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Since I don't have a museum of my own, I built this virtual art gallery of art I own. Sorry, this art's not for sale unless noted. It's just art that I own. I built this virtual gallery so I can share with others the art I've been fortunate enough to pick up over the years. All images copyright their respective copyright holders. Please pardon any digital paste lines you may see, as some pictures are digitally stitched from two or more scans. I set out to collect one nice piece from each of my favorite artists, characters and/or storylines. That collection is finally complete, although I'm always looking for upgrade possibilities. E-mail me! |
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| NEAL ADAMS |
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| It would be no exaggeration to say that many people regard the O'Neill/Adams GL/GA series as one of the greatest in comics' history. The value of introducing social relevance into popular comics can't be overstated... IMHO. |
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| Sketch of the great GL inside the slipcased GL/GA hardcover. |
| NEAL ADAMS |
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| A large, bloated sumo-wrestler Jerry, done in the heyday of one of the best artists ever in the history of comics. |
| DAN ADKINS |
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In the early 70's, Barry (not yet Windsor-) Smith set the comics world on fire with his spectacular
art on Robert E. Howard's Conan. He started out by trying to imitate Jack Kirby, but in the space of
just a few issues he became one of the finest artists in the field. In today's marketplace, the original splash for Conan #7 would sell for thousands of dollars. I was lucky enough to find this re-creation, by the inker who worked on the book originally, and of course this piece cost me only a tiny fraction of what the original would cost, but it displays just as well. |
| ROSS ANDRU |
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| Great silver-age action page featuring the fastest man on earth. |
| ROSS ANDRU |
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| Great silver-age action page. |
| ROSS ANDRU |
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| One of the few pre-code horror pages I own. |
| SGT GEORGE BAKER? |
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| I loved this series when I was a kid. This is from back in the days when Sad Sack was out of the army. |
| BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS |
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| This crime noir book is nothing short of phenomenal. Highly recommended for all lovers of Sin City and Stray Bullets; not recommended for people who read only Spider-man and X-Men. |
| BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS |
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| More Bendis! |
| BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS |
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| More Bendis! |
| BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS |
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| BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS |
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| BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS |
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| Bendis drew a cartoon on the back of this page. As near as I can tell, this was never published. |
| BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS |
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| BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS |
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| This page features the character that Bendis based on himself. |
| BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS |
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More of the AKA Goldfish storyline. Miramax optioned Jinx as a potential
major motion picture. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. Bendis turned the whole experience into
a graphic novel, so for details and lots more Jinx info, head to
WWW.JINXWORLD.COM. |
| BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS |
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| Why Lauren hates bounty hunters. |
| BRIAN BOLLAND |
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| The Grant Morrison issues of Animal Man were some of the best comics ever written. Morrison took an old, silly character that most people had forgotten about (assuming they had ever heard of him to begin with), and updated the character to be one of the most relevant heroes of the 80's. If you haven't done so, pick up the TPB which reprints the first 9 issues. Then you'll be hooked, and you'll want to hunt down the remainder of #1-24. |
| PAT BRODERICK |
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| I love the way Broderick's art on Captain Marvel seems like a cross between Starlin and Wrightson. |
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| PAT BRODERICK |
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| The first page of original art I ever owned. |
| RICH BUCKLER |
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| I loved this original Deathlok storyline. The story of a cyborg Sybil fascinated me. |
| SAL BUSCEMA |
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| The very beginning of one of the greatest epics ever in comics: The Kree-Skrull war. |
| SAL BUSCEMA |
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| The "alternate Cap" story from Cap #153-156 was one of the best ever! |
| SAL BUSCEMA |
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| When Nova was introduced in the mid-70's, I believed the hype in all of Marvel's lettercols. Marvel presented this character as the second coming of Peter Parker, and I swallowed the ads hook, line and sinker. I thoroughly enjoyed the series for the first dozen issues or so, but eventually it ended up with terrible stories and even worse Infantino art. I did find the character intriguing, and for a while the series kept me on the edge of my seat between issues. |
| JOHN BYRNE |
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From one of my all-time favorite FF stories, and certainly my favorite Byrne FF story. |
| JOHN BYRNE |
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Byrne has redefined dozens of characters. This is from the beginning
of his stint on the best known, most most influential comic book character in
history. Ideally, I'd love to own a Byrne/Austin X-Men page. But since the cheapest one of those I've seen would cost more than a grand, I'll "settle" for this Byrne/Austin Superman page. |
| PAUL CHADWICK |
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| I fell in love with this character way back when he debuted in Dark Hose Presents #1. Since then, Paul Chadwick has won numerous well-deserved awards for this series, which proves that heroes don't need capes and long underwear. When I met Paul several years ago, I purchased this, my first piece of original art, a cover to one of my favorite Concrete stories, "A Sky of Heads". |
| PAUL CHADWICK |
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| Concrete, Larry and Maureen |
| PAUL CHADWICK |
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| Concrete in his element: nature. |
| PAUL CHADWICK |
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| When I owned a comic shop, my "no smoking" signs were simple little things I picked up at the local office supply store. Somehow, I never got the Concrete "no smoking" sign that Diamond Comics Distributors put out. Luckily, I was able to purchase the art for that sign. |
| HOWARD CHAYKIN |
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This series just blew me away when it came out. A great read.
