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I can imagine Adams drawing in an "animated" style. But that example is not it. The way the blacks are filled in aren't even "Adams" looking.

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Taking the topic title (Great Artist, Terrible Art: Would You Buy?) literally... Does anyone believe that Neal Adams, other than his signature, had anything to do with this thing ?? C'mon, it's a CGC SS. Adams should sue. https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?id=1422595

First one is by Dave Gutierrez. He inked some of Gene Colan's commissions in the 2000's. He hasn't been active on CAF in a while. https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=2357

Nice cover by Nick Cardy. Although this started a run of covers where, many times, Superman was in a weak / submissive position. As someone once remarked to me, Superman was getting his butt kicked. Murphy Anderson passed away few years ago. It looks like his family has decided to part with some of his art. After Anderson was pretty much retired from drawing, he was still in the business. I think he had already started a company that did color separations. It's a 2 part story (continued in Superman 254). Kind of rare for DC. If you want a soap opera that spans multiple issues buy Marvel. Otherwise, I don't think it's a noteworthy story. I was never a big follower of the Superman / Action titles. Page 3 ($ 5,520) might be considered desirable because it has Clark Kent going into the store room, opening his shirt and changing into Superman and flying away. Nice big image. I was watching that page for that reason. It's on par with a Green Lantern "oath" page. But I stopped watching the page because that weird pattern for the shirt was distracting, too 70's looking. If it was just a plain shirt, maybe it would've sold for even more. Regarding the other pages, I have no idea. I guess people are just trying to get Swan / Anderson pages while they're available. You never know when HA will run out of them. I'm more of a Swan / Oksner fan myself.

A handful of the artists reps have been mentioned in other threads. At least one of them has their own topic related to delivery times and/or communication. I'm not sure if it make sense to lump all the reps into a single thread. And just to contradict that, I'll add Catskill Comics (Scott Kress, catskillcomics.com). He had good communication with past commission requests. My latest experience was to make a request that the artist declined. I think it required a mental leap that artist didn't want to take. But I appreciate that Scott passed along my request.

The last time I had e-mail contact with him was in Feb 2017 through the address on his website (hembeck.com).

Looks like Butch Burcham. But he usually signs his work. Currently on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/123722055079

Does this explain why some people buy those horrible drawings on ebay ?? See also:

I don't see any Schaffenberger.

There is a very little publicized link for new gallery owners for the month. Perhaps @BuraddoRun is among them. Go to Galleries -> All Member Galleries Across from "Comic Art Galleries", you'll see 3 links: Today's CAF Anniversaries Welcome Our New Gallery Owners Premium Gallery Owners Although members can join without ever posting any art. I think it would be helpful / interesting to see gallery owners in chronological order.

I don't use it but maybe... CamScanner ?? https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/458904-camscanner-app-question/

Frank Cho has posted art for sale on CAF in the past. He usually says to "bother" Steve Morger ( @Steve Morger not really active on these boards). Then he usually takes it down. I don't think Steve "stocks" Frank's art, so he won't list it for sale.

I will pay via PayPal using Friends/Family if I have established a relationship with the seller. One of them mentioned that too much incoming $$$ may attract PayPal's attention since it does avoid their Goods/Services fees.

Do you have an opinion about using Best-Test Acid-Free Paper Cement ?? https://www.dickblick.com/products/best-test-acid-free-paper-cement/

There's a lot of overhead in putting up tents, etc. So probably not worth it for a 1 or even 2 day art show. I wonder if it would be legal to set up tables in a parking deck ?? Or find a hotel/motel with multiple rooms for rent to keep people spread out (i.e. within occupancy rules). Hotels probably aren't hosting too many events and having a lowly comic book show might be worth it to them.

