Rick2you2

Let me ask him first.

He’s on Facebook and active a lot. I do have an old email address for him.

When I go to new art, and just start looking at all new images, the thumbnail shows up, but the underlying page won’t open. Can we still do searches of words not in the title?

Didn’t work. It freezes after spending a few minutes looking for something.

For the past week or so, I have been having problems with Comic Art Tracker as it is not properly loading onto my iPad. Anyone else having a similar problems?

I would love to see a Garfield collection.

Truthfully, it’s beyond mine as well. But then, so is spending $1,000,000 on a car to keep in your garage as a collectible, or taking a Ferrari on the road to get stuck in traffic.

"Date Night for the Martian Manhunter", by Keith Williams. My idea.

Not just EC. Good Lord, I love it, but I won’t be in the buying pool at what I can imagine are the prices.

I thought the Domínguez cover from the Phantom Stranger at $10,500 was very strong. What I would have wanted, however, was the Kaluta Spectre cover. Beautifully proportioned.

He has a number of different styles. His Torpedo, which I love, has a “film noir” feel to it. He has a beloved character, Clara, the prostitute, done in a light, humorous style. He has a more serious style in Cicca, an earlier series, and some Jonah Hex pieces, as well as other art, usually in a dark style. None of them are particularly expensive from what I have seen. He also does commissions. I just wish I understood the language.

All it takes is one broken sump pump. Trust me on this one.

In my case, there was never a lot it, and what there was of major artists, I already have representative samples of almost all of them. For example, I really don’t need an Aparo cover; I have 3 panel pages, and a fanzine cover. But, why I can’t find images of PS from Impulse? Captain Adam (missed one, once)? When they have slipped through, it’s usually because I already spent my spare cash on something else, or really don’t care for the image. And then I live to regret it for years. And by the way, I do buy outside my area on occasion. I commissioned Keith Williams for a Martian Manhunter piece I am waiting for, and I am just barely resisting the urge to buy some Jordi Bernet art. He is really terrific.

Well, not in my case. There have been pages I have seen sit for years on dealer sites, and don’t buy them figuring they will sit for more years. But then, someone else gets them and I never find a duplicate of that artist and character again. Or, I never find one I liked as much. Now, I mostly throw caution to the wind and worry about the money later (“deficit spending”). For those who cast a wide net, however, I can see that perspective.

I am positive I have seen that Black Canary image with her butt sticking out. On the other hand, he could have simply duplicated an earlier piece.