This was the first series to show me that comics for adults don't
have to be just page after page of meaningless cartoon sex.
This had an intriguing storyline and great Chaykin art.
And where else do you get the phrase, "Jesus f*ck a sh*t souffle!"?
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| FRANK CHO |
| I got turned on to Frank Cho's work back when he put out the University Squared tpb. This strip is the precursor to Liberty Meadows, and introduces Dean and Brandy and many of the usual Liberty Meadows regulars. Yes, this is Frank Cho original art with Brandy prominently featured. Feast your eyes and turn green with envy, Monkey Boy. Frank's Liberty Meadows is an absolutely hysterical strip, which is collected regularly into the Liberty Meadows comic book. If you aren't familiar with it, do yourself a favor and pick up the comic, and see today's strip at www.LibertyMeadows.com. |
| SAM CITRON |
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| A page from one of the books cited by the Mad Dr. Wertham in Seduction of the Innocent. |
| SAM CITRON |
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| Another page from one of the books cited by the Mad Dr. Wertham in Seduction of the Innocent. |
| RW COLT |
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| A gory scene with soldiers and soldiers' corpses tied to a wall, as the advancing army perpares to fire on them. Okay, so Wertham was wrong about a lot of things, but not everything. |
| HOWARD CRUSE |
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| Yeah, I know Robert Crumb is the greatest underground comic book artist in the universe. I feel like I'm the only guy on the planet who just doesn't get it. I've tried, but Crumb's stuff leaves me flat. I don't dislike it, but I just haven't been able to comprehend its appeal. Howard Cruse, however, I think is spectacular. I loved his "Barefootz Funnies". If you haven't read his "Stuck Rubber Baby", do yourself a favor and do so. |
| HOWARD CRUSE |
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| I have no idea whether this one was published, but it made me laugh out loud. |
| STEVE DILLON |
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| Jesse Custer in a bar, letting the "tough guy" know who's boss. To the uninitiated, I describe this as the comic book series Tarantino would write if he did comics. Garth Ennis has earned all the awards he's gotten. |
| BILL DRAUT |
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Anti-drug propaganda book used in Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent. I was unbelievably disappointed
when I bought this art from Heritage Auctions. The art came damaged, with lots of paste-ups loose
in the package. Heritage claimed it was fine when they shipped it, but the fact that several word balloons were also
completely missing from the package made that claim rather tough to swallow. They offered to take the art back, but I decided to keep it since
Seduction of the Innocent-related original art rarely shows up on the market. To add insult to disappointment, Heritage then added me to their junk mail list and started sending me junk mail about their coin auctions. They were less than apologetic when I asked them to stop sending me junk mail. |
| MIKE ESPOSITO |
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| Mike Esposito, the original inker for Amazing Spider-man #39, did this re-creation of one of the most memorable events in Marvel history: final page of Amazing Spider-man #39, where the Green Goblin reveals his identity to Peter Parker. |
| MIKE ESPOSITO |
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| Mike Esposito, aka Mickey Demeo, re-created this famous splash from early in his run with John Romita on Amazing Spider-man. |
| RIC ESTRADA |
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| A Bronze Age apocalypse story from Atlas (Seaboard). |
| GLENN FABRY |
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| One of the greatest artists of the 90's, Glenn Fabry. Sure, I'd love to own a Preacher cover. But since those are all in a single collector's hands, that won't be happening. But Fabry's interior work is outstanding as well. |
| GLENN FABRY |
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| This sketch was a filler that I bought to hold a place in my collection until a a Hellblazer cover comes onto the market that I can afford. |
| DAVE GIBBONS |
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| From the greatest American comic book series of all time. Period. |
| MICHAEL GOLDEN |
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| Mike Golden from his classic run on The 'Nam. |
| MICHAEL GOLDEN |
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| Michael Golden was one of the finest artists of the late 70's and early 80's. He is probably best known for his Micronauts work, which was breathtaking. But for my money, his art got even better when embellished with the fine lines that Terry Austin's inks added. This is from my all-time favorite Star Wars story, which was a one-shot filler issue just prior to Marvel's adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back. |
| JACKSON GUICE |
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| President Reagan appears in this issue of The Flash from the 80's. |
| TIM HAMILTON |
