PhilipB2k17

Conan was bailed out, repeatedly, by Valeria in the first Arnold Conan film, and nobody had any problems with that back in 1982.

I was only half serious. I just don't see the fascination with Campbell or Turner, as opposed to every other comic artist who draws pretty women.

Technically, aren't pages from illuminated manuscripts the same thing? Yet, no one would think twice about treating a page from the Book of Kells (if it were broken up into its constituent pages) as a legitimate work of art in its own right.

I would have written "Bulanadi's short-stroke, mastabatory inks are a classic Freudian manifestation of . . . ."

Would you rather have a Frazetta Johnny Comet strip? Or a J Scott Campbell cheesecake splash?

I targeted 3 pieces in the CLInk auction last night. I forgot about the first one and missed out on bidding on it -- but got sniped on the last two. The last two, I figured out when they were going up and set my timer on my phone. Then I watched amateur Deuling dealers until the pages came up. Someone got an absolute steal on the second of the two pieces I bid on, BTW.

I think Conan is a sleeping giant of a movie or TV franchise, frankly. The issue with Conan has always been, who plays him in a live action setting? Arnold was perfect, but the reboot with Jason Mamoa fizzled. Conan with a surfer dudebro accent just doesn't work. I think you need to find someone to play him with the right physicality. Maybe John Cena could pull it off. I don't think the Rock is the right guy, as he's too campy. But, who knows? Another possibility is Alan Ritchson. They are working on a Red Sonja project right now, so I think another Conan try is inevitable. If that works, then the Conan stuff goes up again.

I agree on the Glory Boat. If that was a Marvel page with, say, the Fantastic Four, it probably goes for double.

The New Gods "Glory Boat" splash sold last night for $48,262. NEW GODS #6 PAGE 25 SPLASH JACK KIRBY COMIC ART SALE (comiclink.com) High? Low? Just about right?

I got my one off example, with a coffee joke. But, I have to admit, getting a Sunday with the Garfield Title is intriguing. Given how prices are, I might pull the trigger.

You're obviously not a police officer.

Schultz fakes are getting more sophisticated. There are now known examples of people faking daily strips.

Assuming he’s rehabilitated.

On a related, but separate note, I wish to express my condolences to Scott regarding the tragic loss of his wife a couple years ago in an auto-accident.

I'm waiting to see who will be the first person in our hobby to get a piece restored by Robert Wayne Dennis since January 6, 2021

I rule out Everett because I don't think the Namor looks like Everett's Namor. I agree on the Marie Severin attribution.

And, of course, a big Stan Lee signature in the middle of the art.

I'm not an expert, but that looks fake.

I was just recently offered a nice sum for one of my modern pages. And by Modern, I mean something less than 10 years old. And it's not superhero or from one of the big 3 publishers. So, you never know.

Ain't gonna happen for a long, long time. Maybe if our civilization collapses and archaeologists find this stuff in caves or vaults in a couple thousand years, it will be regarded as objects of art -- like a painted Grecian urn. But not for a while -- except for maybe a few crossover examples like Chris Ware or Emil Ferris.

I think the insane price recently paid for that Sue Storm cleavage revealing costume answers your question.

The other 75% played for the Wisconsin Badgers or the Purdue Boilermakers.

There's something to this. As high-end pieces keep accumulating in the hands of well-off collectors/investors, you may see a slowdown in market velocity. It's a wealth transfer for longtime collectors of relatively modest means who are getting older and see a chance to cash in and retire, etc. We might have had a shaking out of a lot of that kind f stiff over the past few years and are now entering a more stable period of equilibrium. Eventually, however, those high-end pieces will hit the market again as the younger collectors decide to downsize/retire, or their families sell them off in estate sales.

Not a good analogy. If a business continually takes advantage of its customer base (for various reasons) the market should dictate what happens: People stop doing business with them. If that happens, they have to either change their business practices, or stop gaming the tax laws by pretending to be dealers.