NP_Gresham Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 ,,,,,Was able to cross a couple more off the dream list. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Fantastic score! Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollobuzz Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 ,,,,,Was able to cross a couple more off the dream list. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Beauties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingerMcK Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Picked up these: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Is that the hard cover? Yeah! UK hard cover annual. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 ,,,,,Was able to cross a couple more off the dream list. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Great looking copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoatsX-migration Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 these came in today from feebay. [/url] [/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) Picked these up over the past few weeks. Edited January 18, 2015 by Doktor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR SigS Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Not a comic book and not original art, but I need to post this somewhere, so... 5 or 6 months ago Mike Royer was having a garage sale. Someone familiar with his work (or rather Kirby's work) mentioned wishing he could get a hold of a Kirby signature. Mike told him he had something he'd be willing to sell if he could find them. Some time later Mike did find them, but the buyer never replied to Mike's messages. So I bought them instead :winnah: Back in 1969 Mike acquired these stat sheets for The Fantastic Four #12. He can't remember from who, or who made the copies. He purchased them because "page" 1 was signed by Jack Kirby. I cannot remember if he said he bought them before or after he met The King that year, but it was the first item Kirby had ever inscribed for him ("page" 14). Aside from the initial signature and subsequent inscription, I have no idea how collectible stat sheets like these are, but they rate high on my coolness factor. Especially for a Royer collector like me. Obviously it doesn't contain Mike's work, but it is a significant item in his history with Kirby, and I'm proud to be the one who will now take care of it. 25 pages, so they're wrapped in a spoiler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Pontoon Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 That's really cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 upgrade to an 8.0 from my 7.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azkaban Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Shepherd Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Impressive. Most impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Collector Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 upgrade to an 8.0 from my 7.0 Awesome Peter. It is great to watch you build your collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chespirito Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Finally got one of my grails! X 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Not a comic book and not original art, but I need to post this somewhere, so... 5 or 6 months ago Mike Royer was having a garage sale. Someone familiar with his work (or rather Kirby's work) mentioned wishing he could get a hold of a Kirby signature. Mike told him he had something he'd be willing to sell if he could find them. Some time later Mike did find them, but the buyer never replied to Mike's messages. So I bought them instead :winnah: Back in 1969 Mike acquired these stat sheets for The Fantastic Four #12. He can't remember from who, or who made the copies. He purchased them because "page" 1 was signed by Jack Kirby. I cannot remember if he said he bought them before or after he met The King that year, but it was the first item Kirby had ever inscribed for him ("page" 14). Aside from the initial signature and subsequent inscription, I have no idea how collectible stat sheets like these are, but they rate high on my coolness factor. Especially for a Royer collector like me. Obviously it doesn't contain Mike's work, but it is a significant item in his history with Kirby, and I'm proud to be the one who will now take care of it. 25 pages, so they're wrapped in a spoiler. those are really cool -- what is a stat sheet exactly? What part of the printing process is this used for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR SigS Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 those are really cool -- what is a stat sheet exactly? What part of the printing process is this used for? Thanks! To be honest, I'm not exactly sure these can be called stats. And I'm not even sure these have anything to do with the production. When I have time I'll have to wade through the search function results and google. Or I could ask Mike but talking comics only makes up maybe 10% of our visits. He'd rather talk pre code Hollywood, Westerns filmed in Lone Pine, Zorro or Buck Rogers . He owns literally thousands of DVD's. It's an amazing collection. Anyway, these are copies, so for all I know some Marvel employee Xeroxed the proofs and had JK sign them in '69. Mike bought them and asked his new boss to inscribe them. As I said, Mike can't remember their origin (it was 46 years ago). These sheets also include the ads found in FF12, but naturally I figured nobody would want to see all of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 looking at it seems like a mix of trimmed up original art that is inked side by side with advertising copy. I say that because if it had color to the original there would be more shading in the copy. Are you saying these pages are on old school Xerox paper (as Xerox was only available in black and white in the 1960s-- I think) ? i,e, paper thin or are they mounted on card stock of some sort as they show up in your scans as extremely flat with bold lines. did a little digging and found this article that may shed some light on what this was from-- http://forbushman.blogspot.com/ scroll down to the part about how they are made. I think this is around step 6 and these are photostats -- or Stats sheets for short Step 6. The Colorist. Photostats are made from the inked copy and sent to the colorist, who indicates to the engraver what color goes where—usually with a magic marker or water color The engraver does the final coloring. A colorist gets $5 a page and can do eight or nine a day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr phantom Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Got this today in the post! Super happy to have it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR SigS Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 looking at it seems like a mix of trimmed up original art that is inked side by side with advertising copy. I say that because if it had color to the original there would be more shading in the copy. Are you saying these pages are on old school Xerox paper (as Xerox was only available in black and white in the 1960s-- I think) ? i,e, paper thin or are they mounted on card stock of some sort as they show up in your scans as extremely flat with bold lines. did a little digging and found this article that may shed some light on what this was from-- http://forbushman.blogspot.com/ scroll down to the part about how they are made. I think this is around step 6 and these are photostats -- or Stats sheets for short Step 6. The Colorist. Photostats are made from the inked copy and sent to the colorist, who indicates to the engraver what color goes where—usually with a magic marker or water color The engraver does the final coloring. A colorist gets $5 a page and can do eight or nine a day That sounds pretty close to what these are, but I'm not too sure about the 4 pages per sheet layout being the norm. These are indeed Xerox copies on smooth, glossy poster type paper. There is a temptation for me to break these down into individual pages, making them easier to view and appreciate, but my Spider Sense warns me to do more research. Value makes no difference to me for these, but I don't want to ruin something that is meant to be a certain way. Especially with 2 Kirby sigs on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
