BCarter27 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 I collect the tears of the underbidders on lots I win. Mike R V and davidtere 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MyNameIsLegion Posted August 23, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2019 wow, this actually worked! 50's DC: The Brave and the Bold: Kubert's Viking Prince (3) 60's-70's DC: Detective Comics (5) 60's-70's DC: Misc (13) 60's-70's DC: Phantom Stranger! (5) 60's-70's DC: War Comics (5) 60's-70's DC: Wonder Woman! (6) 60's-70's Marvel: Avengers, Defenders, Champions! (11) 60's-70's Marvel: Conan the Barbarian (4) 60's-70's Marvel: Doctor Strange (4) 60's-70's Marvel: Incredible Hulk (4) 60's-70's Marvel: Iron Man (4) 60's-70's Marvel: Marvel Team-up & Two-in-One! (6) 60's-70's Marvel: Master of Kung-Fu (5) 60's-70's Marvel: Ms. Marvel (3) 60's-70's Marvel: Namor, The Sub-Mariner! (6) 60's-70's Marvel: Thor Annual #7 (Walt Simonson) (8) 60's-80's ( + a few Modern) Marvel: Misc (31) 60's-80's Marvel: Ka-zar (4) 60's-80's Marvel: X-Men & Cameos! (14) 70's Marvel Magazine: Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu, Thor, Apes! (6) 70's Marvel Magazine: Dracula Lives! #8 Complete story (11) 70's Marvel Magazine: Dracula Lives! Misc (5) 70's Marvel Magazine: Haunt of Horror #5-Gabriel, Devil Hunter (6) 70's Marvel Magazine: Marvel Preview #3- Blade! (32) 70's Marvel Magazine: Marvel Preview #7 & #16 Lilith & Satana! (11) 70's Marvel Magazine: Misc: Monsters Unleashed, Satana, ToZ! (4) 70's Marvel Magazine: Monsters Unleashed #11-Gabriel, DH (11) 70's Marvel Magazine: Rampaging Hulk (4) 70's Marvel Magazine: Savage Sword- Conan & Red Sonja! (17) 70's Marvel Magazine: Savage Tales- Ka-zar and Shanna! (8) 70's Marvel Magazine: Tomb of Dracula (6) 70's Marvel Magazine: Vampire Tales #09- Blade! (7) 70's Marvel Magazine: Vampire Tales #10- Morbius! (17) 70's Marvel Magazine: Vampire Tales #11- Morbius! (26) 70's Marvel Magazine: Vampire Tales- Misc- Morbius! (4) 70's-80's DC: Justice League of America! (6) 80's-90's DC Art: Misc (21) 90's DC: Underworld Unleashed: Abyss-Hell's Sentinel #1 (4) Indy Comic Art: Kitchen Sink, Dark Horse, Charlton, etc! (22) Indy Comic Art: Xenozoic Tales #3 (7) My Grail Art (NFS): 60's-70's Avengers (8) My Grail Art (NFS): 60's-70's Misc (looking for more) (12) My Grail Art (NFS): Detective Comics #465 (5) My Grail Art (NFS): G.I. Combat #201 (18) My Grail Art (NFS): Incredible Hulk #228 (3) My Grail Art (NFS): Justice League of America (JLA) #110 (9) My Grail Art (NFS): Marvel Premiere #37: 3-D Man (3) My Grail Art (NFS): Marvel Spotlight #24 (6) My Grail Art (NFS): Marvel Team Up #11 -Almost Complete (16) My Grail Art (NFS): Marvel Team Up #25 (4) My Grail Art (NFS): Marvel Team Up #9 (3) My Grail Art (NFS): Marvel Two-in-One #75 (3) My Grail Art (NFS): Strange Tales #168 (10) My Grail Art (NFS): The Mighty Thor #261 (3) My Grail Art (NFS): Uncanny X-Men annual #5 (1981) (3) My Grail Art (NFS): X-Men #64 1st Sunfire! (12) Other: Published: Covers, Paintings, Pin-ups, Interior Art (18) Other: Unpublished: Paintings, Prelims, Pin-ups, Commissions (22) Painted Art: Bill Sienkiewicz's "Harvey" National Lampoon (9/83) (4) STRIP ART: A X A by Romero (some nudity) (43) STRIP ART: Cannon, Secret Agent Corrigan, Star Trek, Jeff Hawke,.. (12) STRIP ART: Modesty Blaise by Romero (12) The Art of John Picacio (4) Warren Magazine: Blazing Combat, Eerie, Creepy, Vampi (4) Warren Magazine: Vampirella #26-Ramon Torrents Complete Story (9) batman_fan, Rick2you2, Mycroft and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_not_so_nice Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 I like VERTIGO comics, complete stories (from 1-page to 56 pages) and "gallery art" when affordable. Aside from those loose guidelines I'm all over the place ~ > I'VE GOT ONE PAGE, LOOKING FOR ANOTHER (9) ~*~ BATMOUSE (3) ~*~ CARNAL TALES 02 (6) ~*~ CARNAL TALES 05 (6) ~*~ EXTRAVAGANT TRAVELER (65) ~*~ FAWN (9) ~*~ FREAKS' AMOUR (23) ~*~ HENRY AND GLENN FOREVER (3) ~*~ LAST CHANCE (9) ~*~ LAST THOUGHTS (0) ~*~ LUCIFER 73 (23) ~*~ MEDDLE (18) ~*~ POSTLAND (60) ~*~ PREACHER 50 (32) ~*~ PREACHER 62 (23) ~*~ PROMISES (6) ~*~ QUEBEC EROTIQUE V07 N04 (0) ~*~ QUEBEC EROTIQUE V08 N04 (3) ~*~ QUEBEC EROTIQUE V08 N07 (3) ~*~ QUEBEC EROTIQUE V09 N02 (3) ~*~ REFUSE (8) ~*~ SAINT OF KILLERS 03 (24) ~*~ THE AXEMAN (16) ~*~ THE FIRST TIME (9) ~*~ THE GOOD OLD BOYS (5) ~*~ THE HOLLOWS (4) ~*~ THE PERFECT WORDS (5) ~*~ TWISTED TOON TALES 10 (5) ~*~ TWISTED TOON TALES 13 (0) ARSENIC LULLABY (2) BATMAN (11) BAUM (9) COVERS (38) HELLBLAZER (24) LeMay (12) LUCIFER (57) MISCELLANEOUS PUBLISHED PAGES (58) MISCELLANEOUS UNPUBLISHED PIECES (30) MISCELLANEOUS VERTIGO PAGES (42) PREACHER Commissions (44) PREACHER Sketchbook (1) PREACHER Vol 1 - GONE TO TEXAS (12) PREACHER Vol 2 - UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD (8) PREACHER Vol 3 - PROUD AMERICANS (9) PREACHER Vol 4 - ANCIENT HISTORY (36) PREACHER Vol 5 - DIXIE FRIED (15) PREACHER Vol 6 - WAR IN THE SUN (25) PREACHER Vol 7 - SALVATION (12) PREACHER Vol 8 - ALL HELL'S A-COMING (16) PREACHER Vol 9 - ALAMO (13) SKETCH COVERS / SKETCH CARDS (4) Mike R V 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESeffinga Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 I can’t wait to see Bill Cox’s post... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhamlau Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Books I read in my youth when I spent my summers on a small island. There are about 100 of them and I’m looking for art from them mostly. I found cover number 1 I wanted. Now onto the rest. Mike R V 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dichotomy Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) Three themes have evolved over the years naturally, but they don’t dictate my collecting. 1. Things I read as a kid 2. I like to put my kids into commissions 3. I seem to have a lot of pg. 8s - nothing I ever go looking for. My family has deep ties to Hong Kong so I’ve always looked at 8 as lucky. It also helps that 8 is usually the end of the first act or a nice splash to start the second, so the art/storyline is usually interesting. That being said, I do have a page 4 too... Edited August 26, 2019 by dichotomy Mike R V 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 It’s neat to see what thought collectors put into themes. My goal once was a page from every top Spider-Man artist. you can see how challenging that might be. nice idea for a thread. Personally I enjoy the freedom of not trying to fit everything into a theme but I also enjoy the clever ways folks make it happen. 🍇🦍 Mike R V and zhamlau 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtlevy1 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Started a new theme for a recent acquisition - company crossovers http://cafurl.com?i=23867 Mike R V 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alxjhnsn Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) oops. Edited August 24, 2019 by alxjhnsn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alxjhnsn Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 On 8/20/2019 at 5:33 PM, Mike R V said: Curious to see what drives some of your OA collection decisions. Maybe this can spark some ideas for new collections. I've done the research and posted it on the internet! Check it out here: Themed Art Galleries on Comic Art Community. I need to update it. If you'd like me to add you and your themes, PM me here. As for me, my themes are: Artists & Main Characters - favorite artists doing the characters I associate with them Arm Wrestling with Heroes - my fallback commission request - an artist whose work I like on a character having that character arm wrestle Supergirl Family Christmas Cards - We had caricatures done for our Christmas card a couple of times. Sugar and Spike #100 Cover - S&S didn't make it to #100 except here. Various artists doing an S&S 100 cover for me Legion of Super-Heroes commissions. - pretty self explanatory, I think Mike R V 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluechip Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) Love things that reflect the zeitgeist of the time during really intense times (even if it's before my time) War related images drawn during the actual war (WW2, Korea, Vietnam, etc.) when the outcome was unknown. Atomic cafe duck and cover nukes sort of stuff. Dirty Commie basterds. Hippies, protesters, summer of love and counterculture stuff, etc. Origin, character and situational recaps (esp when it all fits on the one page) Moments I remember reading as a kid that mean nothing to anybody else. Edited August 24, 2019 by bluechip Mike R V 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidFerret Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 A strange theme