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The Voord

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    Is it really hard to admit it ?

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by The Voord

    5 hours ago, Panelfan1 said:

    Whats to debate?  

    The best example of Spidey's spaghetti webbing, as drawn by the strip's co-creator, Ditko . . . that preceded something took up years later and expanded-upon by McFarlane . . .  that someone else thinks was invented by Golden.  I'm beginning to feel like I've wandered into a real-life episode of 'The Big Bang Theory' where the cast members are obsessing over minutiae. :grin: 

    I posted the cover to ASM # 19 to supplement the post that highlighted the ASM # 21 cover . . . not to start debating which was the better Ditko example of the two.

    ART DAY - Movie Poster original paintings!

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by The Voord

    Not a re-make, I understand, just Tarantino's homage to these types of action war movies (He said it was his, "Dirty Dozen or Where Eagles Dare or Guns of Navarone kind of thing") - though the title of his movie, 'Inglourious Basterds, is a more obvious lift.  When asked for an explanation of the film's title's spelling during a news conference at the Cannes Film Festival, Tarantino said, "I'm never going to explain that".   When pushed on it, Tarantino would not explain the first u in Inglourious, but said, "The Basterds? That's just the way you say it: Basterds."  Tarantino later stated in an interview that the misspelled title is "a Basquiat-esque touch".  He further commented on Late Show with David Letterman that Inglourious Basterds is a "Quentin Tarantino spelling".

    With thanks to Wikipedia for some useful cut-and-pasted quotes . . . ;)

     

    Ongoing CAF 'For Sale' updates . . .

    in Original Comic Art Marketplace

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    Now up to 31 originals, pretty much an eclectic mix.  Availability is up to December 2107, after which time I'm likely to consign to auction next year.  Prices are now included in the subject-header.  More to come.  Price-relaxation available on multiple-buys.

    I've decided to release more stuff from my collection this year due to the favourable exchange rate (I live in the UK), in case you're wondering . . .

    http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=1865

     

    For Sale MODESTY BLAISE by Frank Hampson

    in Original Comic Art Marketplace

    Posted · Edited by The Voord

    In 1962 Beaverbrook newspapers asked Peter O'Donnell to suggest a new strip idea. He thought long and hard and came up with MODESTY BLAISE. Kennedy Aitken, who was Beaverbrook's Strip Cartoons Editor, suggested they should invite Frank Hampson (creator of DAN DARE) to interpret O'Donnell's ---script.

    Hampson accepted the offer, but took many weeks to return his strip, giving no reason for the delay. O'Donnell was dismayed at the eventual sequence of dailies, feeling Hampson had, "totally misunderstood the character" and suggested his former partner Jim Holdaway be given the strip to illustrate. O'Donnell and Holdaway had worked together very successfully on a previous newspaper strip, ROMEO BROWN.

    Of Hampson's tryout dailies, which pre-date Holdaway's published strip, eight have survived. I owned all eight at one time. This one tryout daily I kept was, to my mind, the best example - and the only one to exist as pure pencils. Of the remaining seven surviving examples, Hampson part-inked those (possibly used for practicing on in later years, as I firmly believe all of Hampson's tryout dailies were submitted for approval in pencil stage).

    This daily strip is the earliest MODESTY BLAISE to exist as it was originally illustrated and presented to Beaverbrook newspapers for consideration. I am making this rare gem available for sale for a limited time and am looking for offers at or above $5,000. Image size is about 18" x 5" and the artwork is in excellent condition.
     

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