dichotomy

Silvestri/Green picked up from Heritage. UXM 236.

I love it. Great snapshot of an era almost gone.

Today comes the final step - connecting with the FedEx guy...

Ah thanks for posting. I was wondering what the inks looked like.

Any interest? Bueller?

Hot out of the mail - just in from Denys Cowan. I asked for my two favorite characters of his and I think it’s fantastic. The two of them, in the wild and storm, starting a caper...

Ramos is great, and I can recognize his pieces easily, but in terms of a ‘style of his own’ I don’t think he has yet shown anything as distinctive as some of the others mentioned. For me personally, when we are talking about great artists, they have developed a unique vocabulary that works and shifts with different voices. I’ll go back to Tradd Moore - he’s young and relatively new, but he is utterly unique. And Sink is someone I would also point to. Ramos has it, but we haven’t seen it yet, IMHO.

My collection isn’t that old or deep yet, and I like Watchmen so... Quitely I have a couple pieces including a full painting. Statistically I’m probably slightly younger than others here. Mignola is running a close third, and may overtake.

Great framing! I was arguing against including published art with the OA, but with the cards and your off-set decisions, and particularly the delineating line with the Ramos piece, I think they look fantastic.

1. Gibbons 2. Quitely

One day this will be worth a million dollars, apparently... https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1567373&GSub=199242

Very cool. What was the brief?

I think the 5 million EQ gave this one wings unfairly.

Good luck everyone.

Well played sir! I’m in shock personally but goes to show what I know.

Love Peanuts. I definitely have some bucket list strips I’d like to get - but they’re very dear. So at the moment I’ll have to settle for this, which is also on the larger size. Commission sketch from the 70s.

And here’s what 3 portfolios in 13x17, 17x19, and 18x24 look like. Minimal space and fuss.

Somewhat related to this topic, this popped up on my twitter feed today. The beauty of OA is, that’s it. It’s still the only copy of that thing. Unlike this guy...

Agreed. Crease is very noticeable in SDCC pics

Perhaps this explains why I’ve got a few pieces with 2 signatures. I always wondered about that.

The Kirby Clobberin’ Time pin up is really finding some legs. Seems overpriced already.

Also, I do rely on Heritage’s description of a piece when bidding/deciding to bid. What separates excellent from very good to good?

For a commission I understand wanting to white out a name - it almost becomes a consideration for me when I am buying the piece. If you want to display, perhaps some creative framing/mat options? Use archival tape on tape something over? That will definitely be safer than whiteout and the same level of obstructiveness. All the art I bought for the first couple years fit into the 13x19 itoya nicely, and I had one 13x21 piece that was just floating, driving me crazy - I decided to shave it. Relatively nominal value, crisp board in good condition. The very next day after I cut it I received 2 pages in the mail that were both too big for the 13x19. So then I ordered a 17 x 22. I kid you not - THE DAY that portfolio arrived I received a Liam Sharp page that was 18x22... now I have a 18x24 portfolio with one damn piece in it... I guess I’d rather just not shave/cut. I’ve got some older pieces with stats and word panels with the glue starting to dry out. I could easily fix it myself with archival adhesive, and probably will. At the end of the day, it’s your artwork. Untampered artwork, with very few exceptions, always be more valuable than artwork that has been changed in any way whatsoever. My 2 cents

Fantastic! Congrats. Can you link to the others?

Congrats Luca! Great piece!