Weird Paper

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. 

And this is a prelim of, maybe, a Star Wars comic? Looks like a lightsabre in her hand. The sig is not familiar to me. Ignore the copyright stamp. That's from the page beneath it.

And to keep piling on, these next two fall under the who? as much as the where? but since this is where I am...
I can't ID the artist or any publication info on this. Could be unpublished, could be a poster, could be a commission. I don't know this "AV" signature at all.

Let's stir up this hornet's nest of indifference with a slightly different query:

This is the cover to Laugh Comics 381 by Dan DeCarlo. The art has been glued to oversized illustration board with its stats, etc. On the back it says something about "1961, reused again in 1984." Laugh 381 is from 1984, but my searches have turned up nothing from 1961 that looks like this. Plus the fashions probably don't look right for 1961. Anyone have any light they can shed on this one? I'm no Archie expert, so any intel is appreciated.

Let's try this one. Winnie the Wivetter from Walla Walla. Trying to ID the artist on this one too. Steven?

I was hoping that Bok would strike a chord with somebody. I want to make a proper offer on it, but it helps to know if it ever saw print.

I recently picked up a batch of 85 pieces of comic art (mostly) to sell, many of which I need to identify printing history and even, in a few cases, artist. As I get the chance, I will post some here and continue to pick at the scab that is this thread.

My gut tells me it's painted over a stat, but I don't really know. You could try contacting Wendy or Richard.

The ones I worked on were the color reprints that came out around 1987--the first few books of the thick color reprints. Aside from the new painted pieces done as covers and interiors, the color for the reprinted pages was cut on overlays, old school.

I've just added a recently-acquired prime-period Marshall Rogers/Terry Austin Detective Comics page from their original run. Batman engaging, battling and defeating a pair of Hugo Strange's Monster Men, all in the space of eight quick panels; with some classic Steve Englehart narration. 

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1493561

Just added some new pieces to my CAF. Two bronze-age Neal Adams Brave & Bold pages -- one with Green Arrow, one with Deadman, an unusual Krenkel, a Gill Fox one-page humor story from Doll Man #3, a cool Suydam half splash and a Shiverbones Halloweenized cover that I realize I'd never posted.

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerynew.asp?GCat=3878

Here's another one... just 'cause it's Friday the 13th. This is allegedly a small Hannes Bok painting. Still trying to authenticate it, so I'm not altogether sure.

I've searched his artwork on line and not found it. Excuse the glare, it's matted and wrapped.

I'm back to beat on this dead horse even though it's clearly entered rigor mortise. This is by noted children's book author & artist Lane Smith, whose originals are pretty rare. I'm guessing my odds of identifying this one are probably on par with the odds of Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande's marriage lasting beyond one election cycle, but what the hell...

I'll play. This, as far as I can tell, is an unused Omega Men cover by Alex Ninó. It is huge on a board, and I swear he must have been hanging around, drinking, with Gahan Wilson.

Let's try to keep this puppy alive! I realize this little Wally Wood drawing is probably not published, but does anyone recognize the character? Is it something from his vast body of work?

Just added six new pieces to my CAF by Kubert, Pitarra, Kelley Jones and others.

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerynew.asp?GCat=3878

Let's try something a little more mainstream. This lovely Finlay is a mystery to me. I know there is usually info on the back of his pieces, but this one is on a board that is dry mounted to another board, so until I have a restorer remove it...

1 hour ago, rotembk said:

There’s a scan of the issue here, so you can see it was an illustration for the story License to Steal by Louis Newman.

Excellent! Thank you -- I can't wait to read it.

Here's a new one, as I sink, quicksandish, into the muck of obscurity. I think it was in a 70s National Lampoon knock-off called Apple Pie, or it was supposed to be. I don't have any Apple Pies -- can anyone verify if it was, and in what issue?

On 5/6/2018 at 11:45 AM, The Voord said:

http://www.null-entropy.com/2012/04/wally-wood1927-1981the-galaxy-illustrations-pt-2/

Scroll down the page.  Your illo *appears* to have been used for the August 1959 edition of GALAXY MAGAZINE.

Here's a similar one:

Success! Thanks, Terry! I guess all I had to do was get really busy at work and not have time to check this thread for a week or two for it to come to life.

At the risk of pushing this thread to a feeble pitch, I'll try again, because I'm nothing if not stubborn. It only gets more eclectic from here, so I expected the responses to noticeably decline.

This is Wally Wood, probably from some late 50s or early 60s science fiction pulp or digest. I want to know so I can read the story. It looks like a fun story.

Thanks for playing along, Malvin. I love that Gary Frank piece, but probably retraced your steps in trying to find it online. The other two are beyond me. The Punisher almost looks like it could be Gary Frank, but my super powers of artist recognition work better with the older stuff, since I'm made of the older stuff. I've got more to add -- I'll drop in one a day until I run out.

Crickets. That means this is either a bad idea for a thread or nobody has ever seen the Von Eeden before. I'll double down and try another.

This is Nebres, and I'm pretty sure it's Red Sonja. It has a sizing percentage written on the back which would put at at the size of a magazine page. Anybody ever seen it? Bueller?