pestonaccio Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Every January I think I am not going to improve my collection as I don't want to spend too much money on art and every December I check my bank account to find that I have spent too much money in art. 2017 has been a little bit different: some very good sales, one great buy and immediate flip (it happens) mean three great pieces in my collection! (IMHO, of course). Kelly Jones - Sandman 24 panel pagehttp://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1439370 Jamie Hewlett - Tank Girl (Deadline 25) panel pagehttp://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1434115 Milo Manara - Gli Occhi di Pandora three strips for one panel pagehttp://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1391492 If you are curious, feel free to read my comments, they are very detailed! Comments and votes are more than welcome! ;-) Luca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weird Paper Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 It was a much more active year, art-collecting-wise, than I would have expected 52 weeks ago. I always think of 2010 and 2014 as the best years for my collection, but this year gives them a run for their (my) money. Here are my Entries for 2017. Barry Windsor Smith - Conan #14, Page 3 - A beautifully-laid out peak-period BWS Conan page with faceless assailants, horses with beaks and giant birds attacking. http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9313 Bernie Wrightson - Swamp Thing #6, Page 24 - Bernie inking Bernie on the series that will always be fondly associated with him. Beautiful expressions, fantastic detail and amazing storytelling on this 11-panel page. http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9310 Bernie Wrightson - Swamp Thing #6, Page 25 - It's probably bad form to post two pages from the same artist and the same issue in the same category, but come on… it's Bernie's Swamp Thing! Very different than the previous page, this one has big panels and a robot fight. Bernie was the best! http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9311 Boris Vallejo - Warrior Woman - A wonderful watercolor over pen and ink illustration. This is a detailed preliminary from 1978 for a piece that was never done. I like the looseness of the drawing in combination with some spots of realistic detail and Boris' marvelous soft colors. Rare full name signature. Warning NSFW. http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9309 Joe Doolin - Planet Comics #24 - Mars Splash Page - A few years ago, I was lucky enough to visit Jon Berk and see his amazing collection of comics and art. One of my very favorite pieces of art in his collection was this Doolin Planet splash page. The detail is astounding. I decided to take a shot at it in last year's ComicConnect auction of Jon's collection, and was lucky enough to win it. My first piece of comic book original art -- bought at HoustonCon, summer of 1978 -- was a Planet Comics page, so I've always had a fondness for Fiction House art. http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9312 Runners up: Joe Kubert - Brave and Bold #44, Page 28 - This was a lock until the other Swamp Thing page turned up in November. Any other year… Great Kubert action with Hawkgirl and Hawkman battling animal-looking aliens. http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1376350 John Bolton - Kull Page from Bizarre Adventures #26 - Again, almost any other year, this page from Bolton's masterpiece would easily make the list. http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1385364 Jack Davis - Aces High Page - Perfect Davis… any other year… http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1411862 Russ Heath - Rocketeer Movie Adaptation Page - Everything you could want in a page from this book, including the cover shot. http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1416382 Carl "Bunny" Schultze - 1905 Foxy Grandpa Sunday Strip - Possibly one of the earliest surviving examples of this comic strip. Found at an antique fair. http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1385291 Jim Mooney - Thundercats #5 Page - A perfect example of Mooney's distinctive style. http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1385355 Darwyn Cooke - Jonah Hex #50 Page - Wonderful western mayhem! http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1398482 Leslie Cabarga - If I Had a Million Splash Page - Won all four pages from this story at HA. Huge and beautiful in person. So fun to look at! Out of all the great art I've been lucky enough to get all year, this may be the one I enjoy the most. http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1438098 