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| This series features anti-hero Lester Girls, who keeps getting sucked into numerous adventures even though all he wants to do is sit at home and read The Red Pony. Funny stuff! |
| TIM HAMILTON |
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| Back cover featuring Apache Dick and two gorgeous women. |
| TIM HAMILTON |
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| The caption reads, "Hey, Look! The hero isn't on the cover!" |
| TIM HAMILTON |
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| TIM HAMILTON |
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| Lester gets a haircut. |
| STEVE HOWARD |
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| Artist Steve Howard did this amazing recreation of a Frank Frazetta Famous Funnies cover. I missed out on the Silver Surfer #4 recreation he did, which was equally amazing (if not more so. He did a great Loki constellation behind Thor & Silver Surfer). |
| MICHAEL Wm. KALUTA |
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| I asked Mr. Kaluta for a signature, and he was nice enough to add this Shadow head to my sketch book as well. It turns out the definitive artist on The Shadow happens to also be a very nice guy. |
| GIL KANE |
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| Layout from the classic giant-sized issue that, in my opinion, marked the end of the Silver Age and the start of the Bronze. |
| GIL KANE |
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| J KIM |
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| Gorgeous, large oil painting of Spider-man. Not by Alex Ross, but with similar eye appeal. |
| JACK KIRBY |
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| This is the series that got me started collecting. Kirby, of course, is the undisputed King. Kirby's stuff sells for far more than it's worth to me personally, so I was excited to find this mostly-stat (translation: affordable) cover from the days when I read every issue of F.F. cover to cover as soon as it hit the stands. |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Back when I was reading Harbinger, in the early pre-Unity days of Valiant Comics, Jim Shooter used to rave about this great artist named David Lapham. Whatever it was Shooter saw in him, Lapham made no impression on me at the time. As it turns out, David Lapham is a phenomenal artist and storyteller... it just took me a lot longer to figure it out than some people. His work on Stray Bullets is definitely worth checking out. |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Turns out David Lapham is not only a talented writer/artist, he's also a heck of a nice guy. When I bought some art from him, he did this sketch for me, gratis. |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Yow! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! David says, "This is an un-inked page from the issue. I'm honestly not sure why they weren't inked over, perhaps because of deadline the image was faxed to John Dixon who light-boxed them, Or perhaps I light-boxed them and redrew them for some reason. I was such a newbie then. Still they are the same as the printed page and I have them, so...there you go. " |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! David says, "This is an un-inked page from the issue. I'm honestly not sure why they weren't inked over, perhaps because of deadline the image was faxed to John Dixon who light-boxed them, Or perhaps I light-boxed them and redrew them for some reason. I was such a newbie then. Still they are the same as the printed page and I have them, so...there you go. " |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| From back when Superman was "dead", a 6-page sequence from the Cyborg Superman storyline. |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| From back when Superman was "dead", a 6-page sequence from the Cyborg Superman storyline. |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| From back when Superman was "dead", a 6-page sequence from the Cyborg Superman storyline. |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| From back when Superman was "dead", a 6-page sequence from the Cyborg Superman storyline. |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| From back when Superman was "dead", a 6-page sequence from the Cyborg Superman storyline. |
| DAVID LAPHAM |
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| From back when Superman was "dead", a 6-page sequence from the Cyborg Superman storyline. |
| BOB LAYTON |
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| When Valiant was young and was pumping excitement into the comics industry like hadn't been seen in years, X-O was a huge it. This is the unused cover for issue number 1. Apparently, Jim Shooter preferred a less ticked-off looking barbarian for the cover. |
| A. LONG |
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| Sandman character The Corinthian, sculpted by St. Louis artist A. Long. Okay, so it's not what one typically thinks of as original art. But it's an original, one-of-a-kind sculpture of a Sandman character, so it technically IS original art. |
| DAVID MACK |
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| Highly recommended series! David Mack's writing and art show just what this medium is capable of. |
| GONZALO MAYO |
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| Valiant published a lot of great comics in their early days, and none was better than Solar #1-10. Valiant showed just how successful a comic company could be if it focused on quality stories. Then they booted Shooter and it all hit the skids. |
