Decorating the Morlock Tunnels: Art under $500 3 3

[RBerman]

On 2/24/2023 at 12:57 PM, Nate Hartz said:

A couple of new pieces this week. Legion of X pages by Netho Diaz.

I have a few of Netho's pencil pages; it's solid work.

[RBerman]

I was pleasantly surprised to find that Terry Moore still had Rachel Rising pages available. This one not only advances the story of Rachel discovering she is undead, but also functions as a one page gag.

[RBerman]

Hey ho, it's time for some more cheap art in my favorite category, "detailed pencils." First a pair of Yvel Guichet pages from the 2012 iteration of Stormwatch. They're both "gathered around the conference table" scenes, but not from the same issue.

Next, an undated pair from Joe Phillips which I suspect are unpublished try-out pages in which two villains tear into some sky-cycle cops.

And next, an unusual look at the Marvel Bullpen circa 2014. The artist is evidently named Kevin Snyder.

And finally, Adriano Batista's cover to Jungle Girl Season 2 #5. Or rather, a perfect 8x12 recreation of the 11x14 published cover. I have great difficulty telling the two images apart except for their size.

[RBerman]

A while back, I acquired all 22 interior pages of District X #6 by Perkins and Hennessy. It's a cop story involving Bishop and his human partner, hunting a mutant they wrongly think has harmed the human cop's daughter. This week I was able to get the final four pages of the previous issue (#5, by Yardin and Sicat), which show that the girl was actually shot accidentally by her younger brother, because dad left his service revolver at home. Here's the whole collection. It plays pretty well as a silent movie, which shows good storytelling by all involved.

[babsrocks31]

On 3/18/2023 at 1:24 PM, RBerman said:

Hey ho, it's time for some more cheap art in my favorite category, "detailed pencils." First a pair of Yvel Guichet pages from the 2012 iteration of Stormwatch. They're both "gathered around the conference table" scenes, but not from the same issue.

Next, an undated pair from Joe Phillips which I suspect are unpublished try-out pages in which two villains tear into some sky-cycle cops.

And next, an unusual look at the Marvel Bullpen circa 2014. The artist is evidently named Kevin Snyder.

And finally, Adriano Batista's cover to Jungle Girl Season 2 #5. Or rather, a perfect 8x12 recreation of the 11x14 published cover. I have great difficulty telling the two images apart except for their size.

Bautista irks me. Scammed me a few years ago and I can't bring myself to support his work anymore.

I contacted him about a commission. He said he would do it, then contacted me to ask if I wanted some art he had for sale too. Said they were old chaos pages just sitting around and would let them go without much trouble. So, I paid him for everything. Then he ghosted me.

I sent him one email that was little more firm, asking about a refund.  He said the pages were actually  just prints, but he'd still send them with my commission. 

Then said he didn't have them, but never refunded me.

Then ghosted me and sent me nothing.

Then he sent me a scan of the commission (it wasn't very good), but never actually shipped it to me, and never mentioned the "art" he sold me again. I might be misremembering this, but he may have even implied that since he'd drawn the commission our deal was done and he didn't need to ship it to me (despite me paying for shipping and him offering to send me other art).

This was over six years ago. He also told me he would only accept western union transfer (first warning sign) NOT PayPal.

To this day, one of the worst experiences I have ever had with an artist. The only one that rivals it was Peter 'pedro' Vale another old chaos artist.

Edited April 9, 2023 by babsrocks31

[RBerman]

On 4/9/2023 at 3:59 PM, babsrocks31 said:

Bautista irks me. Scammed me a few years ago and I can't bring myself to support his work anymore.

I contacted him about a commission. He said he would do it, then contacted me to ask if I wanted some art he had for sale too. Said they were old chaos pages just sitting around and would let them go without much trouble. So, I paid him for everything. Then he ghosted me.

I sent him one email that was little more firm, asking about a refund.  He said the pages were actually  just prints actually, but he'd still send them with my commission. 

Then said he didn't have them.

Then ghosted me and sent me nothing.

Then he sent me a scan of the commission (it wasn't very good), but never actually shipped it to me, and never mentioned the "art" he solde again. I might be misremembering this, but he may have even implied that since he'd drawn the commission our deal was done and he didn't need to ship it to me (despite me paying for shipping and him offering to sende other art).

