alexgross.com Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 13 hours ago, tth2 said: I noticed a couple of Jim Lee pieces inked by our own Scott Williams. Scott, I have to ask, did it ever irritate you that Jim drew so many lines? Did you ever think to yourself that if you were inking, say, Steve Dillon, you would've been finished in about 1/3 the time? @stinkininkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stinkininkin Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, tth2 said: I noticed a couple of Jim Lee pieces inked by our own Scott Williams. Scott, I have to ask, did it ever irritate you that Jim drew so many lines? Did you ever think to yourself that if you were inking, say, Steve Dillon, you would've been finished in about 1/3 the time? I never even think about it to be honest. It's just part of the job description. I'm always free to jump off the train if it seems like cost/reward equation feels out of whack. So far, I'm still sitting next to the engineer shoveling coal as fast as I can! Edited May 24, 2020 by stinkininkin John E., Skizz, exitmusicblue and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Images isn't up yet but X-men 4 splash is listed now. X-men 4 Splash I will go out on the limb and predict this sells for a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unstoppablejayd Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 31 minutes ago, batman_fan said: Images isn't up yet but X-men 4 splash is listed now. X-men 4 Splash I will go out on the limb and predict this sells for a lot. There it is!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Lot count now at 350+, with early Human Torch Strange Tales Pages and the FF 95 cover by Kirby. more great stuff to come, including a few McSpidey Pages, a very nice BWS Machine Man page and more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephisto Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 On 5/24/2020 at 2:41 PM, batman_fan said: Images isn't up yet but X-men 4 splash is listed now. X-men 4 Splash I will go out on the limb and predict this sells for a lot. Would be a whole lot cooler if it featured the Brotherhood instead of a team that was forced into reprints in well under a decade. drdroom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glendgold Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 7 minutes ago, Mephisto said: Would be a whole lot cooler if it featured the Brotherhood instead of a team that was forced into reprints in well under a decade. Could be worse - could be a Hulk splash. They cancelled him after only six issues. Skizz and Twanj 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephisto Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 9 minutes ago, glendgold said: Could be worse - could be a Hulk splash. They cancelled him after only six issues. Shouldn’t have made him Green! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delekkerste Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 (edited) On 5/24/2020 at 2:41 PM, batman_fan said: Images isn't up yet but X-men 4 splash is listed now. X-men 4 Splash I will go out on the limb and predict this sells for a lot. It was listed for sale at $225K on Anthony's website and on CAF very shortly before it was consigned to Heritage. Anthony has had it for sale for the better part of the past decade. I think it suffered from comparisons to the X-Men #2 splash (lots of drama here on the Boards surrounding that one, as old-timers will recall), which sold a bit before the #4 hit the market (now many years ago), both in terms of the content and the price tag. And then, it didn't sell for many years as it just became overexposed and acquired a bit of a "what's wrong with it for it to not be selling for so long" taint. Maybe it will get some fresh eyes on it at Heritage. Speaking of the #2 splash, I don't know who picked it up, but, man, was that ever a shrewd buy - whatever stink it had around it from the drama of selling the piece (long story; maybe someone can find the old thread about it) is now long gone, and now what remains is just a historic and excellent Kirby X-Men splash. Maybe the #4 can similarly be rehabilitated if someone takes it down at a reasonable price and buries it for a decade...or two. I hope the Heritage description of the #4 will disclose the condition issues and restoration work that was done to the page. Edited May 28, 2020 by delekkerste lb jefferies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Just for reference. Personally I like 2 better than 4 but both are spectacular. Twanj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinkininkin Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 4 hours ago, batman_fan said: Just for reference. Personally I like 2 better than 4 but both are spectacular. But I just can't get past the Paul Reinman inks. Yuck. alexgross.com and tth2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Collector Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 On 5/23/2020 at 9:05 AM, Skizz said: THIS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE PIECE OF ART I’VE EVER SEEN !!! I didn’t even know this was CAF. Or even that this is how the art was done by McKean. Thanks for pointing this out. Is it still owned by Scott Eder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizz Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 1 hour ago, The-Collector said: Is it still owned by Scott Eder? Couldn’t say. I only learned about it when it was pointed out of this thread. It’s still on his CAF gallery marked NFS, so presumably he still has it. Maybe @comix4fun has better information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 7 hours ago, stinkininkin said: But I just can't get past the Paul Reinman inks. Yuck. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NelsonAI Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Everyone knows inkers just trace over the pencils anyway. Why they bother to credit the inker is beyond me. Thankfully, Kirby's art still shines through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unstoppablejayd Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 12 hours ago, delekkerste said: It was listed for sale at $225K on Anthony's website and on CAF very shortly before it was consigned to Heritage. Anthony has had it for sale for the better part of the past decade. I think it suffered from comparisons to the X-Men #2 splash (lots of drama here on the Boards surrounding that one, as old-timers will recall), which sold a bit before the #4 hit the market (now many years ago), both in terms of the content and the price tag. And then, it didn't sell for many years as it just became overexposed and acquired a bit of a "what's wrong with it for it to not be selling for so long" taint. Maybe it will get some fresh eyes on it at Heritage. Speaking of the #2 splash, I don't know who picked it up, but, man, was that ever a shrewd buy - whatever stink it had around it from the drama of selling the piece (long story; maybe someone can find the old thread about it) is now long gone, and now what remains is just a historic and excellent Kirby X-Men splash. Maybe the #4 can similarly be rehabilitated if someone takes it down at a reasonable price and buries it for a decade...or two. I hope the Heritage description of the #4 will disclose the condition issues and restoration work that was done to the page. Over/under on what it goes for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delekkerste Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Unstoppablejayd said: Over/under on what it goes for? I've talked to a lot of people about it and the camps seem to be split into the sub-$150K crowd and the $200K+ crowd. I'm going to set the opening betting line at $168K ($140K plus BP). Unstoppablejayd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 sounds like a good guess to me. I'd even wager an increment lower. I don't see this having enough wow factor image wise to get to 200+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 They are getting close to a full list for this round and not a single Peanuts strip yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Upgrade Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 On 5/27/2020 at 8:10 PM, delekkerste said: Anthony has had it for sale for the better part of the past decade. I vaguely remember Snyder asking ~$135k, or ~$150k(?), for the X-Men #4 title splash in the summer of 2013, or 2014...since then, I have heard he allegedly sold a stake in the piece & perhaps he always had a 'partner' in its acquisition... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...