Mighty Hal

Beautiful pieces, I agree. They strike me as more Pixar-influenced than Frazetta-influenced, however.

I suddenly feel the need to own a Brazilian bootleg comic of a cover I own.

Carlo, you might want to post the image. The link goes to a "we can't find what you want" page on eBay.

Here's an NFT rambling: Billions of dollars of bitcoin has been lost when the owners forgot/misplaced their password. One guy misplaced $220 million that way. I suppose a forgetful collector is in the same boat if his item is digital only. But what if he owns the physical artwork and its token? Can the OA be re-tokenized, or will the NFT-focused crowd now view the actual art as worthless?

Very fun art, and a generous artist. Those pages are nicely detailed. Do you know if Paul's pages are printed directly from the pencils, inked digitally, or inked on separate boards?

Heritage has a nice panel page in their upcoming March International Signature Auction. (Not the seller, just interested in Budd's art.) Good luck!

Stefan's post suggests that a pen-and-ink Kubert original was attached to an NFT and sold for a multiple of what it might have otherwise. If so, this will have an impact on the hobby we love. Also, I understand why artists would be excited to collect a percentage when their artwork is sold again. It sounds as if some contracts will give them that percentage even when the art sells at a loss... again, if I'm understanding the current madness correctly.

There's clearly a "Marvel premium" in this hobby, and it's reflected in the pricing.

I'm a big fan of first appearances. Every major comic book character has had dozens of "important" storylines, but his or her first appearance? That's extra special.

This is the foundation of most OA collections. Mine, too.

John's my friend, but that's not why I thought it was a great read. I only wish I could talk him into writing a sequel.

Essentialsequential.com represents him.

The goal I'm least likely to fulfill is finding J.G. Jones' original cover art to Fatale #6 (Broadway Comics). I keep looking, but it seems to have disappeared. I'd also like to find any available pages to Aliens: Special by Leif Jones. If I do, I'll gift them to a friend.

Was the price tag announced?

The seller won that war. Imagine how much less he would have gotten if either of you had walked away!

Working for me, Nico. Thanks for providing such a great site!

Hi Dave, I'm guessing the Wonder Woman is by David M. Beck.

You might want to do a specific "WTB Mike Manley DARKHAWK" listing if that's the case. Goid luck!

Any luck with your query, John?

One of the great things about Timm panel pages, besides the story-telling? Forged copies aren't flooding eBay.

Me, too. Except when I'm sleeping.

Vodou is right about the shipping time. Wrong about the refund, IMO. If the artist refunded part of your shipping costs, he's trying to do right by you, as I see it. He doesn't sound like a take-the-money and run kind of guy. "Force" a refund and I can imagine how little he'll want to do with you in the future. I've bought directly from two artists in Brazil. Neither packed their art well the first time, but everything survived relatively intact (a minor, easily-flattened fold on the corner of one page).

I don't follow the BWS market -- I'm not a collector of his work and I'm only occasionally a fan -- so I don't know. Did his art contracts go away? Have the buyers who signed those contracts been freed of their obligation to give Barry a percentage of any future profits on the work they purchased?

Link isn't working for me, Jeff. Which gallery?

My takeaway from this is that you made a 70% profit on your original $10 investment. Woo hoo!