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I have no idea who the artist of this is but the signature looks like it may say "Vela." I have a coworker named Vela, but the only art he's good at is con. LOL!

One of the things I really enjoy about this hobby is researching OA I get that isn't fully credited. I've picked up pieces that didn't have a listed artist, didn't have a listed title, or didn't have a listed issue or page number. Any time that happens, I do my best to hunt down that missing information, and sometimes uncover interesting stories about the artwork itself, or its creators. I've posted a few of these stories in this thread: But, I want to know some of the things you've researched and discovered about pieces you own! Here's a couple more of mine I recently had to do my homework on: 1. This piece was listed on Anthony's website for cheap, and didn't credit an artist or title. I liked it because the art was somewhat classic, and there was a funny interaction with an arcade game. First, I Googled "Bill," "Pam," "brother," "sister," and "comic," based on the story on the page, and after searching through images and articles/blogs, I found out it came from Dynamite Duo, which was published serially in Dynamite Magazine. Then, I found some old Heritage auctions that gave general information like, "Dynamite Duo, Chic Stone, circa 1970s." From there, I found various pictures online that had story numbers in the title. The way Bill and Pam looked changed over the years to match the current times, and I eventually found a pic that looked like it came from around the same time my page did. From there, I resorted to buying a random issue off ebay. I had learned that Dynamite Duo didn't start getting published until a bit later after the magazine started, so I bought a late issue first. Unfortunately, it ended up not having a Duo comic in it. Then, I bought an older issue, but it had an older comic. From there, I simply counted issues to my estimated story number, and bought yet another issue. I was close, but still not there. Then I counted a little more, and found a listing that had a scan of the title page in it. Why hadn't I thought of that before?! I could look for listings with scans and/or PM the sellers to ask. So I emailed that seller. He told me his mag did indeed have a Dynamite Duo story in it, and he scanned it for me. As it turns out, that story was my story! Unfortunately, it was just Part 1, and mine must've come later, because it wasn't in that mag. But, that would mean that surely my page would be within the next 2-3 issues. I looked for listings with scans, and literally found every issue with my story in it EXCEPT for my specific page's part! Still, there was 1 issue in-between the rest that didn't have scans. So it had to be my issue, right? I purchased it, and sure enough, it was my issue! Dynamite Magazine Issue 83, page 18. Dynamite Duo # 47, by (most likely, according to multiple sources) Chic Stone. 2. I've had this manga piece for a while, but I bought it at a time when I was collecting anime cels and not comic art, so I grouped it with them. The listing was in Japanese, and Google translate gave me a name, but the listing just said "illustration by" and didn't label where it came from besides the artist. To top it off, the translation of the name was off, which I didn't know at the time, so I resigned to just having a cool art piece of unknown origin. But, literally last night, I was reading old posts about manga, and anticipating some manga OA that was scheduled to arrive today, and I remembered that piece. So, I dig it out of my old cel Itoyas, and took another look. Then, I went through my Mandarake purchase history, and reran the listing through Google Translate. This time it gave me the correct name of the artist. I did a search with the Japanese name as well, which confirmed it and got me to a page that listed his work. I searched through those titles and found something that sounded like it fit the theme of my art (Geopolice Joe), and when I puled it up, it definitely fit! OK, now I had the title of the book, but where was my art? After some more Googling, I found an auction on Yahoo Japan that had pictures of the front and backs of the first 2 volumes of the collected manga, and there it was! It's on the back cover of the 2nd volume! Anyhow, I was about to bid on the auction, because I like getting the finished publications where all my OA are, but then Googled some more and found a used manga store in Japan (this title is out of print unless I want a digital version). So, I placed an order for all 3 volumes, because why not? I'll attach a pic that I stole (shhhh) from the Yahoo auction page as well.

My favorite comic strip of all time is Garfield. I agree with the above statement about homogeny and mass production/sellout, but I had so many laughs in the 80s and 90s and even the early 2000s with those strips. I'll always love the character from the past no matter how many new things they plaster him on, nor whatever political statements they assign him in the mass market. My 2nd favorite strip, also awesome as some of you have already mentioned, is The Far Side. Fun Fact: when I was in middle school, way back in my Computer Science class, we were given an assignment to type out a letter to send to a celebrity. We looked through a book (no mass-available internet just yet) to find addresses for agents, and I chose Gary Larson. To both my and my teacher's surprise, I got a response! Gary didn't write me directly, but his publishing company sent me a package with a bunch of cool stuff in it. It had a press release, a newsletter, a book of his collected works (one of the ones you can get at any book store that carries them), and a stack of enlarged, color prints of some of his strips. Those prints were on regular paper, but they came 2 gags per and were still pretty nifty. I've kept them all these years.

