Original Comic Art
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Original Comic Art
So does anyone here own any original art from a comic? I was thinking of picking up something (as I would love to own anything Ambush Bug or Fred Hembeck related), so I'm curious as to what you may have, where you got it, how much it cost, etc.
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Somewhere I have the last page to an issue of The Avengers, which was drawn by Kirk Jarvinen, an aquaintance of mine. Kirk came close to being a hot artist with work on a story in an X-Men annual, where Wolverine has a dream of fighting his adamantium skeleton. The memorable image is of Wolverine and the Slkeleton merging side by side.
I had a chance to buy some of Norm Breyfogle's art from the Batman "Knightfall" storyline at a convention, but at the time I thought that $75 was too much to spend for a page of art. I soon regretted that after Knightfall became a hot story arc.
I had a chance to buy some of Norm Breyfogle's art from the Batman "Knightfall" storyline at a convention, but at the time I thought that $75 was too much to spend for a page of art. I soon regretted that after Knightfall became a hot story arc.
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I have about 50 pages of various issues of the Buffy comic, a Farscape page, a double spread from Rising Stars, an Ultimate X-Men page (there might be a couple more) as far as published items.
I think some of my better pieces are actually the commissions or the non-published art.
I will see if I can post some pictures later this week.
I think some of my better pieces are actually the commissions or the non-published art.
I will see if I can post some pictures later this week.
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I have a Scott Saavedra page from "It's Science with Dr Radium", I think something from Flaming Carrot, and a few other pages that I can't recall.
I'd love to get more, including some from Ambush Bug and Hembeck, but my problem is lack of wall space. What I have bought is sitting in a box.
If I recall I paid like $30-50 per page.
I'd love to get more, including some from Ambush Bug and Hembeck, but my problem is lack of wall space. What I have bought is sitting in a box.
If I recall I paid like $30-50 per page.
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Ive got the credit - splash page from Punisher #3 (3rd Series) When I was in college Tom Lyle was getting rid of a LOT of his work online, really cheap too. Being college left me broke, but I scored that page for $25.
Also have some original drawings from local boys David Brewer of Evil Ernie fame, and Tom Fleming
Also have some original drawings from local boys David Brewer of Evil Ernie fame, and Tom Fleming
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I used to have about two dozen pages, but sold most of it off on eBay (which is where I got all of it). I have a Gary Frank page from Godwheel #1 and an Ed McGuiness Superman splash page. In addition, I have a very cool Batman Adventures page from Tim Levins and a Sandman Mystery Theater page by Guy Davis. My pride and joy is a Hate page by Peter Bagge and a Minimum Wage page by Bob Fingerman.
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I have quite a bit of original art from a buying spree that lasted about 2 years, but finally the buying itch subsided for now. A lot of mine are pages from Gary Frank, Greg Land, Ed Benes, and I hope to take some shots of them one of these days (I wish I had a big enough scanner that did 11"x17", but I don't.)
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here's a link to my collection, i haven't posted much of my sequential art, but i have pages by Mark Bagley (mostly Ult. Spidey), John Cassaday (Planetary and Captain America), Sean Chen (Elektra and Wolverine), Gary Frank (Midnight Nation), Joe Quesada (Daredevil), and Bryan Hitch (Ultimates). I'll be posting a lot of the sequential pages next week, but meanwhile you can look at con sketches, commissions, and covers that i own.
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Originally Posted by dadaluholla
as I would love to own anything Ambush Bug or Fred Hembeck related
The only original comic art I have is page 13 of Legionnaires #32. Not my favorite issue or anything, but I love Jeff Moy's art.
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Originally Posted by Adam Tyner
You can get pages of Ambush Bug for near-nothing. I can try to dig up a link if you need me to.
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Found something, looks like the Ambush Bug pages are $60 minimum. Some of the other stuff is pretty cheap though.
http://www.theartistschoice.com/giffenal.htm
http://www.theartistschoice.com/giffenal.htm
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Originally Posted by ScottsdaleSaint
here's a link to my collection, i haven't posted much of my sequential art, but i have pages by Mark Bagley (mostly Ult. Spidey), John Cassaday (Planetary and Captain America), Sean Chen (Elektra and Wolverine), Gary Frank (Midnight Nation), Joe Quesada (Daredevil), and Bryan Hitch (Ultimates). I'll be posting a lot of the sequential pages next week, but meanwhile you can look at con sketches, commissions, and covers that i own.
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Originally Posted by Patman
Here's a page of links to my modest collection of sketches I picked up in the past decade, more so in the 1990's than in the 2000's.
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Originally Posted by madcougar
Dude, did you pick up that page of Midnight Nation on eBay?! I'm pretty certain I bid on that page a couple of years ago!
Last edited by ScottsdaleSaint; 01-18-07 at 08:08 AM.
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Originally Posted by madcougar
Modest? You sly bastard! Your collection kicks much, much ass. Out of curiosity, what is your pride and joy in that collection?
Truth be told, some of the other sketches on that page belong to a friend named "Patrick" (so if you see some signed to "Patrick", those are his sketches, while most of the ones signed to "Pat" are mine). I should go through and post the few I've collected in the past 4 years as well. Just never got around to scanning them.
BTW, anyone know where I could get an inexpensive 11"x17" flatbed scanner? I have a 11"x14" scanner, but that just won't do the job for original artwork, and I hate stitching scans together.
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Originally Posted by Patman
BTW, anyone know where I could get an inexpensive 11"x17" flatbed scanner? I have a 11"x14" scanner, but that just won't do the job for original artwork, and I hate stitching scans together.
It's the Mustek ScanExpress A3 USB Flatbed Scanner, which Amazon has in stock and sells for about $160.
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Originally Posted by dadaluholla
Thanks for the Ambush Bug link!
Sifting through web.archive.org, apparently I am completely misremembering. "Video Jack" must have been what I had in mind. (I've always had a soft spot for that miniseries that no one else has ever heard of.)
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Originally Posted by HokieGAK
What do you mean by inexpensive? I got a flatbed scanner for Christmas expressly for the purpose of scanning original comic art, and it has seemed fine so far.
It's the Mustek ScanExpress A3 USB Flatbed Scanner, which Amazon has in stock and sells for about $160.
It's the Mustek ScanExpress A3 USB Flatbed Scanner, which Amazon has in stock and sells for about $160.
I notice it only has USB 1.1, do the scans take a long time to get from the scanning process to the PC as an image file?
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Originally Posted by Patman
I notice it only has USB 1.1, do the scans take a long time to get from the scanning process to the PC as an image file?
The installation is a little difficult and the software that comes with it takes some getting used to. If you get this and need some help, let me know and I'll guide you through scanning something.
Just in case you're curious about the quality... here's an example I did. Note that Photobucket auto-shrinks everything:
http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...t=ytlm12-4.jpg
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Okay, thanks for the info. I have a really old HP 4C SCSI flatbed scanner, and it's no speed demon either.
It looks like photobucket is in maintenance mode right now...
It looks like photobucket is in maintenance mode right now...
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Originally Posted by Patman
It looks like photobucket is in maintenance mode right now...
A couple of the Cerebus pages probably look a little fuzzy -- this isn't because of the scanner. They're framed and the scanner couldn't focus properly.
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryD...asp?GCat=19868
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