Original art appreciation thread

[sborock]

is that jae lee?

 

No, the four covers are J.H. Williams

[g-man]

cool stuff.

[delekkerste]

Is anyone else going to post some cool artwork?

 

I have a nice cover coming in any day now...will post a scan when it arrives.

 

BTW, I went to Metropolis Collectibles (aka Metropolis Comics) today to pick up some purchases - turns out their office is just 4 blocks away from mine. Pretty amazing get-up. Everywhere you turn there's an amazing piece of original art or three. The cover to House of Secrets 92 was my fave, as well as a nice Steranko X-Men cover (that killer one that Odin88 likes so much) that was just propped up against the wall and not even hanging. I met Vincent for the first time as well as a couple of the other guys there. Really nice people and a pleasure to do business with.

 

Gene

[sborock]

Is anyone else going to post some cool artwork?

 

I have a nice cover coming in any day now...will post a scan when it arrives.

 

BTW, I went to Metropolis Collectibles (aka Metropolis Comics) today to pick up some purchases - turns out their office is just 4 blocks away from mine. Pretty amazing get-up. Everywhere you turn there's an amazing piece of original art or three. The cover to House of Secrets 92 was my fave, as well as a nice Steranko X-Men cover (that killer one that Odin88 likes so much) that was just propped up against the wall and not even hanging. I met Vincent for the first time as well as a couple of the other guys there. Really nice people and a pleasure to do business with.

 

Gene

 

Do they still have the Frankenstein six sheet up? That is beautiful! I have spent many,many hours at Metropolis and they always have something new and amazing there

[ArAich]

Here ya go Steve...I wanted to wait until I got a better picture of it before adding it to this thread but I will submit the following now in leau of a better pic...

 

LOTR painting by Charles Vess ~ Commisioned by me in 1979

[greggy]

Here ya go Steve...I wanted to wait until I got a better picture of it before adding it to this thread but I will submit the following now in leau of a better pic...

 

LOTR painting by Charles Vess ~ Commisioned by me in 1978

You ever get a hold of him?

[sborock]

VERY COOL!

 

Vess rocks! I don't have piece by him yet

 

I hope you will post again when you do get a better picture of this!

[ArAich]

Here ya go Steve...I wanted to wait until I got a better picture of it before adding it to this thread but I will submit the following now in leau of a better pic...

 

LOTR painting by Charles Vess ~ Commisioned by me in 1978

You ever get a hold of him?

 

Nah...I gave up on that...

[ArAich]

VERY COOL!

 

Vess rocks! I don't have piece by him yet

 

I hope you will post again when you do get a better picture of this!

 

Will do...

 

I plan on taking it to Staples or Office Max to have it scanned...

[Darthdiesel]

LOTR painting by Charles Vess ~ Commisioned by me in 1979

 

 

LOTR, my arse...that's straight out of the Harry Potter: The Chamber of Secrets

[delekkerste]

Do they still have the Frankenstein six sheet up?

 

I think it was still there, but as my mind was totally boggled by all the great artwork everywhere, I can't remember with certainty!

 

One of the guys told me when he started working there, the original cover to Ghost Rider #1 was hanging over the toilet in the restroom! When a great piece like that doesn't merit more than a spot on the bathroom wall, you can only imagine what kind of artwork occupies the prime wall space in the office!!

 

Gene

[dam60]

Is anyone else going to post some cool artwork?

 

I won't keep this thread going if no one else wants it

 

Attached is my latest ebay win

 

If anyone knows how to post this picture bigger, I would not mind the help

 

Somebody please find me some nice Aparo and Breyfogle pieces from the Batman title!

 

Always looking for:

-Ghosts #1 original art

-Aparo and Breyfogle pieces from the Batman title

 

Thanks!

 

DAM

[OldGuy]

Is anyone else going to post some cool artwork?

 

I won't keep this thread going if no one else wants it

 

Keep it going. I don't have anything to post, but love looking at what's posted by others.

[heartened]

Hi Steve,

 

Here are a couple of my latest original art acquisitions. The original covers to Crisis #6 and Crisis #8. The #8 is one of my favorite covers of all time, and truly historic in the DC universe. Don't ask how much I paid......it was very painful.....all cash. The #7 won't ever be for sale, otherwise I'd REALLY be in the poor house by now

 

Hope you like 'em.

 

Crisis #6

http://www.nighthawkcomics.com/art/crisis6.jpg

 

Crisis #8

http://www.nighthawkcomics.com/art/crisis8.jpg

 

I've got a cool Miller piece coming in soon, so I'll try and post that.

 

Anyone interested in comicart should join the comicart-l yahoo group. Art is posted there all the time. Most comic art collectors don't collect books, let alone CGC, so they won't be posting art on these boards.

 

Best,

[sborock]

WOW!!

 

What great pieces!

 

Does Mankuta still have any of them? I remember hearing he sold some but forgot all about it.

 

Thanks for posting

[heartened]

Hi Steve,

 

Mankuta still has some of the covers, but the only "key" cover he still has is #7 (Death of Supergirl), which is arguably the biggest key book in the run. He sold the other keys....#s 1, 8 and 12. They are all in permanent collections now. To me, the #8 is the key cover and book of the run, and the one I remember most. The #7 just didn't do it for me, for some reason.

 

Best,

[delekkerste]

Just acquired this unbelievable painting of Vampirella by Warren cover artist Enric Torres (aka Enrich). This museum-quality piece was done as a commission for a gallery in Spain and measures a whopping 39"x52". That's even bigger than it sounds - it's well over 7 times as large as a typical Enric cover and nearly 11 times as large as a typical piece of comic art. Just unrolling the darn thing was a challenge!

 

Many thanks go out to Tom Fleming of Fanfare Sports and Entertainment (www.fanfare-se.com), a class act among original art dealers, for brokering the deal for this awesome work of art.

 

[chrisco37]

Just acquired this unbelievable painting of Vampirella by Warren cover artist Enric Torres (aka Enrich). This museum-quality piece was done as a commission for a gallery in Spain and measures a whopping 39"x52". That's even bigger than it sounds - it's well over 7 times as large as a typical Enric cover and nearly 11 times as large as a typical piece of comic art. Just unrolling the darn thing was a challenge!

 

Many thanks go out to Tom Fleming of Fanfare Sports and Entertainment (www.fanfare-se.com), a class act among original art dealers, for brokering the deal for this awesome work of art.

 

 

Really nice Gene! 39x52 is a really big painting. You say that you had to unroll it??? Did it come to you as just the canvas? What are you going to do w/ it? Framing is going to cost you a pretty penny for sure! Really a stunning piece! Congrats!

 

Chris

[delekkerste]

Really nice Gene! 39x52 is a really big painting. You say that you had to unroll it??? Did it come to you as just the canvas? What are you going to do w/ it? Framing is going to cost you a pretty penny for sure! Really a stunning piece! Congrats!

 

Thanks, Chris! It did indeed come to me unframed and rolled in a big tube (I had it shipped to my office and my colleagues joked that it was huge enough to store a rocket-propelled grenade launcher). I didn't realize just how large the painting was going to be - I really don't have enough space in my apartment to display it properly. I will have to display it at my parents' house or keep it stored safely until I get a bigger place.

 

Gene

[dam60]

Gene, great piece! Stellar!

 

DAM