Dokstarr

I ended up not going on anything tonight. The Glory pinup just because the character isn't around much anymore since the complete redesign in 2012. The two Bruce Timm pieces just because I have a few and decided to hold off. The Adam Hughes Ghost cover because I already have a different Ghost cover that I like better by Hughes - though that one I was very on the fence on, but decided not to after flipping through the Heritage book in the mail today. And there are a few other characters by specific artists that I'd like to get out there. Congrats to anyone who picked up what they were waiting gunning for.

I bought this I think about 7 years ago but lost track of where it was from and I cannot read the signature. Does anyone recognize the artist signature or the art itself? Thanks!

That's awesome. I've seen your post a few times the last couple of years and I'm glad you got it back!

I don't mind covering the paypal fees. That is generally a pretty common thing I've seen requested by dealers, artists, etc. I'm just trying to figure out is there any other way I can have some buyer protection aside from paypal. There is no protection with checks, money orders, venmo, etc. I've sent checks to people like Adam Hughes in the past but they were well known artists with big online presences who I felt comfortable dealing with.

Looking to see if anyone has ran into this. I purchased a couple of pieces off the CAF Live event this morning. Everything seemed good - I covered the 4% paypal fee. I'd never traded or bought from the person before. The seller is now hesitant to send because Paypal will only release $700 until the package is delivered. You can see the policy below - the seller must not use Paypal often to likely trigger the policy. https://www.paypal.com/us/brc/article/funds-availability Are there any other well known ways to pay but still have some coverage? I've only ever mailed checks to well known individuals (like Adam Hughes).

I was very surprised I was outbid on the Adam Hughes Lady Death, I put what I thought was a very heavy bid and thought I'd have room to spare.

I'm 33 here. I started collecting art just about exactly 5 years ago. I was a July or August comic-con and Rob Guillory was there. Chew was probably my favorite book at the time and when saying hi to Rob I flipped through the portfolio on his desk and was flabbergasted that you could buy the original art and bought one of the key scenes from the series. I think I'm an unusual case in that I have no childhood connection with comics - except for really like the Batman, X-Men and Spider-Man cartoons. I bought a few issues here or there when I had a few dollars but never got into them or followed a story because a random issue from the middle of the Clone Saga wasn't gonna make me a lifelong fan. None of my relatives were into comics at all so I was never exposed to them much when I was young. In High School I started reading the Berserk manga and followed a few webcomics - that was it. Then at the end of college I was going on a trip and needed something to read so I picked up a bunch of Marvel Zombies collections which led to do me starting to read the Walking Dead probably around issue 40 and then I just branched out and started reading a lot of stuff.

That Red Sonja cover was awesome looking. I was hoping for it, but it zoomed by what I was comfortable spending at this moment. I have no idea what the expected hammer price was - did it go above or below what people expected? It was $32,400 with the premium.

The prices are a definite part of why everything will have to change. I looked at DC's online digital store front and the big comics for the week are all $4 price tags and $5 for the Joker one-shot. Total reading time is probably about 45 minutes for the three comics for $13. That just seems like a lot when you compare to different models for entertainment now. Netflix, Amazon Prime, Xbox Game Pass, etc. Each one of those cost about $10 a month - so each is less than the 3 comics that someone would buy on Wednesday.

I think the bigger issue is that individual issues and floppies as we know it will go away. Distribution is going to change - subscription services, free on the web with paid premium options, etc. Trade paperbacks, graphic novels, and manga have already gained a ton of ground compared to individual issues which have been diminishing. Adam Warren is working his way through Empowered - posting it page by page on a semi-daily basis online. Mark Waid made his Thrillbent site for distribution of comics. I personally think this will be how it goes eventually.

Your best bet for anything manga related would Mandarake. They have their "big auctions" every few months. https://www.mandarake.co.jp/publish/zenbu/indexEn.html You will see some shikishi boards and other things on there. I've bought stuff from the big auction before without issue. The prices can be pretty high though. Akira Toriyama shikishi boards pop up pretty regularly but they sell for pretty big money. Aside from that I think you will have a lot of difficulty finding anything. Manga artists pretty much never get rid of their original art and most of the panel pages that appear out there end up being fake. There was a bunch of fake ones that made it out to the market some years back. They are probably still floating around out there so be careful. Many of the current owners probably don't know they are fake either. If you search through this forum and some other places online you will see talk about the fakes that were being sold. Good luck!

I think this is the best answer. I feel the same way about Frank Miller and Go Nagai. It is hard to judge these people just as an artist in terms of pencil to paper since they are also writers, creators, etc. If an unknown Frank Miller who never did Daredevil, Sin City or Dark Knight Returns just drew a random person, would I be interested or impressed? Probably not. Would I be impressed by the original art of some of the climatic scenes of Dark Knight Returns - that a huge yes. Same thing with Go Nagai. Would I be impressed with his art if he wasn't the creator or Devil Man and Mazinger Z? No. I also really like TMNT so I find Kevin Eastman's art just fine - especially being back in the 80's and being a small time indy comic they were getting off the ground. Like someone else above also said, Kevin has always been super nice to fans as far as I've seen. Always taking pictures, signing stuff, talking to people, etc. I've found that it can almost be a problem when trying to see him because he won't move people along and will always take more photos and the such.

I don't usually either. I'm bad at planning ahead and usually just end up in some bidding war flying by the seat of my pants for the last 30 seconds.

Eastman has always been super nice when I've met him at SDCC over the years. Always super cool to the fans, taking pictures, signing, etc. I wish I knew he was going to NYCC this year. I have two hardcover books I've had him sign four times each over the years. Every time I meet him he draws a little different head in. I just got down to NY today and left them home. Oh well - next time.

For me it is: Red Sonja After that is it is pretty well balanced between Vampirella, Batman and TMNT.