This was over six years ago. He also told me hevwould only accept western union transfer (first warning sign).

To this day, one of the worst experiences I have ever had with an artist. The only one that rivals it was Peter 'pedro' Vale another old chaos artist.

Ouch, that's terrible! When I contacted him to discuss this piece (which I got from another collector), he was friendly and mentioned that he was taking commissions. I asked for details, which he never sent, so I did not pursue the matter further.

[babsrocks31]

On 4/9/2023 at 2:03 PM, RBerman said:

Ouch, that's terrible! When I contacted him to discuss this piece (which I got from another collector), he was friendly and mentioned that he was taking commissions. I asked for details, which he never sent, so I did not pursue the matter further.

A part of me thinks it wasn't intentional, but I just don't know how it wouldn't have been.

Anyhoo, some of his pieces are fun though!

[RBerman]

It's 2023, and there's still lots of good looking art out there in the Morlock tunnels! A few recent pieces, starting with Ibraim Roberson for X-Necrosha:

Tony Harris gives us a hostage showdown in "Ex Machina":

Geoff Isherwood for the 1980s Epic Comics space pirates saga "Swords of the Swashbucklers":

The Escorza brothers and Kevin Eastman for TMNT: The Last Ronin

In the "awesome pencils" department, a couple of Fernando Pasarin pages from Batgirl:

And one from Jose Luis Soares Pinto for new series The Djinni:

That's enough for now!

Edited May 9, 2023 by RBerman

[Bridom]

Finally got my Tom Raney STORMWATCH page.

 

Followed by a Raney TEAM ONE page. Lots of cool action!

 

I jumped on this dynamic Tom Derenick piece from the new WILDC.A.T.S #6. The book's other artists are mostly digital so it was nice to get a tangible page.

[Aahz]

Whiteboard + magnets = Morlock Art Show.  :-)

[Rick2you2]

I don't get to come here very often, but it's a nice change of pace. 

This is a page from Reign in Hell. The penciller is Tom Derenick and the inker is Bill Sienkiewz. I had been looking for a page from Tom by reason of his work on the Shadowpact series, but, as luck would have it, he opened his old storage container and this popped out. Orignially, he offered it on Facebook at $300, but when I saw other interest in it, I quickly pm'ed him and offered $400.00. He had my earlier IM's expressing interest in his work, and I won (I suspect the extra $100 helped).

For a static 6 panel, I think it's quite good. Derenik's pencil work is always very good, and Bill S's "arty" side is in evidence in his ink washing of panels 4 and 5. As for Zatanna, that is one baleful stare. Why can't I find more stuff like this? (Although, I am regularly impressed at the high quality of the Morelock art).

 

[RBerman]

On 6/3/2023 at 3:50 PM, Rick2you2 said:

I don't get to come here very often, but it's a nice change of pace. 

This is a page from Reign in Hell. The penciller is Tom Derenick and the inker is Bill Sienkiewz. I had been looking for a page from Tom by reason of his work on the Shadowpact series, but, as luck would have it, he opened his old storage container and this popped out. Orignially, he offered it on Facebook at $300, but when I saw other interest in it, I quickly pm'ed him and offered $400.00. He had my earlier IM's expressing interest in his work, and I won (I suspect the extra $100 helped).

For a static 6 panel, I think it's quite good. Derenik's pencil work is always very good, and Bill S's "arty" side is in evidence in his ink washing of panels 4 and 5. As for Zatanna, that is one baleful stare. Why can't I find more stuff like this? (Although, I am regularly impressed at the high quality of the Morlock art).

Nice one, Rick!

Here are some of my recent Morlock acquisitions. First, a pair of pages from Brian Stelfreeze, from an Oracle story in DC Showcase '94. I got these from him at Lake Como.

Here's Nick Bradshaw with a Medusa page from the series Inhumanity. Nick mainly does covers now, in his  Art Adams-influenced style.

And one by Peter Mayhew from X-Men: Gold.

Here's a Geof Darrow acquisition from Lake Como:

Finally, this Marco Rudy DPS was Morlock-priced when considered per-page, so I'm posting it here. It's from the 2014 edition of Uncanny X-Men.

[Rick2you2]

On 6/3/2023 at 9:41 PM, RBerman said:

Nice one, Rick!

Here are some of my recent Morlock acquisitions. First, a pair of pages from Brian Stelfreeze, from an Oracle story in DC Showcase '94. I got these from him at Lake Como.

