Benedict Judas Hel

Yup, I’m mostly in art books. Video game box art is really not my thing as the art sometimes is not very accurate to the game. In this case, Terry Bogard is pretty good: Andy Bogard, not so much: As long as you can enjoy the art for it’s own sake, then the piece is definitely awesome. But for me, I can see the inaccuracies and unfortunately it does taint my appreciation for the art.

SNK artwork is hit or miss with me. Some stuff I love while others I can live without. Capcom art is usually pretty much spot on for me (occasionally it doesn’t register for me). That Fatal Fury art you included is interesting. Terry Bogard getting pummeled by some random guy (?) in sweats was an interesting choice. Or is that supposed to be his brother, Andy? It’s nice but that one is a case of a “miss” for me. I appreciate the links though!

You were fortunate that SNK included Ukyo in all iterations of Samurai Showdown. As a villain booster, I always pick evil characters in my games so Gen-An was my choice for the first 2 games in the series (and I dabbled in Genjuro as well for part 2). I had to switch to Kubikiri for part 3 and learn a whole new set of moves/fighting style when Gen-An wasn’t included in that game. Also, love your 2nd choices for commission ideas. I considered McFarlane as my artist’s choice but opted for Art Adams as I have seen many of his commission pieces and think they are just amazing.

I would commission Arthur Adams for a massive villains battle as they destroy a cityscape. I would have him include (off the top of my head): 1) Vega (duh) 2) The Baroness (obviously) 3) Juggernaut 4) Omega Red 5) Blackheart 6) Shuma-Gorath 7) Spiral 8) Silver Samurai 9) A Sentinel From SNK King of Fighters video game series: 1) Iori Yagami 2) King 3) Billy Kane From SNK Samurai Showdown video game series: 1) Gen-An Shiranui 2) Kubikiri Basara 3) Genjuro Kibagami

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$750, 000

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1) Todd McFarlane 2) Arthur Adams 3) John Byrne 4) Jack Kirby 5) Steve Ditko 6) John Romita Sr. 7) Walt Simonson And as others have stated, money is the reason I haven’t (and will probably never) have the pleasure of having these artists in my collection.

I want more big, splashy late 60’s-early 90’s Marvel villains (A to D-List) artwork at prices I can safely afford. I want some villainous interior Fighting Fantasy game book artwork (particularly from the first 21 books of the series). I want some Garbage Pail Kids original artwork (from the original series). I think that covers it as far as artwork goes...

I like spooky themed artwork and have a few pieces to share. First a couple by Brandon Starr: A piece of the monster from the B-movie Zaat (or The Blood Waters of Dr. Z for you Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans out there) by Mark Monlux: A Critter piece by Cody Schibi: A couple of Lovecraftian creatures by Jacob Walker: And a recent commission by Arthur Suydam:

Those are some very nice classic Power Pack pages, B-run! I am especially digging the Beta Ray Bill!

I got in a new 11”x17” commission today from Johnny Segura III of The Misfits (No, not THOSE Misfits): This commission is not of my usual two character choices but since I already got those 2 previously from this artist before and since the artist had suffered losing his home from the recent hurricane activity in the Gulf Coast, I decided to get another commission from him to aid him a bit with his current financial need.

Awesome work on your previous commissions! I especially love your cover recreations/homages! I’d love to get one done (once I think of a good one!). *Edit: Do you still accept commission requests at this time?

Happy Birthday to the man with an amazing collection! And once you enjoyed your time with them, feel free to send them my way...

Awesome, awesome, AWESOME page! I can only dream of having such a fantastic Silver Age Magneto page. Congratulations on that super sweet piece of art!

I got in a long overdue 9” x 12” Baroness commission today by Italian artist, Loputyn:

That’s my collecting standard as well, only my era of Marvel Comics art collecting is 1970’s to early 1990’s. Thanks! I enjoy the large art panels of action that focuses on the villains and agree with rebounding effect of Mjolnir.

I got my second page from 1982 Thor Annual # 10, this time page 29: This page, along with page 28 (which is my previous page), will make for a huge display...

Yup, all my OA framed pieces take up a lot of area and combined with my commissions, my wall space is at a premium! And this will pale in size to my next framing idea once my next piece comes in...

Thank you very much, B-Run! My framers do an excellent job which is why I keep going back to them. And since I’m the type of person who likes uniformity in the displaying of OA, I have all of them with the same frame, matte, glass, etc. The only thing I change is the color of the trim to match a dominant color in the printed page or cover. Commissions are different as I consider those wholly unique creations and individual expressions of the artist’s vision so each commission gets a unique frame that matches the art. As for disassembling the comic, yes. I do disassemble original comic books for framing purposes. Fortunately, the OA I have acquired so far have not come from any “valuable” or rare comics so I don’t feel too bad in the process. Also, when I look for a comic to display with the OA, I don’t really look for a pristine copy (9.8 CGC). I just look for a decent copy (F or VF) to purchase as I know what I am going to do with it. I haven’t spent more than $15 shipped on any comic book I used in my displays (in fact, Avengers #114 was the most expensive book I had to acquire at $14).

Since I am a new collector of OA (started last year) and am a hardcore “keeper” rather than a seller, you bet I still have the first piece I bought - 1973 Avengers # 114 p. 21: And the piece framed: I’m not sure what prompted me to begin collecting OA as I was mainly collecting toys, comics and video games before. But since I pretty much collected almost any childhood interests, I guess it was only a natural progression from the comic book collecting. Hopefully I will continue to add more excellent pieces to my gallery...

I just picked up my latest piece from the framers today:

They all have the same owner!

Nope.

My “grails” I would consider pages from my childhood comics I read with large panels or splashes with characters(villains) I like.