WPPJames Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Not sure if this is where I should be posting this? I'm a huge J O'Barr fan. Purchased this a long time ago. Can't recall where. Probably Ebay. Can't find any Google info on it. Just wondering if anyone here might have some info on it? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 @oakman29 you're sort of fond of this stuff,no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WPPJames Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 13 minutes ago, porcupine48 said: @oakman29 you're sort of fond of this stuff,no? I'm a crazy Crow O'Barr fan. I admit it. @oakman29 is also ? porcupine48 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 There's a few,but Dave came to mind first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WPPJames Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 (edited) Deleted. Edited October 5, 2019 by WPPJames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danchoi03 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 5 hours ago, WPPJames said: Not sure if this is where I should be posting this? I'm a huge J O'Barr fan. Purchased this a long time ago. Can't recall where. Probably Ebay. Can't find any Google info on it. Just wondering if anyone here might have some info on it? Thanks in advance! I curious myself. Nice print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 4 hours ago, WPPJames said: I'm a crazy Crow O'Barr fan. I admit it. @oakman29 is also ? I certainly am. Probably one of the greatest stories ever told, and it came about from such a tragedy of O'Barr losing the love of his life. WPPJames and bounty_coder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Our very own Bosco is the guy who turned me onto the story. After that I had to get the entire run.👍 bounty_coder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Dowling Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 But the print, Oakman! What about the print?? Any info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 1 hour ago, oakman29 said: Our very own Bosco is the guy who turned me onto the story. After that I had to get the entire run.👍 @Bosco685 Got any theories on the print, Bosco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 1 hour ago, ADAMANTIUM said: @Bosco685 Got any theories on the print, Bosco? I'm checking into it. This is definitely not from the 1993 James O'Barr The Crow portfolio. I confirmed it just now. oakman29, ADAMANTIUM and bounty_coder 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bounty_coder Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Wow, all of these prints are amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bounty_coder Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 I would love a poster sized print of Crow #1 and the back cover to Deadworld #10 which has the first printed rendering of the Crow on the Back never published elsewhere. Randall Dowling, oakman29 and WPPJames 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Dowling Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 (edited) I’m throwing out a guess at the OP’s original post and the print in that post. It looks to me like the kind of thing artists today commonly sell at conventions (thinking of Adam Hughes, Frank Cho, and others). It’s clearly numbered and was probably sold by O’Barr to help pay for convention work. That’s my theory, anyway. Edited October 5, 2019 by Randall Dowling WPPJames and bounty_coder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Randall Dowling said: I’m throwing out a guess at the OP’s original post and the print in that post. It looks to me like the kind of thing artists today commonly sell at conventions (thinking of Adam Hughes, Frank Cho, and others). It’s clearly numbered and was probably sold by O’Barr to help pay for convention work. That’s my theory, anyway. I would think that you might have hit the nail on the head. A sample of his work.😉 Edited October 5, 2019 by oakman29 Randall Dowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WPPJames Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Randall Dowling said: I’m throwing out a guess at the OP’s original post and the print in that post. It looks to me like the kind of thing artists today commonly sell at conventions (thinking of Adam Hughes, Frank Cho, and others). It’s clearly numbered and was probably sold by O’Barr to help pay for convention work. That’s my theory, anyway. Thanks. That was my guess as well. Back side has "Kodak Professional Paper" stamped all over it. So he probably had it self printed just for a show or convention. A couple of Crow stories. I pre-purchased Crow #1 1st printing way back in 1989. Unfortunately, I was brand new to the industry and the "subscription service" I used wasn't a true subscription service. Discount was only 20% off cover prices and you only had to order like 30 days in advance of publish date. So they couldn't have truly been pre-ordering. Something about the artwork / preview just grabbed me. Unfortunately it must have grabbed others as well, because the "subscription service" had to ration them out. I forget how many I ordered, but only received 2 or 3 copies. Other story is I went to a convention in 2005 that he was at and had him sign a copy. I still had little knowledge about a lot of the business aspects of comics and didn't have it witnessed (did they do that back in 2005?). I eventually sent it in to CGC. Of course, it came back in a Qualified grade. Last year I was forced to sell it due to financial reasons and the sig I was so proud of actually probably lowered the sales price. Edited October 5, 2019 by WPPJames bounty_coder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WPPJames Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 2 hours ago, bounty_coder said: I would love a poster sized print of Crow #1 and the back cover to Deadworld #10 which has the first printed rendering of the Crow on the Back never published elsewhere. The Pin-Up in Deadworld #12 is pretty nice as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bounty_coder Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, WPPJames said: The Pin-Up in Deadworld #12 is pretty nice as well. WPPJames 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WPPJames Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 Also had a Caliber Presents #1 CGC 9.2 (1st Crow story) I also had to sell last year. I'm beginning to depress myself now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WPPJames Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 (edited) On 10/5/2019 at 11:27 AM, Bosco685 said: This is definitely not from the 1993 James O'Barr The Crow portfolio. I confirmed it just now It's the only Crow item I have left, except for the 1990 Color Portfolio which I'm currently negotiating to sell on Ebay. Hope to get this one framed. Wish I would have done so sooner as it's beginning to show it's age. Edited October 8, 2019 by WPPJames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
