Library of Dream
Artist: Todd Klein (All) --This was done by Todd Klein in 1994 for the SDCC Auction. Although the art itself is simple, Todd was the letterer for Sandman and it has the titles of all the books in The Library of Dream or titles suggested by Sandman itself. The various lettering styles are wonderful and as a working librarian this is one of my favorites.

"The Pie-face Prince of Prezelburg" Jingle Jangle Comics 16 (August 1945)

Artist: George Carlson (All)

Published 4 page story

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A couple of new pages from Strange Academy

Strange Academy 5 p. 4 (Dec 2020)
Artist: Humberto Ramos (All)

Strange Academy 6 p. 16 (Jan 2021)
Artist: Humberto Ramos (All)

Doctor Strange 26 page 11 (December 1977)

Artists: Jim Starlin (Penciller) ,  Rudy Nebres (Inker) ,  Rudy Nebres (Finisher)

Twins reunited. Well fraternal rather than identical   However very happy to have these two together

Doctor Strange 1 p.10 (Dec 2015)
Artists: Chris Bachalo (Penciller) ,  Al Vey (Inker)

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1670623

Doctor Strange 1 p.10 Pencils UNUSED (Dec 2015) Chris Bachalo

A nice pencil page by Chris Bachalo. It had to be redrawn because of the Darth Vader on the wall over the bed and the light-saber on the dresser needed to be removed (copyright reasons?). See published page above for comparison.

Emotional resonance is tough when you have been collecting for 27 years but I will try:

This one was my first "special" page, Doctor Strange #1 by Frank Brunner. I found it at the San Diego Comic Con the second year I was collecting (1994). I had already spent my budget for that year when I saw this on the wall of a dealer. I immediately negotiated with my wife for a chance to buy this beauty. I have been a life long fan of Alice in Wonderland and remember this page fondly. At the time I never imagined that such a Dr. Strange icon would ever be for sale. Doctor Strange meets Agamotto. I could not get over this page and almost wanted to keep it in the room with me for the first few days:

I have been fascinated by a new book about original art. Comic Art in Museums (2020) is a historical approach to what has happened and a commentary about why comic art needs to be in museums.  It is basically a collection of articles and essays from 1930 to 2018 about comic art in museums, comic art museums, artists in museums, and how the art world has struggled with High/Low distinctions.

If you attended the Masters of American Comics show in 2005  you will appreciate how this discussion of "is it art?" has gone on for a long time. I appreciated learning the history of the comic art museums as well as struggling through the arguments of the place of comic art. I have been surprised that this has not been actively discussed on CAF or this forum because we seem to discuss this topic all the time. I get tired of talking about value. Instead let's have more of how incredibly beautiful and moving comic art can be.

So here are quotes to start the discussion:

Cassel (2003) "Comics are stereotypically an explicit narrative medium while the narratives of fine art are notoriously implicit."

Laaniste (2002) "For the comic to work, it must be understandable...However...intelligibility in art is usually interpreted as trivial kitsch." 

Here are some links to ordering the book

https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/Comic-Art-in-Museums

https://www.amazon.com/Comic-Art-Museums-Kim-Munson/dp/1496828070

A beautiful prelim by Frank Brunner. Back in 1975 Frank Brunner was selling off some of his original art as 10 packages called “Frank Brunner’s Authentic Doctor Strange Nostalgia Kit” I am pretty sure this came along with one of them because the prelims included all have the notation and signature "Original layout -Frank Brunner" at the bottom. I have a couple of other examples of this here:

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=219888

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1261551

Marvel Treasury Edition 6 -Doctor Strange (1975)
Artist: Frank Brunner (Penciller)

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1656625

I have another late entry. I got the news  (Aug 5) that Doctor Strange Surgeon Supreme was cancelled with issue 6. I bought the cover a couple of months ago so now I have an unpublished cover.

Doctor Strange Surgeon Supreme #7 cover
Artist: Max Fiumara (All)

Rich Buckler pencil page from proposed Spiderman/Dr Strange Crossover?

I bought this at SDCC because I loved the detailed pencils. I asked Rich about this: "This is, indeed, one of my pencil pages--it's from a graphic novel I was working on, written by Roy Thomas. Work on the project ceased when my
lawsuit against Marvel Comics commenced (a dispute over rights to Deathlok). The
lawsuit was settled, but alas the graphic novel was not meant to be."

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