Super KIRBY Splash from 1958 on eBay!!!

[Niblos!]

Check out this really cool Kirby splash, penciled and inked by the man himself:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110998563703&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

 

Wonder what this will fetch?

[comicparadox]

It's Harvey not DC or Marvel, and it's pre-Silver Age. But it is a cool splash.

[Niblos!]

It's Harvey not DC or Marvel, and it's pre-Silver Age. But it is a cool splash.

 

"...Silver Age is considered to cover the period from 1956 to circa 1970."

 

It IS Silver Age (57/58) and crazy Sci-fi Kirby - Marvel or not, I'd LOVE to have it ; )

[Terry Doyle]

It's Harvey not DC or Marvel, and it's pre-Silver Age. But it is a cool splash.

 

"...Silver Age is considered to cover the period from 1956 to circa 1970."

 

It IS Silver Age (57/58) and crazy Sci-fi Kirby - Marvel or not, I'd LOVE to have it ; )

 

Excellent splash - who cares if it's non-Marvel or DC. Judge the artwork on its own merits, not the brand name.

[Bronty]

I'll be honest I can see the appeal for some but this piece would not be for me... I find it sparse and cluttered at the same time. That being said its certainly cool subject matter.

 

As to what it will fetch I havent a clue.... but Id probably look at he boys ranch splash that closed on heritage recently and tack a healthy premium onto that as a guess

[Niblos!]

Wow, it actually brought more than the seller's OMAC Kirby splash -$2,617.89.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jack-Kirby-1958-original-art-pencil-inks-Alarming-Tales-3-/110998563703?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d807ab77

 

[Catwoman_Fan]

Wow, it actually brought more than the seller's OMAC Kirby splash!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jack-Kirby-1958-original-art-pencil-inks-Alarming-Tales-3-/110998563703?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d807ab77

 

IMO I'd prefer it over the OMAC splash. It was oversized I think, and a more interesting image.

Congrats to the winner and seller!

[Bronty]

I agree. I would have expected it to be signficantly better than the omac. Just goes to prove I don't know this market much

[drdroom]

Both pages went a bit low, I suspect because both pages had some little artistic problems. When they first posted I was trying to figure out how I could possibly go after both of them, but after looking at them for a while I realized that I wouldn't be happy with either. Both have terrific content.

[Bronty]

what was your issue with the omac? (just curious). I agree re the alarming tales splash, I wouldn't have been happy with it either although the price was definitely reasonable.

[drdroom]

what was your issue with the omac? (just curious). I agree re the alarming tales splash, I wouldn't have been happy with it either although the price was definitely reasonable.

 

Actually I'll be curious to see if anyone else had this response: the old lady's chin bothered me on the Omac. I felt that it tugged too hard on the left of the composition and wasn't quite nicely drawn.

[Bronty]

hmmm yeah I see that now. Didn't bother me til you pointed it out. Still doesn't bother me as much as the issues I have with the other splash though.