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[JadeGiant]

Just now, Pete Marino said:

Hey, you should take a look at those XF1's.

in 9.8 they get some good money these days!

Nice, might be time to pull a few off the stack and send to CGC

[JadeGiant]

On 6/7/2018 at 2:35 AM, J.Sid said:

GREAT page!

 

[Kevin76]

In 2006 I sold all my comics and bought 3 pieces of art...haven't bought any since then, went back to comics 

I don't even know what my art is even worth anymore.  

Edited June 11, 2018 by Kevin76

[RockMyAmadeus]

1 hour ago, Pete Marino said:

Hey, you should take a look at those XF1's.

in 9.8 they get some good money these days!

Maybe I can trade 25 9.8 X-Force #1s for a McFarlane page.

[newshane]

Has any of his Spawn work been sold, or is he keeping all of that stuff?

I've only seen pages from the other artists on the series.

[JadeGiant]

1 minute ago, newshane said:

Has any of his Spawn work been sold, or is he keeping all of that stuff?

I've only seen pages from the other artists on the series.

He is keeping, at least that is my understanding

[J.Sid]

It wasn't well publicized, but there is actually a Spawn Artist Edition (Image version) that came out last year which contains the first 7 issues of OA:

https://www.amazon.com/Spawn-Vault-Todd-McFarlane/dp/1534303626

 

 

 

Edited June 12, 2018 by J.Sid
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[RockMyAmadeus]

On 6/6/2018 at 11:35 PM, J.Sid said:

Thanks for sharing this page, It's one of the best of the run, on so many levels.

[Kevin76]

4 hours ago, newshane said:

Has any of his Spawn work been sold, or is he keeping all of that stuff?

I've only seen pages from the other artists on the series.

Very little Spawn art has made it to market. He's kept all his Spawn art from the series.  What has been released is promo stuff 

[Lobstrosity]

6 hours ago, newshane said:

Has any of his Spawn work been sold, or is he keeping all of that stuff?

I've only seen pages from the other artists on the series.

 

6 hours ago, JadeGiant said:

He is keeping, at least that is my understanding

 

2 hours ago, Kevin76 said:

Very little Spawn art has made it to market. He's kept all his Spawn art from the series.  What has been released is promo stuff 

He has kept his pencils from the series, but some of his inks have been brought to market by other pencillers on the series.

[Madman1138]

Here is my one and only McSpidey page! Not an action page, but Spidey in all 4 panels and in costume, and a sexy Mary Jane in 2 panels. It makes me happy to finally have one, but very hard and over 10 years to finally get one. I was always priced out, as I mention on my CAF description. I also have a huge scan of it on my CAF for those who'd like to see.

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1372524

[exitmusicblue]

Boom!  Not mine, LOL.

[delekkerste]

8 hours ago, exitmusicblue said:

Boom!  Not mine, LOL.

It's an iconic image for sure, though, between the heavy stats (both the cityscape and the 300s) and the main figure being lightboxed from the image that was used for ASM #301, I just wish there was more original McFarlane on the board.  Still a very cool piece, though!

Edited July 8, 2018 by delekkerste

[MagnusX]

Great Art guys; congratulations...
I have a question, McFarlane use Inks, markers or a mix of both?
Thanks...

[RabidFerret]

3 hours ago, MagnusX said:

Great Art guys; congratulations...
I have a question, McFarlane use Inks, markers or a mix of both?
Thanks...

A mix of both, sadly. 

Most of his work is with good ink and has lasted well, especially the figure work. The problem areas with marker seem more in the backgrounds or when he did touch-ups and filled in missed blacks.

Here're some great examples from the game show 'Guess Where He Used Marker':

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/todd-mcfarlane-the-amazing-spider-man-322-page-11-original-art-marvel-1989-/a/7066-93306.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/todd-mcfarlane-amazing-spider-man-322-splash-page-1-original-art-marvel-1989-/a/7169-91090.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515

Interestingly, that's a surprise positive to the few random inkers who tried Todd's pencils - those pages often aren't fading:)

This is similar to Liefeld too, whose NM87 inked by Wiacek looks pristine, whereas all issues inked by Liefeld have fading markers.

Here's a piece of Todd's I have inked by Pennington - the non-fading inking is a HUGE appeal! The sharpie signature Todd added a couple years ago will fade before the art will.

 

 

Edited July 7, 2018 by RabidFerret

[MagnusX]

Really sad,
knowing that the art will almost disappear with time.

I was asking because I have post a couple of time
my favorite page from Todd
Batman # 423

But under close examination
looks like the black areas are filled with markers,
I am not an expert just my opinion
an also I am not so sure stats and logos where used on this period of time.

Any opinion or input on that cover?

  

[RabidFerret]

On heritage scans the trick I use is to throw it in photoshop and tweak the levels. You can usually get a clearer look when it's not as washed out.

Seen below you can see stats and loads of whiteout, but I don't see anything that would indicate markers to me.

My two cents.