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Allesandro Biffignandi EAGLES FLY HIGH Original Comic Book Cover Art 1965 Fully-painted cover artwork originally created for publication under the title, BORN LEADER, in 1965, but later re-used in the early 1970s for a reprint edition and re-named, EAGLES FLY HIGH. The original painting remains exactly how it was created in 1965 with the change of title being made via an acetate overlay that contains the revised title and publication caption. From the long-running UK War Picture Library series (fronting self-contained comic-book stories) that ran for many years throughout the 1960s and 70s. Art area: 14" h x 10" w http://russcochranauction.auctionanything.com/

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Jose Delbo BILLY THE KID #73 Original Cover Art Carlton Comics 1969 Art area: 19" h x 12½" w http://russcochranauction.auctionanything.com/

John M. Burns THE SEEKERS Original Daily Strip Art 1967 THE SEEKERS (United Kingdom) was John Burns' first major comic strip and the themes of the strip somewhat resemble MODESTY BLAISE, which he was to draw later in his career. The art for this daily from near the end of "The Irish Caper," one of only two stories from which SEEKERS art is known to have survived, is in excellent condition. Signed by the artist. Art area: 4¼" h x 15" w http://russcochranauction.auctionanything.com/

UNEARTHLY SPECTACULARS # 2 cover (1966) by Joe Simon and Jack Sparling. Please note that the 'Miracles, Inc.' inset at bottom right is a stat of Wally Wood artwork taken from one of the comic book's interior story pages. Art area: 19½" h x 13½" w http://russcochranauction.auctionanything.com/

Lots of great Movie Poster OA surfacing on my FB group. For instance . . .

GUNFIGHTER # 6 cover (1948) by Johnny Craig. Art area: 19" h x 13½" w http://russcochranauction.auctionanything.com/

Next up . . . Frank Bellamy's long-running UK comic-strip for TV21 magazine, as based on the famous Gerry Anderson THUNDERBIRDS puppet series, was a high point of the publication and his originals remain highly sought-after. This particular artwork had the right-hand part of panel three cut-out for re-use elsewhere (approximately half of the panel, where 'Brains' is rising from his chair saying, "Look out! Seize him"). The missing artwork element was later recreated and re-instated into the artwork and is a perfectly blended match that is barely noticeable. Fully painted artwork. Art area: 15" h x 12" w http://russcochranauction.auctionanything.com/

I have consigned a total of 9 original artworks to Russ's December 28 auction. http://russcochranauction.auctionanything.com/ First up . . . MARINES IN ACTION # 14 (1957) cover by John Severin A rare surviving cover example by the great John Severin from the time Marvel Comics was known as Atlas. Artwork has not been trimmed as most of these covers were created as edge-to-edge artworks with no border surrounds. The two speech balloons are replacement stats and there is a missing caption box at bottom right. General condition is very good. 20" height x 13½" width

Is it the Stilt-Man's daughter?

Finder's fee paid not to find it!

The offer of a refund by Howard is a fair one. The poorly executed foot paste-up can be corrected without involving the artist directly. If you get that foot fixed, it ought to make a huge improvement on the overall look of the piece. The loose jaw paste-up edge can be re-attached properly. If it was me, I'd seriously consider having the designer stubble eliminated. A professional paper conservasionist would be my route on this one.

Any use of white-out would be problematic unless you can get an even blend of colour that matches the illustration board shade, so difficult to determine. Really, this should have been a flawlessly executed piece of work, ready for framing, without the need for glaringly obvious production artwork type corrections. Working for printed comic-book pages (and the tricks-of-the-trade it involves) vs. artwork specifically designed to be showcased (as drawn) are not quite the same in my book. If corrections were needed on your commission, they should have been more seamlessly performed. I understand both sides of the argument on this scenario, but at $1,500 I personally would have expected a higher degree of finish as , to my mind, what you got looks a bit of a mess in parts.

Falling asleep for parts of the movie are like a reduced director's-cut version for me and probably brought the viewing time down to around 110 minutes . . .

I was thinking the same thing myself. Only problem here is that you need to know the exact placement of what artwork lies underneath the paste-up , otherwise you might end up with a revealed overspill of a first-attempt foot extending outside of the corrected version. I'd definitely want the designer stubble removed (white-out?), as no self-respecting PS should ever bee seen in public like that.

Blade Runner 2049. Definitely going to have to give that one a second viewing. Not to convince myself I liked it. Just to catch up on all the parts I fell asleep to . . . seriously.

Sorted . . . end of thread.

Jeff Hawke is great; you should also check out the story reprints as they're really well-written and entertaining. My favourite JH story is 'Survival'. The artwork's especially good on that one, for example:

Or PS with or without the designer stubble?

No self-respecting Phantom Stranger should ever be without his shaving kit . . .

Sadly, that's the long term problem you now have should you let things stand.

Me too.

Not so sure about the highlighted point you make, Scott. If you were employing a tradesperson to perform work on your home, you'd have every right to scrutinize and challenge the end-result if it didn't meet desired expectations.

At first glance I thought the PS was supposed to be wearing some kind of metal jaw appliance (then I read your descriptive text). The foot paste-up is oddly-shaped and intrusive. He should have cut around the shape of the foot, making more of an effort to make it blend in. Nice enough commission, but the above observations would irritate and detract for me. Sorry, you did ask . . .

The FF 40, THOR 122 and STRANGE TALES 138 certainly exist (no idea about the AVENGERS 23), but not in the photograph, so I guess you're taking into account known existing covers from this time-frame to imagine what else might have been up there on display?