comic art that you never see that often

[lmiller]

i figger this is a good question to ask the group here. what comic book art by an certain artist that you never see. i always wanted to own a mike kaluta frankenstein page.

 

it was a back story in a dc book called the phantom stranger in the 70.s i don,t think i ever seen a page for sale. it was great stuff. i wonder where they all went

 

larry ;]

[Hart1000]

BHC...a.k.a.....Black Hole Collections.

 

[ecfanman]

I have a page from the Spawn of Frankenstein series. It is the first page so it has the title, but does not have a "splash". No Frankenstein on the page, just the girl and the ogre-like character. I think I bought it at a Chicagocon in the early 1980's.

 

I've seen a handful for sale. But then it didn't run very long, so there aren't many out there.

 

gj

[lmiller]

ecfanman, thanks its good to know someone has a page. iam pretty sure the series only ran for about 6 or 7 issues and the story,s were only 6 to 8 pages . at the most. still it was a really cool story line.

 

you say you have a title page one. in the credits did kaluta do pencils and inks. ?

 

thanks. larry

[njiron]

Miracleman pages. Nuff said.

[lmiller]

Miracleman pages. Nuff said.

 

 

 

humm. your right on those. i have not seen any pages come up for sale in a long time. i assume they are held captive in the palms of die hard miracleman collector.s

larry

[Monkeyman]

Alex Nino did some work I like on Korak as backup stories in the DC 100 pager Tarzan issues. I've never seen anything even close. Lots of Philipines stuff around, but that's about it.

[*paull*]

A number of Totleben Miracleman pages have been up for sale over the past couple of years. Even the cover to #15 was up for sale. What else do you want?

[mister_not_so_nice]

Art I've hardly ever seen:

 

• Steve Dillon HELLBLAZER pages - haven't seen a single one in 10 years
• Preacher Saint Of Killer miniseries pages - I've seen maybe 4-5 pages from these 4 issues. I have yet to purchase one though
• Preacher T.I.T.S. and OMW one shot pages - I've only seen 3 of the former and one of the latter in 10 years

 

Can anyone prve me wrong and show me where some of these pages are displayed/for sale?

 

Mike

[Mighty Hal]

Haven't seen a VAMPI (not Vampirella) cover in awhile.

 

I've seen alot of Ben Dunn (Antarctic Press) OA but I don't know that I've seen any Antarctic/Rod Espinosa stuff.

 

And does Cary Nord even sell his CONAN stuff?

[Buck Biggins]

 

And does Cary Nord even sell his CONAN stuff?

 

I think the only issue that has any Dark Horse Conan OA is the Eric Powell issue. I could be wrong though.

[ecfanman]

ecfanman, thanks its good to know someone has a page. iam pretty sure the series only ran for about 6 or 7 issues and the story,s were only 6 to 8 pages . at the most. still it was a really cool story line.

 

you say you have a title page one. in the credits did kaluta do pencils and inks. ?

 

thanks. larry

 

Numbers 23-25 contain a serialized "solo" Spawn of Frankenstein story as a backup feature. 6 to 8 pages sounds about right. As far as I know these three stories were pencilled and inked by Kaluta. (I would be astonished if they were inked by someone else.) The page I have (from #25) says "art by" M W Kaluta and is done in his "artistic" signature.

 

Number 26 is a full length Phantom Stranger meets Spawn of Frankenstein. Art on this story is by Jim Aparo, the regular Phantom Stranger artist. However Kaluta drew the cover for that issue only.

 

I don't remember who did the art after that.

 

ECFANMAN

[lmiller]

ecfanman. thanks on the info. that was some great work by kaluta. i hope one day to own a page. i guess if you wait long enough, everything sooner or later will show up. just hope i can afford it when it does.

 

larry ;]

[FlyingDonut]

Frank Cho strip artwork. There are three pieces of Liberty Meadows that Frank doesn't own, and they all won't be sold.

 

Bill Watterson artwork. I have always heard that there's one Calvin and Hobbes piece that Watterson gave to a friend, but that's probably it.

[g-man]

jim balent covers from his catwoman run (i believe he still has them).

[micmack]

Bill Watterson artwork. I have always heard that there's one Calvin and Hobbes piece that Watterson gave to a friend, but that's probably it.

 

About a year ago, someone on CAF posted a Calvin strip and was immediately bombarded with inquiries and offers and shouts of forgery. The piece was soon removed. Was never clear if it was authentic or not...

[spider9698]

There are about 10-12 strips (dailys/Sundays) out there but all are buried deep in private collections.

[aardvark88]

And does Cary Nord even sell his CONAN stuff?

 

Think Cary Nord moved from Vancouver to Toronto, ON 2 months ago. He used to display his Dark Horse Conan prelims which were on std 8.5 x 11 inch bond paper. Delicate, light pencil work -- not worth buying from my perspective. No inked bristol board, as most of his Conan art was completed on computer.

[precodekeith]

I don't remember who did the art after that.

 

ECFANMAN

 

I think it was Bernard Bailey.

[shady64]

I'm pretty sure Frank Miller still has his Sin City pages as does Jeff Smith and his Bone stuff (both art I would love to have a piece from).