The Cimmerians Purse

4 hours ago, ZimmermanTelegram said:

Wow, excellent job on this!

Thanks!

23 hours ago, mister_not_so_nice said:

HELLBLAZER 65 is fairly horrific. 

man he got stabbed in the *fork* 

... more fun with censorship!

19 minutes ago, mister_not_so_nice said:

I'm not body-shaming his girlfriend for being a pig, BUT, she's kind of a pig  

with a galgamec *spoon* chest... SEXY!  

yeah spoon was the word i meant... it's funny how we can post up all sorts of nudity but typing the word *spoon* is off limits... thanks auto censors! 

22 hours ago, Nexus said:

I'm obviously biased, but you could throw a dart at my roster and anyone you hit, has a chance to stand out as a top artist of this era. I'm lucky to see their art up close and personal every day...the talent leaves me speechless sometimes. Only time will tell...see you in 20 years.

you're kind of not wrong Felix. 

1 hour ago, jaykza said:

You have some of my favorite artists on your roster. If I made a prognostication as to who will have the most staying power come 20 years, in order:

1. Ian Bertram

2. Yuko Shimizu

3. Daniel Warren Johnson

4. Paul Pope

I think social media like IG, Youtube, Twitch are gamechangers for artists and creatives. Moving forward, I believe the lines are going to start to blur between comic art, illustration, and possibly fine art and really elevate some artists to popular superstar status. 

Yuko Shimizu's art is AMAZING! Started following her on instagram after talking about her with you... DUDE... really really falling in love with her work. 

My rendition of that illustration 

23 minutes ago, ZimmermanTelegram said:

I kept tabs on it while it was in auction but stopped because I figured it was going to go for an insane amount of money and it ended up being pretty damn cheap (as far as Cooke goes). I'm still kicking myself! 

me too! it was happening while I was looking at a bigger piece, and thought I should prioritize... also kicking myself. it's a cool piece. I even drew it once I think it came out pretty good.

I don’t know if I can edge out any of the three I have listed... in fact I’m positive I can’t. But these need to be listed here. 

Murder Falcon issue 8: complete issue. The book came out at a time that I just plain needed it. It’s a beautifully crafted bitter sweet story about making the most out of life...especially when life is hard. 

Steve Ditko Creepy #12 story page 4 from Blood of the Werewolf! A great representation of what IMO was at the very top of his entire body of work. For me it’s right up on equal footing with Strange / Spidey... and more importantly Darkhorses Warren archives are what brought me back to comics after the mid-late 90s pissed me off enough to put them down. I love this material. I’m truly flabbergasted to own this page. 

My apologies for breaking the rules 

On 7/16/2019 at 1:13 PM, Brian48 said:

I don't have a lot of OA.  In fact, I only have one page that's really worth talking about.

'Tec 823, pp7 - Poison Ivy

You should frame your clear #1. Make sure to put it behind archival glass.

6 hours ago, The Voord said:

Some sample pages by UK artist, Hugh Stanley White, who produced some illustrations for my 1980s small-press mag, Shadow Play.

Hugh Stanley White was born in Kilburn, North London, on 6 October 1904, son of Hough White, a sanitary engineer, and his wife Ethel May. He studied at Islington Park College School, Hastings Art School and Chiswick Art School, but his first job was as a heating engineer. In 1926, while sketching at the Natural History Museum, he met Walter Booth, who was already an established comic artist, and became his assistant, working on strips like "Rob the Rover". By 1929 he was drawing comics in his own right, working on the nursery comic Bo-Peep and Little Boy Blue. Strips he drew for the title include "Ranji's Ruby" (1932) and "In the Days of Drake" (1933). He also drew strips for The Boy's and Girl's Daily Mail, and "Jimmy in Java", "Peter in Pygmy Land" and "Rosalind and Tommy's Adventures Among the Chinese" for the South Wales Echo & Express in the 1930s. From 1936 he worked for Mickey Mouse Weekly, drawing "Ian on Mu" (1936), the first British science fiction strip, "Ginger Nick the Whaler" "The Phantom City", "Flashing Through" and "Oil and Claw". In 1938 he drew "Into Unknown Worlds" for Butterfly, and "John Irons, Lone Fighter", for an Amalgamated Press title. After the war he worked for small publishers, starting his own title, Merry Maker, which also featured art by Walter Booth and Basil Reynolds. He drew two comics in American style, Xmas Comic and Atomic Age Comic, as well as "Tornado" for Bob Monkhouse's Oh Boy!. In 1951 he drew some episodes of Young Marvelman. Other titles he worked for included Happy Times, Top Notch, Space Comics and Adventurer. His last work in comics was in the 1960s. After that, his spent a few years as an advertising illustrator in Kenya, before retiring. He died in Banbury, Oxfordshire, on 21 September 1988, aged 83.