| RAY MCCARTHY |
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| Alicia Masters and her dad. |
| SCOTT MCCLOUD |
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| Scott explains the definition of "art". This book is must reading for all serious collectors. The night the book came out, I read it start to finish. I was so impressed that the next day, I drove to Amherst, Massachusetts where Scott lived (45 minutes from here) to mail him a request for original art. The page I most wanted had already sold, but I was fortunate that my second choice, this three-page sequence in which Scott defines what art is, was still available. |
| SCOTT MCCLOUD |
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| A great cover from Scott McCloud, with a stylized Zot! |
| FRANK MILLER |
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Miller and Janson did some amazing work on Daredevil in his own book, plus they did this What If?
issue about the same time. "What if Daredevil became an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.?" Frank Miller's contributions to the industry, both artistically and in terms of figting for First Amendment rights in the comics world, cannot be overstated. I'd love to own a piece from Miller's work on Sin City, but since he doesn't sell his Sin City art, this Miller/Janson Daredevil page is a nice filler for my collection. |
| JIM MOONEY |
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| The first ever appearance of Mystique. She appears here disguised as Nick Fury. |
| TERRY MOORE |
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This series has it all: witty dialogue, great art, characters you love,
characters you hate, plot twists... and I could go on and on. Terry really makes you
care about his characters.
Be sure to check out the Strangers in Paradise website.
On this page, Katchoo finds out that David is... wait! I don't want to give it away if you haven't read Strangers in Paradise v2 #1-8. When I read this page, I got chills up my spine. I can't recall any time as an adult that that ever happened to me with any medium. |
| WINSLOW MORTIMER |
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| Half splash from a Bronze Age horror story from Marvel. |
| TERRY MOORE |
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| When I saw Terry Moore at the San Diego con in 1998, I had to have him do my favorite SIP character. It's amazing how he can take a few very simple lines and convey so much. |
| JAMES O'BARR |
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| Two penciled barbarian pieces, plus a 2-page hadwritten submission letter and the original envelope postmarked February 9, 1974. O'Barr, who brought us the masterpiece "The Crow", sent these pieces to California Comics back in 1974, hoping to sell it to their "Barbarian Comics". I'm still looking for one page from The Crow by O'Barr. |
| MICHAEL AVON OEMING |
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| Page from the opening issue of an outstanding series, by the artist who brings you Powers. If you haven't read it, do yourself a favor and pick it up. It was only six issues, and MAN were they a GOOD six issues! |
| GEORGE PEREZ |
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| A truly historic series. The remifications of Crisis are still being felt more than 20 years (has it been 20 years?!?!) since it was published. |
| GEORGE PEREZ |
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| Great page from back in the days when the "New" X-men were just becoming a runaway hit. |
| KEITH POLLARD |
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| I couldn't get enough of the FF in the 70's. This story featured the return of a character who hadn't been seen since way back in FF #32. |
| DOUG POTTER |
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| When I read this story in Dark Horse Presents #20, it just blew me away. Nearly 20 years later, when I was reminded of this story that had made a HUGE impression on me, I contacted Harvey Award nominee Doug Potter, via his website to see if he knew the wereabouts of the art for this story. As luck would have it, he still had the story and was willing to sell it to me! It's an art collector's dream: finding all of the artwork for one of your favorite stories ever. |
| DOUG POTTER |
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| DOUG POTTER |
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| Want to read the rest of the story? Find a copy of Dark Horse Presents #20 or The Best of Dark Horse Presents! It'll be worth your effort. |
| FRANK ROBBINS |
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| For my money, one of the WORST artists of the bronze age. I loved the Invaders despite, rather than because of, Robbins' work. The series took me back into the world of Golden Age heroes, and took me back to a war which seemed to be clearly good vs. evil. |
| MARSHALL ROGERS |
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| Batman has been re-invented three times (that count, imho) since Bob Kane & Bill Finger invented the character. Neal Adams, Marshall Rogers, and Frank Miller are responsible for the best Batman stories ever told. |
| JOHN ROMITA |
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| Spidey's first true love, rendered by one of his best artist ever. |
