what do you think about panels that are pasted into the OA?

[justin]

Don't know if it's been brought up before but I'd like some thoughts on this. Say you're looking at getting a piece of art and you're told that in one panel, the artist drew it on a separate art board and pasted it in with the rest of the page. Since it's real art and not a stat would that detract you from getting the piece or would it not matter to you? Would it be worth less to you?

[Mister Trent]

Don't know if it's been brought up before but I'd like some thoughts on this. Say you're looking at getting a piece of art and you're told that in one panel, the artist drew it on a separate art board and pasted it in with the rest of the page. Since it's real art and not a stat would that detract you from getting the piece or would it not matter to you? Would it be worth less to you?

 

Absolutely not.

 

When I was collecting complete EC stories during the 1980s, it was not uncommon to find art paste-ups. Usually, to replace a panel that was changed (because the artist wanted to improve, or the editor asked for an alteration).

 

If anything, I welcomed these types of paste-ups - as you could usually remove the pasted-up correction and have an unpublished panel of art underneath.

 

You have to remember original comic-book artworks are part of a production process.

[SuperBird]

yeah, it's important to remember that comic book art is NOT fine art. It is production art. Paste up panels are part fo the production process, the same as white outs, zip tone, etc.

[Paris_Fred]

Paste-ups could be great, here is again one of my favorites:

 

[justin]

Thanks guys! I feel much better about buying a new piece now.

[heartened]

If the paste on is real art, it is considered perfectly fine. I wouldn't give it a second thought! Just make sure it's not a stat that's pasted on (from a similar, yet slightly different scene).

 

[NelsonAI]

I personally think it's fine.

 

Ocassionally you will come across a page from the 1970's where a panel will be cut out completely and replaced with a new redrawn panel inserted in the "hole" and taped from behind with masking tape. From the front, you couldn't really tell.

 

Cheers!

N