drewincanada

Very little of the Vision is original art. The original art is on the slightly yellowed art board: his lower jaw, shoulders and cape, as well as the part of his eye that touches Iron Man's arm. The rest of the Vision - the parts on the lighter/whiter paper - is stats. That's a whole lot of money for some simple line work to redraw the jaw and shoulders, plus 1/3rd of one eye, and Thor's cape.

Fantastic work, Mio. Really impressive. The fabric folds and light/shadow are excellent, as are the reflections on the metal pots in your still life paintings.

Don't think I ever post this one. It's my most recent commission. The client commissioned a portrait of her husband's late father. She gave it to him on his birthday. This is the portrait, and a photo of him opening it.

This was sandwiched in the middle of my SDCC thread. In case you didn't wade through that thread, here's my one OA purchase at SDCC. A couple of Seth pages from "The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists".

To add to the list: CGC BOARD NAME: drewincanada EBAY: armchair

Oh I agree completely. I just meant that the Heritage listing was better than CLink. Still not accurate, but better.

Yeah, that's shady. The auction for the splash does say Miller breakdowns and Janson finishes, which is better: Here's the link: http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7059&lotIdNo=122003

The listing is still there. I posted the link earlier in this thread. It credits Miller with "breakdowns".

At least Heritage credited it properly more accurately than Clink when they auctioned it last year.

Yes.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303745304576357681741418282.html

I concur. As for Dali/Picasso, I knew about Dali signing blank sheets under duress, but that's not what I was referring to. It was a case of an artist in his later years signing finished art that his studio had pumped out. Quite a bit of it, from what I recall. Wish I could find the reference...

I believe that was Picasso wasn't it? I thought so, but I tried to verify it online and google didn't turn up anything.

If you have any intention of purchasing a page like this, you do need to know the difference. Because the other bidders know and care about the difference.

Boom.

As lovely as this page is (and Janson was a fine comic artist in his own right), when the difference in selling price for a Miller and a Janson page can be in the thousands (or tens of thousands) of dollars, then full disclosure is important. If you're paying for a Miller, you should be confident that you're getting a Miller. No different than if you're buying fine art. If it's being represented as a work by a specific artist, then you expect that artist's brush to have touched the canvas, and not his/her assistant or intern. I'm blanking right now, but I recall allegations that there was at least one surrealist artist who, in his later years, had assistants do his artwork and he simply signed the finished pieces. Those later pieces now sell for a fraction of his authenticated artwork, and rightly so.

You'll notice on that splash from #190, it says that Miller is "storyteller", while Janson is credited as "Penciller, Inker, Colorist". Ummm... I think that clears it up, doesn't it? Are those the credits that appeared in the published book? Finally, here's how Heritage listed the CLink page when they auctioned it last year. They credited Miller with "breakdowns": http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7059&lotIdNo=122003

Lots of talk about it in this thread from a few years back - oddly enough in relation to a CLink auction of the cover from #190: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=5133191&fpart=1 A number of people refer to a Janson quote from Back Issue #21 where he says that on issues #185-190 he worked from small layout roughs by Miller. But the pencils and inks on the boards were all Janson. Here's a post from that thread that's particularly relevant to this discussion. It shows Miller's rough layouts for another interior splash from #190, and Janson's final art: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showthreaded&Number=5133191

Wow. As always, plenty of talented people on this board. Soft Serve - love your stuff!

Wow! Congratulations on the super-sleuthing. And best of luck on the eventual acquisition. The other Andrew

Well, while this thread is once again fresh in everyone's mind, I'll repost my request: I'm looking for pages from Howard the Duck #9 (the original series, not the B&W magazine). I've been working at putting that book back together for a few years now. I have the cover, 1st page splash, and 5 more interior pages. I know the whereabouts of 2 other interior pages. If anyone can point me in the direction of other interior pages, I'll make it worth your while. And if you come across any other Howard OA by Colan, Brunner or either of the Buscemas, I'd love to know. Andrew

Started this last night. This is how it looks after an hour and a half. I need to fine tune things, especially the nose and around the eye, and I still have to do the background. But another hour or so and it'll be done.

+1 I'd also like to ask if the girl with blonde hair posed for you. Thanks, guys. I was a little scared of painting at first, but it turns out it is much easier than drawing. I only started painting last spring, so I seem to have been able to pick things up. And I wish I had live models like that. Fantastic! I love the subtlety of the shading and skin tones. That's difficult to do, and you've done it extremely well. Congrats, Mio!

Finished the portrait today. A number of fixes since the last post.

This is my first commission. It's one thing to paint for your own pleasure, but it's a little nerve wracking when someone is paying you. In the end, though, I'm pleased with the results. All told, it was about 7 hours of work spread out over 8 days. It's oil on canvas, 12" x 16".