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JOHN ROMITA... SORT OF |
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| A well done recreation of a classic Romita cover. |
| JOHN ROMITA... SORT OF |
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| This is a stat of the original layout for Amazing Spider-man #96, the issue that marked the beginning of the classic drug story that the Comics Code Authority refused to approve. This stat gives some interesting insight into the planning process behind the cover layout and text blurbs. One notation in the margin indicates that one of the cops on the cover must be black, indicating Marvel's desire to present racial equality. |
| DON ROSA |
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This will probably be considered sacrilege among duck collectors, but... Don Rosa is, in my humble opinion, the best duck artist in the history of the planet. Yes, I prefer Rosa to Barks. Both are great artists who really know how to tell an amazingly compelling story. But Don Rosa's crisp clean lines on Uncle Scrooge and the gang make for my favorite rendition of these characters by far. |
| DON ROSA |
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| Okay, so this isn't original art. But I had to have somewhere to show off this Don Rosa print. In case you don't recognize this, it's a parody of Superman's 1938 debut on the cover of Action Comics #1, with Donald in the role of Superman and his nephews playing the parts of the frightened bystanders. |
| DON ROSA |
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| Again, this isn't original art but a print by Don Rosa. It's Rosa's take on the classic Carl Barks story, "A Christmas for Shacktown". |
| ALEX ROSS |
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| Phil develops photos of Doctor Doom and Power Man. This is the best superhero series I've ever read. Of course, Watchmen is great. Dark Knight, too. But this series transported me back to the time I read every Marvel comic I could get my hands on in the mid-70's. At the same time, it puts the reader in a world where superheroes really do exist, which is not quite the utopia we'd like to think it would be. |
| ALEX ROSS |
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From the best miniseries since The Dark Knight Returns, the pencils for an unused cover.
Here, the Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer battle Galactus high atop the Baxter Building, and
the action is reflected in Phil Sheldon's camera lens.
This could be the unused cover to Marvels #3, which retells the story of Fantastic Four #48-50, Marvel's first really great epic storyline. Or it could have been the proposed cover to the Marvels TPB, because below the image it reads "this image could be of any particular superhero battle." After seeing very sketchy pencil roughs by Alex Ross sell for gazillions (give or take) I sure was pleasantly surprised to find this piece at an affordable price, thanks to the kind folks at artworkworld.com. |
| BILL SIENKIEWICZ |
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| In the early 1980's, I was a huge Neal Adams fan. I was blown away when this Sienkiewicz guy came along and seemed to be doing a phenomenal Neal Adams impersonation. After searching for a while for Adams-like art from Sienkiewicz, I was excited to find this two-page sequence, which I bought from the kind folks at Fanfare Sports & Entertainment. |
| DAVE SIM |
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| Dave was the first to sign my convention book/sketch book. Here is page 1. He was doing these sketches for people who made contributions to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Have you made your contribution? If not, please do so now. If you wait until the Thought Police have closed down all the comic book stores, it will be far too late. |
| DAVE SIM |
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| Original Sketch by Dave, on an original color guide (colored by Steve Oliff) from Spawn. |
| HOWARD SIMPSON |
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| Original Sketch by by Valiant artist Howard Simpson. |
| BARRY SMITH? |
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| Original sketch of a suggested cover to Conan #6, on the back of Marvel paper. This doesn't appear to be by Smith, and was probably by another Marvel staffer. |
| BARRY (WINDSOR-) SMITH |
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| Conan and his female companion are bound for execution. Being a child of 70's Marvels, of course I have always loved the work of Barry Smith on Conan. In just a few short years, Mr. Smith's art style evolved from a mediocre Kirby/Steranko ripoff into some of the most breathtaking fantasy art ever made. |
| BARRY (WINDSOR-) SMITH |
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| Okay, so technically this is not really original art. It is the stat used for the splash of Conan #12. It's one-of-a-kind production art, and the signature appears to be authentic, but that appears to be the only part of this art that's original. |
| BARRY (WINDSOR-) SMITH |
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| Okay, so technically this is not really original art. It is the stat used for the splash of Conan #16. That issue is a reprtint of a Barry Smith story that appeared in Savage Sword, so this gorgeous splash page is all photostat. |
| BARRY (WINDSOR-) SMITH |