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookofStrange Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 A banner year for P. Craig Russell collecting! So here are 5 treasures that found their way to my collection: Doctor Strange 46 2nd story p. 1 Michael Golden and P. Craig Russell http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9315 An iconic (well maybe) splash/introduction page from Michael Golden and P. Craig Russell. Doctor Strange and Clea take a quiet moment's peace. Doctor Strange Annual 1 p. 26 (1976) P. Craig Russell http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9318 This has been one of my collecting goals for a very long time, a page from PCR's Doctor Strange Annual. Marvel Premiere 7 p. 14 (1973) P. Craig Russell http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9316 One of the best pages from this issue. It took me quite a while to pry this from its last owner but worth it. Silver Surfer by P. Craig Russell- Unreleased 1987 Marvel poster design http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9319 The unpublished "brother" to the 1986 Marvel Press Poster #5 "Scarlet Witch." And because man cannot live by "Russell" alone : Sky Masters October 27, 1958 Jack Kirby and Wally Wood http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9317 This strip is from the first adventure of "Sky Masters" when he discovers the danger of "space raptures." I also love the Von Braun space shuttles cruising in orbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 9 minutes ago, BookofStrange said: A banner year for P. Craig Russell collecting! So here are 5 treasures that found their way to my collection: Doctor Strange 46 2nd story p. 1 Michael Golden and P. Craig Russell http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9315 An iconic (well maybe) splash/introduction page from Michael Golden and P. Craig Russell. Doctor Strange and Clea take a quiet moment's peace. Doctor Strange Annual 1 p. 26 (1976) P. Craig Russell http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9318 This has been one of my collecting goals for a very long time, a page from PCR's Doctor Strange Annual. Marvel Premiere 7 p. 14 (1973) P. Craig Russell http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9316 One of the best pages from this issue. It took me quite a while to pry this from its last owner but worth it. Silver Surfer by P. Craig Russell- Unreleased 1987 Marvel poster design http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9319 The unpublished "brother" to the 1986 Marvel Press Poster #5 "Scarlet Witch." And because man cannot live by "Russell" alone : Sky Masters October 27, 1958 Jack Kirby and Wally Wood http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9317 This strip is from the first adventure of "Sky Masters" when he discovers the danger of "space raptures." I also love the Von Braun space shuttles cruising in orbit. BookofStrange 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Marino Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Wow, amazing stuff posted so far. Here are my entries for this year. I feel like I am starting to fill out my nostalgia of comic art collection slowly over the years. This year I was able to get nice examples from some of my favorite artists. And a couple of smaller pages as well. 1. Uncanny X-Men 223 page by Silvestri, with a great end panel of Storm 2. The 1st page to ASM 347 by Erik Larsen. Maybe the single best issue of ASM Larsen did, and Spidey in every panel as he figures out he's been kidnapped by Venom 3. My 40th birthday gift to myself this year. The last page from issue 2 of the X-Men by Jim Lee and Scott Williams. IMO this is right in that sweet spot of their run where they were really firing on all cylinders. With 2 great panels, 1 of Nick Fury and another of the whole Gold team. 4. A great half splash from Superior Spider-Man 18 5. Lastly, another title splash from the Invisibles, with a rare appearance of the Moonchild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert frey Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 It was a year of highs and lows for me but art-wise, I did okay. Here are my five- very hard to choose just 5, let me tell you! 1- Avengers 100 page 2- (Barry Windsor Smith): This was a grail book for me as a kid- back in the 1980s, it was a bit more difficult getting back issues where i lived. I'm glad my Aunt was finally able to track it down for me! The first 6 pages of this book are sheer magic as they are all BWS. http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9336 2- Avengers 195 cover (George Perez and Dan Green): From the Task Master Trilogy and with more ants a can of Raid can handle, here Ant Man and Yellow Jacket are off to save the Wasp. Typical