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    Writers getting art

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    43 minutes ago, J.Sid said:

    FWIW: He's 69 years old and the pages were from a story he wrote 40 years ago. 

    He does indeed find himself in the position of having been unable to top something he did as a young man. What was the most recent brilliant Claremont story you've read? (Assuming you think any of them are brilliant.)

    Writers getting art

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    6 hours ago, glendgold said:

    I'm pretty sure Chris Claremont is doing okay.

    Piles of money have gone through his hands, doubtless. Is he unloading some of the most famous comics pages ever because his cash reserves are overflowing? Hmm...

    Writers getting art

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    22 hours ago, glendgold said:

    Yes, there was. Around that time period, Jim Shooter was allowing writers to receive art. There was a point in 1978 when he had proposed an every-other-book trade off with the inker, but I think that didn't fly with the artists.  I'm not sure how many pages writers ended up with, but there was a cbg ad in the early '80s where Gerber was selling all of his pages to fund his legal battles.

     

    So when Chris Claremont sells X-Men pages, it's not like he has a hundred more at home. He must really need the money.

    The OFFICIAL "This week in your ORIGINAL ART collection?"

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    Posted · Edited by RBerman

    15 hours ago, Unstoppablejayd said:

    Good Luck! But those are usually the first gone! I saw on caf someone got a Colossus Kitty and Lockheed... I would probably drop my phone if I saw that sitting there!

    Yeah, I ran across that one today. I saw it on his site after it was sold.

    https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1541491

    There's this older one as well.

    https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1466481

    New to OA Collecting, Advice, tips?

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    16 minutes ago, ignimbrite said:

    It is a book on Coollinesartwork (http://www.coollinesartwork.com/featured.asp?Piece=304300)

    OK, things are making more sense. The masthead is on an overlay. For instance, they also list issue #155's cover by Hughes without the masthead overlay:

    http://www.coollinesartwork.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=280837&ArtistId=410&Details=0&From=Room

    And with the masthead overlay:

    http://www.coollinesartwork.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=304299&ArtistId=410&Details=0&From=Room

    Their Adam Hughes cover for #195 has all the masthead elements clearly shown as separate elements, including the UPC code:

    http://www.coollinesartwork.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=304301&ArtistId=410&Details=0&From=Room

    The elements are also pasted on this AH JLA cover:

    http://www.coollinesartwork.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=299501&ArtistId=410&Details=0&From=Room

    New to OA Collecting, Advice, tips?

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    The presence of the issue number, DC symbol, and comics code logo does seem odd. Perhaps it's a mark in favor of authenticity that the DC button extends beyond the border of the printed comic onto the white space though? I'd certainly ask for an up-close photo to verify whether those elements are pasted on or are printed on.

    Why is Deadpool OA low in value (for the most part)

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    17 hours ago, exitmusicblue said:

    My take on Deadpool is that Ryan Reynolds got the 24/7 Talker down pat, but not enough of the "cool badass" part down.  Deadpool doesn't have to be prancing about literally all the time; the second film created way more haters than necessary.  That entire "X-Force" trolling bit, come on...

    I confess to undue elation at seeing Shatterstar's grisly demise, his cyan blood spattered everywhere. Domino and Cable, on the other hand, came off quite well onscreen.

    Anyone have experience buying art from The Artists Choice??

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    1 hour ago, Catwoman_Fan said:

    I have had success with contacting this year, and last - just prior to Heroes con (where he was setting up), with semi-daily replies.  I think it really depends on which art/artist you are inquiring about.  He keeps some of the art with him, while other artists keep their own inventory.  Arranging to pickup art , that he happened to have on-hand, was a breeze. 

    But whenever he has to reach out to his artists, there can be a long (several week) delay.  Plus artists can loose track of their own art, either selling it or misfiling it at home, and Spencer will not update you while the artist is searching.  

    That's the sort of information that would be useful on a FAQ for a particular dealer. Ideally the dealer would be up-front with that info on his web site. "Note: some art pictured here is consigned by others who have physical possession, so responses may take 1-2 weeks in some cases."  Managing expectations is a huge part of good customer service.