Love it! I read the entire series, finally, last year (or maybe 2019...it's a blur), and it's full of great art and story. I'd love to pick one of these up for my collection some day, too. Congratulations!

I can't say I've stopped reading Marvel or DC, but there is some great manga out there, and I love that the creators mostly stick with their books for the entire run. Here are some manga OA pieces that I own. 1. Hayame Blast Gear (unknown chapter/volume/page (maybe page 5) for now) by Yuusuke Takeyama. I got this recently for about $30, which I figured was a steal. His autograph is prominently on the piece, which is cool. I also ordered the first 2 volumes of the manga, which haven't come in yet, in hopes that I can pinpoint said chapter/volume/page. 2. Unknown title, also by Yuusuke Takeyama. I have no idea what manga this is from. Does anyone here recognize it? I also got this one for roughly $30, and I really like the judo action in it! I'm a little less enthused about his prominent autograph here, since it crosses over the art a bit, but it looks like he took care to put it in a spot that was mostly white space, so I really can't complain. 3. Geopolice (or Geopolis) Joe, Volume 2 back cover, by Kei Satomi. I actually have had this piece for a while, but had lumped it in with my anime cel collection. I dug it out last night and took a pic today.

I think they're pretty cool, and I might be tempted to buy one of a cover I really liked...if I can get it cheap. They're a neat piece of the production process for comic books, but they don't compare to original artwork. I have a couple of trading card printing plates. I was gifted one, and the other I bought for less than $10. I'd probably pay $50 for a comic plate. On a tangential note, I watched a video recently that talked about some unauthorized reprints and first prints of comics. The guy who did the reprints apparently bought a printing shop and came across a bunch of comic book printing plates, so he used them to reprint some comics!

I watched the episode today and really enjoyed it. I really need to start watching them live!

I was digging in some of my comic boxes this weekend and found this piece by Tim Seeley, circa 2006, drawn on a comic backing board. I worked at a comic book store at the time, and he was scheduled to be a guest at the shop on a day I couldn't be there. My manager said I could request a free sketch from him and they'd give it to me when I returned to work, so I requested Batgirl (Cassie Cain), who is one of my favorite characters. My coworker who told Tim what to draw for me thought he'd be funny, and told him I wanted Batgirl with Hulk Hogan. He thought I'd be ticked, but joke's on him, I was a Hulkamaniac when I was a kid and bigtime into WWF, so I was even more excited when I saw the final piece!

I still want one.

I picked up a page from an unpublished Justice League story from him last year. He told me that it recently got colored, and DC might actually publish it sometime in the future. I'm definitely a fan of his work.

Yes, I'm quoting myself! I just had a birthday last month, and my friend gave me the original pencils from a page in this book that he did! Forgive the amateurishness, but it is a published work!

I always loved these funny one-pagers (and often one-panelers) they put in the What If? comics. I got this one (1 page, 2 stories) direct from the artist (Steve Buccellato) recently.

After a fairly long and unintentional hiatus, I'm back! I mean, I'm still a newbie, so I probably wasn't missed much, but I certainly missed a lot!!! I have some catching up to do. How's everyone been? In the meantime, on-topic, I find myself twiddling with my CAF galleries, re-reading and editing page entries, and even changing titles more than I want to. Do you do that, too? Tonight, I added more pages (which is the fiddling we all do), but also changed a lot of my titles to add characters to what was previously just issue and page numbers. I figured adding characters would make it easier for people who search for things to find characters they like.

I mean, mayonnaise and licorice taste pretty nasty but both have their staunch fans. I'm too tired at the moment to rank them all but this one with the Lizard is my #1 from the bunch.

