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  1. The character is not on the cover, this is their first appearance in the comics. It just happened in a flashback and then back to present day with my splash page being the present “first full appearance”. So confusing, first should be first, lol.
  2. I did talk to the rep and the artist is calling it the first full appearance of said character. It is a splash page if that means anything. I was just confused when the character showed up (via flashback as a teen). I kinda felt like it muddied the waters as far as a first appearance. I also realize this character will never be Spidey or Wolverine, I just wanted to make sure I got what was described. It is, to my knowledge, the only first appearance traditional art with any character from this universe. Thanks for the comment.
  3. So, I recently purchased a page from a new series that was just released. I bought the page as a first appearance page, not being able to read the book since it wasn’t out yet. Well, it finally comes out and I’m reading and the character is shown (not the page I bought) through about 5-6 pages. This is a flashback of them in their teens. Finally my page shows up and it’s the first time you see them as an adult. So, wouldn’t the youth page be the first appearance? He was actually formally introduced in those pages as a teen. I have always assumed the first appearance is the first appearance? Any thoughts on this? I paid a premium price on the notion it was a first appearance and now I’m not so sure. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Thanks! **edit** I will also add that there are only two traditional pages for this issue, mine being the only one with said character. The rest of the issue was done digitally.
  4. Yep, what the other guy said is pretty spot on. Very few pages have been done traditionally for SIKTC and will be extremely difficult to find/ buy. I have talked with Werther and his rep a few times over the past year and have pretty much given up on getting a page from the series. Tons of artists do covers for the series though so that would be your best bet at scoring something. Though again, these are very desirable since the interior art is almost nonexistent. Kirby’s Comic Art seems to have a lot of their artists doing covers for it on a regular basis, so contacting Annabel there and letting her know what you’re looking for would get the ball rolling. Or do some cover homework since they are usually shown months in advance and then try to hit up said artist or rep and try to get one that way. Good luck, such a great series.
  5. Thanks! I’m thrilled with it, though I would have liked for it to be inked traditionally as well. Just my preference. The artist actually said they have inked traditionally in the past but usually ended up scanning that and doing it digital as well so now they just skip that part and do it all digitally. Also, I do realize most color is done digitally. It just seems like a huge process when all of it could be done on paper and then scanned to color. 🤷🏻‍♂️
  6. Just going by what the artist told me and showed me with the panel that was blown up and light boxed. That digital panel looked quite different to me and the pencil spot on for the most part to the published piece. I’m happy with it. 🤷🏻‍♂️
  7. Well, I pulled the trigger on this today because I’ve been trying to get a cover for issue #16. I was told by the artist that they do the preliminary work digital, blow it up and light box and fine pencil it, THEN go back to digital to ink and then someone else digitally colors it. 😳 I asked why even do the physical pencil and they said to sell for extra money. Im very happy with it and think I got a good price but I think the artist is leaving money on the table not physically inking it too. 🤷🏻‍♂️
  8. That helped a lot. One more scenario for you. Would you consider pencils preliminary if it was then inked digitally and colored digitally?
  9. I turned the piece down, mostly just because I didn’t want to spend the money. I did talk to the artist about her process as well. She pencils, light box over the pencil with ink and then color. Now, curious on your thoughts about an artist who would do digital and then ink over the print out? If that was just their process would you never buy a piece of theirs? This gets to be confusing, lol. When I started collecting I just figured everything was done on one page all the time. I was very wrong.
  10. Here are pics of pencil and finished. I actually contacted the artist about her Batman 108 cover but it was sold and after some talk we wound up with this piece. I ended up telling the artist I was going to hold off but I appreciated the opportunity to buy. This purchase would have sapped me for a bit and I didn’t want to miss out on some things I’m looking forward to down the line. Not a huge Vampirella fan either, I just loved the artwork.
  11. Sorry I hadn’t caught up with this thread, it’s been a day. When I talked with the artist I told her I was surprised the pencil was bought without the finished piece. She said she does everything in pencil first because eraser marks can effect the paper and not give her the desired result when coloring the final art. I’m no artist but I could see her point. Like I said, I’m still a little green and I have seen pencils and final sold together, especially newer stuff. I was just a little confused and didn’t want to pay big money (for me) until I got some feedback from some seasoned collectors.
  12. So...I have the opportunity to buy a published cover and the art is inked and colored by the original artist. While talking the artist told me they had sold the original pencils which I had not expected. So, what would you do? I’ve only been collecting for about two years and this has never come up with a sale. Which would be more valuable or is it a deal breaker right from the start since the pencil is out in the wild? Would the pencil be considered a preliminary since the finished piece was all inked and colored by the artist as well? Thanks, can’t wait to hear what everyone thinks.