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Wouldn't that be awesome if a) he did so and b) I'd been hiding that the last 20 years? No, but I was in touch with his dealer at Gotham Book Mart. They'd learned never to say no to anything, no matter how insane, and told me where to address my inquiry. I sent him a letter about my interest in his work and a couple of reprints of old Ditko ASMs. Didn't hear back. My impression is that there was some room in his house that was full of unanswered mail, mine included. Sort of associated - one of Gorey's neighbors had a punk rock band called The Freeze. He asked Gorey to do the cover of their album. He did so. I ended up buying it from him. So some people did manage to get Gorey commissions. G

I don't think so. Does this bid history look like normal people bidding? Nope. The increments are all wrong. The guy has like four accounts (actual number rounded) -- it's likely he's shill bidding it to give it the illusion of motion. https://www.ebay.com/bfl/viewbids/223610256254?item=223610256254&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565

I think I need to say this again, maybe? I used to explain why something that was forged was easy to spot. After that, I noticed that a new round of forgeries had taken my comments into account. I suspect at least some forgers lurk on this forum, or others that discuss comic art. So we should be careful about explaining why something looks wrong.

Let's just put it this way -- multiple accounts on eBay are hard to track but not that hard to track.

Sigh. Look: the person who drew this is a fraud. He is emboldened because the way things work these days he knows he isn't going to get caught. Also he made one teeny tiny mistake a couple of months ago and, I'm delighted to say, I figured something out. Good luck, dude! G

Gene Colan Warlock. Edward Gorey Spider-Man (I actually asked him for a commission of this). I know he got around to it in 1984 or so, but early 1970s Jack Kirby on Wonder Woman would have been great.

I've been staring at this statement for a while and can only conclude we're thinking of different guys named David Bowie.

I'm glad he gives you so much pleasure. I grew up on Sal's work, but for me he was the ultimate house style journeyman artist. Sure, he seemed to put a lot of energy on the page, and he was good at his job, but - top five? I don't see it, but I'm the insufficiently_thoughtful_person who thinks Kirby covers should cost more than Sal Buscema covers. This speaks to the problem of figuring out where the future of the hobby is going. I'd always thought the top 5% of stuff would keep going up and the middle 90% would stagnate, but that didn't count on how no two people will ever agree on what the top 5% is. I think 100% of the market is in the top 5% for someone, somewhere.

Holy Cow. Trade away your Miller and your Kirby and your Ditko, fellahs.

In person it's very nice. It's going to go higher.

I will totally buy this issue if page 5 begins with an explanation of capitalism.

Timely page.

I would not bet against the creative team involved.

Gotta admit, this HBO WATCHMAN reboot is terrifying.

Very nice piece, and inked by Alcala (as per when it sold at HA in 2016 along with a bunch of other Kirby/Alcala animation pieces).

I got to go on a scavenger hunt with a friend who will later display some interesting stuff. Here's a photocopy of a previously-unseen Kirby.

^^^^This^^^ Someone tell me how much carbon will be in the atmosphere 25 years from now and maybe I'll start speculating about how valuable comic artwork will be.

The Internet, Always, a play in one act: PERSON A: I like something PERSON B: I like something different. PERSON A: Your opinion is wrong. (curtain)

Ah, yes, good to recognize historical fiction. Jim Shooter did a lot of good for me, personally, but I am skeptical of his accounts of anything to do with artwork in general and Kirby art in specific. What he remembers and what every other person involved remembers diverges drastically.

Good article, but it is a massive leap to suggest the donor and the consignor are the same person. Many different people removed art before the inventory list. And it's not that ST 117 and AF 15 were the only things missing from that list -- there were dozens of other complete books also missing. So maybe there's a 5% chance it's the same person, but I just don't see the connection. The lawyer's commentary is interesting, however.

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/72880675_jack-kirby-drawing-study?from=alert&utm_source=SavedAlert&utm_campaign=SearchAlert&utm_medium=email&utm_content=item I've been ignoring most of this forger's auctions, but in this case, I have to say, A+ Trolling.

I know I have a scan of the pencil piece in its finished state, when Brunner inked it. In the meantime...

YES! Thank you! So this is an unusual story in that some of (many of? can't remember) these pages were cut and paste together. I've been wondering if a) someone in production needed to re-organize the action of the story or b) they needed to cut pages to make room for the back up story. This isn't a smoking gun, but it's good reference material. Cool. I appreciate it. Looks like Christie's just described the pages as "fine" instead of getting into how the panels were moved around.

I'm doing some research on the Amazing Spider-Man 8 story and am looking for the photographs and descriptions of the pages that appeared in this catalogue, if anyone has one handy to share. Thanks!