insane Perez detail. http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9337 3- Dr Strange 1 page 2 (Frank Brunner and Giordano): From the 1st book my brother ever bought. What a great time to start. After the rather stressful and trippy Siseneg storyline, Clea attempts to provide some levity for a very serious Doc. Giordano's inks look lovely on Brunner's pencils. http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9339 4- New Teen Titans 4 pages 2 + 3 DPS (George Perez and Romeo Tanghal)- This was the book that made me decide to give DC a change and the Teen Titans was the first DC title added to my pull list at my local comics shop. I followed Perez over from Marvel and never looked back and was able to enjoy many, many fine stories involving the DC stable of characters. http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9340 5. JLA/Avengers page 5 unpublished (George Perez pencils): From the infamous unpublished book- Ah, what might have been. I enjoyed the book that was eventually published some 20 years later but I would have loved to have seen this as it was intended. My first page from this book with Avengers on it! http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9338 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voord Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) Five representative artwork examples added to my collection during 2017 . . . SHALAKO (1968) - Movie Poster Painting by Tom Chantrell http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9362 A TOWN CALLED B******D (1971) - Movie Poster painting by Tom Chantrell http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9360 AT THE EARTH'S CORE (1976) - Movie Poster painting by Tom Chantrell http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9361 A SCENT OF NEW-MOWN HAY (circa 1969) - Hammer Films campaign artwork by Tom Chantrell http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9359 JEFF HAWKE daily from 'Survival' (1960) by Sydney Jordan & Colin Andrew http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9358 Edited January 14, 2018 by The Voord delekkerste and Rune 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Machismo Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 My entries: Batman #1 Cover (Volume II, New 52, 2011) / Batman: COURT OF OWLS by Greg Capullo — Batman: THE LONG HALLOWEEN Trade Cover by Tim Sale — Detective Comics 881 Cover by Jock - Batman: The Black Mirror — Batman: White Knight #1 Variant Cover by Sean Murphy — Batman: White Knight / Batman VS. Joker Splash / Issue 1, Page 11 by Sean Murphy Rest of 2017 here (most of it, anyhow.) http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetailsearch.asp?gcat=91867&Yr=2017&order=Comm&pi=18 Rune 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 2 hours ago, Mr. Machismo said: My entries: Batman #1 Cover (Volume II, New 52, 2011) / Batman: COURT OF OWLS by Greg Capullo — Batman: THE LONG HALLOWEEN Trade Cover by Tim Sale — Detective Comics 881 Cover by Jock - Batman: The Black Mirror — Batman: White Knight #1 Variant Cover by Sean Murphy — Batman: White Knight / Batman VS. Joker Splash / Issue 1, Page 11 by Sean Murphy Rest of 2017 here (most of it, anyhow.) http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetailsearch.asp?gcat=91867&Yr=2017&order=Comm&pi=18 The WK page 11 is submitted under “Covers”. Mr. Machismo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B. Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 It has been great to see everyone's 2017 acquisitions so far. 2017 was a good art year for me, dominated to a great extent by one comic. Captain America #121, page 1, by Gene Colan and Joe Sinnott http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9110 The collector who had been trying to put this book back together for years consigned his pages to Mitch Itkowitz. I nabbed the first batch of pages to be listed in Mitch's site, including this page-one splash. However, I missed one page, only to find it several months later at NYCC in Albert Moy's booth. I now have 15 pages from this book. (Greg G., let's talk about your page sometime....) Marvel Team-Up #60, page 26, by John Byrne and Dave Hunt http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9108 I actually bought this page in 2014, when I first met Dave Hunt, but I didn't post it until Dave passed away in March 2017. I had been working with an autobiography with Dave for the past three years, so this page means a lot to me. (And the book will be done soon!) Marvel Team-Up #83, page 26, by Sal Buscema and Steve Leialoha http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9111 I was lucky to have quick reflexes when Romitaman listed this page in an update. I think the Buscema/Leialoha pages from this storyline are beautiful, and they are pretty rare. Amy + Jordan comic strip, by Mark Beyer http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1406900 I love Mark Beyer's intricately depressing comic strips and was very happy to pick up some great examples in 2017. This strip features no psychological or physical abuse of the main characters but still manages to end on a down note. Marvel World Dr. Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum production drawing by Dave Hunt http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9117 Dave gave me this drawing during my last visit with him. He was proud of his work on this much sought-after toy from the late-1970s. Happy collecting, and good health, to everyone in 2018! Best, Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madman1138 Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 2017 was a much different year for me than usual. I bought a lot less art and hardly spent any money this year. (comparatively to previous years lol) I usually get over 100 pieces a year between sketches, published art, and sketch cards, but this year was less than half of that. Still, I got some serious, quality pieces for my particular tastes. After an unexpected career change last April, I pretty much stopped buying art for the rest of the year. But I started 2017 with a mission to specifically get myself an Art Adams cover, a McFarlane Spider-man page, a Luke vs Vader Star Wars commission painting by Dave Dorman, and more art by Travis Charest. I am happy to say that despite all the challenges of everything this past year, all those happened for me! The first 3 happened very early in the year, as I worked large trade/cash deals for the McFarlane Spidey page and Art Adams cover, as well as ordered and paid for the Star Wars painting from Dorman, before I lost my job in April. Then I met a nice local collector who bought the last of Travis Charest's Wildstorm art in a bulk deal and he reached out to me with 3 incredible pieces, and I spent the summer paying for those with waves of art sales of my own. And as often happens in this hobby, one thing leads to another and around the end of summer I happened to meet former Wildstorm inker Tom WcWeeney on Facebook when I shared one of my new Travis pieces in a FB group and he still had 2 dream pages I always wanted by J Scott Campbell (Danger Girl) and Travis Charest (Wildcats), respectively. So we worked a deal for both and I sold some art and managed to get those as well. But beyond these 8 pieces, I mostly just got small sketches from some of my regular indie artists. So ironically it was both a great year for me with the hobby and a terrible year, in that I had to turn down art left and right and painfully pass on so much. But I got some of my biggest grail pieces to date, so it wasn't that bad I guess. I am showing an image here of all 5 of my "Best Of" pieces rather than individual links, but my Lowry has large scans and there are lengthy descriptions in each of the posts elaborating on specifically how I got them all, so I still recommend checking it out and here is a link to my Lowry. http://www.comicartfans.com/mylowry.asp?gsub=1358 Honorable mentions go to the other 3 Travis Charest pieces as well, as they are all pretty significant and it was tough to only choose one of the 4 new Travis pieces to be included in the Best Of. So I am showing those below as well below. These include a great Wildcats page featuring the origin/1st Appearance of Maxine "Ladytron" Manchester, a beautiful card art piece of Rainmaker from Gen13, and a tight finished pencil pinup of Grunge from Gen13 which gives a rare glimpse into the intricate pencils Travis was doing in 1994, as they are uninked. John E. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Peck Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 3 Days left to enter. Some great stuff so far. about 65 people have entered with some 315 pieces. Let see what else everyone has. Below is instructions on how to upload images and descriptions for the entries. We have set aside a week for people to upload their stuff and then voting will begin. Best of 2017 Published and Unpublished (happens at the same time) You will have up to 5 entries and they can be in any of the 7 categories: Published Covers (Unpublished covers as well) Published Splashes, Pin-Ups Published Interior Panel pages Published Strip Art Published/Unpublished Commissions (work artist drawn outside of conventions) Unpublished Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches Published/Unpublished Other (all Published/Unpublished material which doesn’t fall into the other 6 categories (drawings, prelims, Style Guides, Rock Poster art, illustrations. etc.)) Posting