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Just added a new piece of art to my CAF. Frazetta's Egyptian Queen!! Just kidding, but it's still Frazetta. Contains nudity. https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1553291

Just added my first new art of the year to my CAF. Nine pieces, including a 1970s Toth splash, a swell Joe Kubert Enemy Ace page, a violent Bob Powell Cave Girl page, a first year Stan Lynde Rick O'Shay daily, plus Moldoff, Timm & more. https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerynew.asp?GCat=3878

I asked him about it a couple of years ago. He didn't mention Fiction House art... the only specific thing I recall him remembering was a stack of Perez Teen Titans pages.

Tom Grindberg can be very Frazetta-esque. He's actually really good at emulating a number of styles, while being far less derivative than Hoffman.

It was, and well worth the drive. Thanks for hosting, Richard!

Looks like there will be two to three peeps from the San Antonio art collectors cult making the trip.

That seems right on the money with Heritage results. 1 D/D at 65k, 1 D/B at 33.

What do you think is the ratio of value of a Ditko/Ditko to a Ditko/Bell?

It's a great piece and should pull in $150-$300K or more. That said, and not to denigrate this cover at all, but it is, arguably, the weakest of the Frazetta FF covers. I mean, if you had to rank them top to bottom, keeping in mind that it's like pointing out the weakest team ever to win a Super Bowl.

I'm a big fan of disparate CAF updates, and they don't get any more contrasting than these two. An Ernie Colón full page splash from the first issue of Amethyst (1983), and a 1936 Hannes Bok painting... https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerynew.asp?GCat=3878 I've also recently added pieces by Jeff Jones, Linsner, Neil Vokes, Percy Crosby and others.

The $720, not the 3K+

I agree 100%. Other inkers, not as much, but with Greene...

Maybe the San Antonio delegation will have to break tradition and do a mid-week roadie...

Still looking. I wish Gerber's customer service was better. I wouldn't mind waiting the multiple months it takes to come.

Dang, it it was a weekend, the San Antonio contingent would come up. Are you the same Joe that goes by JL on CAF? -- Roger K.

I've used them on a few occasions and have always had quality issues. The seal on their edges is frequently very weak. About one out of every five large (12x18+) sized mylars has been split.

You don't even need to go to that effort. Tossing aside the fact that positive transparencies were never used in the comic book web printing process in the U.S., you can easily determine if a transparency is a proper photographic transparency. If it was printed on a water-based inkjet like an Epson, it is water soluble. On the printed side, run a wet q-tip along the edge of a crop mark where a little bit of damage wouldn't matter. If it smears, it's not a photo-based transparency. If it was printed on a eco- or bio-solvent printer like a Mutoh, you could do the same thing with a little alcohol on the q-tip, as water wouldn't affect those inks, but those printers are more expensive and less likely to be used for these purposes.

The whole story is in my CAF. It may or may not help clear things up. https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=151475

Obscure? Hold my beer. Gill Man and the Human Icicle.

There are lots of art collectors in this part of Texas who could come in from San Antonio, Austin, etc, but a Thursday night is difficult. We had one of these on a Saturday two years ago and it was a lot of fun.

You find stuff at OAF you simply do not find anywhere else. I bought more things for myself (not for resale) at that show last year than I have at every other show I've been to in this century combined. I was seriously bummed that it conflicted with a family wedding this year, but I will be back in 2019. So much fun... and a tornado to boot!

The only thing that could have kept me from Oafcon this past weekend would be a family wedding halfway across the country. And it did. Consoled myself with a visit to MoPOP to see the amazing Marvel exhibit there. I'll be back to Oaf next year... hands down the most fun comic convention I've been to in 30 years!

Kaluta (I've had the other Studio guys represented in my collection for 30 years), Ploog, Winsor McCay, Carl Barks, Rube Goldberg, vintage Golden, Dave Stevens, Mark Shultz...

Today's mystery. This seems so familiar to me, but I can't place the character of the artist.