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[Robot Man]

[GACollectibles]

On 5/13/2023 at 9:29 PM, atrocitus said:

How about Al Plastino 

A couple dozen or more SS Plastinos out there for sure (Here are some).

He was at a NYCC show in the early 2010s and he was insistent on signing on the bottom of the splash, he couldn't fathom why we wanted signature on the cover(Though he ultimately did).

[GACollectibles]

On 1/5/2020 at 6:40 PM, Robot Man said:

Rare? I don’t know. Shelton has lived in France for years. Got this at SDCC years ago. The sketch was a fun bonus!

Was that around 2015/2016?  If so we may have been waiting in the same line!

[Robot Man]

On 5/15/2023 at 5:46 PM, GACollectibles said:

Was that around 2015/2016?  If so we may have been waiting in the same line!

Sounds about right. He doesn’t make many con appearances anymore so it was a treat. Was suprised he offered me a sketch with his signature. Cool guy! 

[cgcsketcherz]

If you go by signature series, Peter Laird has to be somewhere near the top. 

[reptilekingdie]

Bill Finger

[reptilekingdie]

Peter Milligan? Got mine signed in Brazil, with the help from DWC Chandler and Sharon Rice. 

Edited May 16, 2023 by reptilekingdie

[mtlevy1]

On 5/13/2023 at 1:51 PM, Robot Man said:

I have seen one Everett on a piece of OA. I have also seen Hollingsworth on a couple comics. Interesting note. Baker gets attention among other things because he was black. Hollingsworth was also black and working around the same time as Baker.

All of these people are near impossible to have signed items. 

Someone posted an Everett fan letter response that had a nice signature...here is one from the original art - you can see it was an underwater page

[atrocitus]

On 5/15/2023 at 7:45 PM, GACollectibles said:

A couple dozen or more SS Plastinos out there for sure (Here are some).

He was at a NYCC show in the early 2010s and he was insistent on signing on the bottom of the splash, he couldn't fathom why we wanted signature on the cover(Though he ultimately did).

I actually remember being a witness to a couple of those books. I didn’t see anything on eBay so I was curious if collectors are hoarding them 

[Robot Man]

On 5/15/2023 at 8:59 PM, mtlevy1 said:

Someone posted an Everett fan letter response that had a nice signature...here is one from the original art - you can see it was an underwater page

Everett’s signature is a little piece of art in its self. The big curve of the E reminds me of an artist’s pallet.

Here are a few more signatures that are great arty graphic pieces all in them selves. 

[Robot Man]

You don’t see Chuck Cuidera (Quality artist who created Blackhawk) very often…

[GACollectibles]

On 5/15/2023 at 10:15 PM, cgcsketcherz said:

If you go by signature series, Peter Laird has to be somewhere near the top. 

There are hundreds of Laird SS books out there, he was very accessible for awhile while recently it's been more of a challenge.  A few dozen samples HERE

In my experience he was always very generous with his sketches.

[Robot Man]

Many years ago I was at SDCC and had a dealer’s badge. Was walking around the floor before it opened to the public and saw Matt Groening sitting alone at the Bongo table. I went up just to say hi. I told him how much my daughter and I enjoyed watching the Simpsons together. I explained how she loved the kiddie jokes and I loved the older ones.

He was very friendly and grabbed a sheet of paper and while we were talking started sketching. He literally drew a sketch of the whole cast. He then asked me her name and personalized it to her.

I offered to pay him but he just smiled, waved me off and thanked me for watching the show. My daughter was thrilled! What a great guy! 

[Comics-n-ERB]

This was in a large collection I bought a few years ago.

[Comics-n-ERB]

Here is a letter from Alan Light of Comic Buyers Guide fame.

Edited May 17, 2023 by Comics-n-ERB

[Comics-n-ERB]

Here are two letters from Maggie Thompson before she and Don went to work at CBG

Edited May 17, 2023 by Comics-n-ERB

[*paull*]

Anyone have a Pat Boyette-signed book?

[Browns81]

Was Walt Disney an avid signer or hard to come by?

[PeterPark]

On 11/28/2019 at 3:05 PM, RockMyAmadeus said:

Not even close. There are 125-200 Frazetta SS alone, and he signed a lot of other stuff over the years, too.

You want a rare sig? Jim Aparo. Mike Parobeck. The aforementioned Ditko. Gil Kane. Cockrum's fairly rare. 

Jim Aparo came to a local con for me back in the early 90's. I had him sign my Batman 491, 2x 497's and a 500.

[Bronty]

On 11/28/2019 at 5:37 PM, AlexH said:

Martin Nodell doesn't have too many SS.

The rarest one I have is Fred Kelly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Kelly_(comics)

Pretty sure I have the only one done by him. 

Fred Kelly!   Awesome!   😎