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Criminal #2 and 3 on Comic Art Theft
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If you are a fan of original comic art (which some of you might be), I recommend the latest issues of Criminal by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.  Issues #2 and 3 tell the story surrounding a fictional legendary comic artist and an original art theft.   In the background notes at the end, Brubaker says it is not fully based on real people even though he mentions some famous real life people and stories. One of the true stories he mentions is of a famous comic artist who would steal original art from the editors desk and sell them to support his gambling habit.  He said it is an open secret that everyone knew about.  The issues are worth a read.  The story takes place about 20 years ago.
 

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Out of curiosity, let's say there was a cover (maybe Adventure Comics 73)... and written on it was "from the collection of Joe Schmoe".  Do we know that Simon and Kirby were aware that Joe Schmoe was in possession of that cover ??

On the flipside, let's give a little credit to some people for saving art from ending up in landfills.

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