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| Okay, so technically this is not really original art. It is the stat used for Conan #22, which is a reprint of #1. But it is a great looking, one-of-a-kind production piece. The original for this page would sell for many thousands of dollars, which is thousands more than I'd be willing to pay. But this one-of-a-kind piece cost me a fraction of that and looks great! I am amazed that there are limited edition "prints" that sell for far more than some of these great-looking, unique production pieces. |
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| ART SPIEGELMAN |
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| Maus is one of the greatest graphic novels of all time, and the winner of a Pulitzer Prize. I'll never be able to find original Maus art, so this is the next best thing. |
| JIM STARLIN |
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| Great silhouette of Thanos, one of the best villains Marvel had... at least until they brought him back to life. Okay, the word "epic" is ridiculously overused in this industry. But the Captain Marvel/Warlock/Thanos stories that Starlin did, culminating in Thanos's death in Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2, are an extraordinary example of a masterfully constructed epic, literally. |
| JIM STERANKO |
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| Sure, I'd love a Steranko Nick Fury page. But since I haven't got a few grand lying around that I want to part with, I decided to feed my Steranko appetite with this 1970's sketch on Fantagraphics letterhead. I met Steranko at a con in 2007, and he told me that this character was his answer to a challenge: make a superhero character out of something extremely silly... like a Terrier. |
| JIM STERANKO |
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| This huge recreation of the cover of Nick Fury #3 on canvas is beautiful. It's not actually Steranko, but the real thing would certainly go for more than ten grand. I'm really happy with this one, which cost substantially less than that. |
| DAVE STEVENS |
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| Dave Stevens was retro long before anybody tried to use that term in its current incarnation. He created a style that was heavily influenced by the comic book artists of the golden age, while looking completely modern and breathtakingly beautiful. Without Dave's illustrations of Cliff Secord's girlfriend, Betty, there undoubtedly would have been no groundswell of interest in pin-up queen Bettie Page in the 80's and 90's. |
| CURT SWAN |
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Clark changes to Superman Since I grew up in the 70's, Swan is the Supes artist for me. |
| GERRY TALAOC |
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| The Incredible Hulk drops in on Marvel editor Jo Duffy. |
| TY TEMPLETON |
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One of only six splash pages that were created for this series that lasted just seven issues. The series came to an end with
the until the untimely death of co-crator Klaus Schoenfeld. This is one of those laugh-out-loud series that cracks me up every time I read it. In case you haven't read the series, it's about a guy who wakes up to find, much to his dismay, that he is dead. Not only that, he's in hell. Not only that, but he's on the big guy's throne. The rest you'll have to read for yourself. |
| TY TEMPLETON |
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| TIM TRUMAN |
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| Tim Truman is one of the finest illustrators of westerns ever. |
| CHAS TRUOG |
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| The start of one of my favorite storylines ever. |
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| BILL WARD |
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| This one page gag features a typically buxom Ward beauty, her husband and an acquaintance. I can't verify that this was published. On the back a stamp indicates the artist was paid by "Humorama, Inc.". Markings in red pencil seem to indicate that it appeared in Romp in 9/65. Do you know where I could find a copy of that issue to verify this? |
| AL WILLIAMSON |
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If there is ever an all-star team for comic book illustrators, the vast majority
of the EC staff will be on it. Every artist EC had was outstanding in the
field. For my money, the team of Williamson and Frazetta nonetheless
stood head and shoulders above the rest. I'd love to some day own a page
they did for one of EC's crime or sci-fi books. In the meantime, I have
this beautiful page from John Wayne Comics. Frazetta is of course known for, among other things, the gorgeous women he has created. This page has practically a character study of this gorgeous ranch owner, showing her from every angle. |
| RON WILSON |
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| One of the greatest comic book characters of all time. |
| BERNIE WRIGHTSON |
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Batman and Robin in the sewers. Wrightson is certainly one of the best artists of the 70's. |
| BERNIE WRIGHTSON |
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| It doesn't matter how you spell it: Berni (the old way) or Bernie (the new way). Mr. Wrightson really is a master of the macabre. Here is a page with |