Enjoyed the lesson! And those are some cool pages!

1 hour ago, batman_fan said:

Do people consider that cover artwork to be “good”?

 

I've got a nostalgic sweet spot for the published one.  ... those Harris Vampirellas were my gateway drug into Warren Publishing and Creepy / Eerie... I can't not have a fondness for them for that reason.

and I don't particularly like the OA piece in the photo... i.e. the one that's off from the true cover. Vampi looks like she's been boozing...  

and it just feels off. and def don't like the price.

1 hour ago, delekkerste said:

Yeah it's way rougher than the published original, which has been at auction and looks 100x nicer and cleaner. 

also thanks for not calling out that I completely missed the main idea of your original post, and had to arrive at it through way of putting my "foot in my mouth" a couple of times, Gene

~Keith

1 hour ago, delekkerste said:

Yeah it's way rougher than the published original, which has been at auction and looks 100x nicer and cleaner. 

I agree, it's not nearly as pretty. But it is finished to some degree i.e. inked. Makes you question the 9,000 price tag, and the "Vampirella #1" label that was put on it without any other caveats. Wonder if the dealer mistook it for the published original.

14 minutes ago, The Cimmerians Purse said:

Cover pic 

It looks like a remake now that I'm really looking at the two... they're way different from each other...

Cover pic 

48 minutes ago, delekkerste said:

What is that AH Vampi? Prelim or commission? It's not the published piece, that's for sure; that one has been at auction before and looks far more polished. 

9500 strikes me as an idiotic price for that piece. 

It’s published actually. That’s the cover for Harris Vampirella #1 from 1992 when they bought it from warren. 

My Jam back in middleschool :)

31 minutes ago, delekkerste said:

I think they said "buy, buy" but it might have been "baaa baaa"... 

It is hot here at the Safari Park, hotter than the OA market! 

just watch out for "four legs gooooood two legs baaaaaaaaaad!" ... if you hear it RUN!

Thanks guys for taking so many pictures.

What do the animals say about the art prices, Gene? LOL!

On ‎7‎/‎15‎/‎2019 at 9:47 AM, ZimmermanTelegram said:

Still looking! *Bump*

I know that Cooke Rocketeer went in comic link auction not a long time ago. Probably tough to get a hold of. less tough since it didn't end up in my black hole! , but could have ended up in someone else's.

I've had zero luck with posting Darwyn Cooke WTBs... doesn't me you won't. But my experience.

On ‎7‎/‎7‎/‎2019 at 6:36 PM, The Voord said:

The recreated captioned elements have now been restored to the artwork.  Here's how it now looks (photo updated).  My print-maker friend in Los Angeles, Lloyd Braddy, recreated the captions for me and, as usual, did a great job on them.

 

WOW! I loved these movies when I was a kid so much nostalgia! SO FREAKING COOL

Favorites:

Daniel Warren Johnson the man's drawing and brush work are amazing, and his visual story telling is too.  Not to mention his writing.

Ian Bertram's abstract / dark approach just blows my mind.

Skottie Young... I love his demented cartooning style, and the amount of humor he puts into his cartooning

Marc Bell from the Canadian Indie rack. His last book Worn Tuff Elbow was especially spectacular. I love his mix of Crumb / Merry Melodies / high-brow fart jokes

Fiona Staples is a master of capturing human emotion, and using it to tell stories. I wish she produced OA.

and I really, really, really, really wish Darwyn Cooke still counted in this list... the man was a visionary, and was making prime material right up until the end. And, he was a pleasure to meet.  

second!

21 hours ago, Andahaion said:

My prediction?...

I pity the fool!