Entries Begins: NOW! Posting Ends: Jan 14 11:59PM (Sunday) Best Published Acquisions of 2017. This theme lists each participating member's best acquisition of 2017 that has appeared or is/was scheduled to appear or created to appear in a comic book or comic book related publication. This category includes all published material, unpublished covers, and similar items. Best Unpublished Acquisions of 2017. This theme lists each participating member's best acquisition of 2017 that has not appeared and is not scheduled to appear in a comic book or comic book related publication. This category includes all unpublished material (except unpublished covers and pages), drawings, prelims, Style Guides. sketches commissions ect. Procedure for adding entries: 1) Goto http://www.comicartfans.com/Login.asp 2) Select Login then Admin/Edit User Profile 3) Select Manage/Manage Galleries Preferences 4) Select Your Lowry and add pieces (if you have not used the Lowry before) 5) Click the 'View/Add Pieces' link and then click the 'Add New Artwork' link. 6) Add a piece as you usually do to the caf but there is an additional field "Best of 2017" 7) Please include the artists names (both penciler and inker if it applies) 8) There are 6 categories to chose from: Published Covers (Unpublished covers as well) Published Splashes, Pin-Ups Published Interior Panel pages Published Strip Art Published/Unpublished Commissions (work artist drawn outside of conventions) Unpublished Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches (artwork drawn at conventions) Published/Unpublished Other (all Published/Unpublished material which doesn’t fall into the other 6 categories (drawings, prelims, Style Guides, Rock Poster art, illustrations. etc.)) 9) Select Active Voting starts Monday January 15th (Monday) Voting end January 21th (Sunday) In everyone's CAF there is a yellow section in the lower left there is a "Art by Year" section. It breaks down when pieces are posted by year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malvin Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Here are my entries. Big thanks of course to Brian Peck, Bill Cox, and all those who organize this and make it possible. It was quite hard to pick my 5 entries this year, it felt harder than previous years, but here they are: 1. JR JR Daredevil Man Without Fear Cover - Lowry Link And it's the Kingpin one not the Elektra one I also got I like the Kingpin one better despite many friend thinking I am crazy. I thoroughly enjoyed this series. While I am quite happy with the panel page I already had, I felt that I had to act to buy when the cover became available. 2. Brian Bolland Judge Dredd Cover - Lowry Link I enjoy the early Judge Dredd issues, especially the Bolland ones, but I had to look up who mushroom face was. But hey, I finally have Bolland cover! 3. Tim Sale Dark Victory Half Splash - Lowry Link Thoroughly enjoyed both Long Halloween and Dark Victory. Quite pleased with my existing examples but was glad to add another great one. 4. Ron Lim & Al Milgrom Infinity War page with Thanos, Warlock, and more - Lowry link This was actually the hardest to pick, I had to pick this over other great panel pages. Like many I enjoyed Infinity Gauntlet but not the rest, but this one just has the same look and feel and I could not resist 5. Josh Middleton Scarlett of GI Joe Commission - Lowry Link I rarely get commissions, but I always wanted a Josh Middleton Scarlett for my theme so I jumped at the chance and boy, it's so hard to get something well beyond my expectations but I did! And now the honourable mentions that were almost picked but ultimately were not: 1. Walt Simonson X-Factor page - Thought this was a best of entry for sure when I got it, but as they say, you never know! 2. Kilian Plunkett Red Son page with Wonder Woman vs. Batmankoff battle - I love Red Son, it pained me not to include this, but I guess it showed how great a year I had! 3. Tim Sale Catwoman: When In Rome battle page - Any other year this too would be a no brainer entry for e! 4. Gary Frank Hulk vs. Wolverine Convention Sketch - My best convention sketch this year and I didn't even attend it! It's great to have friends in this hobby 5. Matt Wagner Edsel Sketch - The colours just pop! even after all these years! Thanks for looking. Happy collecting everyone! Malvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanomjr Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 (edited) On 12/15/2017 at 8:52 PM, Brian Peck said: Voting starts Monday January 15th (Monday) Voting end January 21th (Sunday) In everyone's CAF there is a yellow section in the lower left there is a "Art by Year" section. It breaks down when pieces are posted by year. I will post instruction