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On 4/20/2023 at 2:10 AM, art4comics.com said:

This is the splash of an 8 page story I have.  Weird Science #9 by Wally Wood.  I have not posted it on line anywhere.  The last time this was seen was when it sold at Russ Cochran in the 70's and then it disappeared for almost a half century.  I recently got this as part of a large deal which included a lot of art that had not been seen in many decades.  I have shown it to a few friends in person but never posted before.   It will eventually get posted with the rest of the story on CAF but it is not there yet.  

 

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN!

All the comic conventions have been cancelled?!?   Well, not this amazing event!

NEIL GAIMAN interview

SETH interview

Live drawing and original artwork for sale!

Be Our Heroes, Canada is a Facebook Live streaming event running THIS WEEKEND!   
Visit Be Our Heroes, Canada on Facebook.  Like, Follow, and Share the page so you can be updated.

Streaming will run May 16th & 17th from 10am EST to 10pm EST with 20 stores from Coast-To-Coast participating in live selling events, alongside creator live drawing and interviews.

The purpose of this event is to raise funds for Canadian comic book shops.  Jim Lee has been doing amazing work for BINC, but Canadians cannot access these funds, so we are doing it ourselves, with the help of an AMAZING list of creators who are giving us their time to help us raise money. 

The stores taking part in this event are:

Timemasters Inc. from St John’s, Newfoundland
Strange Adventures Comix & Curiosities from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Heroes' Beacon from Saint John, New Brunswick
Red Dragon Comics, Cards, Games from Ottawa, Ontario
Comic Book Addiction from Whitby, Ontario
Freakshow Comics from Niagara Falls, Ontario
The Beguiling Books & Art from Toronto, Ontario
Cyber City Comix from Toronto, Ontario
Heroes World from Markham, Ontario
Gotham Central Comics and Collectibles from Mississauga, Ontario
The Dragon from Guelph and Milton, Ontario
Rogues Gallery Comics from Windsor, Ontario
Book Fair Comics from Winnepeg, Manitoba
Words & Pictures from Calgary, Alberta
Comic-Kazi from Calgary, Alberta
Redd Skull Comics from Calgary, Alberta
Dave's Pop Culture from Delta, British Columbia
Legends Comics & Books from Victoria, British Columbia

The second one has to be Butch Guice.  I'd say from his Aquaman run.

1 hour ago, malvin said:

Thanks Yoram, but what I see there is someone who hasn't had new work in a few years. He also has no social media presence. That's my definition of disappeared! 

 

Malvin 

He was always quiet and reserved, even when he was attending the Toronto OA gatherings.  Looking at that list, I say he's been out of comics since 2009, and I probably haven't spoken to him since around that time.

13 hours ago, thethedew said:

Again, parts of this guy's style look familiar, but he only left an issue and page number.  No title or signature.

This is Mark Kidwell.  Perhaps from Night of the Living Dead: Barbara?  

On 11/25/2017 at 8:40 PM, O. said:

New Article - 24/11/17

Review of the November Heritage Signature Auction is up!

https://comicbookinvest.com/2017/11/24/market-report-november-2017-heritage-signature-auction/

 

Questions: Are those your estimates or HA?  If yours, did you write down your price estimates prior to the event, or is this a post-auction 'I'd have said' situation?

What does it mean that for all but one piece, which closed a mere $53 dollars above estimate, the rest are minimum 25% higher, a lot are double?

If it's HA estimates, then they are doing their job, right?  Getting better than expected results.  

If these are your estimates, do you feel like you understand the market, and things are just crazy out there? 

As a long time collector who doesn't participate in the hobby in the same way as I did (as far as hours spent looking for art, checking auctions, ebay, making notes on prices; I'm probably running at 10% of the time and effort I placed on the hobby from 2000-2010), I personally feel like I am completely out of touch on the value of everything.

I go on commenting binges, usually a result of a few adult beverages.  I have a very specific comment I leave on the art, and I use it for any and all reasons: I want to own it, I like it, I like the owner, I thought the piece needed a comment, I like the artist, whatever.

On 9/16/2017 at 5:49 PM, Michaeld said:

At first all you think you are looking at just a man sitting in his kitchen but there is more going on than just that. On the table are the beginnings of his self created Grendel costume and even though the setting is a brightly lite room the angle is so dramatic it gives you a dark foreshadowing of what is to come. Grendel

I read your CAF interview this week. I was thinking of reaching out to you, as we have some similar collecting interests and I'd had yet to come across your gallery for some reason.  Now I've encountered it twice in less than a week.   I own a Bernie piece that's is pretty similar to your new commission. Bernie is the nicest of nice; have you read his most recent book To-Get-Her?

In 2005 I spoke with Quitely (or Vince, as the cool kids were calling him back then) and he told me he had three children and each were receiving a complete issue of WE3, as it was the work he was most proud of.  So I don't imagine WE3 will come to market.  He certainly threw himself into that work.

39 minutes ago, MagnusX said:

A little bit "Off Topic" but...

I went last Friday to 1,000,000 comix  to buy some supplies
and discover that the store was close and the building heading for demolition for another condo building...

Did anyone know if they move or if they close permanently?

Word is they are closed.  They had found a new location at St. Clair & Yonge, but that fell through after they announced it, and a number of their subs publicly stated they weren't going to follow them five stops North on the subway line.  It's been 4 months-ish since closing, and with these setbacks there was some disagreement between the owners as to how to proceed.  They gave up their FanExpo tables, so it's likely closed.  But there is always a chance they pop up again in some manner, perhaps convention only?  Or one of the brothers opens again in a different location?