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[vodou]

On 7/19/2021 at 11:37 AM, Timely said:

CAF Update: Check out the OA to the cover to Batman #100 by Philip Tan.  Incredible wash tone piece!

Link: https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1744046

 

 

Aw man, you can post an image of the comic (blah) but not the art (yea!)...um, ok  

[MagnusX]

Aliens Wraith # 1 Page 10 by Eduardo Risso
Published July 1998 by Dark Horse.

[EXPhysiker]

Got a bigger art package from the great Dan Mora today.

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetailsearch.asp?artist=Dan+Mora&GCat=127296

[Grant Turner]

I enjoyed LOKI very much and really wanted to commemorate the experience by purchasing something Kid Loki related.  I did a quick search to see if any page from his first appearance was still floating around (it obviously wasn’t, duh me) but, when I put Pasqual Ferry into the comic art tracker search engine, I found a preliminary sketch of his, that I immediately identified as from KL’s first appearance so for $30 including shipping from Spain, I got this, and I couldn’t be more delighted!

Edited July 21, 2021 by Grant Turner
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[DeadpoolJr.]

Wanted to share these two pieces I got recently. The first one is a variant cover by Nick Bradshaw done for the first issue of the recent Taskmaster mini series. I've always liked the character and was glad he got another solo series even if it was only a mini. The other piece is the cover of issue 31 by Steve Erwin and Bill Blyberg from Deathstroke the Terminator which was his first series.  I've wanted a cover from that series for a while now so it's a great feeling to be able to check it off from the list. Especially since it was one I really liked and at what I think was a good price.

Edited July 27, 2021 by DeadpoolJr.

[awayne83]

On 7/20/2021 at 3:29 PM, EXPhysiker said:

Got a bigger art package from the great Dan Mora today.

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetailsearch.asp?artist=Dan+Mora&GCat=127296

How did you get in touch with Dan? I can't ever get a response on social media. thanks

[GreatEscape]

Very proud to post Marvel’s Greatest #35 cover (1972), the first reprinting of Fantastic Four #48 with the origin and 1st app of the Silver Surfer!  John Buscema's cover with sweet Joe Sinnott inks perfectly captures Kirby's classic story.

Lik

[Blastaar]

Nice Darick Robertson page from is work with Garth Enis on a Sgt Fury title. 
 

Edited July 26, 2021 by Blastaar

[JadeGiant]

An all time favorite commission - more details on CAF

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1745646

[comicfanboy007]

This week I bought my very first published cover.

“Strange Adventures” Issue 4 Cover By Mitch Gerads  
Writer Tom King
Artists: Mitch Gerads and Evan “Doc” Shaner
Letterer: Clayton Cowles 
With “Strange Adventures”  collaborators Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Evan “Doc” Shaner, and Clayton Cowles deliver on the premise and the promise of what I hoped to see and want to see in an Adam Strange story and a Mister Terrific story. The series had incredible visual storytelling, a seamless duet from masters of their craft. Gerads and Shaner have never looked better. Both artists are handling all stages of their art, they are even doing their own coloring which makes the cohesiveness of the art more impressive. “Strange Adventures” is a Sci-Fi mystery and meditation on war. Created in the Silver Age, Adam Strange is a Flash Gordon/John Carter like space hero.  Adam is an archeologist who is transported to the alien planet Rann. Adam becomes the finned rocket pack wearing hero who saves the planet. He marries the heroine and leader of Rann Alanna, and they have a daughter, Aleena. We open the story on a Adam at a book signing for his memoir “Strange Adventures.” After the civil war that engulfed Rann is over, Aleena’s fate is unknown as Adam and Alanna return to Earth. Adam writes a memoir about his exploits called “Strange Adventures”.  Both literally and metaphorically “selling his story,” When an enraged protestor who confronted Adam about war crimes during the war on Rann ends up dead. Adam asks his friend and fellow hero Batman to investigate him. To come at him hard like any other criminal, to prove his innocence beyond a shadow of a doubt. Batman, knowing that his relationship with Adam could cloud the investigation refuses and Adam asks Batman to find a detective as good as he is. Which brings Batman to ask Mister Terrific to investigate. Mister Terrific, aka Michael Holt is a genius tech hero and the third smartest man in the DCU, although some would say he is the smartest. He is an Olympic class athlete, and his main tools/weapons are his t-spheres which are the spherical computers surround him and protect him. He is the second person to take the mantle of Mister Terrific, the original, Terry Sloane, was a founding member of the Justice Society. The first issue ends with Adam and Michael just meeting for the first time. 
The investigation officially begins. Eleven issues in and King, Gerads, and Shaner have shown their cards. Each revelation more heart wrenching than the last. For several issues, I was worried the team was maybe slowing things down a bit too much, but now I get what they were doing, and I am seeing the clues they left along the way. The scripture that Adam paraphrases in his dedication in the book. “For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.” Mister Terrific reciting the lesson of “The Green Knight” "”Gawain feels only shame for his failure not keeping his honor." Even the family picture of Adam, Alanna, and Aleena in celebration with red confetti falling hinting at the blood shed this war has wrought on the Strange family.  As Mister Terrific so eloquently puts in his letter to Alanna Strange “Adam wanted us to find what he didn’t hide. It So we would miss what he did.” Adam Strange lied, his war crimes were the lie to hide a much darker truth. His war crimes metastasized into treason. The man of two worlds struck a deal to save Rann, and in exchange Adam gave his enemies, the Pykkts, Earth, and his daughter Alanna was collateral. Tom King, Mitch Gerads, and Doc Shaner have taken us into Adam Strange's “Heart of Darkness”. War is hell but with his sins revealed Adam has become a warrior in line (inverted might better convey my point) with Col. Kurtz from "Apocalypse Now"  
“Mister Miracle” used a nine-panel grid to tell the story “Strange Adventures” is largely using a three-panel page, a change they were inspired to use based on Darwyn Cooke’s “New Frontier”.  It gives the story a different flow but still epic and incredibly personal. King is setting the rhythm of the story and I love the cadence of his writing for the issue. The music this comic orchestra is playing is magnificent. I love how King writes Adam and Alanna’s relationship. Full of love, passion, joy but you can see there are cracks in the veneer this is not Scott and Barda. And I can’t wait to see what this team does with Mister Terrific. Mitch Gerads and Doc Shaner Similar to how “Mister Miracle” took all the best lessons from some of King’s best work (“Vision” and “Omega Men”) and evolves it into something very special “Strange Adventures” is continuing that evolution. You can see the care they have put into this series Mitch Gerads and Doc Shaner’s comfort with their collaboration is incredibly apparent, initially switching from scene to scene eventually going sometimes volleying back and forth from panel to panel in some sequences and it is flawless.  “Strange Adventures” Issue 11 was brutal and brilliant as Alanna confronts Adam about the devil’s bargain he made. King, Gerads, and Shaner’s masterful use of the dual storylines in this issue and in the series throughout was terrific. This is a story that uses the medium of comics in the best way, add to it you have two artists in such synch with each other is a marvel. Take a well-deserved bow Tom, Mitch, Doc, and Clayton and thank you. 
My love for this creative team is no secret and as an art collector it has been hard to not be able to own more examples of their work as both artists are mostly working digital these days. I have had the good fortune of getting commissions from both, but nothing that has been published. At the launch of the “Strange Adventures” Mitch did announce that he would be drawing his covers traditionally. The weekend of SDCC 2021 Essential Sequential announced Mitch’s art would be discounted. I knew now was the right time and I purchased the cover to issue four, which is one of my favorite issues of the entire series as we see Mister Terrific’ s investigation takes him to Rann and it reminded us just how awesome Michael Holt is. This was a major milestone in my Original art collecting as it was my very first published cover. The cover is comprised of two boards. One being the portrait of Mister Terrific and the second being the outer space background. It is gorgeous to see in person and am so grateful to have such an amazing example by a master of the medium. 

