Nate Hartz

Here is the newest addition to my collection. I bought this commission from J K Woodward for my son's 5th birthday and it's been hanging in his room since November last year. Unfortunately, it was lost in the fire I had in my upstairs. I spoke with JK and he said he would be happy to do another commission for him. I asked him to do a Rafael vs Daredevil and he agreed to do it. Needless to say I am over the moon on the piece he completed for my son.

That is so nice of you to say that! Man, there sure are a lot of really great people on this board! You are definitely one of my favorites as well! Wait a minute...........

Those Wolverine Saga books were fantastic! That cover was my favorite of the bunch. I hope someone will help you find it!

I have a wonderful collection that I enjoy and I know that my family doesn't appreciate it as much as I do. I have it in my will for my family to speak to specific people to a turn that over to take care of. In the will, I also have specific pieces that will go to people that would appreciate it and in the end, that's what's important to me.

That is awesome! Glad you were able to acquire such a cool page!

And here are the others Marcos Martin Amazing Spider-Man 50th Ann Blue Cover Marcos Martin Amazing Spider-Man 50th Ann Red Cover Mazzucchelli Batman # 405 Cover and Simonson X-Factor # 16 Cover

Here are some recent recreations I had done by Greg Woronchak. He is fantastic to work with and does a bang up job. Marcos Martin Amazing Spider-Man 578 Cover Steve Ditko Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1 Cover Frank Miller Dark Knight Returns # 3 Splash Jack Kirby Amazing Fantasy # 15 Cover

I've always loved this cover. I remember seeing in on the spin rack at the local Book Emporium and bought it on the spot. Man, I loved Sal's Spidey!

I entered this hobby in the late 90's early 2000's as a fan that had no idea any of this existed or purchased for that matter. I lived in a small town in the Midwest and when I found Ebay it became my main source of art. I only attended one convention every couple of years and would grab some sketches or, if I saved enough, a page from one of the artists or a friendly art dealer that took time to explain things to me. Sure prices were high for some stuff but I didn't have want/funds/need to have the older artists' pages. I think for the most part, original comic book art started out as a niche market that's slowly growing into higher demand, but doesn't have more supply. Each page is one of a kind(1 of 1) and some will never leave the collector's portfolios in my lifetime. When any collectible market meets, in-between this "Sweet spot", it always is a recipe for opportunity/money. Are the prices out of control? That's subjective but the market will adjust until it can't. People are currently willing to pay high prices for art and will remain until the desire or want disappears. It was like this for Kirby, Buscema, EC artists, Byrne, whatever in demand artists, etc. until the supply dries up. I am just glad I was/am able to own some art from my favorite artists and that for me is enough.

That was such an interesting auction. It was great to see a piece of history like that go up for auction. I always enjoy seeing Ditko's Spider-Man art and to get the chance to see the pencils and inks is just icing on the cake.

Great! I love hearing stories like this! Really nice to get one of your big wants in your collection.

I had a house fire. Everyone got out safe and only the upstairs was badly damaged. Most of my original art made it through unscathed. Luckily, the place where I work just purchased me a new flat bed scanner (13 x 20) and I was in the process of re-scanning all of my pages. I want to make sure I have it all insured and am slowly getting some information on the subject. Anyone have any good references? What do you use to protect your artwork or have for insurance. I know that Heritage does an appraisal service. Anyone else?

Does anyone have original art from any of these. I know there were a lot produced and always love seeing originals. I have the three page origin sequence from The Man From Krypton. I loved getting a couple of these records/comic combos as a kid.

I have quite a few. Lady Death cover prelim by Ivan Reis A couple of War of Superman pages by Eddy Barrows Wonder Woman prelim by Ben Caldwell Batman Confidential page by Kevin Maguire A Green Arrow page by Mike Mayhew Couple of prelims by Alan Davis (Cap and X-Men Schism) Hawkman prelims by Ryan Sook and finally a Cover prelim by Kevin Nowlan.

I too am a long time fan of Steve's. I love his Fearless Dawn and other work. Here's mine.

I really don't see this actually happening anytime soon. It doesn't seem to be a market for it. Encapsulation of original art I can see happening but grading the art is going to be a waste. It is a one of a kind piece of artwork and giving a grade to a one of one is kind of silly. Just like the grading of the WOTC Lord of the Rings ONE RING. It is a one of one. Getting it encapsulated is fine but that is the only one in existence, so the grade is secondary on so many levels.

I always like to see what a different inker does to a piece of art. I thought the Gallery Edition of DKR was so interesting.

I think it's been said before that Frank received all the art for issues 1 and 4 while Klaus got 2-3. Frank would re-draw and ink pages that he disagreed with. I had also heard that Todd McFarlane even inked some Dark Knight Returns pages, but were these the Frank/Klaus pages or the Frank/Frank pages?

Storytime..... Albert Moy interview with Felix.The Felix Comic Art Podcast: The Felix Comic Art Podcast (Episode 1): Albert Moy (libsyn.com) After speaking to Klaus at a convention, he had Albert Moy head over to his apartment and gave him the complete art for books 2 and 3. When he got the artwork back from DC, Klaus was mad that Frank didn't like the inks and had placed redrawn stats all over the artwork. Klaus even took some stats off of the pages. (like the pages above). The rumor was that after Frank had seen the artwork, he thought the issues were coming out too fast and wanted to slow the release down. Albert had the pages for #2 for about a month and a half. He said that the panel pages sold for about $65-250 each and the splashes for $650-900. Issue # 3 Albert purchased outright and sold all but 2 pages. Those # 3 pages sold as a quick flip.

Yes, I had read or heard somewhere that Miller re-inked panels that he was not happy with. You can see the inking in Batman legs vs the actual panel, etc.

Here are two more pages I picked up. Amazing Spider-Man # 47 page 6 and Peter Parker Spider-Man # 44 page 2

Congrats! It is amazing to see someone achieve their collecting goals. Glad you finally got your Churchill page.

Yes, I have them. My first OA Pages. I purchased these directly from the artist Derec Donovan. I love Lady Deathstrike and to have her on both pages blew my mind. It was around 2005 or 2006. The first original art sketch was a Jeff Smith Fone Bone sketch on a backer board. I picked it up at a Chicago Comicon. I didn't have any idea that artists would do this so my fourteen year old heart fell for this hobby hard.

Two new pick-ups Drax page by Scott Hepburn. CM Punk wrote the issues and cool art throughout. Amazing Spider-Man page by Humberto Ramos, From one of my favorite issues. Boomerang takes roommate Peter Parker to a Spider-Man quizbowl with his villians. Of course Peter wins.