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Preserving his legacy by making a nuisance of yourself? You can't/won't get a straight answer from anyone as they don't want to possibly disparage his name. Topics like this have been covered in the past to no avail. Fortunately, I know what happened, but won't say either way. I've been around for over 40 years selling art, and have seen many, many things. Now maybe YOU can go back and stop thinking of ways to make yourself obnoxious. MI

And I'll ask again. What difference does it make at this point in time? If you're going to think less of him, I could (but won't) supply a long list of other artists who took art that didn't belong to them. But it's a moot point, as most are dead. You might be horrified at some of the names. Keep the legacy of Gil alive. Not by denigrating his name, but by appreciating the body of work he created. Harping on what you might have heard, or heresy or rumors will just make you seem like an old Yenta. MI

The rumors abound as to whether it was DC or Marvel, and the stories vary from person to person. Gil is dead, and what's the purpose of discussing this topic? MI

Not even close. It's probably one of the many unsung movie poster, or storyboards artists working for that particular studio. MI

But if Gil did take art that didn't belong to him, it's not as if he was the only artist to do this. MI

It turns out, some of the pages from Ronin #1 are stolen. Possibly from DC or a First Friday get together back in the day. First Friday was a get together of professionals socializing. Which pages exactly, is not quite clear. No police report was filed. It is suspected that the page in the current Heritage auction might be one of the stolen pages. But since there is no concrete list, nor a police report of stolen items, the art is fair game to sell. MI

Some nice sketches. I know some of the prices were a bit high considering the quality of finish on some of them. MI

I did indeed.

Actually, There are more missing pages from #1 and several other issues. But confidentiality prevents me from divulging which pages. MI

I will have Lynn Varley's painted art for the Ronin books early next year. MI/Graphic Collectibles.

I originally sold that Adams GL #76 for Neal back in 1976 MI

Ah, common courtesy. Gone with the dinosaurs. MI

You left out one 'very'.

Will do.

Not even talking about what we collect. There had to be more interesting artists than what they chose. How about Sienkiewicz? Camilla D'Errico?

Assuming I had a booth there.

I'm back again with another mostly Silver Age comic art update. There are some more Modern originals as well as some Golden Age art. Since I will NOT be at NYCC this weekend, well, here is a virtual convention booth. Click https://www.graphiccollectibles.com/whats-new/ to see all the nifty new art. Artists include: Frank Miller - Layout pages for Sin City, 300 and Batman:DKSA, DKSA Character Designs, Lynn Varley Dark Knight Returns painted pages. Art Adams - Longshot page Gil Kane - Tales of Suspense, Tales to Astonish and Batman art Don Heck - Tales of Suspense pages Jack Kirby - Stuntman #1 Splash Sam Savitt - Rusty Riley 4 Color Comics Cover Unknown Artists - Porky Pig, Andy Panda mid 1950s comic book covers George Papp - Superboy pages Sprang - First Cover Recreation Neal Adams - Batman page Murphy Anderson - Atomic Knights page Gene Colan - Captain America splash, Cap page with Falcon, 2/3 Hulk splash from Tales to Astonish Lee Elias - Black Cat page Frank Frazetta - White Indian pages Jerry Grandenetti - Bill Everett inked Tales to Astonish page Bill Everett w/Kweskin layouts - Sub-Mariner #58 page Alex Toth - Challengers page Alan Davis - Excalibur Covers Shelly Moldoff - Detective #328 page John Severin/Elder - American Eagle page Mike Mignola - Lobster Johnson pin-up I've also adjusted prices for the following artists originals Ernie Chan - Four Star Spectacular Cover Dave Cockrum - Blackhawk Cover Dean Cornwell Reed Crandall - Golden Age Dollman page James Montgomery Flagg Irwin Hasen - Green Lantern page Carmine Infantino - Golden Age Green Lantern splash Paul Reinman - Golden Age Green Lantern pages Mike Sekowsky - JLA #13 and #17 pages Alex Toth - Two-Gun Kid page Layaway is accepted. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at the office, 845-246-0952, my cell 845-399-7312 or email at mitkowitz@hvc.rr.com Thanks for looking and have a good weekend! Best, Mitch Itkowitz Graphic Collectibles

That's the best they could find at the show?!?!?

Hey All, I have just added a nice selection of DC Silver Age art from 1961 - 1969. The art is fresh to the market, having not been on the market for over 20 years. Click HERE to see all the nifty new art. Artists include: Carmine Infantino - Early Flash page Jerry Grandenetti/Murphy Anderson - Spectre #6 pages Gil Kane - Hawk and Dove page, Atom #6 pages, Green Lantern #8 page Mike Sekowsky - 2 early JLA/JSA team-up pages from JLA #22 and 30 Russ Manning - early Korak page Ramona Fradon - Metamorpho #1 page George Papp - Superboy #89 page - Mon-El first appearance Curt Swan - Jimmy Olsen #75 page Bruno Premiani - Doom Patrol #118 page If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 845-246-0952, or email at mitkowitz@hvc.rr.com. Another comic art update next week! Thanks for looking! Best, Mitch Itkowitz Graphic Collectibles

I did, but I don't know if I would go back unless I was able to display in the big room.

Probably were no more than 100 or so people at this show. MI (who did set up, but apparently does not photograph well)

I'll have a lot of the comic art that's on my website, along with some new Frank Miller originals, including some more page layouts and Lynn Varley painted pages from Dark Knight Returns. See you Saturday! MI

Thanks Mitchell.

Just my opinion. You are entitled to yours.

Not much, if any, Kirby on this page.