Ecclectica

You probably know that already, but this drawing was part of a french exposition featuring (and selling) Frank Cho drawings, which took place in May/June 2010. https://www.galerie9art.fr/index.php?expo=113 (look at line 4, col 3) It was sold at this occasion : https://www.galerie9art.fr/index.php?expoitem=31627&nav=3 Probably the seller was the person who bought it initially to Frank Cho. Nothing prove, however, that this drawing is still in France, or even in Europe.

I forgot : reprinted in "Creepy Archives Volume 26" from Dark Horse (2018)

Well, I'm not a Nino fan, but I just did my homework... Congratulations, you found two consecutives pages (32-33) from the "Top dog" story in Creepy #125 (1981 - -script : Roger McKenzie) First time I correct an A.S. listing indirectly (last time, directly ; his guys attributed a page to the wrong artist and I made them correct the error on their listing)

Sold for 175 USD in May 20, 2020 : https://www.ebay.com/itm/X-Men-Legacy-Issue-208-Page-1-Original-Artwork-/254602154248?hash=item3b47789108%3Ag%3A5wQAAOSwI5Felb2w&nma=true&si=BWctq%2F%2BEB9PGQ9pJSxBSUbVgOII%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 The initial seller sold it with this mention "Signed by Greg Land" to the first flipper available (see bidding history)... ...even if he had already sold one month earlier a JR Jr he had correctly described this time : https://www.ebay.com/itm/John-Romita-Jr-and-Joe-Rubenstein-X-Men-issue-7-page-5-original-artwork-/254569560657?hash=item3b45873a51%3Ag%3AHeQAAOSwoP1eklyV&nma=true&si=BWctq%2F%2BEB9PGQ9pJSxBSUbVgOII%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Let's say the Covid crisis has already some surprising effects. The conclusion : Two weeks later, and now, 850 USD : https://www.ebay.com/itm/264760985467 (so overpriced, IMHO, and even the new seller is not mentioning the inks are by Klaus Janson...)

Something to add : Los Bros alterations would be excluded from the topic, of course... (let's keep it "fun" here !)

Well, for what it's worth, and as a reply from one frog to another frog, I want to say that you put the finger on the eternal collision course with, at one side, the sharped skills of the collector, and, on the other side, the result of the everyday job of an employee. I'm pretty sure there are many, many members here, of this forum, that could upgrade substantially the description of Heritage auctions entries... It's not necessarily they are not good, just they can't compete sometimes with somebody who is "hungry"... And we are many, many around here who are hungry... One year and half ago, I spotted on a BWS Rune original page from one of their auction a printed art correction taped into the page they didn't saw. I saw it and just did my homework : searching the proof. I found it on BWS website old entries (of sold items), where the same page was sold initially : the mention of the printed art correction taped into it. How they missed (or why didn't they mentioned) what was obvious to me, even if I hadn't the original just in front of me, still puzzle me. I sent them a mail and the listing was rectified just two days after. I don't know if it was been done already here, but maybe a recurrent topic dedicated to the mistakes we see sometimes would be a nice thing to read here ! (mistake + proof of mistake) :-)

I thought it was more known : I use it since my day one on the CAT site. Los bros' is the only website I parametered in it to be skipped... (and it's a relief !) :-)

Hi, I'm sad nobody gave you some information, because I was asking myself the same question of what happened to Carlos Garzon not later than last January. I was exchanging talks in a forum in my country on an author he worked with, put the same question in that forum at this occasion and got no reply. So I did some researchs, as I too remember fondly Mr Garzon, who helped so much Al Williamson in the 80's to produce so beautifully detailled Star Wars comic strips and comics. You have to know first that what we know generally of Carlos Garzon (his production in the 80's) in only the tip of the iceberg. His career in the US comic field extends to the whole 70's and the 90's. In the 70's he was primarly an assistant for Al Williamson from his debut on Warren titles (Eerie, Creepy - see https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=82675) to helping him on the X9, Secret Agent Corrigan comic strip. It is less known that in the 70's he drew some Flash Gordon episodes when the rights reverted from Charlton back to Western in 1978. Al Williamson helped him to have this job. Here are some examples on CAF : https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=540776 https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1028306 I don't need to tell you things about his 80's period because you already know of the work he did on Star Wars, and after, when Al Williamson made the switch from penciler to inker for Marvel comics, he did the same thing and worked for Marvel first, then DC, as an inker. In the 90's, he didn't disappear as you think. He continued to be an inker for DC for the most part working on several Star Trek, Justice League (International, for example), Titans or Legion of Super Heroes titles. He also worked briefly for Valiant comics too (Archer & Armstrong, Rai) before being saw again at Marvel (Conan and a What If issue). After work for a GI Joe series for Dark Horse, the last thing I could find is that he worked again in the Star Wars universe on the Solo title first, then assisting again Al Williamson when "Star Wars A New Hope Special Edition Adaptation" was done (Eduardo Barreto was the penciler, but Williamson and Garzon helped the title to acquire thru inking the great look they gave to their Star Wars stories in the 80's). After this last 1997 job, I have not found no other work done by him. My guess is that when the comic market experienced hard difficulties in the end of the 90's (with Marvel bankruptcy in U.S at the very end of 1996), he left the field. After all, he was already 52 and, even Williamson was entering the road that would lead to retirement in 2002/2003. I supposed he worked in other fields to complete his artistic career, maybe in illustration as I know at least one book he work on in the 90's. Maybe somebody here saw him at a US comic convention after, and know something else about him. To conclude, there isn't a Wiki entry on him and that's a shame, because here is a webpage that could provide the basic content : https://fichas.universomarvel.com/autores/garzoncarlos.html You can have Google Chrome translated it for you.

Really interesting comments already. > I've seen very very few ballpoint pen pieces, so I can't say for sure how Jack drew with a ballpoint pen. That's the first one I see, and if somebody can point me to one another, I would be glad to look at it.

Hello everybody, Just my first post, I would like, humbly, to have your expert opinion on this sketch : https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/80896125_orig-thor-pi-illus-howdy-pal-sgn-jack-kirby-1969 I know the place and its reputation, and doubts, so, can be raised, but does this sketch seems legit ? IHMO, I would say yes, based on : the year (Kirby attended the early conventions at this 60's period) the character was one he was currently drawing at the time some stylish parts of the drawing and the bad quality of the roller pen which could complicate a forgery in my opinion. What do you think of it ? Many thanks in advance.