When wouldn't you buy OA?

[shiverbones]

that's what I was driving at in my post about collecting panel pages because it's COMIC art.

[Bronty]

Two words: Steve Oliffe

 

I'm with Bronty in thinking that painted comic art looks cooler, but, then again, maybe the right comparison isn't painted comic art vs. B&W comic art at all, but rather painted comic art vs. other painted art (fine art, illustration art, etc.) Just some food for thought on a Monday morning.

 

I knew you'd agree just based on what I've seen of your collection Paint is just a deeper medium of expression that B&W linework can ever be. As you said, there's a reason museums display paintings and not ink drawings. Color is perhaps the single most powerful weapon in an artist's arsenal.

 

I know what you're saying in that if you're going to collect comic art, you might as well collect B&W, but frankly that's why most of my small collection is illustration art and not comic art. You get a better, larger product for your money. Any new entrant to the market paying today's prices for comic art without being a very wealthy individual needs to give their head a shake anyways.

[Artemaria]

Interesting. I'm the exact opposite. Years ago I commissiond Steve Bissette to do a piece for me. He was extremely late on the piece & finally sent it to me with a note that he had upgraded from a black & white to a full color design.

 

I'm color blind.

 

Thanks for nothing.

 

Like everyone else, I worship at the altar of Steve Bissette and John Totleben's Swamp Thing.

 

But this is really funny.

[HOTFLIPS]

That was a very cool exhibit at the Montclaire Art Museum i might add.

[Showponysydnee]

 

 

"Like everyone else, I worship at the altar of Steve Bissette and John Totleben's Swamp Thing."

 

Amen!