I found in my collection was trying to collect art from artists that don't sell their work. Pete Marino 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caltex98 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 (edited) I have collected convention sketches by dane Peter Madsen since the early nineties so I guess it can be considered a theme. My goal was to have a sketch by him in all single graphic novels and collections of Valhalla that I own. I have succeded, BTW (the only publication left is a "how to"-book which I aim to get a sketch in at this years Gothenburg Book Fair). And I settled for sketches because Peter's OA from the graphic novel series Valhalla is way out of my league money-wise. He puts a lot of work into them, so I am quite proud of my collection (which is rumoured to be the biggest in Sweden). As long as I move to the end of the line there is never a problem to get more than one at the same signing... Madsen, Peter (sketches) (Some of them are not office-safe.) Edited August 25, 2019 by Caltex98 - Mike R V 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulcage Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Humor and parody are my primary art collection themes. Comic strips, parody mags (Mad/Cracked etc), Archie, Harvey, ... I also try to stick to art from content I either enjoyed earlier in my life (nostalgia) or currently enjoy. Mike R V 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hekla Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Besides collecting nostalgia-driven pieces and modern pieces from series that I read, I like atomic age depictions of rockets or space ships. Here are two of my favorites that I have posted on CAF Mac Raboy Flash Gordon Wally Wood Galaxy Illustration Mike R V 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 On 8/25/2019 at 6:22 AM, RabidFerret said: A strange theme I found in my collection was trying to collect art from artists that don't sell their work. Sounds like a good way to keep control of your budget. Mike R V 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluechip Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 On 8/25/2019 at 7:34 PM, Mike R V said: That's actually a really cool idea, collecting zeitgeist pages. I might also try looking for some Vietnam war-reflective work. My family were Vietnam war refugees, so it would be meaningful to acquire a related piece. Do you have any recommendations on series or artists? Are there any mainstream publishing houses that incorporated elements from the Vietnam war? There were very few Vietnam references in Marvel. A couple issues of Thor (including a couple covers); several issues of Captain America (and at least two covers) and one of Sgt. Fury (when the gang got back together, natch). DC referenced it in some of their books. Mike R V 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluechip Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 (edited) A theme I would collect if I found good examples for sale at a nice price would be the "superdickery" covers that DC pumped out in the 60s when for a while every other cover seemed to portray superman behaving like an absolute a-hole. or one of the characters betraying and maniacally murdering each other. Somebody at DC had some serious issues... Edited August 28, 2019 by bluechip Mike R V 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alxjhnsn Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 On 8/25/2019 at 3:22 AM, alxjhnsn said: I've done the research and posted it on the internet! Check it out here: Themed Art Galleries on Comic Art Community. I need to update it. If you'd like me to add you and your themes, PM me here. I was wondering if anyone checked out my post and had any thoughts. NicoV, jaykza, Mike R V and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicoV Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 3 hours ago, alxjhnsn said: I was wondering if anyone checked out my post and had any thoughts. I did not know about this page, and I did not see it the first time you posted about it, so thanks for curating all these galleries!! Some of these themes are really fun to look at, and their owners definitely had great ideas! I particularly like when a cover is reinterpreted multiple times (Uncanny X-Men #141 cover, Covers Reanimated, One Minute Later, ...) alxjhnsn and Mike R V 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...