The Less Blob

At $5-$10 even before the news that seemed like a very sensible price. I didn't even know it existed. With that said, I guess Hagar never really did much in comic books, even if the reprint books used to sell. Unfortunately, Henson's muppets stuff doesn't seem to mean as much to kids nowadays as it does to their parents. I feel bad I never watched the new muppet show before it got cancelled. I used to love the original as a kid. I couldn't get past the first episode of the new dark crystal either, super sleepy time.

list them individually in title runs with $9.99 starting bids and I suspect that stuff sells pretty well as it is mostly in pretty decent shape. i'm not a western collector, but I do bid on the occasional book if I like the cover a lot or the artist or whatever. i'd go for some of those painted covers. but these books are not in NM condition for the most part despite him saying so over and over...

I see westerns with good covers selling. i have no idea what in relation to guide, but worth listing. roy rogers boring covers not so much. I bid on some esoteric ones now and then. with that said, if I can see giant spine ticks when he is waiving the comics around they aren't near mint!

I like these two more

Is this the variant or regular cover?

And did Gary grade it at a 3.0?

Just going through a phase. Here's another happy guy.

If I was seeing a therapist, this is probably something that should be discussed. With that said, only maybe 2 of them give off the vibe of any joker version I have seen in comics. The first few used Joaquin Phoenix as a very general inspiration, but that was it. Ronald McDonald walking dead zombies maybe.

I ran out of white paint so I may need to take a break. Here are my 20 jokers to date.

One more for tonight... I actually painted 6 more while watching election coverage, but I won't torture you with all of them

I reworked it and I think I improved it

One day I would like to be able to do a WC that approaches something like that

It has been expensive for a while, although I guess it just got jacked up

You've got some goodies in there, but this time I'm taking a pass, leaving them for those late risers....

David Bowie got the rights to make a Daredevil / black Widow TV show in the 70s that he would have his wife star in, but shockingly, none of the networks bit during the one year he had the rights .. I bet he would have let stan get some cameos....

actually, he might be astral projecting johnny wadd, so high quality 70s porn...

"I do find it funny that, at the time, the idea of Stan Lee hosting SNL like he does in the comic would have been viewed as improbable at best. But in the decade or so before he died, it's more "I wonder why he never did?" -- I guess he was not able to get himself cameos in the Marvel life action TV shows in the 70s. I don't really remember Spiderman. I did watch the Hulk, although not enough to remember that there were subsequent TV movies made. And I really didn't remember the Dr. Strange TV movie.... or was it a bad 70s porno, kind of looks like it...

ok, now I see, they got permission for the issue, but not for any reprints

so marvel did this without getting any permission from NBC? And whoever was writing the word bubbles didn't understand apostrophes?

hah, and he is charging $4 more for OW/W pages vs, your white pages! Yes, that he mirrored your word so closely is weird. with that said, there's nothing in there that really took you much effort. on some items I read descriptions and clearly someone put a lot of research and effort into them and I would be ticked off if someone just duped it out (in theory it is actually a copyright violation to do that, although ebay may limit your ability to seek recourse)

I don't have markers. I'm using what i have. I have water colors, oils (water based and regular ones), and oil pastels. I'm not using the oil based stuff because of the odor and mess as I am doing this in my living room on a dinner tray table that is not even 16 x 20. I know these thick ones are not the way water color "should" be done, I am painting more like acrylics or oil, but what is "should?" The line ones that are not laid on thick are more like ink drawings, true, but here's a water color by George Pratt (yes, most of his look more like "real" water colors, like the civil war soldier pictured)..

I am using water colors, but on some I am laying it on thick with tube paint rather than from dry palette, so it looks more like acrylics or oils. On the last few (not the Goon inspired ones) I had been sketching the oval face divided into thirds to make sure my eyes were less off kilter and to get the mouth and nose in the right place, but that last one was done all free hand with the brush. An eye is off kilter, but I'm not sure it detracts on that one. I've stopped using a photo reference. Another 10 or 15 and I might actually do a good one. I'm making progress. Anyway, I watch a couple of hours of TV a night with my wife (it is a couple of hours where she isn't yelling at me!), so it keeps me busy painting rather than just vegging out watching TV. Face "portraits" is not something I have done much of. I did a couple of self portraits, painted a few models in studio classes, so this is a change of pace. I have an idea of what I want to do with them, but I need a bunch more. I did one more last night while falling asleep 20 minutes into "Helstrom" (not blaming the show, I drank a fair amount of wine while handing candy out last night...)... side by side with some art by a "real" artist up on my wall

Ok, I need a new phone. This camera is garbage.

Two more...

Channeling my inner Goon