Here's Nick Bradshaw with a Medusa page from the series Inhumanity. Nick mainly does covers now, in his  Art Adams-influenced style.

And one by Peter Mayhew from X-Men: Gold.

Here's a Geof Darrow acquisition from Lake Como:

Finally, this Marco Rudy DPS was Morlock-priced when considered per-page, so I'm posting it here. It's from the 2014 edition of Uncanny X-Men.

While I like a lot of what you get, I was wondering if you have any developing focus to your buys other than “I buy what I like”. I don’t expect most people to be as limited as I am, but you do cover a lot of different styles, artists, characters and layouts. Was the Rudy DPS panel squiggle for the layout intended to mean something?

[RBerman]

On 6/4/2023 at 6:14 AM, Rick2you2 said:

While I like a lot of what you get, I was wondering if you have any developing focus to your buys other than “I buy what I like”. I don’t expect most people to be as limited as I am, but you do cover a lot of different styles, artists, characters and layouts. Was the Rudy DPS panel squiggle for the layout intended to mean something?

No, I have specifically chosen not to be specific in my acquisitions.

[Dr. Balls]

On 6/3/2023 at 7:41 PM, RBerman said:

Finally, this Marco Rudy DPS was Morlock-priced when considered per-page, so I'm posting it here. It's from the 2014 edition of Uncanny X-Men.

That's a great DPS - love the Mucha-inspired panels!

[The Voord]

On 9/27/2021 at 2:22 PM, RafaVia said:

My Comiclink art finally arrived today. Got a nice stack from 2 auctions. One particular lot was 5 Chan Powerman pages that was my most expensive purchase ever (but is about 100 a page, so very happy) and also a Saviuk Web page, that I didn’t even remember I won, 😝 

I'll turn my computer screen upside down . . . that might help!

 

[babsrocks31]

On 5/9/2023 at 10:57 AM, RBerman said:

It's 2023, and there's still lots of good looking art out there in the Morlock tunnels! A few recent pieces, starting with Ibraim Roberson for X-Necrosha:

Tony Harris gives us a hostage showdown in "Ex Machina":

Geoff Isherwood for the 1980s Epic Comics space pirates saga "Swords of the Swashbucklers":

The Escorza brothers and Kevin Eastman for TMNT: The Last Ronin

In the "awesome pencils" department, a couple of Fernando Pasarin pages from Batgirl:

And one from Jose Luis Soares Pinto for new series The Djinni:

That's enough for now!

Some of Fernando's work on Batgirl was downright awful, BUT some of his was fantastic too, and you got one of the best pages! That is a beaut! Great action! Great determination on Babs's face during the fight!

Edited June 15, 2023 by babsrocks31

[The Voord]

Picked this UK Movie Poster painting up about four weeks ago for the US equivalent of about $350.

ADVENTURES OF A PRIVATE EYE (1977) movie poster painting (artist unknown). British (lame) sex comedy starring a whole host of British character actors popular at the time, whom I would imagine will be mostly unknown outside of my country. There's an acetate overlay containing text and character photographs, so I'm showing the art with and without . . . along with a photo of how the artwork looked in print.

 

 

[RafaVia]

On 6/5/2023 at 12:48 AM, The Voord said:

I'll turn my computer screen upside down . . . that might help!

 

Oh my… when posting pics from my phone camera it turns upside down, sorry.

soooo 2 years have past and thinking about, that I bought art for 100/page back then, compared to the 300-500 now…….

Edited June 13, 2023 by RafaVia

[alxjhnsn]

$75 decoration!

My friend Michael was working Dallas Fan Expo for Bedrock City Comic Co. and he stumbled upon (no not literally) a dealer who had three Katy Keene pages for sale for cheap.

Sadly, not as cheaply as I can be sometimes. To my regret, I only bought one, but it's a nice one. It's between today's standard size (11x17) and that of yesterday (15x22) at 13.375x19.5x and therefore quite large which is nice. It has a few notes and no white out as well.

Just a nice solid page by Woggon's studio and maybe by Bill himself (he signed the story, but ...).

I really like the change in lettering for the tale within the tale.

Oh, the other two pages are in the Additional Images section of the CAF link. https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=193006 

 

Edited June 13, 2023 by alxjhnsn