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1746031

[Subby1938]

Not published art but a special piece imo. Last September I secured a spot to get another Esad Ribic piece . I knew what I wanted without a shadow of a doubt . I kept quiet and waited . Today I was sent scans of my finished art. 
 

Sub-Mariner 6 ( 1968 ) recreation , an hommage to what is easily my fav cover in Namor’s SA run. A fitting tribute to John Buscema’s original . The idea was to capture the unmistakable feel of the original in a modern tone . I asked that the scene be made to look like it was underwater . 
 

Esad did John Justice here . A stunner 

[RBerman]

On 7/28/2021 at 6:51 PM, comicfanboy007 said:

This week I bought my very first published cover....My love for this creative team is no secret and as an art collector it has been hard to not be able to own more examples of their work as both artists are mostly working digital these days. I have had the good fortune of getting commissions from both, but nothing that has been published. At the launch of the “Strange Adventures” Mitch did announce that he would be drawing his covers traditionally. The weekend of SDCC 2021 Essential Sequential announced Mitch’s art would be discounted.

 

 

 

 

I had been wondering why there was so little original Gerads work out there. I take it he mainly works digitally? Essential Sequential lists him on their web site but has nothing available under his name.

[Unstoppablejayd]

Long ride and day up at Terrificon yesterday but well  worth it to go to a real show! Found a few things! Got in late so just a group shot for now but better pics later- if anyone wants to see something specific let me know!  
 

 

[cmaeditor]

Some recent additions to my art collection:

Deadpool Wade Wilsons War #4 page 19 by Jason Pearson

 

Cable and Hope vs Apocalypse commission by Brett Booth

 

Flash 2021 Annual Card Stock Variant Cover by Brett Booth and Jonathan Glapion

[Lockford88]

Just arrived!!! Amazing Spider-Man / Man-Thing #1 by Marco Failla. I am in love with how pretty these pages are. Marco was a rockstar to deal with and I hope to see more Spidey work in his future as these are stunning. Thx brother.

The other piece is just a piece he had lying around that I had to snap up. Can’t wait to frame all these. 
 

 

#spidermanday

[Lockford88]

Also this just arrived today!

The Amazing Spider-Man #67 Spidey Villains Variant Cover by Javier Garron

 

 

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetail.asp?gcat=120880

[Kohei]

A bunch of new pieces added including Ryan Sook, David Finch, Brett Booth, Jim Shooter, and Ed Benes.

Here's the Benes & Booth. The rest can be seen at https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerynew.asp?GCat=114146

[Readcomix]

Just added these; the splash is from Web of Spider-Man (2009) #1 by Val Semeiks and Dan Green. The rest are Green over Mark Buckingham; Spectacular Spider-Man #28, and assorted issues of Fables. The double-spread is from the final issue, #150. Happy to have them!

[atrocitus]

Phillip tan 

[JadeGiant]

1998 Hulk 461 pages 5 and 6 by David Brewer

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1748225