Nate Hartz

I know of a few creators that had their individual comics bound at a book bindery. Mark Waid has done this and I believe Roy Thomas has too. They more than likely were Smyth sewn through the staples and than attached to a fabric backing. I do this will a lot of my own comics. I like just walking up to the bookshelf and grabbing whatever I want to read instead of pouring through long boxes. I know that a few years back a chronological publishing copies by year of Marvel Comics went on sale. These were made by someone at Marvel and they went through a majority of the 60s-70s.

I've purchased a handful of pages from them over the years and have had a great experience every time.

Thanks guys! I am going with revat's response to temper my expectations.

Hi Guys. I have a question. I submitted 8 books for cleaning, pressing and graded. They received it on 7/29/21. I knew that the wait times would be next year so I wasn't worried. I was just charged by CCS. Does this mean it is now going to go to CGC for grading or they have just entered the cleaning process?

I enjoy seeing unpublished pieces. I have a few in my collection. Mike Wieringo FF page Mike McKone Punisher page

I heard from Spencer that he has retired from signing. I know they had a signing last year and that was supposed to be the end. I know that John and his wife have moved to a new home. You never know, he might come back for a big event or show but I wouldn't hold out for it.

I am happy with my collection. Are there pages I wished I picked up, sure, but that's life. I can always look up other's CAF pages when I want to browse art. I am grateful of all the friendships and meetups with artists and other collectors I have made over the years. I think I am at that point in my life where I can appreciate what I have been able to acquire and still buy new pieces when the desire comes along.

Here is one I bought late last year. I loved Chip's run on Spectacular Spidey. I like how the final inked version the security guard looks like Rob Schneider or Daniel Stern.

X-Force # 68 page 22 Pop Mhan and Mark Morales. And here's a link to my CAF gallery. Comic Art Gallery of Nathan Hartz at ComicArtFans.com

I bought this one a few months ago and it finally arrived a few weeks back. Wonder Woman layout by Ben Caldwell.

I just bought this page the other day and I haven't posted anything before so I thought I would share. Thor: God of Thunder # 24 page 20. Esad Ribic and first appearance of Galactus The Butcherer of Worlds.