Michael Browning Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 On 5/19/2024 at 3:39 PM, Grant Turner said: Here’s my CAL pickup (arrived yesterday) Nice little NOVA 20 page by Carmine Infantino and Dave Hunt! Nice pickup! I loved Carmine's work on Nova. I thought he did a great job back then. He was such a talented artist. I know most people say his silver age art is better than his later art, but I'm of the opposite opinion. I loved this period for him and his Star Wars work is the best of the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Turner Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 On 5/19/2024 at 1:29 PM, Michael Browning said: Nice pickup! I loved Carmine's work on Nova. I thought he did a great job back then. He was such a talented artist. I know most people say his silver age art is better than his later art, but I'm of the opposite opinion. I loved this period for him and his Star Wars work is the best of the series. Thanks Michael! And I think the Dave Hunt inks are sublime! Michael Browning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Browning Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 On 5/19/2024 at 8:21 PM, Grant Turner said: Thanks Michael! And I think the Dave Hunt inks are sublime! Carmine was a friend for the last few years of his life and he told me he did all that work and his return to the Flash simply for the money and he hated comics after he was fired by DC when he was running the company. Grant Turner and Rick2you2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Balls Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 I got one of my pickups two days ago, but only had time today to unpack and work out the overlay trade dressing. Glory #19 cover - oddly the original artwork is signed differently than what is attributed on the final cover. But it's an exact match, so it's not a repro or recreation - it's got a little mystery to it that I'll have to sort out. Got emails in to Richard Horie and Jon Sibal - who are both out of comics, so I'm not sure if I'll hear back. But kudos to Danny Morales, who ships practically immediately. My third or fourth purchase from him, always a great experience. Unstoppablejayd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 On 5/19/2024 at 10:05 PM, Dr. Balls said: I got one of my pickups two days ago, but only had time today to unpack and work out the overlay trade dressing. Glory #19 cover - oddly the original artwork is signed differently than what is attributed on the final cover. But it's an exact match, so it's not a repro or recreation - it's got a little mystery to it that I'll have to sort out. Got emails in to Richard Horie and Jon Sibal - who are both out of comics, so I'm not sure if I'll hear back. But kudos to Danny Morales, who ships practically immediately. My third or fourth purchase from him, always a great experience. Speaking with a bit of ignorance here, but aren’t there “Benes Studio” artists and then Benes who takes all the credit? Michael Browning and Fischb1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Browning Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 On 5/20/2024 at 6:47 AM, John E. said: Speaking with a bit of ignorance here, but aren’t there “Benes Studio” artists and then Benes who takes all the credit? I wondered the exact same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC25427N Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 (edited) On 5/20/2024 at 6:47 AM, John E. said: Speaking with a bit of ignorance here, but aren’t there “Benes Studio” artists and then Benes who takes all the credit? On 5/20/2024 at 9:20 AM, Michael Browning said: I wondered the exact same thing. You might be thinking of Mike Deodato's "Deodato Studios" which Benes and a bunch of other Brazilian artists were all part of back in those days, and a lot of times if someone from his studio worked on something the book credits would say "Deodato Studios" instead of the actual artist, and there were a few times where the book credits would just say Mike Deodato even if it was someone else from the studio. There's been multiple interviews you can search online on that subject Benes Studio didn't start until the late 2000s (2009-2010ish), and most of them didn't/don't really do any published work, they just sell pin-ups on ebay and take commissions edit: and just to be super clear, neither of them, as best I know, steal credit for the work the artists in their studio do. Even with the incidents that happened with Deodato Studios in the 90s, according to the interviews (been a while since I'd read them) Deodato never controlled how publishers would write the credits, it was more a confusion on their part/Marvel and other publishers not knowing who the specific artists were since they would hire "Deodato Studios" as an entity and not know exactly who within was given the assignment. Similar to how a lot of color work for Image, DC, and Marvel in the 90s were credited to "Wildstorm FX Studios" Edited May 20 by JC25427N John E. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BVladimirHarkonnen Posted May 20 Popular Post Share Posted May 20 Received my Toth piece, let it pass a few years back and didn't want that to happen again. Really like having the feedback system. The Voord, Benedict Judas Hel, Weird Paper and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC25427N Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 On 5/19/2024 at 11:05 PM, Dr. Balls said: I got one of my pickups two days ago, but only had time today to unpack and work out the overlay trade dressing. Glory #19 cover - oddly the original artwork is signed differently than what is attributed on the final cover. But it's an exact match, so it's not a repro or recreation - it's got a little mystery to it that I'll have to sort out. Got emails in to Richard Horie and Jon Sibal - who are both out of comics, so I'm not sure if I'll hear back. But kudos to Danny Morales, who ships practically immediately. My third or fourth purchase from him, always a great experience. If it helps, I would probably believe that R.Horie was the actual cover artist for this and Maximum Press just slapped Benes's signature on it. They were known for mislabeling covers like this. The cover to Glory #8 is known to be drawn by Ed Benes even though Maximum Press put Deodato's signature for the printed cover John E. and Dr. Balls 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Balls Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 On 5/20/2024 at 1:21 PM, JC25427N said: If it helps, I would probably believe that R.Horie was the actual cover artist for this and Maximum Press just slapped Benes's signature on it. They were known for mislabeling covers like this. The cover to Glory #8 is known to be drawn by Ed Benes even though Maximum Press put Deodato's signature for the printed cover That's a HUGE help - I kind of surmised as much, as the dealer I bought it from got it from Richard Horie himself. It's just good to get some other input to help confirm (as much as we can) what likely happened - I appreciate it! JC25427N 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyNameIsLegion Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 (edited) Lois Lane #112 pg12: Rose & Thorn Splashy Super Sexy Extremely Important Excellent $8th appearance!! ( I got a little cheeky with my description) Just got this from Dewey from CAL. "Every rose has its thorn...." Edited May 21 by MyNameIsLegion John E., Andahaion and JC25427N 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC25427N Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 On 5/21/2024 at 8:52 AM, MyNameIsLegion said: Lois Lane #112 pg12: Rose & Thorn Splashy Super Sexy Extremely Important Excellent $8th appearance!! ( I got a little cheeky with my description) Just got this from Dewey from CAL. "Every rose has its thorn...." Doozy! John E. and MyNameIsLegion 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtlevy1 Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 On 5/21/2024 at 6:38 AM, JC25427N said: Doozy! I saw this one but wasn't a key word for me so it was already gone, nice pickup! MyNameIsLegion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unstoppablejayd Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 On 5/21/2024 at 7:48 PM, mtlevy1 said: I saw this one but wasn't a key word for me so it was already gone, nice pickup! Funny you mention this… I was talking to a buddy about this sorta. That we are getting to reliant on key words and miss stuff we would like because we don’t dig anymore . key words are nice but not everything hits them MyNameIsLegion, John E. and Dr. Balls 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstojano Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 (edited) On 5/15/2024 at 1:08 PM, cstojano said: I sold my first piece during a CAL and was happy to only book a 1k loss! And I knew I spoke too soon. Purchaser unhappy with the art and wants his money back. Anyone looking for Blade Runner pages by Williamson? Does this matter to Bill Cox enough to report it to him to adjust his figures? Edited May 23 by cstojano Will_K and GotSuperPowers? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 On 5/22/2024 at 11:09 AM, Unstoppablejayd said: Funny you mention this… I was talking to a buddy about this sorta. That we are getting to reliant on key words and miss stuff we would like because we don’t dig anymore . key words are nice but not everything hits them Ordinarily, I don’t have that problem. But sometimes, out of curiosity, I try “Phantom” instead of “Phantom Stranger”. Sure enough, a search popped up “Phantom Strangler”. Bought it, too. Unstoppablejayd and John E. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benedict Judas Hel Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 On 5/22/2024 at 7:48 PM, Rick2you2 said: Sure enough, a search popped up “Phantom Strangler”. Bought it, too. ? Rick2you2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtlevy1 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 On 5/22/2024 at 8:09 AM, Unstoppablejayd said: Funny you mention this… I was talking to a buddy about this sorta. That we are getting to reliant on key words and miss stuff we would like because we don’t dig anymore . key words are nice but not everything hits them After the key words I go through every piece but yours was sold by the time I go there! Unstoppablejayd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 On 5/22/2024 at 9:52 PM, Benedict Judas Hel said: ? A modern interpretation of “good girl” art? Benedict Judas Hel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KirbyCollector Posted May 23 Popular Post Share Posted May 23 On 5/22/2024 at 8:10 PM, cstojano said: And I knew I spoke too soon. Purchaser unhappy with the art and wants his money back. Unhappy? If you used a true image and fully described the condition, imho he's the new owner now. Hockeyflow33, Sideshow Bob, Twanj and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...