gumbydarnit

Man I am itching to hear a new podcast.

It is definitely a thing for all of the reasons mentioned above. If you want to see high end art Heritage archive scans are the new CAF.

You know what would end this debate is if a certain someone won it... there is NO DOUBT that it will soon be made into a Marvel Comics Frankenstein #1 cover with all the title graphics GLUED to the art. There you have it... the first comic book art to hit 1M!

What is interesting is, it will be touted as the first 1M piece of comic book art ever sold, but it isn't really comic book art... it's a book illustration, so we really haven't reached that milestone have we?

While that was going on, I made sure my mouse was WAY off to the side... I'd hate to accidentally bid on that lot!

That was fun to watch!!!

Terry Austin was such an impact on the title that I feel he should be listed. He's a talent amplifier takes ok artists and makes them look good, makes good artists look great... and makes Byrne art oh so sweet! If inkers count as X-Men artists he would land on the #2 spot on my list.

Byrne

Paul Smith

BWS

Arthur Adams

14 hours ago, grapeape said:

Fair warning to everyone all online bidding is going to cost you 28% of the final sales price. Depending on where you live add sales tax so ouch. I think that’s because I Collect has to get their share.

Cheapest bite  is 20% by registering For telephone, mail in or in person bids. Still time but better read up on it. That cuts I Collect out of it I believe.

Sales tax if applicable still applies. 

 

Good heads up, they don't necessarily put those fees out front you really have to dig to find them. 28% + sales taxes = nasty surprise!

ALL of the fees tax, buyers premium and even shipping SHOULD ALL be calculated on screen and visible on your next bid button... I wonder why they save that information to be revealed at check out? 

There ought to be a law....

Televised concerts pay young models to fill the area around the stage to help spice up the presentation. I think the Cabal has taken a page from that book and paid some hipsters to show up for the photo shoot. 

Maybe we could talk Felix into setting up at one of these shows... sell some art, create some new podcasts, meet your fans you'd kill a lot of birds with one stone.

The NJ show dates are now posted on the Comic Art Con website: https://www.veteriproductions.com/comic-art-con

Sunday March 29  and Saturday September 12

So it looks like we have a good spacing between NJ and NYC shows this year. NYC Comic Art Expo is Saturday May 2 (The NYC Comic Art Expo site- https://comicartexpo.com).  I like there are 2 of the shows on Saturdays, might lend to a better opportunity to hang out and talk art after the shows, instead of everyone packing up and heading out immediately show on Sunday.

The NYC Comic Art Expo site- https://comicartexpo.com

I will probably hit one and might also try to make my first ever Heroes Con in Charlotte -https://www.heroesonline.com/heroescon/

Hey man if anyone is to make a profit off a piece of art I would want it to be the artist, so if Felix prices the pieces somewhat above market value, I'm good with that. There was one piece that fit my budget and had a bit of action in it I swear i jumped on it and hit submit in about 8 seconds... I guess that wasn't fast enough. That said I'm so very happy for Tradd, to be able to reap the rewards from his awesome talents is what it's all about. I want him in this game for decades to come, results like this may help us keep him. Way to go Felix!

correction 10 secs.

They WERE for about 1 min after Felix's art drop!

For the love of art.. can't we all just get along!

Just kidding of course, they can run their show(s) however they want, I'll just pick one and book a flight.

As an art fan/collector are these shows a better option than New York Comic Con?  

OK collector peers, it's a one day con -Saturday, would anyone plan hang out on Saturday night? I went to a Sunday show and afterwards there were just a few of us left to exchange stories etc... perhaps with the show being Saturday, it might be different. Maybe some deals might even happen after a round or two ; )

Does anyone know when the next NYC or NJ Comic Art Con/Expo is going to be? 

Hopefully, they can be spaced out a little better this year... I’m itching to look through some portfolios.

Is the Cabal is cashing out?

What an outstanding auction... it seems like there is 2 auction's worth of material in this one. This one along with HA's Signature auction will test how much PRIME material can be absorbed by our hobby...WOW!

I think if Neal Adams, at his peak, arrived today new on the scene, he wouldn't generate much of a buzz.  Artists have been building on the foundation that Neal had laid, he brought an illustrator's eye and skill to the comic book medium and he influenced everyone at the time... John Byrne, Bill Sienkiewicz etc... they expanded out on his style and they influenced others, the newer artists have leveled up on top of that. It seems like the most of the newer generation of collectors might appreciate Neal's work but for the money it cost to buy an Adam's page or a cover they can get many many prime examples from their guys.

I appreciate and I am inspired by Neal's art, but I don't think a lot of the younger collectors feel it the way we do, his art wasn't the breath of fresh air to them, as it was to us when we picked up Batman or Ali vs Superman off of the spinner rack. The times they are a changing.

IF this is considered by the high end Neal Adams collectors as his most important Batman cover and Neal Adams is on many collector’s Mount Rushmore of comic book artists.... could this be the one that hits the 1M mark? If not, would any of his covers reach that level? 

If you mark him off as being able to hit 1M with a cover, would any LIVING comic book artist be able to hit that mark? 

Miller- DD 181?

Byrne- X-Men 137?

Byrne- X-Men 141?

Hey they always say “no news is good news.”

Contact the Kirby Museum and Research Center... seems like they would be glad to help with such a project, they have lots of high res scans:

https://kirbymuseum.org/

Those are the perfect covers to buy for those of us who are the panel page collectors. We don't want to blow our street cred by buying a big image cover ; )