Popular Post comiconxion Posted November 29, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 29, 2021 As my 50th birthday descends upon me this week, I wanted to try and do a bit more this year to use the artwork that I've collected to give back. I used some of the art in my collection to seed two exhibits across the US... Sarasota, FL (through March 25, 2022) - "POW! The Comic Art of Mike Zeck from the Costas Collection at Ringling College (https://www.ringlingcollege.gallery/zeck). Back in 2014, I had the opportunity to curate the "Raw Fury" exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum. For that, I assembled what I consider some of the best examples of Mike's work, borrowing some pieces (i.e.., the 6 Kraven covers, SW #1 & #8 covers) from other collectors. For this exhibit, I wanted to use only pieces from my collection to tell the story of Mike's career - from his first tryout pieces to his last interior story on G.I. Joe #21. This show allowed me to go deeper on certain things I hadn't showed publicly before. The complete Secret Wars #1 book is on display as a full display of Mike's G.I. Joe art I've managed keep acquire (and keep) over the years. Fans of Mike's art won't be disappointed! Columbus, OH (through May 30, 2022) - "Marvel: A Universe of Super Heroes" at COSI (https://cosi.org/exhibits/marvel-exhibit). This latest version of this traveling Marvel exhibit opened over the Thanksgiving weekend. If you've seen it before in another city... don't worry, there will be new things to view. I know I lent some additional X-Men props from my collection for this stop on the tour that were being used to create an "illuminating" expansion of the X-Men section of the exhibit. And, I know there were some more additions. As has been noted elsewhere, other collectors have also lent key pieces to this exhibit making this one of the most impressive exhibits of Marvel comic art ever assembled with pieces from many key issues represented throughout the exhibit. From my collection, in addition to others, I lent pieces from X-Men Giant Size #1, John Romita's very first Punisher sketch and a fantastic John Byrne 1978 Spider-man calendar piece with 60 stars from the Marvel Universe represented. With COVID restrictions, grand openings for these exhibits were delayed, but I'm hoping to visit both myself early next year. And, I hope many of you that are nearby to each of these will also got to visit the exhibits in the coming months. It makes me happy to be able to share pieces from my collection with people across the world and I hope to do more of these types of exhibits as I hit the back side of 50. If you do get a chance to visit these exhibits, please post pics here! I'm sure others will love to see them as well. John E., SpeedforceKJ, BCarter27 and 6 others 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeGiant Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 I am already making plans for a visit or two to COSI. I have been waiting a long time to see the traveling Marvel Museum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comiconxion Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 I finally made it out to Sarasota to visit the Mike Zeck exhibit that I helped to set up. For anyone that wants a virtual tour, please join Bill Cox and I for a Livestream Friday, March 4, 2022 at 1PM ET/10AM PT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F2h7yCgSPE If you miss it live, you can always catch it on replay as well! Twanj and MagnusX 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 I wasn't able to make it live, but caught the replay! Very cool and some incredible pieces of art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
