Ecclectica

On 2/14/2023 at 4:04 PM, glendgold said:

Technically this piece was not available in the 1970s because it didn't exist until the 1990s. 

 

Right.

An opinion, if it would have been the original one ?

On 2/12/2023 at 4:55 AM, batman_fan said:

I kind of like this one 

I'm a bit surprised this art was obtainable in the 70's.. but I suppose there must be an explanation.

Machine Man #1 pg. 10 with Sunset Bain (by Herb Trimpe & Barry Windsor-Smith) sold for $1.9K on CC in September 2022

https://www.comicconnect.com/item/966879?tzf=1

Now on eBay for $2.8K

https://www.ebay.com/itm/165898023764

(anyway, who would want Sunset's first apparition which freaked us as kids !)

On 1/17/2023 at 9:13 PM, -m said:

What is Cyborg doing..? Does he have a question?!?

I suppose Batman is trying to teach a danse step to his colleagues. Cyborg is trying to learn, trying to mimicking the danse step.

Monthly bump.

On 12/13/2022 at 5:04 AM, Dr. Balls said:

Does Heritage (or anyone else for that matter) correct things like this based on customer input or do they just throw out the description and "buyer beware"?

2 or 3 years ago, I saw a pasted patch on a BWS page (on the main character face) and its presence wasn't mentioned in the description. The patch was visible but not obvious on a quick view. I told them and they modified quickly the decription accordingly.

On 12/8/2022 at 10:34 PM, Kryptic1 said:

All of the Thanos Quest [...] pages looked strong to me.

I was surprised to see them. I thought all TQ pages were locked in one collector's collection, but maybe it's old news that some where sold since. 

On 12/7/2022 at 11:06 PM, Twanj said:

Yes.

Works for me.

I discussed recently with other people around here in my country (France) who have the same problem. Thank you for the reply. I will try to figure out what is happening. Glad to see JB is still exchanging with his fans (for new drawings, well, he deserves to rest : he produced so much in his life !) 

On 12/7/2022 at 9:01 PM, gumbydarnit said:

Byrne is still posting on his site. He has made a couple posts today. Now if you go there to see new Byrne art, yes you'll be dissapointed... he has kinda retired from drawing.

?!?!

Am I the only one to see "403 Forbidden" when I validate "https://www.byrnerobotics.com/" in my browser adress field ?

Maybe I'm missing something here...  

On 12/7/2022 at 4:32 PM, KirbyCollector said:

72 now, wealthy, living the quiet life, albeit a little frustrated (imho). The 2019 SyFy interview on YouTube speaks loudly.

I think Elsewhen really helped him to "scratch a big itch" as he more or less said, so to lower this frustration.

Anyway, if he really decided to go, he should have, at least, told his fans first, instead of just, as far as I can see, turn down the thing (if it is what it is, after all - his website down been maybe simply the result of a nightmarish technical issue...)

If it was only the same case for Conny Valentina...

The same kind of question I'm asking myself currently is : where is John Byrne ?

His forum Byrne Robotics is down since a few weeks. Maybe Byrne finally realized he was indeed retired, and decided it was the time to let his forum down and go to a (paradise) island in the sun.

Filled it out too ! :-)

Monthly bump.

I'm open to an exchange with another sketch. You can send me your propositions (everything, except sketches by young artists and/or unknown artists) with a PM.

Nice variations.

On 10/21/2022 at 4:16 PM, KirbyCollector said:

Both

You should visit this ancient store : http://www.editions-deesse.com/

Not many US OA pieces BUT if you want to discuss old US OA, you will be in VERY capable hands there.

And you could see a gem or two on the walls (almost garanteed !)

On 10/21/2022 at 3:31 PM, KirbyCollector said:

Going to Paris soon, looking for OA gallery recommendations... already have Galerie du 9eme on the list

Maybe to give you one more address : what are you looking for ?

European OA ? US OA ?

On 10/21/2022 at 9:28 AM, EXPhysiker said:

You can save some $$$ to pay via Wise. The exchange rates at PayPal are terrible. You pay 3-4% more.

You're right, but do you think Wise is used by many european OA dealers ?

I says this because I even had, in a recent past, difficulties to make accept a Paypal payment to an (excellent) OA dealer not far from the two of us, so...

As somebody who is at the other side of the ocean from you, I understand completely your concern. Everything that has already been told to you (especially extra protection and care for shipping option) are good things.

