And I think it's used too casually in the chat.

On 6/19/2022 at 4:45 PM, Bill C said:

31.2K for an unpublished golden age Wonder Woman page- seem healthy to our GA collectors? I see tiers of unpublished GA DC often enough, usually not full pages though.

Pre-1980's Wonder Woman art is generally hard to find.  Sometimes an HG Peter tier will show up.  This complete page had Steve Trevor, Diana Prince and Wonder Woman.  Really nice.

Good luck !!!

On 6/19/2022 at 11:46 AM, vodou said:

I've never watched a single minute of these shows, so I'm only assuming what you write is accurate. If so, that really is deplorable.

It is accurate.  And more often than not, there's at least one woman (screen names) in the chat.  And Anthony's wife is almost always on the show.  However, on the show, the term is applied to men, women and any other creature.  But y'know...

Re: Dueling Dealers pricing... the intro says art is "new" (at least for that dealer) and/or is "priced to sell".  But the show is designed to create some immediacy and FOMO.  Noone is forced to buy, so caveat emptor.

I've watched a lot of the Dueling Dealers and Dealmakers episodes.  But never tried to claim anything.  It's entertaining but there's almost too much going on in the chat.  I don't feel obligated to watch live or later. 

On 6/13/2022 at 1:59 AM, tc5551212 said:

lowered the quality on the second scan. This is the Cockrum page 107  front and back.

You'll get lots of admirers now that it's on CAF:

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=176438

On 6/16/2022 at 4:25 PM, comix4fun said:

Can you do a screen shot of that? I don't use instagram

Felix has it on CAF:

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1827060

On 5/18/2022 at 11:12 PM, szav said:

This may not go over well with this crowd, and I respect the book for its place in the history of the hobby, it was really groundbreaking, cool, and different from what I remember as a kid, and I think the cover demands a few million just for what it belongs to....but if it helps you be more at ease with your mehh feelings about this cover you can try and look at it like my admittedly degenerated brain sees it, and can now not unsee.  It's sort of like those optical illusions with the dual picture old lady/young lady etc.

Clearly the dark knight was previously injured trying once again to jump head first into a lightning bolt.

On CAF, someone posted Bruce Timm's attempt to visualize the pose.

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1825674

It sounded like this was not a hypothetical situation.  I didn't think it was your piece but that you might follow the sale.

Well, I'll admit that I'm not chomping at the bit to spend big bucks.  On the other hand, although I have consigned a piece to a dealer, I'm generally not interested in selling art. 

On 6/10/2022 at 1:42 PM, John E. said:

Stage 7: Artwork is shipped off to Comic Link. 

Please let us know how it sells.

If you want to follow some bread crumbs, on Dueling Dealers, I think Mike Burkey said he gets them D'Amico. 

On 6/9/2022 at 3:23 PM, Sideshow Bob said:

Congrats on the Son of Demon sale! $4k was a strong price! 

Wow !!!

I have some art drawn on DC / Looney Tunes paper stock.  I haven't measured but it's roughly 9 x 12.  I've had the art for well over 10 years and I know it's a few years older than that.

On 3/29/2022 at 1:46 AM, MV said:

Has anyone purchased any OA by Phil Noto and if so from where?

(I have tried e-mailing his website but never get a response)

Thanks and apologies if it has been asked before

I will never, ever deal directly with Phil Noto again.  Going back over 10 years, I e-mailed him directly about 2 commissions and paid via PayPal the same day.  After that, I never heard from him again.  After over 2 years of no response to occasional inquiries, I ended up receiving the art from a 3rd party who was never involved in the original transaction.  And I contacted that 3rd party after he posted some Noto art on CAF.  I think he was a friend/collector of Noto.  He had my commissions.  And he basically told me something like, "if you were at Comic Con, you could've picked them up there".  Well, I wasn't at Comic Con and noone even offered that information in advance.  After paying Noto, noone proactively contacted me.

The above is from a 2012 e-mail when I recalled the commission experience for someone.

The whole experience left a bad taste.  I ended up selling one of the pieces.  I still have the other one.  Once in a while it turns up when I'm looking through some art.  Beautiful image, bad memories. 

On 6/5/2022 at 3:13 PM, Bronty said:

Agreed although I think the mutilated body parts help a bit.

The Three Stooges have nothing on Conan.  Conan throws a hand at the enemy and it pokes him in the eyes. 

How does the printed image appear ?? 

The image you provided, looks like it might be a monoprint or digital image that could provide gray "flats" for the colorist.  It could be that Bruno Redondo drew the glasses that way to be "artsy".  However, the colorist can also choose to show the glasses behind the hair in a way that is less stark than what we see above.  There are times when you see original art in black but the some elements are not printed in black.  See Babs' hair outlined in gray at the top and right margins, the colorist could do something with those lines.

See "flatter": https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2016/04/cc-flatter/

I'll just go back to a point that I made at the beginning of this topic.  Since the artist has to deliver a digital file to the publisher, that's at least one other party that has a copy of the file.  And then it has to be printed, that's another party.  And if they're all being responsible, it has to be backed up.  And if they're going to do reprints / TPBs / etc, it has to be archived.  For a really cool image, print off a couple for your friends. 

The only guarantee an artist can provide is that only they are allowed to stipulate that a print is "1 of 1"

There will be a new slogan "Monoprints... collect 'em all !!!"

On 6/2/2022 at 1:59 PM, The Voord said:

New project finished!

What's the story with the goggles ?  It looks like you cannibalized a pair but did you filling the holes ?  Or did you grind the edges ?

Yesterday, $192.00 for this monoprint.  Alfred is hanging upside down to dust off the dinosaur.

Me... I rarely commission artists these days... to avoid all the hassles described above and (probably) later in this topic.

In the end, it's a risk / reward calculation.  When a convention drawing starts at a few hundred dollars, I'm practically bailing out already.  All it takes is one good night of partying at the con and that sketch list could be out the window.

It's a problem if you can't even depend on the artist's rep to keep things on track.  The rep isn't supposed to just collect $$$.

On 5/4/2022 at 11:02 AM, Timely said:

Kirby had his hand on so many things from 1940's-1990's. Superheroes, Romance, Westerns, Crime, Monsters, back to Superheroes, etc. He had a hand in creating a ton of characters & even the genres themselves!  I'm struggling to think of 1 thing Adams actually created.  He was good at advancing the art of already established entities, but created almost none by comparison.

Artistically they are too different to compare. You either like the styles they implemented or you didn't. I appreciate both!

I prefer Neal Adams' style.  Mainly because I grew up on DC (and read almost no Kirby DC work).  But Jack Kirby's impact is truly so profound that it can't be measured.

I think a lot of Adams' image has a lot to do with his own self-promotion (ego).  Not that he hasn't earned the right to that.  Adams did more to promote a realistic drawing style than any other artist (e.g. Stan Drake, Al Williamson) by producing dynamic interiors and beautiful covers.  And directly teaching / training a generation of artists (e.g. Mike Nasser, Rich Buckler and anyone that worked at Continuity Associates).  There are many, many many artists that can draw in a realistic style...  but almost none of them have drawn comic books.  That also requires the ability to tell a story.  That's something that Adams and Kirby had in abundance.