Sketch cover book grade question

[devilsrain]

Well, let's say joe simon sketches come back in general 9.0... or whatever, then 9.8 would be more rare. So I could see it might go for more. Grade just to me doesnt mean anything with sketches.

 

For example... would you take a 2.0 sketch from Adam Hughes that was a full color painted cover?

 

Or a single figure 9.8 inked?

 

I would take the low grade painted sketch.

 

I think when comparing grades the assumption is all other things being equal. Same artist and art but with (hypothetical) different grades. I think they tend to matter less when you're talking about big names. When artists can command four figures for art done on a sheet of paper, the difference between a sketch cover being 9.2 or 9.8 becomes less of an issue.

 

Would you agree or disagree with my assessment, as someone who deals with the stuff?

 

Agreed.

 

Just to play devils advocate Ill disagree. Would you prefer a 9.8 Romita or an 8.5. Or a better example would be if you already owned a 9.8, would you want another 9.8 or a 9.2

 

Full disclosure, im drunk

 

Brian I hope your not working on my 9.8 Avengers blank I sent you!!

 

Thats exactly the one im working on as we speak. Blame Eton. He bought the drinks.

 

Ive already overworked Ares head

 

I wonder how much a beer stain takes of the grade. Or could we call it mix media and part of the creative process.

 

Dont worry I havent got your sketch cover yet. And I drink vodka, so no visible stains

[littlebill]

i have an example. i recently bought a romita sr cap sketch. the sketch had a michael golden cap sketched on the back. the golden sketch is cool but i wish it was just the romita and nothing on the back.

 

 

when i asked why the golden was put on the back i was told. that it was because of inks on the back that brought the grade down. the second sketch was to help the grade by covering the ink.

 

 

as much as i love the art on sketch covers. as much as i love getting sketches and collecting sketches i know how much grade means like everyone else does. if you think that grade doesnt matter you are kidding yourself.

[devilsrain]

True, the grade means a lot. Of course if you are lucky enough to have a Romita (and you are not selling it) then the grade probably doesn't mean that much to you. It is nice to have a 9.8 though.

 

 

[A-DONIS]

I hate back sketches...well with once exception..

 

[littlebill]

always got to show off one of your bad arse sketches.

[A-DONIS]

 

Well look at it this way, your have kick arse sigs, I have kick arse sketches

[mad-dogz]

I hate back sketches...well with once exception..

 

 

[USArmyParatrooper]

I hate back sketches...well with once exception..

 

 

Why do you hate back sketches?

[A-DONIS]

cause they take away from the front?

[USArmyParatrooper]

cause they take away from the front?

 

I was just wondering.

[A-DONIS]

It's the same reason why I hate Wrap Around Covers.

[devilsrain]

Yea I feel the same now about wrap around covers, dont like them.

[Menace]

I love wraps, as long as they are composed right.

[A-DONIS]

The worst is when it cuts the sketch in half.

[devilsrain]

Yea but even if the majority of the sketch is on the front the picture is still compromised. My latest Sayger suffered that fate

[A-DONIS]

Yeah, it did

[Menace]

Artist has to think about composition. But I am sure half the artists don't know what a slab looks like.

[A-DONIS]

That's why I provide the cut-out toploader.

[Menace]

kinda hard with a gate-fold to use top-loaders, but, what I mean is the characters on the front and the back can be posed in a way that both stand alone well.

[Menace]

Although I do like the way people do murals, or sets, like that make a big picture set one by the other.