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I meant it more in the sense of the Neal Adams example, like artists that at one point people talked about a lot, the way I hear some people talk about maybe Daniel Warren Johnson today (not that I think he'll drop in popularity or anything, just as an example of someone who gets talked about a lot) or work that was once really coveted but has less of an audience now. That said, any example or way of interpreting it is interesting imo.

Thanks, I reworded it to be more clear, I guess popularity is really what I'm curious about.

No I'm not wondering about that, I'm really just interested in whether there are any artists or work that have noticeably declined in popularity that were once more sought after. It's more of a for-interest's-sake than for the purpose of buying anything - sorry, I think I didn't word it very clearly.

Really anybody, the strips were what got me thinking about it but I'm curious if there are examples from any area or time period.

Are there any artists who used to be popular but for one reason or another have fallen out of favor as far as their work's collectibility?

iirc it was one of a handful of books that marked the first return to Marvel by some of the Image creators, after they'd publicly spurned Marvel and gone off to become even bigger stars on their own - my guess is at that point Marvel would have published just about anything they gave them, in the interest of making nice & making $$

Think he went back and puffed out Cap's chest a bit more...true story, when I was young and that 1st Liefeld issue of CA came out I was so upset by how bad I thought it was I tore it up and mailed it back to him at Marvel. I actually really love his art, his was the first comic art I really fell in love with, but boy was I upset...

Wow I actually really like this...

I saw Rob Liefeld post the other day in the facebook OA collectors group that he's held on to some 500 pages of art, including full issues of Cap.

"I'm sorry to hear you think so little of the piece. To be honest, I had been thinking of selling it anyway, but you've reminded me that it could well end up with someone who doesn't appreciate it as much as I do and I couldn't bear that thought, so I've decided to hold on to it after all."

I like that idea, I added the prices to mine too

Published Silver Surfer: Annihilation Scourge, pgs. 12-13, by Paul Davidson, $250

Published Kriminal #135, Pg. 60, by Magnus, $110

Published The Outer Skin, pg. 39, by Anna Andruchowicz, $117

What do you mean?

Being new to this hobby I've been pretty obsessed with learning as much as I can over the past month or so - I came across this article about bubbling in the fine art market and it sounded kind of similar to some things I've been reading about OA right now: https://www.artbusiness.com/orwxb.html It goes into more detail, but some signs of an art bubble it mentions include things like pricing based on speculation rather than past performance, flipping, and rapid price increases. I'm starting to think that OA is in a little bit of a bubble right now, and I might just hold off on collecting much until it pops.

I have! It's been a long time since I listened to it though, thanks for bringing it up.

I don't think that's necessarily true - I first saw a picture of Guernica when I was a teenager and had never even heard of the Spanish Civil War and it absolutely blew me away. I still don't know the first thing about that war, or the context in which the work was received, and I've spent a decent amount of time looking at reproductions of the painting. I agree with you that context and significance also play a role in pricing, but it's also an incredible image and I think that has a lot to do with how valuable it is.

Maybe the real distinguished gentleman was inside us all along...

edit: nvm but not sure how to delete a post

This conversation started in another thread but I thought it deserved one of its own - who are some artists you're into that other people might not know about? A few I discovered recently are -Daniel Gutowski -Weronika Banasińska -Anna Andruchowicz

I follow him on instagram, his stuff is amazing!

This page has a bunch of stuff, including a few <$100: http://www.comiconart.com/artistgalleryroom.asp?ArtistId=103

Who are some of the other guys that you're into?

Today that boat is worth millions...