on where and how to go about voting for the Best of before voting day. My only purchase in 2017: Batman White Knight (Sean Gordon Murphy) issue 1, page 21 - there is a Bernie Wrightson quality to this piece http://www.comicartfans.com/my/LowryPieceDetail.asp?Piece=9314 Edited January 13, 2018 by Stefanomjr Brevity John E., RabidFerret and Sideshow Bob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromium Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 After 15 years on the boards and 10 years on CAF, Brian's enthusiasm made me activate my Lowry for the first time, I'm a pretty low key collector and don't put everything on CAF, and when I do I rarely post about it, but I've decided to be a little bit ore pro-active from now on and am on board for the first time Anyway, I only put up two pieces... slowly working up to 2020 when I might dare to put up...gulp... 5 of them. Anyway hope these two put a smile on a few faces somewhere out there. Al Williamson - Weird Fantasy 19 Page 4...We Earthlings treasure Freedom http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9485 Iron Man 118 Page 16, Morality is but a punch line. http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9484 delekkerste and SquareChaos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsonenthal Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 As always, I look forward to this event, if for other reason than to see all of the great art that I somehow missed because I was wasting my time with my family, or working, or some such silliness. I don’t know that I thought about it when I was buying this past year, but I actually focused on two artists and not surprisingly four of my Top 5 are from those two. To cut to the chase, my entries are as follows: Published Covers: Brave and the Bold by Nick Cardy – Batman and Deadman, what more do you really need to say?? I loved this story. As I’m hopeful you all know, Deadman would usually take control of someone’s body without any problems. But, this was Batman. And, given that Deadman wasn’t used to being in such a highly tuned body, he almost succeeds in getting Batman killed. Great story and great cover. Link: http://cafurl.com?i=23135 Published Splashes, pin ups: Hawk and Dove #1 by Steve Ditko – Hawk and Dove first appeared in Showcase 75, and was a true product of the 60’s. Two brothers, imbued with the powers of two deities; one a pacifist, and one a fighter. That allowed the characters to have long discussions about the war, fighting against “the man”, and how much the older generation didn’t understand the younger generation. Ditko was a co-creator of Hawk and the Dove, and put a lot of love into these issues. This DPS has so much Ditko, and I don’t know if I can think of many other Ditko double page splashes. So happy to have this one. Link:: http://cafurl.com?i=23136 Published Interior pages : Strange Tales by Steve Ditko and George Bell – Ditko Doctor Strange. Doesn’t get much better than this. Strange facing off against Mordo with the Ancient One’s life hanging in the balance. Ditko’s work on Doctor Strange (another character that he co-created) was special. Ditko’s time at Marvel was comparatively short, and his Spider-man and Doctor Strange work were done at his peak powers. Link: http://cafurl.com?i=23137 Published Strip art: Terry and the Pirates by Milt Caniff – I’m relatively new to the Caniff train, but I’ve fallen for it like a ton of bricks. This piece is pure magic, as Caniff focuses on Burma in a (certainly for newspapers in the 40’s) super sexy strip. There are a lot of great Terry and the Pirates strips out there, but his Burma strips are just wonderful. Link: http://cafurl.com?i=23138 Published/Unpublished Other: Miss Lace from Male Call by Milt Caniff – Yep, another Caniff piece. But, this one is different. It’s not from the syndicated Terry and the Pirates strip. Instead, it’s from “Male Call,” a strip published only in military newspapers. Caniff created this special strip for the boys overseas during WWII and, given the audience, he was able to make it a little more racy. A key character was Miss Lace, and this was a Christmas specialty piece. Link: http://cafurl.com?i=23139 As always thanks to Brian and Bill for putting this together!! Ron Sonenthal delekkerste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Peck Posted January 14, 2018 Author Share Posted January 14, 2018 Just over one day left to submit your entries. So far we have around 75 people enter. Lets see if we can get it up to 100. Here are the rules and information on Best of 2017. Below is instructions on how to upload images and descriptions for the entries. We have set aside a week for people to upload their stuff and then voting will begin. Best of 2017 