Show off your first OA purchase!

[Rodey]

Ok, so I saw a little trend going on in another post. Post the first OA you purchased....if you still have it. Feel free to show off what got you hooked into this dark, fun world. And a way welcome the new peeps in our hobby.

 

Here's mine:

 

Galactus!

[Rodey]

Awesome! You get that for sending Valentino a fan letter? Huh, wonder what I can get for sending Scott Williams a fan letter?

[oakman29]

My first was this really great piece by Tommy Lee Edwards.

[Brian Peck]

I bought my first page at Wonder Con in 1987 (1st year) from the Donnelleys. Its the from Uncanny X-Men #160 by Brent Anderson and Bob Wiacek.

 

 

 

[yzerman19]

Mine was a Christmas present from the wife after a lot of hints

[thethedew]

Trying to get us to tell stories about our 'firsts', eh? OK, I'll play.

 

I was a 'Sketch Card' collector long before I graduated to a proper OA collector.

 

I can recall my first sketch card vividly, didn't pull it from a pack but bought it at a (now sadly defunct) comic shop called Shinders in Minneapolis. It turned out to be one of the most common sketch cards for that set, a Spider-Man closeup by sketch card maestro John Czop. It has since been augmented by Mr Czop with watercolors.

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=860534&GSub=78983

 

I sadly don't recall exactly which of my collection was my first published OA. It could be one of about 4-5 pages, but if you held my feet to the fire I'd guess it was this Michael Golden page:

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=327030&GSub=51060

 

I do recall which was my first professional size OA (ie.e 11x17 on blueline), a Doctor Doom surprise freebie courtesy of Anthony Castrillo:

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=479320&GSub=75244

 

...which, judging by the ViewCount, remains a Fan Favorite in my galleries.

 

Andrew

 

[malvin]

Brian, an Uncanny X-men page is a great start to the hobby!

 

Kevin - A Jim Lee Superman page is an even better start, wow, hard to top that if you start that way!

 

Malvin

[malvin]

I'll play this fun game too!

 

I first realized that you can get comic art originals via the comicon.com site, which talked about it. I eventually bought a few pages from there, including a Miracleman page (I should have bought more..)

 

However, my first page was actually bought at a local show (after I read about the concept from comicon.com).

 

I got both a published page and a sketch from that show, both from Tim Sale!

 

My first published page - Tim Sale Superman For All Seasons page

 

My first sketch - Tim Sale Wolverine Quick Sketch

 

I'm glad I still have these pages after all these years.

 

Malvin

 

 

[magZ]

 

1st OA from one of my favourite comics with my fav 2 characters from the comic (thumbs u

[Gal Schwartz]

I think my first OA purchase was actually one of my smartest buys.

Still love this page, which can be viewed here:

 

http://qurls.com?i=49105

 

Batman Shadow Of The Bat #1, page 15 - the 1st appearance of Mr. Zsasz !

by the ubber talented Norm Breyfogle.

 

 

I think I came full circle this year when I finally found and bought Breyfogle's

art which was created for the Batman: Shadow Of The Bat poster (which was

published when the first issue saw light):

 

http://qurls.com?i=50980

 

 

 

 

[Rodey]

Yeah, you can't go wrong with a Breyfogle's art. I keep thinking about purchasing a page, even though it is outside my collecting focus.

[alxjhnsn]

I put this on the other thread. Hope you don't mind the repeat.

 

My first purchase: Superman by Curt Swan

Click the link to read about its history and about its "twin." It's kind of interesting.

 

My first commission: Supergirl, Comet and Streaky by Jim Mooney

If I'd had half a brain, I'd have had him do the full Legion of Super-Pets.

 

 

[LordZarak]

I bought this page nearly 12 years ago (wow!) at a BotCon Transformers convention. The convention organizer announced that they were selling artwork on behalf of artist Geoff Senior at the front of the convention hall. Never having collected comic art, but being a huge fan of the Transformers comics, I darted up front and picked the page I liked the most.

 

To this day, I regret not buying more. Geoff Senior artwork is incredibly scarce and that event is the only time I know of his artwork being offered to the public.

 

Transformers #75 - Unicron

 

 

[ashrael]

Purchased in March 2007, this Ernie Chan watercolor was my first OA purchase for another year or so. I loved the pose and it is a beautiful piece

 

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=767695&GSub=115406

[delekkerste]

Purchased on eBay in late 2002, this Mike Deodato Elektra v. 2 #14 double-page splash was my gateway drug introduction to OA addiction collecting:

[Weird Paper]

My first piece of original art, and the only one I owned for a number of years.

 

Murphy Anderson Planet Comics 36 Star Pirate page

 

I think it cost me about $35 in 1978.

[ciorac]

Awesome page Roger

[chrisco37]

Sold mine last year.

[Weird Paper]

Thanks, Bill. You got some swell GA art yourself.

[wolverinehurdler]

This was my 1st piece bought by my dad at Philly. Sean Chen Wolverine

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=701586&GSub=106827