Diamond Galleries

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I wanted to share with everyone some cool photos from my tour of the Diamond Galleries. I had a great time and would like to thank everyone at Diamond / Gemstone for the experience.

 

I would highly recommend that everyone who has the time take advantage of the gallery. It is a mecca of comic-dom and something that everyone should see if they can,

 

Here come the pictures,

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Gemstone has a full run of Big Little Books, pretty neat to look at. I had never seen one BLB before,

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Gemstone has some great B&W covers / pages. Here is one of them,

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some great strip art; I believe that this Flash was done by Hal Foster.

 

They also have some great Lil' Abner; Prince Valiant, Popeye, and I am sure that I am forgetting some stuff . . .

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Alex Ross anyone? One of several,

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Is that a Flash Gordon page? Dude looks like Ming.

 

EDIT: Nevermind.

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I think that Geppi might be the biggest private collector of Duck art - here was my personal favorite Barks, although this is seriously 1 of 10+

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I swear to God that this phenomenal piece was just sitting in a store room in the gallery.

 

Yes, their rejects are better than your entire collection!!!!

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Comic books? I reckon we have a few of those 'round here . . .

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Because I was the 1,000,000 visitor to the gallery I got this cool Frazetta as a door prize!

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Come and knock on our door . . .

we've been waiting for you . . .

[The_Wolverine]

 

Because I was the 1,000,000 visitor to the gallery I got this cool Frazetta as a door prize!

 

That is a sweet prize to win.

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He'll fight for freedom wherever there is trouble,

G.I. Joe is there!

 

 

G.I. Joe...

A Real American Hero

G.I. Joe is there.

 

 

Its G.I. Joe against Cobra and Destro,

Fighting to save the day.

He never gives up, he's always there,

Fighting for freedom over land and air.

 

 

G.I. Joe...

A Real American Hero

G.I. Joe is there.

 

 

(spoken)

G.I. Joe is the codename for America's daring, highly trained, special mission force.

Its purpose: To defend human freedom against Cobra, a ruthless, terrorist organization determined to rule the world.

 

 

He never gives up, he'll stay till the fights won -

G.I. Joe will dare.

 

 

G.I. Joe...

A Real American Hero

G.I. Joe!

 

 

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some great strip art; I believe that this Flash was done by Hal Foster.

 

Looks like Alex Raymond.

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A sincere thank you to these three for their lifetimes of service:

 

 

 

Steve Geppi, Bob Overstreet, Tom Gordon

[Rip]

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Gotta run, but I will post some more fun pics when I get back or maybe tomorrow.

 

Thanks again to the boys at Gemstone / Diamond!

[Silver Surfer]

 

He'll fight for freedom wherever there is trouble,

G.I. Joe is there!

 

 

G.I. Joe...

A Real American Hero

G.I. Joe is there.

 

 

Its G.I. Joe against Cobra and Destro,

Fighting to save the day.

He never gives up, he's always there,

Fighting for freedom over land and air.

 

 

G.I. Joe...

A Real American Hero

G.I. Joe is there.

 

 

(spoken)

G.I. Joe is the codename for America's daring, highly trained, special mission force.

Its purpose: To defend human freedom against Cobra, a ruthless, terrorist organization determined to rule the world.

 

 

He never gives up, he'll stay till the fights won -

G.I. Joe will dare.

 

 

G.I. Joe...

A Real American Hero

G.I. Joe!

 

 

 

That's not the Eddie Murphy G.I. Joe is it?

[DiceX]

 

He'll fight for freedom wherever there is trouble,

G.I. Joe is there!

 

 

G.I. Joe...

A Real American Hero

G.I. Joe is there.

 

 

Its G.I. Joe against Cobra and Destro,

Fighting to save the day.

He never gives up, he's always there,

Fighting for freedom over land and air.

 

 

G.I. Joe...

A Real American Hero

G.I. Joe is there.

 

 

(spoken)

G.I. Joe is the codename for America's daring, highly trained, special mission force.

Its purpose: To defend human freedom against Cobra, a ruthless, terrorist organization determined to rule the world.

 

 

He never gives up, he'll stay till the fights won -

G.I. Joe will dare.

 

 

G.I. Joe...

A Real American Hero

G.I. Joe!

 

 

 

That's not the Eddie Murphy G.I. Joe is it?

 

And then the big brown shark came...