The Voord

Fun contest, congrats to the winners!

Well, there once was a one-legged Elvis Presley impersonator who, for a specialty piece, did 'Blue Suede Shoe' . . .

Chris Killackey has a full story up on CAF. Good way to see the OA and have a read. For myself, I picked up a couple of strips during the course of last year. Amazing work and nice to see a British artist making a big impact on your side of the pond.

Off the top-of-my-head, I think it went around $25K?

I bought the Ditko ASM # 37 page from Conrad Eschenberg for the $900 price listed here. Later sold it to Jim Young, who recently re-sold it in the PIH auction.

My submissions . . . PUBLISHED SPLASH PAGES/PIN-UPS The Amazing Spider-Man # 32 splash by Steve Ditko https://www.comicartfans.com/bestofpiece.asp?Piece=1592175 UNPUBLISHED/PUBLISHED OTHER FLOODS OF FEAR (1959) movie poster painting by Reynold Brown https://www.comicartfans.com/bestofpiece.asp?piece=1533593 THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1973) movie poster painting by Brian Bysouth https://www.comicartfans.com/bestofpiece.asp?piece=1534330 THE NIGHT WALKER (1964) movie poster conceptual illustration by Reynold Brown https://www.comicartfans.com/bestofpiece.asp?piece=1534050 THE POWER (1968) unused finished movie poster painting by Gray Morrow https://www.comicartfans.com/bestofpiece.asp?piece=1541955 Don't do 'Honourable Mentions', sorry, as I think it's just blurring the selection.

Al Hartley did an early Thor story that was less than spectacular. A real journey into mystery as to why Stan assigned him art chores

Have you dropped: Published/Unpublished Other (all Published/Unpublished material which doesn’t fall into the other 6 categories (drawings, prelims, Style Guides, Rock Poster art, illustrations. etc.))

It does from where I'm sat . . .

That's my Grail

Currently I'm doing my own 'four hours later' commission . . .

There's a guy who collects 'One Minute Later' re-imagined covers. * Your idea is a sure-fire winner. 'One minute later . . . the good guys get creamed!'. * Oops, just caught up with the rest of the comments on this thread and see he's already been given a mention (memo to myself: read all the comments before wading-in with an opinion).

I think with re-creations by the original artists, for me it's the end-result that matters - not so much the processes involved in getting there. If you're looking for a re-creation that includes logo and captions, you need to ensure the artist in question can successfully pull-off the lettering - which is a real skill in itself. Over the years I've seen lots of re-created covers that are painful to look at simply because the attempts at lettering are clumsily performed and can actually ruin the overall image. Also, is the artist up to the task of replicating the quality of the original line-work? Styles can change over time, as can abilities. For example, D**k Ayers and Mike Esposito were doing cover re-creations late in their respective careers where, sadly and quite clearly, their best years were long behind them. Up until several years ago, I'd always been a bit wary about having re-creations done - mainly for the aforementioned potential problems highlighted. Then I discovered the work of Bruce McCorkindale - who had a chameleon-like skill in adapting an original artist's style. For the lettering, Bruce would simply incorporate printed-out elements directly onto the page, tidying things up where necessary. I ended-up having a total of 27 classic cover re-creations performed by Bruce which can be viewed on my CAF: https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=169364 Not sure what Bruce's current rates are, but I was paying between $200 - 250 per large-art cover re-creation. Here's one of the last ones I ordered:

You're supposed to keep the artworks separate for voting purposes.

PUBLISHED Final 'budget' price entry . . . KNIGHT WITHOUT ARMOUR (1937) video-sleeve painting dating from the 1980s/90s by Tom Chantrell. Link to my CAF entry and full write-up at: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1591049

PUBLISHED Second of three 'budget' artworks . . . THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940) video-sleeve (and later DVD sleeve) painting by Tom Chantrell dating from the 1980s/90s. Link to my CAF entry and full write-up at: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1594625

UNPUBLISHED Fun thread and a great idea! First of three 'budget' artworks . . . THE POWER (1968) unused Movie Poster design by (I think) Gray Morrow. Richie Halegua secured this painting for me as a post-auction buy at cost price Link to my CAF entry and full write-up: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1541955

Maybe Alex just collects the empty boxes and throws away the books?

I keep mine in their original boxes, which acts as great protection for the actual books. Wouldn't dream of using the boxes as packaging material for sending out art to anyone . . . I tend to keep and recycle packaging on stuff that gets sent to me. Which leads into a question of my own . . . if you were adding to your AE collection, would it matter to you if you received the books without their original boxes? For myself, I want them with the boxes intact.

Back up to 18 For Sale artworks with the addition of 1961 Science-Fiction paperback cover painting. https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=201959

The three Sold artworks have now been removed from my CAF. I've replaced two of those with a couple of nice Wayne England paintings and will be uploading a further offering later on today. CAF For Sale gallery at: https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=201959 Thumbnails of latest additions:

Have now listed all artworks I'm currently offering For Sale at fixed asking prices on my CAF. As I don't like listing FS stuff indefinitely, the offer is good until the end of March 2020, after which time unsold items will be withdrawn. A total of 18 artworks are currently on offer, though 3 of these have now sold. Selection includes some vintage comic-books covers, several newspaper-strip dailies and a selection of movie poster paintings. Large scans, full descriptions and asking prices can be found in my CAF For Sale gallery at: https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=201959 Artwork thumbnails:

Interesting thread. I decided to try my hand at sculpting some months back to help fill gaps in my collection of full-size busts based on creatures that appeared in the classic 1960s TV series, THE OUTER LIMITS. I'd never sculpted before but have always been okay at sketching. I figured that there might be transferable skills, so gave it a go using YouTube videos to educate myself on processes involved. Tricky business but I think I'm now getting the hang of it. The bust is sculpted in clay, after which a plaster mould (separated in two connecting halves) is made. Liquid latex is poured into the mould and once drained and cured, a latex rubber head is formed. The latex cast is then foam-filled with rigid-drying polyurethane, tidied-up and then painted. Here are some photos of my second project, Qarlo Clobreggney - 'Soldier' from the Harlan Ellison-scripted second season opener of OUTER LIMITS: