Yorick Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 What a great weekend for Amazing Ghost Stories! Anyone here win either of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 @szavisca While we await the big reveal or maybe not if the winner chooses to remain private ...Speaking of books finally getting their due, do you think the highest graded (7.0) copy of 'Wild Boy #15' will do exceptionally well in HA's upcoming Signature Auction? I have always maintained it's the brother cover to it's sister 'Seven Seas #4' (Bakers rendering of man(woman) against nature underwater) . Of course without saying, SS4 because it's a Baker babe cover will always be miles ahead, and since WB15 hasn't got a girl in sight on the cover, it will probably be an uphill battle. Still given the Crocodile and underwater setting, it's not your typical Baker dude cover. My copy would probably grade out at a 5.0. But who wouldn't want a nice high grade set of both bookends to show off if they have a nice SS4? Guess we will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 29dukedog Posted October 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Yorick said: What a great weekend for Amazing Ghost Stories! Anyone here win either of them? Not me. I already have one. I was very pleased with the prices they sold for, tho. jimjum12, szucchini, MBFan and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manetteska Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 3 hours ago, Yorick said: What a great weekend for Amazing Ghost Stories! Anyone here win either of them? Makes me happy for the AGS 15 I do have, but sad that I will probably never complete the set. I debated going up to 600 on the eBay copy as I’m in IL and would have to pay an extra 8% on top. But even that was blown out of the water. I do wonder on the grade; usually C4L is a little conservative (see the Wild Boys) but it looked a bit high to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 (edited) Got this low grade Teen-Age Romances 31 recently and was reading through it and was struck by the art in the "My Hear was Adrift" story at the end. Does anyone know who did this? Really nice girl art. I gotta say the Nina Albright pencils in "I Majored in Romance" weren't bad either. Clearly Baker's rising tide brought up the work all around him. Edited October 6, 2018 by Ricksneatstuff pmpknface, 29dukedog, archiefan and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microbia Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 On 10/6/2018 at 10:55 AM, Ricksneatstuff said: Got this low grade Teen-Age Romances 31 recently and was reading through it and was struck by the art in the "My Hear was Adrift" story at the end. Does anyone know who did this? Really nice girl art. I gotta say the Nina Albright pencils in "I Majored in Romance" weren't bad either. Clearly Baker's rising tide brought up the work all around him. Always loved that cover and am proud to own one. I still haven’t decided whose face appears more priceless… The babe in the forefront, or her rejectee? Ricksneatstuff and pmpknface 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Microbia said: Always loved that cover and am proud to own one. I still haven’t decided whose face appears more priceless… The babe in the forefront, or her rejectee? Wow. That copy might be the nicest I've seen. Perfect centering, no cover tanning or big tears and white pages... Microbia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Yorick said: Wow. That copy might be the nicest I've seen. Perfect centering, no cover tanning or big tears and white pages... I miss my old copy @Microbia Shown with permission of current owner Edited October 7, 2018 by Ricksneatstuff Microbia, PeterPark, sacentaur and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 26 minutes ago, Ricksneatstuff said: I miss my old copy @Microbia Shown with permission of current owner My copies are like this where the "forget her, Danny..." word balloon is right at the edge or over it (AND much, much, much lower grade). PeterPark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 On 9/17/2018 at 12:31 AM, comicnoir said: You'll need this one. Yowza!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 3 hours ago, Yorick said: 3 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said: I miss my old copy @Microbia Shown with permission of current owner My copies are like this where the "forget her, Danny..." word balloon is right at the edge or over it (AND much, much, much lower grade). Most of the text in the balloon seems to be there on mine, although it does look like the cover was drawn a bit too wide. pmpknface and Ricksneatstuff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 On 9/26/2018 at 1:39 PM, comicnoir said: On 9/20/2018 at 9:35 PM, torontodesignguy said: congrats on a beautiful copy ---- and maybe it's just me..as I've not read it previously but what's up with creepy 5 fingers plus thumb? Looking at APC 6, I realize the mistake. The top "finger" is actually 2 strands of hair. The incompetent colourist accidentally thought it was a finger and coloured it flesh tone. Looking closely you can see it's hair. Baker did not make mistakes. He was a genius. Well, Disney drew Mickey Mouse with only three fingers, supposedly to save on ink. Maybe St John wanted to show he was no cheapskate by having his artists draw figures with six fingers? Nah, not plausible because we all know that St John was a cheapskate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Published the year he passed. Sqeggs and comicjack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Just a note that somewhat bizarrely, GCD, credits the story "Unlucky Love" (actual title "Unlucky in Love") in True-to-Life Romances 16 to Baker, albeit with a "?" I just got a copy and was looking at the story. Definitely not Baker. Doesn't look remotely like his work and, so far as I know, he wasn't doing work for Star Publications in 1953 when that issue was published. Not sure what the person who added the tentative attribution was thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted October 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2018 Have had this for a while now but just got around to taking some photos of it. The last photo is a little Cinderella Love 15 reminiscent. n2wdw, mustang33guy, archiefan and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1952 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said: Have had this for a while now but just got around to taking some photos of it. The last photo is a little Cinderella Love 15 reminiscent. The original art exists and here’s a pix of the cover, hanging on Jerry Iger wall. Ricksneatstuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPark Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 I recently got a copy of Ghostly Weird Stories 123 and noticed an interior story looked like Baker art or Iger studio with Baker...pencils? inks? I looked it up on gcd and comicbookplus and found it was a reprint of a story in Jo-Jo 24 where the art was credited to "Matt Baker?" I know this issue is not mentioned in the Art of Glamour but that leads me to wonder, how many other issues feature Baker reprints in something like a horror title where he didn't typically contribute? Or is this just another Iger studio production where Baker had some input but the extent is not clear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Anybody know the cover artist for this book? Did Baker do any painted covers like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 18 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Anybody know the cover artist for this book? Did Baker do any painted covers like this? Baker did no painted covers for St. John's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPark Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 1 minute ago, comicnoir said: Baker did no painted covers for St. John's. Maybe he was looking at the fingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