NOT AN EXPERT !!! I can only say what I did in my particular situation. I had received a commission and opened the package. I failed to remove the art from the package and put the whole thing in with the rest of my cardboard recycling. I went to my town's recycling facility on Saturday near closing time. It was only later that I realized that the art I couldn't find must still be in with the packaging. It rained the next day. The recycling facility would be open on the following Tuesday. Anyway, so on Tuesday, I was there right when it opened. I was able to find the art within minutes because it was very close to the top of the heap. It was wet/damp but not soaked. I put the art between a folded towel and used a clothes iron at a medium setting (NO STEAM) to get the moisture out and absorbed by the towel. After a while, I kept it flat with another towel. Turned out OK. Related to another piece I once owned (read 1st paragraph): https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/472358-what-turns-you-off-on-a-piece/?tab=comments#comment-11293392 So... not sure how thick of a board you're referencing. Depending on the thickness and how wet it is, you may or may not consider peeling off one of the plys from the back side so that it's easier for the art side to dry out. And as I mentioned in that topic, 1 ply of the Strathmore was peeled off years after the piece had dried out and was already severely rippled. AGAIN, NOT AN EXPERT !!! Good luck !!!

FYI - The guy who created the dioramas is named Todd Reis (who has a gallery on CAF, not updated in a while). I have the Mike Nasser commission that he created for Reis (https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=189266 ) That commission and the one for Simonson were featured in an interview with Reis in David Anthony Kraft's Comics Interview 78 I have to dig out the magazine to be sure but I remember the story a little differently, memory is a little fuzzy on this. I think Simonson created an original piece for Reis and then Simonson created a similar piece for DC. Anyway, I could see how that could peeve Reis and be consistent with the story that Mandel told in the talk with Felix.

For me, it's Don Heck. I wasn't fond of his work when he started drawing Flash. I totally forgot Heck's earlier work for DC (e.g. Batgirl backups in Detective Comics) about 10 years earlier. Also, not being steeped in Marvel, I didn't know those comics so well. After following original art, I saw more of Heck's art (but still didn't read the comics) and had more of an appreciation for Heck. At least for his older work. And not related to Don Heck. At a local comics show, a comics pro (who seems to be inactive these days), once said about another pro (still very active), that he was good but "was never going to surprise you". Those pros will go un-named. But considering the pro who was being referenced, Actually, I'm not even sure he said he was good. Anyway, I was really surprised to hear that. Mainly because of the quality and volume of the work he produced. I wasn't a really a fan but... wow.

if there is a new high bidder they add 3 minutes and that keeps on going. Not sure if there is a hard stop mechanism (e.g. like Hakes where they won't add extra time after xx hours and its a hard stop) If you're bidding a multiple items you really have to keep an eye on what's going on. Each item will have it's own 3 minute allowance. There was a time when I was juggling 6 bids at once.

Yer a redneck if you have a garage sale on a Wednesday.

David Marquez @ Cadence https://cadencecomicart.com/artist.php?artist=98

My most desired unpublished pages were drawn by Nick Cardy for Teen Titans 20. I would love to get more pages. The story, "Titans Fit the Battle of Jericho!", was written by Marv Wolfman and Len Wein. Nick was inking it and DC famously killed the story. It would've introduced a black character. DC basically had no black characters at the time. And he likely would not become an ongoing character. Nick laid out the story and it was already lettered. Apparently some of the dialogue was too "over the top" for DC. Neal Adams wrote and penciled a new story in a few days time (also famously). Nick inked the story and I think at least one of his original pages was used. So the art was not published. Not because of aesthetics but due to controversy, for lack of a better word. Teen Titans 26 introduced Mal Duncan, a non-powered teen in the ghetto who informally joined the team in that issue. Mal was a member of the team, appearing in almost all the remaining issues until the title was cancelled at issue 43. Then his character went through various iterations where he became the Guardian, Hornblower and Vox. And then almost 2 years later after Teen Titans 20, John Stewart (Green Lantern) appeared. Here's Nick's unfinished art to page 2 and page 19.

Do you hold out for super grail...

I've always thought that every Peanuts character pretty much has the same face/profile. Charles Schulz essentially used different hair and clothes to distinguish their looks. Heresy??