Do you think he'll honor that sell price for Detective Comics # 27 if I show him this ad? I'd give him positive ebay feedback! Also, if he REALLY wanted to settle this Spider-Man debacle, couldn't he just reach out to Luke or the Romitas and ask? *Edit: Guys, he's got a Detective Comics # 27 (1 page only) listed on ebay and...it's hilarious! He put pictures of some dialogue he had with someone who contacted him about errors in that listing. It's a good read. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Detective-Comics-27-1st-Origin-First-Appearance-Of-Batman-Worlds-M-Valuable/333804318056 I don't think either of these items will flip. Nor will the Heidi Doody doll that was once "next to actual Howdy Doody puppets."

Someone is going to cry after they open up their package up.

Yeah, like @romitaman said, it's now got a $69K starting bid! But no, no one has bid on it and I doubt anyone will. The description is even funnier now: "Spiderman Splash art for issue # 259 in “my opinion” I definitely attributed it to be done by Romita sr ! More ! Mike Burkey disagrees with my opinion and doesn’t think the splash is by Romita but I 100% disagree with that! If you are familiar with Classic Romita Spiderman art You can judge for your self! The Original cover Art for Spectular Spiderman #259 according to Marvel Data base was Romita! According to the internet Romita did the cover to this issue and possibly the splash ! Interesting enough this splash was supposedly originally planned to be the Spiderman 259 Cover ! In my opinion the splash is much better then final 259 Cover! just judge for your self ! Romita man sold and advertised sketch of a earlier issue for $200,000 this !I like this one better Shipped with USPS Priority Mail." To be fair, he doesn't appear to have any ill intentions. He just believes what he believes, and of course is selling this piece based on that belief. I wonder where he got this and how much he paid for it. Hopefully he wasn't swindled.

It's a nice piece! I'm sure the collectors are out there, and don't forget the last-minute bidders. Hopefully it will go higher in the end. The $45 it's at know is definitely undervalued, in my opinion.

I don't believe the industry, or shared big-budget entertainment, will die. It's hurting now, yes, but once the masses get their vaccine, they will be "dying" to get out and rejoin the world again. They'll want movies, and past normalcy. I don't know how long it will take to happen, but somebody will step in to fill the void. Theaters will open again, and movies will be made. I don't know if superhero stuff will stay popular, but big budget movies will come again...eventually. Or not, but I think they will.

I second Mandarake. They have the Big Web auctions that @NicoV mentioned , which you have to pay to participate in. But they have everyday auctions as well, and you can find good stuff in there, too. I found out about them when I was buying a lot of anime cels. They're dependable and fun to browse, and they sell a lot of cool stuff. They also have storefronts you can browse through. https://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/auction/item/indexEn.html

Here are a couple of mine. The first is Lei-Lei (or Hsien-Ko) by Joe Vriens that I commissioned at A-Kon (an anime convention) a few years ago. Joe has worked with UDON Comics on the various Capcom properties, such as Darkstalkers (where Lei-Lei is from). The second is The Little Mermaid meets Godzilla (Hanna-Barbera version) by Philo Barnhart. Philo's parents were both animators who worked for Disney and other studios, and Philo followed suit. He's an animator who worked on lots of great productions, including Secret of Nimh, Dragon's Lair (the video game), Beauty and the Beast, An American Tail, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Little Mermaid, and Godzilla (the 1978 TV cartoon), and others. Fun fact: He created Ariel's shell bra's final design. I got this one commissioned at G-Fest XXVI (a Godzilla convention) last year.

Nice! I love June Brigman's work. Are those your kids? I know she often does that. She was hired to do Power Pack in the first place because she knew how to draw kids.

grapeape has been fortunate to meet a LOT of wonderful people in his life, hasn't he? Good stuff, my friend. And I agree, that's a great parody cover, @shadroch!

I know not everyone here is American, and I know Thanksgiving is one of those hot topics nowadays for some (as is Christmas and some other holidays), but here, any excuse to show off a collaborative user art gallery is a good reason to celebrate, right? So, what you got? Turkey artwork, pilgrims, Native Americans, food, or just something you're thankful for; show us your art! I don't have much from the comic scene, but here's an animation cel of Nanami from El Hazard delivering food. I know some of us will be having this done for us this year, thanks to COVID. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

I'm not a fan of tracing. I know multiple artists do it, but it's just one of those practices that drops respect points in my eyes. An artist that traces his own work? It's a step above tracing a photo, but not as valued to me as someone who does it all freehand.