Would this be OA or Stat Cover

[Ares]

There is this cover I saw

It is described as

All original cover, rendered on thick vellum and applied to a Marvel template, very common practice for the time period

Does that make it Half OA and Half Stat or does it really qualify as OA

[comix4fun]

It's most likely OA.

 

If that center image was drawn on vellum and put on a larger board then this is the OA for the cover.

 

Romita Sr. was known to create images and covers on vellum and then have that vellum affixed to a larger bristol board. It's OA.

 

Also, a lot of people don't know this but most vellum is more archival than bristol, and will last hundreds of years before decomposition occurs.

[Bronty]

^ sure, but in the short term it doesn't look that great and in the long term we'll all be dead

 

As you say its OA but I can see why it might bother some (and not bother others at all).

[Dr. Balls]

Read more about Romita's use of vellum here.

 

Cool stuff, I did not know this.

[Ares]

Could Vellum hold pencils and ink?

[Zaddick]

Vellum can hold pencils as well as inks.

 

This work is 100% John Severin.

 

And does qualify as the cover original art to the book.

[Dave Aikins]

"Also, a lot of people don't know this but most vellum is more archival than bristol, and will last hundreds of years before decomposition occurs."

 

It's not the vellum that's the problem, but the glue or adhesive used to adhere the vellum to the sheet of bristol. So, in this case, yellowing has occurred and any archival hopes are killed. If it's just a lovely, untouched piece of vellum paper- you'd be fine (although vellum tends to be thin, leading to more wear if not treated gently).

[comix4fun]

"Also, a lot of people don't know this but most vellum is more archival than bristol, and will last hundreds of years before decomposition occurs."

 

It's not the vellum that's the problem, but the glue or adhesive used to adhere the vellum to the sheet of bristol. So, in this case, yellowing has occurred and any archival hopes are killed. If it's just a lovely, untouched piece of vellum paper- you'd be fine (although vellum tends to be thin, leading to more wear if not treated gently).

 

 

 

True, they took the time to use wonderful vellum and then used any adhesive that was handy.

[Ares]

Im considering bidding/buying it if price is right

[Terry Doyle]

Great cover - Severin had been a consistently fine strip-illustrator throughout his long career and, if you can live with the issues of vellum, would make a great addition to anyone's collection!

 

My understanding is that vellum can be cleaned-up. I once trade a ASM page to Mike Burkey that had a vellum panel pasted-on. He told me that one of his restorer contacts could reduce the tanning of the art.