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On 8/4/2023 at 3:48 PM, vodou said:

re-offer them again several years later to organic buyers but now with an auction “history”?

But this time, with logos and trade dress !!!

Saw your announcement on the #156 CAF Update last night.  Let the upgrades begin !!!

On 8/3/2023 at 12:35 PM, Caltex98 said:

In 1984 I bought this cover for a swedish arts trade publication from the artist, my friend Johan Andreasson.

That is bizarre.  Donald Duck racing with the Phantom.  What inspired your friend ??

The catalog is up:

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1943372

On 8/1/2023 at 4:51 PM, batman_fan said:

The “Funky Leg” Conan cover is back again.

Bowed legs are pretty prevalent in Marvel Comics.  But that one takes the cake.

Still have my first convention sketch from the early 1980's, Deadman by Michael Nasser on 11 x 14 in pencil.  No longer have my first published original art, Deadman (mini-series) 1 p 21 by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez.  I really wish I kept it.  I got it from Scott Dunbier (late 1980's ?) when he was still selling JLGL's art.  I had to decide between this page and another Deadman page (from the same series).

@Rick2you2 I really hope this one is yours.  Really nice.

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1941960&GSub=234287

For how it appears and its size (about a 5 x 7 index card), it looks "nice".  But who can really be sure.  Also, if you remove it from the frame, maybe there's a stamp on the back that says, "If found, please return to the Louvre". 

As seen on tonight's episode of Dueling Dealers.

On 7/26/2023 at 5:17 PM, grapeape said:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/186003188063?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=aALt04eSRsy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=huUHVhc0Tca&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Steamer truck stamps!!!  The piece sure made the rounds.    For future reference:

His son, Chris Parente had a gallery on CAF.  But a more in depth look at some art that was for sale (at one time) is:

https://illustratedwordgallery.com/

I assume a lot of it will be at the exhibit.  Lots of Cardy eye candy. 

Well, this would be my first time contributing art pics from a show.  The show was sponsored by the Joe Kubert School and Pug Productions (njcomicshows.com).  Pug Productions has put on comic shows in northern NJ for decades.  Kubert School graduates are colloquially known as "Kubies".  My buddy (and JKS graduate) Steve Mannion told me the DC bullpen might say "we need another Kubie". 

For more info see: https://www.comicartfans.com/article.asp?NID=16440 .  Besides local comic dealers, the show was attended by Kubert School instructors including Kim DeMulder, Jan Duursema, Tom Mandrake and various current JKS students.  The school is contained in what was an old high school (separate boys/girls entrances for the gymnasium).

Note, none of the art pictured here was for sale.  Except for the huge drawings on newsprint, every other piece seemed like a reproduction.  Sorry for the glare, reflections and whatnot.  A projection screen cord was hanging in front of the partial Hawkman drawing.  The giant machine was identified as a camera used to photograph animation cells back in the day.  The Prince Valiant pieces were reproduced at close to modern comic art size.

I was interested in the Black Widow portfolio piece by Paul Gulacy.  Pre-live auction, I figured it would go well over what I was willing to pay.  It didn't go that high but it finished higher than the other portfolio piece that sold in 2020.  That previous piece seemed to have a little fading in the lighter shades.  I'd say the piece from yesterday was much better for the price.

Mike Carbonaro - founder of the Big Apple Comic Con.  Formerly, the "church show" in a church basement, which started as the "show must go on" show when the Great Eastern Conventions show was cancelled at the last minute.  He's a familiar face at all the east coast comic shows.  Actually, in the pic above, he sporting a more conservative appearance.

And sadly, paying an artist in advance does not guarantee the art's delivery / quality... nor a refund of the payment.  Most of these artists are widely reported / discussed.

Also, OP may find topics mentioning alternate versions of covers for sale (with logos and the works).  The art may be legitimate but the "alternate version" story may not be.  I will shy away from that stuff mainly because unless you examine the art directly, you won't know how logos, etc are attached. 

On 7/17/2023 at 8:47 PM, MAR1979 said:

Superman was brought back with a mullet, nothing and I repeat NOTHING in main stream comics is more offensive than that.  

I skipped the whole Death of Superman thing.  But I think (at least) they tried to introduce other characters (Reign of the Supermen: Steel, Superboy, Eradicator, Cyborg Superman).  I mean, there was even that Steel movie with Shaquille O'Neal.

I'm no Bob Kane expert but for me, there's 2 main issues with ANY art with Bob Kane's name on it.  First, Bob Kane is generally acknowledged to have signed his name to other artists' work.  Second, totally unrelated parties are motivated to create work and attribute it to Bob Kane for profit.

The clown story is good for a laugh:

On 7/16/2023 at 11:19 PM, pemart1966 said:

Guy's never heard of:

1.  Friend with a car - although given his rep, maybe he doesn't have any.

2.  Walking

3.  Taxi

4.  Uber

5.  Mass transit

6. etc

I was just relaying what was said in that video.  At the time it just seemed so incredible.  As a rep, it's just something I would never repeat. 

On 7/14/2023 at 12:23 PM, alxjhnsn said:

Jay, do you have the art in a CAF gallery? I'd like to add it to "The Themed Comic Art Thread." It's a terrific example of a theme.

Allow me:

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=132715

Not sure who is Larry Stroman's rep currently.  But a while back, on ComicArtLive, Bill did an interview with Ken Carson (4C Comics).  I think this is the one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LrKSej6pK8

I think he said he was trying to clean up Stroman's backlog of commissions.  One explanation given for the backlog was that Stroman didn't drive and therefore couldn't make it to the US Post Office to send out commissions.   And here's an older Stroman topic: