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[comix4fun]

Well, I couldn't get this image out of my head when I saw it promo'd and teased for publication three years ago.

Then I saw the artwork for it at San Diego last year and bugged the hell out of Mark Hay at http://www.splashpageart.com  by coming by the booth about a dozen times over the course of the convention to ogle this damn piece. 

Finally, broke down, gave in and with the kindness of Mark Hay, and Paulo and Joe Rivera in letting this piece go and letting me add it to my collection I finally scratched this itch.

Better write up and details here: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1643730

Planet of the Apes: Ursus #1 Cover art. 

 

turns out it was used a whole bunch of times in publications, trade magazine ads, promos, teasers, #1 cover, TPB cover, and two Mondo limited edition prints....

[drfate]

A few new additions to my CAF Gallery...Silver Surfer, Thanos and Hourman!

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1643840

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1643525

[malvin]

I just uploaded the cover to Action Comics 784 by Bill Sienkiewicz!  It has Batman and Superman too!

CAF Link

Thanks for looking

Malvin

[alxjhnsn]

New Art Day - Superman Annual 10 pg 27 by Curt Swan (p) and Murphy Anderson (i)

 

Note: New Art Day is also known as Squander my Daughters' Inheritance Day.

Sure, it's not a Sienkiewicz or a multiply pubished Gorilla page, but I like it.

 

George Klein and Murphy Anderson were Curt's top inkers and I'd love a page by each. However, GK pages are way more expensive and SwAnderson pages are plentiful as Heritage auctions off Murphy's collection.

 

I bid in the 2020 May 17-18 weekly auction where the "minor" pieces are usually found. There were two that I quite liked, but they were the last two pieces in the auction. I wouldn't have enough time to lose the first one and bid on the 2nd (HA live bidding by computer is too fast for me). I decided to go for the latter piece and won it for less than I expected!

 

Click the image to see a bigger image, the other piece, and a write-up describing why I liked this page. The reason may surprise you.

 

 

[fmaz]

Way back on May 6 I posted that I, for the first time in my original art buying life, bought three pages in one day.  The odd thing was that two pages (coming from Australia) arrived on May 11 and I posted them immediately.  The third page, coming from California? Just arrived today.  That’s a pandemic for you.  

Works out fine, however, as my custom frame shop has been closed this entire time, but just opening back up this week, and I’d made an appointment on Friday to bring all three pieces in... so the timing is great.

Anyway, here’s the third piece from that day - a second Spidey Sunday strip!  This is from the era just when Fred Kida took up the daily art duties from John Romita Sr., but JRSR was still chipping in from time to time, especially doing the “Spidey” work to help.  What drew me to this strip, as you’ll see was it was very obviously one of those “time to times”.  

The Spideys in panels 3 and 6 seem very much the work of Romita to me! Regardless it’s a cool piece with nice Giacoia inks and MJ and JJJ to boot so I  was thrilled to add it to my collection!

Oh by the way?

I don’t think I realized how much bigger the old strips used to be!  I’m sure those who are avid collectors of strips know this, but look at this side by side of the two Sundays I purchased.  They were dramatically bigger back in the day... which is really pretty great!

[Ron C.]

Hardlee Thinn Nice Cover OA by RB White.

[Carl Elvis]

Big personal grail arrived today, one of my favorite issues as a kid.

 

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=17721

Edited June 25, 2020 by Carl Elvis

[rptcomics]

My first OA (not published) by P. Momoko. She is awesome. I came up with the title for it too ..."Smile and say pumpkin"  Really dig this. It puts me in a trance kind of

 

Edited June 26, 2020 by rptcomics

[Subby1938]

A nice little gem from the late Marie Severin. This piece was done in 2001 and I’m happy to add this to my growing Submariner collection:

 

 

[cmaeditor]

I picked this up on eBay from Anthony Snyder. Mike Deodato, Jr.'s art for the  packaging for Hasbros Marvel Universe Series 02 Havok figure. This is the only costume aside from his origiinal that I think looks good for Havok.

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1644620

[fenip]

Something different: Hanco Kolk  Meccano

http://www.tcj.com/hanco-kolk-a-fine-line-aug-stone/

 

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Edited June 28, 2020 by fenip

[fenip]

Richard Sala

As some of you may know, I'm quite a bulimic collector of Richard Sala's art.  He'll be missed.

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetailsearch.asp?gcat=33998&Artist=Richard Sala&order=Title&pi=54

 

Edited June 28, 2020 by fenip

[fenip]

Erik Kriek 

(this one isn't published in English yet)

[fenip]

and some Jeffrey Alan Love from his kickstarter

[lhcomics]

Adding this Batman and Robin action page to my small collection of OA.

 

 

[piper]

On 6/26/2020 at 5:49 PM, Subby1938 said:

A nice little gem from the late Marie Severin. This piece was done in 2001 and I’m happy to add this to my growing Submariner collection:

 

 

Underrated artist.

[drfate]

A new addition to my CAF Gallery...Princess Mary Jane!

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1645145

[Rick2you2]

 

On Monday, in an act of pure boredom, I won this mediocre piece on Heritage Auctions for about $95.00, including BP, shipping and taxes. The art itself is by Tom Grindberg and Dennis Janke, from a story in the old Action Comics Weekly.

In my view, what makes the piece mediocre is basically the clutter. There is too much dialog shoe-horned around too little plot. With tighter text and the elimination of unnecessary facts (e.g. details about the FBI, warnings and banter), this probably could have been condensed into a respectable 4 panel, with more actual action going on. The artists had to pretty much make do with a 3 legged dog, and they did a pretty good job of it, I think.

I blame the writer for this. SInce this was a DC product, it was presumably based on a -script which the artists were expected to follow (unless they collaborated with the writer for changes). The editor doesn't score points for this lack of effort either.

So, even though it is only a mediocre piece, it does have real entertainment value to me which makes it worth the price. That's not terrible. And, as a bonus, I'm even getting some zip-a-tone.

 

 

Edited July 1, 2020 by Rick2you2

[AnkurJ]

New X-Men cover by Mike Choi

[Comic Art Factory]

Mike Mignola Cover