Mighty Hal

Had no idea that was an option. Thanks!

I wanted to follow your steps, but the "--" discard button can't be found. The other symbols are there, though. The option to "Discard all" isn't there, either. Is this because I use a tablet instead of a desktop computer?

RIP Cheap Art Wednesdays. Also, your Colan/Dracula link goes to Archangels.com and an Aparo page for some reason.

"In matters of taste, there can be no disputes" ... but said all classy. 😀

Thanks, I was unaware of this. Is a "birth" page more of less desirable than a later appearance in the same story? In this case, is the cover (where Scream is first seen but not "birthed" -- such weird terminology) more or less sought after than the other pages?

I need a better understanding of the "first appearance" thing. Scream appears on the cover of issue #4; are cover appearances a first or not so much because the character's on a cover? Before this page, she makes a dynamic appearance (a three-quarter splash) which would seem to serve as her first in-story appearance. So, which counts as the "first"? The cover or the splash? Either way, this wouldn't seem to be the first appearance unless collectors view all pages in the issue as a first.

Spencer has usually been good to respond to the emails I've sent. In one email earlier this year, he mentioned that he's several months behind in catching up to his orders.

Lovely art. Didn't Ms Marvel first appear in Marvel Super-Heroes, though, and not on page 17 of her own comic?

$7-8K, my estimation. GLWTS.

RIP, Cheap Art Wednesdays.

Congratulations on a lovely splash. Budd seems to be doing fewer and fewer stories these days, so his really good pages are becoming more and more expensive. You found a beaut.

My last four packages, all USA, arrived in 2 to 5 days. Markedly better than 6 months ago.

Going by the cover, she's changing a man into an ape. Or worse: a mindless beast!

Is this legitimately a thing? Did "The Boys" pages go sky high once that show hit? (I have no idea; if you do, please share.) What happens if the show is a flop? Do prices fall?

The Man Who Knew Too Little. A good Bill Murray movie that bombed because of a bad and misleading trailer.

As John said, modern art tends to be done differently than the old school ways. This week, I bought a modern (2017) DPS that was all pencils and inked digitally. Recently, I picked up a modern (2007) splash that was inks over graphite and another splash (2018) that had pencils on one board, inks on another, and I was able to get both. Lots of options these days. Inks over bluelines and monoprints are two of the newer options that don't appeal to me. If that's the artist's process, you're right, I'm not buying their art. There are collectors for inked bluelines and monoprints, though, and I won't be surprised if that part of the hobby grows.

John knows a lot about the hobby, so take what I say with a grain of salt. This penciled page doesn't look like a prelim to me. It's much too finished. If the pencils were scanned in and the artist inked over the digital lines, then you're getting the published image, that's true, but you're buying inks and colors over a print-out. You're not getting the page of art that created the image. I'd check with the artist to get a little clarification before I made that buy.

What does a 2" commission go for these days?

But it has a certain tang I can't resist.

I enjoyed seeing your gallery. Good luck on your quest!

The idea of approaching Joe Matt to do a Dave Stevens homage is so far out of the box that you deserve kudos. It's a great piece!

An interesting statement and it's left me wondering if this is true. I'm not a Wolverine collector, so I was only somewhat interested in the final sale price on his first appearance. (So many zeroes!) For those people who were more involved, was the artist completely irrelevant? At the close of auction, if Jack Kirby/Todd McFarlane/Your Favorite Artist had done the page, would the final price would have been the same?

4) What if Leialoha had done the layouts and Starlin had done the finishes? Would that make this a more desirable page to you? After all, it's the finisher's artwork that's on the page. The panels may be more dynamic because of the layout -- if the finisher cared to follow the layout he was given -- but if you're collecting the artist, not the storyline, is that enough?

When it comes to Artist's Proofs and monoprints, it seems we're all trying to get a sense of the market. It's interesting that the Janin panel pages sold for less than cost, as did the Dauterman cover (I assume), but you don't have a piece by either of those guys. Jae Lee's pricing isn't the same as Jim Lee's pricing, if you get my drift. What's Ward's fan base? Also, you have a variant cover of a series that seems to be 🔥 right now, and it's in full color. For the right buyer, those are good things. But it's early in the digital game and nobody knows where we go from here. If you're selling it on CAF, pick a price and see if anybody bites. If you'd rather put it in an auction house, choose carefully. Some places are better for modern art than others. From Twanj's examples, I'd say Heritage is the wrong marketplace for APs.

I second this!