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I saw a very interesting painting on a stand at HeroesCon. It was appeared to be a plein-air painting painting of a Mediterranean Sea port with a large fishing boat being the most prominent item. I thought to myself, this is an odd piece for a comic book convention. I got closer and then I saw Popeye boarding the boat and Olive, Swee'Pea, and Jeep at the bow and Bluto in a chair by the cabin. It was awesome. It was the auction piece from Jared Cullum. Jared is the writer/artist of the Eisner nominated (twice) and Reuben Award winning Kodi and the artist on the more recent Wonder City.

Jared had Wonder City art at his table - basically the entire book - and it was lovely. I bought a three page sequence plus the Kodi and Wonder City books. I'm glad that I did. Oh, that paining I saw sold in the HeroesCon auction for $3500.

Here's the sequence I bought. In it, Alex (the younger sister) and Lizzy are having a disagreement about how to handle a bad situation when Alex drops her bat and raises the dead (okay, they were already raised). Next they are surrounded back to back in a classic pose. Next page, the calvary arrives in the form of some frenemies.

I love it. I hope you do.

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Of course the faux S&S cover I posted earlier and the Wonder City pages I posted just now were not the sum total of my HeroesCon expenditures.

I was able to get a Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) drawing in my sketchbook from Cully Hamner, the co-creator/artist for this Blue Beetle - the third one.

Click to learn more:

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And that isn't all either, I picked up this Sugar and Spike mini-painting / refrigerator magnet from Laura Martin. It's lovely.

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Another day, another posting!

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The squandering continues. Will I ever stop? Doubt it. Sorry, girls!

In addition to the faux S&S cover, the 3 pages from Wonder City, the Blue Beetle sketch, and the S&S refrigerator magnet, I also picked up a sketch from Sandy Jarrell in my "Artist's Choice and Why" sketch book.

Sandy did a nice job with his choice and I suspect many Legion fans have felt the same way.

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 6/21/2024 at 9:27 PM, BuraddoRun said:

Technically, I got these a few weeks ago, at Fan Expo Dallas. Remarques from Lucio Parrillo and Patrick Horvath, and an OA page from Dan Parent. They were all pleasant to meet and talk to.

 

Awesome!

[Calidream'n]

Picked this up at Garden State Comic Fest this past weekend. Nikkol Jelenic Mickey!

 

Edited Monday at 08:40 PM by Calidream'n

[JadeGiant]

Another Heroes Con down, and another Bob Larkin commission added to the collection (another set up at the show, will post when back)

Simon Bisley - great experience! 

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=2032151

[cgcsketcherz]

On 6/24/2024 at 4:40 PM, Calidream'n said:

Picked this up at Garden State Comic Fest this past weekend. Nikkol Jelenic Mickey!

 

Sweet piece! It was a fun show, what type of frame is that?

[Calidream'n]

On 6/24/2024 at 9:40 PM, cgcsketcherz said:

Sweet piece! It was a fun show, what type of frame is that?

The art is 8X10. so I think the frame is 10X12? Just something I had sitting in the closet.

[wurstisart]

Had the itch to upload this complete Marvel Tales Story from issue 216 featuring Spider-Ham.

Art by Fred Ham-beck, I mean Hembeck 🤣 and Jose Albelo.

Here is the title page of that story. Enjoy!

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=2032269