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The omission of content can emphasize content. The seemingly dead panels of space add the elements of time and the effect of activity on a sad Linus and a smug Lucy. More poignant that way.

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There was a recent thread on this. I use a combo by Brother which prints and scans up to 11x 17. It’s instructions for use aren’t the best, and it is BIG, but it does save space. There is a newer one out, and it may be worth a look.

I have a slight preference for HA, particularly because it lets me track without bidding, but the buys on Clink often make up for it, along with certain oddball pieces I am more likely to find on Clink.

Keep them in a cool, dark, dry place. I had put away some art years ago, and basically forgot about it (I thought it had been destroyed). The art was in cheap plastic frames and glass. I found it about 20 years later. While one piece had a little yellowing, it otherwise survived nicely. One of them is my avatar, and that was done with markers. Not a recommended approach, but the surrounding conditions really mattered.

I think he is trying to be supportive that you got screwed. I sometimes have trouble within any newer shortcuts than BYOB.

Just out of curiosity, is Clink the only site selling/offering art which is not included?

That title may have also risked a copyright infringement suit by the owner of "The Mysterious Traveller", which had a similarly themed radio serial.

When you could find them all. s/The Ancient One

Personally, I think it has changed the hobby by making what is available more accessible.

I live.

That’s hard to do. Better off using Illustrator to trace the shape of the word balloon, using auto-trace, and cross your fingers on the typography. I haven’t found any of them really match the hand lettering too well, and it is time consuming. You can also use some of the shapes, like a triangle and oval, bend the lines by manipulating the points, and merging using pathfinder.

This should be added to Alex's resource guide.

I expect the links would break since I didn’t upload the pictures. I prefer to keep my collection confidential, but after I get out of the hospital, I will try to send you a snippet.

While I also prefer word balloons with lettering, I have a cheapie set up in Excel which gives me something close to what I want. I store most art in Itoya's, as do lots of people, and set up my Excel spreadsheet (and files) with two separate folders for each entry. Then, I link each piece of art to the spreadsheet, with the 9th column linked to the actual art, and the 10th column linked to the printed page, which would contain word balloons. If the art is a dps, that gets dropped into the 11th and 12th columns, as needed, along with any commentary. So, in the following example, we have column 1 (the book), column 2 (blank, but marked if it is an sketch or commission), column 3 (volume), column 4 (issue), column 5 (page), column 6 (penciller, in this case there are no original pencils; if there were brackets, it means pencils exist but I don't have it), column 7, inker, column 8, colorist (marked as needed), column 9 (link to scanned in original art), column 10 (linked to published page), column 11-13 dps's if any and commentary. You can expand, if you want, by including purchase price and seller. Books of Magic 2 1 4 Tom Fowler (blue line) Tom Fowler _101220Spreadsheet\Book2\FowlerBMagicV1p4.jpg _101220Spreadsheet\Book4b\Fowler.jpg

I always look at the Marketplace, but what I look for is hard to find. In fact, I have never found a piece here to directly buy. Too much higher end dealer listings, or repetitive listings elsewhere. Almost everything else, besides Clink is in CAT. The only other place I check are the groups in Facebook (Meta? Blecch). Once-once- I saw a relevant piece for sale but passed because I didn’t like the seller’s sales technique and I hope he choked on it.

Actually, it’s a riff on something Adam Smith wrote in “Wealth of Nations”. If value bore a relationship to prices, the most expensive thing in the world would be air. Without air, we can’t breath. But, there is a lot of air, a virtually unlimited supply, so prices are low. Same with comic art. It has little intrinsic value, unless you are in need of fire starting materials, but prices are high because people want it. If people want to spend that kind of money, so be it.

You seem to have picked an apt screen name. “Cesspools filled with nepotism”? Most people here presumably didn’t know each other until they got here, and unless you act like a troll or a know-it-all when you don’t (no, I am not making a sly comment here about you, if you thought I had). This is a very polite board. And as for keeping up to date, where else are you going to go, the London Times? Places like Facebook are pretty weak on serious pricing discussions. As mentioned above, dealers who play it straight, or who contribute here, don’t get cr*p thrown on their shoes. If criticism is justified, just give an explanation. I’m not perfect, and if I make a mistake, that’s fair comment. I think they know it too. Personally, I blame the increasingly short attention span now allotted to people. Busy days lead to little discourse of a casual nature. Even things like emails are now long form as compared to text messages. Political discourse is little more than: X sucks, no Y sucks, no Y sucks more than X. I prefer to blame this on Sesame Street for short attention spans, and Barney the Purple Dinosaur for everything else.

Nor would discussions of pricing collusion between dealers or lying to prospective buyers. On the other hand, I think that some of the forthright and seemingly honest dealers who show up improve the likelihood of getting sales based on reputation. Albert does pretty well here.

Thanks. It’s fixed.

Before going into the hospital next week for some surgery, I decided to get a commission from Romeo Tanghal, a long time DC artist. His work, always well respected, may be one of the best bargains on the internet. This piece was $650 plus shipping for an 11 x 17 in full color. You can find him on Facebook, by the way, along with this piece and others he has done. I can't wait to get the original.

Where’s Jerome Powell when you really need him?

Diamonds just come with a longer history.

So are diamonds. Can’t eat ‘em, can’t drink ‘em, and while they can get you l$#d, they’re a pretty expensive way to get there.

I'm a big fan of Aaron Campbell's work, but from the couple of pages with prices you are showing, it looks like he has upwardly revalued them.