Benedict Judas Hel

5 minutes ago, exitmusicblue said:

Oh man, Ukyo was my guy in all of the Samurai Shodowns.  Once played it in an arcade in Tokyo (seriously), against my best bud who chose Haomaru... he won the first nervewracking match, I won the second, then we decided to leave it at that.

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

9 hours ago, Artboy99 said:

another X-Men page commission, this one is 14X19 and color!

 

Another winner!

$750, 000

9 hours ago, Artboy99 said:

yes I do!

Thanks for asking.

Awesome!  DM sent.

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...

On 9/30/2020 at 10:31 PM, BuraddoRun said:

I got 3 pages from Power Pack drawn by June Brigman and inked by Bob Wiacek in today! I've been looking for Brigman Power Pack pages ever since I made my first post here, which was in the Buy/Sell/Trade forum and was a "will buy" for just that. I had no luck until I found a CAF member who generously sold these to me. I'm very grateful he did so, because I really love the series and Brigman's art. The pages are pretty funny, too, if you feel like reading them (the 2nd and 3rd, anyway).

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...

31 minutes ago, AnkurJ said:

Here were my pickups. The X-men 43 was on layaway and was picked up at the show. Another note, Anthony was giving free portfolios with every purchase! What a guy!

 

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!

On 9/2/2020 at 11:03 AM, Nuttzo said:

As a newbie I'm hoping I'm able to keep my collection villain heavy and pre-2000's. 

That’s my collecting standard as well, only my era of Marvel Comics art collecting is 1970’s to early 1990’s.

11 hours ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

I enjoy the last panel of this! The way mojirn or thor's hammer hits the head and ricochet's

All that's missing is a tink sound

 

Thanks!  I enjoy the large art panels of action that focuses on the villains and agree with rebounding effect of Mjolnir.

3 hours ago, wurstisart said:

Wow...must be like 6 ft by 6 ft 😂.

Looks great !

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...

41 minutes ago, BuraddoRun said:

I really love that frame, with the art, the published page, and the book cover there together. I wouldn't do it personally (wouldn't want to tear up the comic), but it looks really nice. Unless those are copies or prints and you didn't have to disassemble Avengers # 114?

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).

3 hours ago, Michaeld said:

Can you figure out what binds the four pieces together?

They all have the same owner!

4 hours ago, BuraddoRun said:

Would you buy bad pages from good artists?

Nope.

10 hours ago, BuraddoRun said:

What kinds of pieces are some of your grails? Do you like specific covers, splashes, pages, or whatever because the images themselves are awesome? Do you look for first or other iconic appearances of your favorite characters? Do you have favorite comics that you just want to own a production piece from? Do you want a piece from your favorite artist? Some other sentimental reason?

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

2 hours ago, BuraddoRun said:

It's probably not very exciting to look at, just warning you. Heh. But here's my gallery: https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=160990

It’s cool.  Everybody has to start somewhere.  Left you some “Likes” and comments to start you off...

1 hour ago, JadeGiant said:

What is you CAF link?

Yes, I would also be interested in giving your gallery a friendly look around, B-Run.