Maybe I would add that you have to take care deeply of the seller reputation, because that's a subject that really concerns me for you, american buyers, since my last purchase several weeks ago... in my own country here : France ! I explain : I made a deal recently with a seller in my own country that did a catastrophic job on packaging the parcel and even tried to make money on my back sending me the parcel without insurance, even if I paid for insurance !!! In a few days, I will take the time to explain the subject more in the packaging thread (because it's a interesting example of a bad parcel) and maybe give info here in this thread about this seller, because if he was involved in a transaction with somebody here, I would be concerned in the same way you would be concerned to see an european buyer buying from a person of dubious reputation in the USA... As the guy is selling internationally all kind of original art (american, european and even OA manga art), you probably can have seen already the original art he is selling on Ebay, CAF, Catawiki... with Donnelly brothers kind of prices... and with the situation on the currency market like it is nowadays, what was not a problem a few years ago (because overseas prices were too high to be interesting for you) is now a real problem, because you can naturally be attracted now to OA located in Europe. 

However, I don't want to worry you : each time I made a transaction with a real professional OA dealer from Italy (the french guy I'm talking about isn't a professional), I haven't had any problem. The guys knew what they were doing, and the packaging was suited to travel both a few hundred miles or a few thousand ones. Precisely, I can highly recommend http://www.artefumetto.it/ and https://www.tavoleoriginali.net/

On 10/18/2022 at 4:27 PM, RBerman said:

Every snowflake is different! Some of Paul Smith's Kitty Prydes look more like Kitty Pryde than others.

Looking at the drawing done for the latest H.I., I begin to understand what you mean here ! Chucky fans around here ?

I have seen all movies done by Marvel and DC since 20 years, and it's seems to me DC hasn't the same objective of building a coherent cinematic/tv universe like Marvel did...

Many DC movies seems like almost remote islands to each other, as if the executives were always targeting each release as stand-alone attempts just to bring the most money.

Based on this, you can understand the consequences for characters judged "minors" at one moment... Overall, there isn't enough care for characters, but even for situations, history, etc...

On 10/18/2022 at 9:56 PM, RBerman said:

Which is actually thematically appropriate for Nick "Life Model Decoy" Fury...

 

I never would have thought of that. All these sketches... Jim Steranko is actually a genius !

On 10/18/2022 at 6:16 PM, KirbyCollector said:

I know many collectors do not mind owning a copy... but if I was the one who bought I thought was a one of a kind original, and then found out the artist gladly copied it for someone else... I would think twice about commissioning that artist ever again

I understand your point of view, but it was not an asked commission, simply a sketch I bought from his portfolio.

And, in that case, it does not matter to me if I have what is, to my eyes, a good drawing, and not a degenerated clone. LOL

(I would not buy one of the common "recent" Steranko Fury face sketches for example. Most of them are degenerated clones to me).

On 10/18/2022 at 6:08 PM, KirbyCollector said:

A published page is the only guarantee of uniqueness... it is all unfortunately all too common for artists to endlessly generate the same pose or expression if it makes $$$... perhaps if our artists were paid more, or were viewed in a more serious light (e.g., the way they are almost everywhere outside the US), they would be less tempted to do this

Yes, there is the money factor, but I think he sincerely tried to please his fan (lady or not) and it was a 2 day con so...

On 10/18/2022 at 4:36 PM, Pickie said:

Oh my, this is good ... 

Calvin & Hobbes spirit lives in us !

On 10/18/2022 at 3:17 PM, RBerman said:

It's all in what you're looking for. A quick sketch, like a signature or a selfie, is basically evidence that you shared space with the artist. It's rarely going to be an objectively beautiful piece of art, compared to something the artist put time into as he would for a published cover. Most artists do this implicitly, pricing their "done at the convention" work much lower than their "spent a while in the studio" work. I appreciated Jon Bogdanove for explicitly including two price scales on his commission sheet when I saw him a couple of months ago. Some people want to pay more for a piece that's not only by the artist of their choice, but also at a quality level that shows off the artist at his best rather than his quickest. Neither is wrong.

I have bought in the past, at a con, a sketch done by Bob Layton prior to this con. A chance I was first in line in front of the portfolio, because a lady who was behind me, seeing the sketch I was buying, asked B.L. for the same sketch. I saw it later, on the B.L. twitter feed, and I was happy to have bought mine, because the quality level of hers was not the same, as professional as B.L. is (and quick he is) on a con.