The Voord

Finished off the King this morning.  Selling him to Killer Kits/Creature Features UK on Sunday.

On 7/12/2022 at 12:03 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

@Spider-Variant

Reggie, you hold him and I'll hit him

It's the 'Open a can of worms' thread . . . or, 'Honesty is not the best policy'  

As I'm from the UK, I like both the American and homegrown stuff:

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Master Planner trilogy (1966) by Steve Ditko:

JEFF HAWKE 'Survival' (1960) by Sydney Jordan and Colin Andrew

DEMON WITH A GLASS HAND (1986) by Marshall Rogers:

THE STEEL CLAW, 'Max Kruger' (1965) by Jesus Blasco:

DAN DARE, PILOT OF THE FUTURE 'Reign of the Robots' (1958) by Frank Hampson:

KELLY'S EYE 'The Vampire of Raffino' (1965) by Francisco Solano Lopez:

THE DALEKS (1960s) by Ron Turner:

McSpidey (convoluted mess for the most part . . . I'm a fan of clarity in drawing)

Ross Andru

Gil Kane at Marvel (though I quite like his 1960s work for DC)

Sal Buscema

Rob Liefeld (difficult to take seriously after seeing his barrel-chested Captain America abomination)

Generally, a lot of the Moderns (though there are exceptions)

On 6/29/2022 at 3:53 PM, Carlo M said:

Anybody aware of examples in early Marvel super hero comics? 

Maybe not quite a silhouette, but this example sprang to mind . . . 

I'm a big Tupac fan but, as a piece of artwork, it's a bit of an eyesore.

Nearing the finishing line . . .

Currently working on a 16" tall sculpture of Talos from JASON & THE ARGONAUTS.  Some work-in-progress photos (along with a couple of screen-captures for comparison):

On 6/11/2022 at 7:20 AM, Brian Peck said:

What does everyone think about the final hammer of $25K for the final inked original art of the ad for Sons of Origin of Marvel Comics by John Romita Sr.?

 

https://www.comicconnect.com/item/955545?tzf=1

 

It's an interesting and unique item (though quite small) and would make a good display piece.  The price tag doesn't exactly seem unreasonable to me in today's market.  If it ends up with on a dealer's web-site, expect lots of hype to pump up the price further.

On 6/10/2022 at 1:53 PM, drdroom said:

I'm hoping there might be an old head in this forum with knowledge of the fate of Dell/ Gold Key OA in general. 

Space Family Robinson/Lost in Space was the main Gold Key title I collected as a kid, though there are other titles like Magnus, Robot Fighter I collected.  Although a lot of the George Wilson painted covers have survived (I luckily own my favorite Wilson LIS cover), there doesn't seem to be a lot of Dan Spiegle's interiors, for example . . . with the exception of #1, which I own some pages from, and a close friend in Los Angeles who owns the bulk of that 1st issue interiors.

I seem to recall Russ Cochran having some pages for sale in the early 1980s.  You say he was 'super fast'?  I think that shows in the examples you highlight which look very rushed and lacking in finesse.  Not something I'd personally want to collect but to each his own.

On 6/3/2022 at 1:08 AM, Will_K said:

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 ?

I bought the goggles from a Chinese seller on eBay.  They were actually about 25% bigger than I was hoping for (they were designed, I think, for a motorcycle helmet), so I removed the strap and leather edges, filled the holes and made a plaster cast - from which I made a copy in thick latex.  I then trimmed the latex copy down to a snug fit.  Don't have problems, have solutions!

I was probably content with my collection about 20 years ago, (I've now just passed the 40 year mark in collecting OA), and then started selling off a lot of art to help fund big lifestyle changes . . . the last big sell-off allowing me to retire 7 years early from working life  - and I was VERY content with that one!   

I still retain a lot of OA important to me, but there are few comic-art items in today's market of spiraling prices that I will actively pursue.  Nowadays I'm more into collecting Movie Poster OA (generally, more affordable), though I did manage to buy a Ditko ASM splash and some more Demon With a Glass Hand pages in recent times.  

Comic Art Gallery of Terry Doyle at ComicArtFans.com

I forgot to list a price on one of my paintings   . . . then some smart-azz triggers a purchase with me!  

Maybe I should honor the 'sale' on the understanding that in case of non-delivery I will offer a full refund.  

On 5/14/2022 at 1:55 AM, kbmcvay said:

What's everyone's favorite penciller/inker combo on ASM? I'd take Kane pencils/Romita inks every time.

Ditko pencils/Ditko inks.

Ditko

Romita Snr

and two vacant heads . . . 

On 5/6/2022 at 3:50 AM, comix4fun said:

Normally I'd scoff at something like this, but then I think back to the first time I heard Joy Division. CHANGED MUH LIFE! That was historic to me. 
So, anything's possible.

I lean more towards the raw edginess of Joy Division over the polished (more accessible to a mainstream audience) output of New Order . . . even though I liked both incarnations of the band.

I stopped listening to/was turned off by New Order after they released a football song (World in Motion) featuring Liverpool football player John Barnes* performing some rap inserts . . . badly!  

*  For the record, I'm from Liverpool and lived next to the LFC football ground for the first 18 years of my life.

On 5/4/2022 at 4:02 PM, 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!

This.

On 5/2/2022 at 7:55 PM, Will_K said:

That is a nice paint job.  Do you ever take progress pics (even if you don't want to post them) ??

Thanks.  While I do take work-in-progress pictures of my sculptures and production processes, a paint-job usually comes together fairly quickly over a period of a few hours.  I mostly use an air-brush with acrylic paints and usually have everything nailed in one session . . . though I'll often do touch-ups or corrections the following day once I come back to it with a fresh eye.

The hardest part, for me, in painting is coming up with the right color mixes (I often mix paints and don't solely rely on any particular shop-bought color).  Sometimes colors don't look quite right, so I'll go back and re-do.  Acrylic paint has good color adhesion but is actually quite thinly dispersed . . . so over-painting doesn't pose much of a problem for obscuring detail.

Robert Dennis cleaned up a 1966 Ditko cover for me and did an excellent job.  He was involved in some political business that he was facing charges on, but as I don't live in the USA try not to voice an opinion on the country's domestic issues.  I'd certainly recommend him, though you'd have to check on his availability