    But if dealers won't do that for us, threads like this help us do it for them. Should these be stickied to the top of the forum for each major dealer?

    Donnelly Brothers / CoolLines Art FAQ

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    Posted · Edited by RBerman

    5 hours ago, MYNAMEISLEGION said:

    Alex,

    i was thinking about this topic yesterday, as I was reading the Spencer thread. For me, Spencer and the D-Bros are the extreme ends of the OA dealer continuum- 

    Spencer: high ethics, horrible communication and website and general sales/inventory management. But- fair pricing 

    Donnelly’s : very responsive, but corrupt AF for all the reasons this thread mentions and ridiculous pricing.

    Everyone else falls in the middle - Blackline Fever closer to Spencer for example.  I would put Anthony in the middle - Mitch? Burkey? 

    Ideally you could scatter plot this into quadrants on an x/y axis - but I can’t decide what each axis represents as I almost need a third axis to capture ethics, pricing, & communication/general business professionalism.

    but @alxjhnsn this sounds like just the kind of business analysis you were born to do! :bigsmile:

    This is one of several reasons why expanding beyond one dealer would be a good idea. Rather than a weighted final score, just give subscores in the different categories so that buyers are more informed as to what they're getting into. Accountability is an important part of improved quality control, and if scores could be promulgated, the best dealers stand to win, and dealers are inspired to address their weak spots.

    Web site has good functionality

    Responds promptly to inquiries

    Web site accurately reflects inventory

    Web site prices are clear and are honored

    Product descriptions are detailed and accurate

    And so on. People could submit ratings. There would need to be some system to prevent fraudulent ratings (not sure what that would look like) yet provide anonymity (to forestall dealer retaliation).

    New to OA Collecting, Advice, tips?

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    Another Itoya collection: I tried putting Bristol pages in both sides of each sleeve, but that tended to make the covers bulge outward, and I don't want to bend the individual pages through long storage like that.  Should I:

    A) Not worry; that doesn't happen.

    B) Put only one page in each sleeve, and that should do it.

    C) Put pages in both sides of every other sleeve, and then cut out the unused sleeves if I don't want all those blank pages

    D) Other

    (attempted) Flip of the Day!

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    Question for Heritage and comiclink reps wrt Burkey admission

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    4 minutes ago, PhilipB2k17 said:

    OK. First, if you can...read Kirby’s classic early to mid 60’s Marvel stuff. He reinvented comic book visual storytelling during that period. There were a few precursors and influences, like Will Eisner. But he made comics more cinematic and even expanded the dynamic range of what this medium could do. His technical lines, and figures are not classical. But the visual storytelling is dynamic and highly inventive when you get to his cosmic stuff, and machinery. “Kirby Krackle” is called that for a reason. 

    I never read or collected Little Nemo, but I appreciate the hell out of the artistry of one of Winsor McCay’s masterpieces. If I could afford a page, Id buy one. 
     

    I think Kirby is in a different category than most of the pros who did work for Marvel or DC in those days. 

    I reviewed Fourth World issue-by-issue over here last year. More Kirby is certainly on my to-do list. I have a stack of trade hardcovers and softcovers I'm working on, everything from Silver Age Daredevil to Moore's Promethea to Vol 5 of Elfquest, etc.

    I am well convinced of Kirby's excellence and stature in the field; you don't have to sell me on that. My kids may watch Star Wars or The Matrix, but it won't feel to them like it felt to me. Kirby will never feel innovative to me, because his innovations were so thoroughly adopted by his followers that I read first. I wouldn't mind having a published page from him. But if I had $5,000 or $6,000 to burn (which I am sure my wife would say I don't), I would get a Sienkiewicz or Ross first, because they mean more to me.

    I'd be happy to get a Little Nemo, but the $33,000 it's currently commanding at Heritage Auctions is at least an order of magnitude more than I can contemplate.