Published and Unpublished (happens at the same time) You will have up to 5 entries and they can be in any of the 7 categories: Published Covers (Unpublished covers as well) Published Splashes, Pin-Ups Published Interior Panel pages Published Strip Art Published/Unpublished Commissions (work artist drawn outside of conventions) Unpublished Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches Published/Unpublished Other (all Published/Unpublished material which doesn’t fall into the other 6 categories (drawings, prelims, Style Guides, Rock Poster art, illustrations. etc.)) Posting Entries Begins: NOW! Posting Ends: Jan 14 11:59PM (Sunday) Best Published Acquisions of 2017. This theme lists each participating member's best acquisition of 2017 that has appeared or is/was scheduled to appear or created to appear in a comic book or comic book related publication. This category includes all published material, unpublished covers, and similar items. Best Unpublished Acquisions of 2017. This theme lists each participating member's best acquisition of 2017 that has not appeared and is not scheduled to appear in a comic book or comic book related publication. This category includes all unpublished material (except unpublished covers and pages), drawings, prelims, Style Guides. sketches commissions ect. Procedure for adding entries: 1) Goto http://www.comicartfans.com/Login.asp 2) Select Login then Admin/Edit User Profile 3) Select Manage/Manage Galleries Preferences 4) Select Your Lowry and add pieces (if you have not used the Lowry before) 5) Click the 'View/Add Pieces' link and then click the 'Add New Artwork' link. 6) Add a piece as you usually do to the caf but there is an additional field "Best of 2017" 7) Please include the artists names (both penciler and inker if it applies) 8) There are 6 categories to chose from: Published Covers (Unpublished covers as well) Published Splashes, Pin-Ups Published Interior Panel pages Published Strip Art Published/Unpublished Commissions (work artist drawn outside of conventions) Unpublished Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches (artwork drawn at conventions) Published/Unpublished Other (all Published/Unpublished material which doesn’t fall into the other 6 categories (drawings, prelims, Style Guides, Rock Poster art, illustrations. etc.)) 9) Select Active Voting starts Monday January 15th (Monday) Voting end January 21th (Sunday) In everyone's CAF there is a yellow section in the lower left there is a "Art by Year" section. It breaks down when pieces are posted by year. I will post instruction on where and how to go about voting for the Best of before voting day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCarter27 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 (edited) The Wife and I got our five up. Lots of her Batman pages made the cut. Bong Dazo Darkseid War Superman p2-3 DPShttp://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9498 JH Williams III Batwoman 5 pg 20http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9502 Gary Frank Batman Earth One Vol 2 pg 56http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9500 Gary Frank Batman Earth One Vol 2 pg 146http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9501 Bruce Timm Birds of Prey 86 pg 2http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9499 And our honorable mentions- Eddy Barrows Detective 950 page 1. (Ugh, this was a hard piece to leave out. But I had already posted it on CAF. So I put up some others.) Bruce Timm Harley Quinn 0 p9 (Again, Sophie's Choice vs the splashier Timm page we went with.) Alex Sanchez Batman Rogues commission Steve Rude Nexus 19 page 10 Rafa Sandoval Catwoman 19 pg 4-5 Mark Schultz Xenozoic Tales sketch unpub 2006 Gary Frank Batman Earth One Vol 2 pg 88 Gardenio Lima Batgirl Thanks to the CAF people for hosting this! Edited January 14, 2018 by BCarter27 Stefanomjr and John E. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Ghoul Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 2017 was a very big year for me as a collector! I reduced my collection and was lucky enough to buy this materpieces: http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1398190 http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1426236 http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1379946 Andahaion and batman_fan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zolnerowich Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Just one piece for me. Lily Renee, Planet Comics #37 (July 1945), "The Lost World" splash page. Thanks to @Ricksneatstuff for alerting me to this Best of 2017 site. http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9517 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
