Bird Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 What a fun topic. I still have my first purchased published page and first sketch by an artist for me. It was at the same show and it was by Tim Sale! I still have both pages: Superman For All Seasons Page Tim Sale Quickie Wolverine Sketch Malvin Now this is just frickin' redonkulous. You have amassed your collection of over 500 pieces and everything has been since Superman For All Seasons? Less than 15 years? I am never selling you another thing. Man, I thought I was sick. Well, yes, I guess that I am sick. But you too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malvin Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 What a fun topic. I still have my first purchased published page and first sketch by an artist for me. It was at the same show and it was by Tim Sale! I still have both pages: Superman For All Seasons Page Tim Sale Quickie Wolverine Sketch Malvin Now this is just frickin' redonkulous. You have amassed your collection of over 500 pieces and everything has been since Superman For All Seasons? Less than 15 years? I am never selling you another thing. Man, I thought I was sick. Well, yes, I guess that I am sick. But you too! Ha ha, thanks Sean. I actually started in 98.. did it (slow) for a couple of years..then took a break for a few years (grad school + unemployed afterwards). But it wasn't until the last few years that I really got going! Malvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 My first piece was a painting done by Tommy Lee Edwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaneTurgeon Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Interestingly enough, i didn't actually pay for my first page of OA. It was a gift for middle-manning a deal between two friends. A Herb Trimpe unpublished pin-up from GI Joe #1. http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=481974 The first page i ever bought sucked in comparison...Avengers Spotlight #23 pg 4 http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=481978 Love the series, still to this day, but the page isn't so awesome compared the Joe pin-up. The nice thing about this page is that it taught me to be more selective when buying in this hobby and not go all out buying whatever and everything, which is how i approached other hobbies in my youth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhurley Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 My first .. first zombie page (just have to look really close) Walking Dead 52 pg 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John91C Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 Interestingly enough, i didn't actually pay for my first page of OA. It was a gift for middle-manning a deal between two friends. A Herb Trimpe unpublished pin-up from GI Joe #1. http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=481974 The first page i ever bought sucked in comparison...Avengers Spotlight #23 pg 4 http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=481978 Love the series, still to this day, but the page isn't so awesome compared the Joe pin-up. The nice thing about this page is that it taught me to be more selective when buying in this hobby and not go all out buying whatever and everything, which is how i approached other hobbies in my youth. GI JOE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 yeah that's a great pinup shane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jick Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I started in the hobby out of nostalgia. I went with this interior page from Action 599, a comic I bought as a kid in my first ever vacation outside my country. It is Ross Andru pencils and John Byrne inks. Looking back, it is not the best page but it is the one that started it all. Now I have a lot of pages. http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=756606 Click on the image above to be directed to my CAF page, and feel free to comment as this page was acquired before commenting was the norm. As a matter of fact, the comments there seem to be a back and forth between me and Gal Schwartz - who is a member here and has become a friend and someone who has advised me many times about this hobby when I was started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RYEBABY Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Great thread for a nostalgia-fest ! This was my first OA, purchased back in 1996. I used to buy Silver Age keys from a guy in London and popped in to see him and found this standing on his living room table, it didn't stay on his table for long ! As it transpired, this is the first ever comic book painting John Watson did. I was fortunate to pick up a few more pieces which can be found on my CAF: http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetail.asp?gcat=13835 Rune 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CartoonFanboy Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I got this page by Bart Sears my senior year of college (2000 I believe) off of ebay. It's a pretty modest piece featuring Crimson Fox from Justice League Europe and Bruce Wayne. I chose this mostly because I was a big fan of Bart Sear's work in the early to mid 1990s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igotnogame Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Purchased back in 1991. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Joe Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Hard to remember but pretty sure it was this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashrael Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 What a fun topic. I still have my first purchased published page and first sketch by an artist for me. It was at the same show and it was by Tim Sale! I still have both pages: Superman For All Seasons Page Tim Sale Quickie Wolverine Sketch Malvin Now this is just frickin' redonkulous. You have amassed your collection of over 500 pieces and everything has been since Superman For All Seasons? Less than 15 years? I am never selling you another thing. Man, I thought I was sick. Well, yes, I guess that I am sick. But you too! As soon as I win the lottery my collection will quickly expand too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Marino Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 What a fun topic. I still have my first purchased published page and first sketch by an artist for me. It was at the same show and it was by Tim Sale! I still have both pages: Superman For All Seasons Page Tim Sale Quickie Wolverine Sketch Malvin Now this is just frickin' redonkulous. You have amassed your collection of over 500 pieces and everything has been since Superman For All Seasons? Less than 15 years? I am never selling you another thing. Man, I thought I was sick. Well, yes, I guess that I am sick. But you too! As soon as I win the lottery my collection will quickly expand too Bird is a lotto winner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John91C Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 Purchased back in 1991. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashrael Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 What a fun topic. I still have my first purchased published page and first sketch by an artist for me. It was at the same show and it was by Tim Sale! I still have both pages: Superman For All Seasons Page Tim Sale Quickie Wolverine Sketch Malvin Now this is just frickin' redonkulous. You have amassed your collection of over 500 pieces and everything has been since Superman For All Seasons? Less than 15 years? I am never selling you another thing. Man, I thought I was sick. Well, yes, I guess that I am sick. But you too! As soon as I win the lottery my collection will quickly expand too Bird is a lotto winner? , not that I know of...it is just the only way I will have big pieces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco37 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Purchased back in 1991. For real!!! I don't have the first page I bought anymore. 100 Bullets, Issue #4, Page 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferran Delgado Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 This is the piece that started all! In June 2006, Bill Sienkiewicz attended at a convention in Barcelona, Spain. Mitch (his former rep) displayed many of his originals at a gallery of art, which were also for sale. There were many great pieces, but this one drew my attention among the others. http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=208905 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 What a fun topic. I still have my first purchased published page and first sketch by an artist for me. It was at the same show and it was by Tim Sale! I still have both pages: Superman For All Seasons Page Tim Sale Quickie Wolverine Sketch Malvin Now this is just frickin' redonkulous. You have amassed your collection of over 500 pieces and everything has been since Superman For All Seasons? Less than 15 years? I am never selling you another thing. Man, I thought I was sick. Well, yes, I guess that I am sick. But you too! As soon as I win the lottery my collection will quickly expand too Bird is a lotto winner? I wish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumantorch Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Thought I was getting hosed paying $50 back in the mid 80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
