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Avengers # 6 was the first comic from that title that I read. Terrific storyline and I love Chic Stone's inking style which gave Kirby's art great clarity. Great shot of Iron man in panel 5.

Expected later on this week is a Tom Chantrell one-sheet variant painting design created for the overseas advertising campaign (e.g. Australian daybill) of the 1976 British movie adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' AT THE EARTH'S CORE, starring Doug McLure and Peter Cushing. Pre-CGI stuff that relied heavily on men dressed in funky rubber suits to portray the monsters of the piece. A fun movie that doesn't take itself too seriously. Will do a full CAF update and provide a decent photograph of the original artwork as and when it reaches me . . . http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=1865

Absolutely! Our old friend Steve (lol) at Coollines had a Romita junior ASM cover for sale that they had senior add his signature to at a convention. The cover then became a Romita Senior/Junior piece of artwork (even though senior's hand was not actually present) . . . with a highly-inflated asking price to cash-in on the deception.

Just got in two nice consecutive JEFF HAWKE daily strips from the UK science-fiction series of the same name. Primary artist is the strip's creator, Sydney Jordan, with an assist by Colin Andrew. These are from my favourite story, 'Survival' (1960). There's a definite EC influence on the artwork for this particular adventure . . .

I've no doubt that most collectors, nowadays, look towards the big auction houses for their buying options (and the buzz generated by the auction scenario). I've always done okay for myself either selling privately, or consigning to notable dealers. , but that's no longer the case for the most part. I'll probably go the auction route next year. Now's a good time for me to sell-off parts of my comic-book OA collection due to the exchange rate between the $ and the £ working in my favour! I wonder how all this plays out for dealers . . . are they beginning to feel the pinch, sales-wise?

UPDATE: This artwork previously contained a tissue overlay containing movie title, cast and production credits. Pretty useless to use as was. Thanks to an American friend, Lloyd Braddy (a print-maker capable of working magic on projects such as this one), an new overlay was created that incorporates all the text material onto a clear overlay. A great piece of work . . . thanks again, Lloyd!

Wonder Woman meets Game of Thrones, WTF??? Cringe-worthy . . .

When the collection was on display at San Francisco airport my camera was packed away in my suitcase! There was even a Luminoid mask from The Ouer Limits episode, 'A Feasibility Study' (I'm a big OL fan, so that was a real biggie for me).

Chantrell was also in competition with his friend and colleague Tom Beauvais to land the Star Wars gig. Here's the Beauvais (unused) Star Wars concept painting:

Now at 57 artworks for sale. Free shipping (worldwide) included in the asking prices. The high-end pieces will be consigned to auction next year as I'm not a fan of indefinite timescales for offerings. http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=1865

My third movie poster painting update is now on display at: http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=1865 This one's a Horror double-bill poster by Tom Chantrell from 1976. The second half of the poster is quite interesting . . . in that Chantrell has re-used imagery from his earlier 1967 movie poster artwork for FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN. I've included an image of the latter for comparison in my CAF update.

Second update now on CAF, featuring a Science-Fiction/Western double-bill from the 1970s . . . http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=1865

First of four new movie poster painting additions to my CAF: http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=1865 Larger scan can be seen at the above link, along with background history and additional image.

Certainly one of Smith's finest. The 'Barry Smith' signature is a work of art in itself!

It was a British magazine that ran from 1962 - 1982, hosting a mixture of illustrated articles and a few comic-strips (most famous being, THE TRIGAN EMPIRE by Don Lawrence). As a kid, my dad bought me the mag in the hope it would steer me away from comic-strips . . . but it was the mag's comic-strips that I honed-in on. Jeff West of the 'Book Palace' (UK web-site) bought-up the artwork inventory some years ago. His site still holds hundreds of originals available for sale.

Been playing catch-up on the podcasts this past week (a commendable project, so well done, Felix, and keep up the good work). Even took a listen to the Gene P interview, which I actually quite enjoyed and found very interesting. In the past I've found these type of (financial) discussions on this forum to be a bit cold and clinical, but the conversational nature of the podcast worked a lot better for me.

I'd pretty much stopped buying (then) current comic-books during the latter-half of the 1970s, but as a huge fan of THE OUTER LIMITS (1960s), with 'Demon With a Glass Hand' as my all-time favourite episode, the Marshall Rogers graphic novel adaptation was a must-have buy for me. Far as I know, Harlan Ellison owns the original cover art (even though he's gone on record as saying he didn't like the art job Rogers turned-in) but I was lucky to score the prelim cover art a few years ago (which you already know, Felix).

Nostalgic period of collecting comic-books for me would be around 1963 - 1969. First American books I encountered (I'm from the UK) would be the Harvey kiddie books, with Stumbo the Giant being my favourite character. Marvel came to my notice shortly afterwards and I was always big on Steve Ditko, with his cover to ASM # 18 being a personal favourite. John Severin (sorely underrated) scored a big hit with me for his cover to Strange Tales 137.

A good chunk of his collection was on display at the departure lounge in San Francisco airport when I was there a few years ago (waiting for a connecting flight to LA). Some terrific stuff (all in display cabinets) and something I wasn't expecting to come across. Best airplane wait I've ever had . . .

He changed the position of the lead frogman's hand.

The dedication (usually frowned-up if appearing inside the dimensions of the actual artwork) actually looks quite neat (as is Heath's writing). Might help if your name's Ken . . .

Funny you should mention it . . .

Here's a Heath cover I used to own (sold it to a friend when raising funds a while back to buy another house and relocate):

May it give you many sleepless nights!