Sqeggs Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 11 minutes ago, ThothAmon said: Nice copy. Excellent! Tough issue to find in decent shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakerFanOne Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) On 10/25/2017 at 12:35 PM, kat123 said: Agree 100% Thornton first time I seen it was 2006 SDCC To me, this is clearly NOT Baker. but I would say that the artist absolutely tried his or her best to emulate Baker with minimal success. Edited November 7, 2017 by BakerFanOne MBFan and MB1952 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakerFanOne Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 On 10/25/2017 at 7:00 PM, Sqeggs said: Interesting point. Certainly seems to be true in these examples. The body also looks slightly out of proportion and there is a stiffness in her pose. There is no grace and flow in her movement compared to most Baker work. MBFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 17 hours ago, ThothAmon said: Nice copy. That is one great looking copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1952 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 4 hours ago, BakerFanOne said: To me, this is clearly NOT Baker. but I would say that the artist absolutely tried his or her best to emulate Baker with minimal success. thank you I knew this when I took this picture back in 2006. Comes to light more when you have Baker and Thornton strips to compare the artist. MBFan and comicnoir 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Baker was, unfortunately, not far from the end of the trail himself when this one came out. His four pager was his only contribution to this run. comicjack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rjpb Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Who is credited with inks? They don't really do Baker justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 On 11/2/2017 at 11:31 AM, Sqeggs said: Wrt the Flamingo piece, I had some dialog with HA, as I imagine others may have as well. They are firm on identifying it as Baker. They think the consignor is reliable, others they showed it to say it's Baker, and they believe it was probably a promotional piece that the syndicate prepared to send to newspapers (although they don't know this with certainty). They also mentioned that "Matt Baker" is written on the back in pencil, although they are not relying on that info because, of course, it could have been added by someone long after the piece was drawn. So, I guess it's up to each potential bidder to make up his mind, knowing that there is some uncertainty in the attribution. I don't collect OA, so maybe I shouldn't comment, but my biggest issue with this piece is that it's not particularly impressive, regardless of the artist. I understand the desire to own OA by one of the greats could compel someone to buy what they can find or afford, but for me OA has to be historically important or to stand on it's own merits to be appealing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 6 minutes ago, rjpb said: I don't collect OA, so maybe I shouldn't comment, but my biggest issue with this piece is that it's not particularly impressive, regardless of the artist. I understand the desire to own OA by one of the greats could compel someone to buy what they can find or afford, but for me OA has to be historically important or to stand on it's own merits to be appealing. I have never seen a Baker Flamingo drawing that wasn't impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 13 minutes ago, rjpb said: Who is credited with inks? They don't really do Baker justice. GCD credits Baker with both the pencils and inks. Don't know what their source may be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 10 minutes ago, rjpb said: I don't collect OA, so maybe I shouldn't comment, but my biggest issue with this piece is that it's not particularly impressive, regardless of the artist. I understand the desire to own OA by one of the greats could compel someone to buy what they can find or afford, but for me OA has to be historically important or to stand on it's own merits to be appealing. I think it's the relative scarcity of Baker OA that has people contemplating this one. A page from a St John romance story (or a cover!) would be ideal, but I think that only a handful of those are known to have survived. Flamingo has GGA appeal, even if the art isn't St John romance. We'll soon know what the hobby thinks of this particular piece. It's currently at about $1K (with BP). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 On 11/6/2017 at 1:19 PM, ThothAmon said: Nice copy. I always liked that cover cuz’ it could just as easily have been a photo from my hometown. ThothAmon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 18 hours ago, Sqeggs said: Baker was, unfortunately, not far from the end of the trail himself when this one came out. His four pager was his only contribution to this run. ....it always makes me sad to see the Atlas work near the end of his life..... just a few years before the birth of the Marvel Universe....what might have been.GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 2 hours ago, jimjum12 said: ....it always makes me sad to see the Atlas work near the end of his life..... just a few years before the birth of the Marvel Universe....what might have been.GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Yep. Joe Maneely would be gone in not more than a year and a few months when this book was on the stands too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 (edited) Just picked this one up today; the cover is not normally attributed to Baker but the man in the foreground sure looks like it could be him. And he definitely did the first story inside the book. Edited November 12, 2017 by OtherEric reuploading photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 (edited) Sorry for just taking a picture of the Baker splash rather than scanning, but didn’t want to risk damaging the book... it’s easily the best grade of any of the few Baker books I have Edited November 11, 2017 by OtherEric Trying to replace photo comicjack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 23 hours ago, OtherEric said: Sorry for just taking a picture of the Baker splash rather than scanning, but didn’t want to risk damaging the book... it’s easily the best grade of any of the few Baker books I have It seems to me that the background figures in the Quality books look exactly like Baker figures, but the foreground figures are missing something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 6 hours ago, Yorick said: It seems to me that the background figures in the Quality books look exactly like Baker figures, but the foreground figures are missing something... It is a CCA-approved book, so perhaps some changes were required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Is APC 10 a Baker cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
