Del Castillo, Arturo - The Three Musketeers, Chapter 7, page 2 (1959)

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Title:	Del Castillo, Arturo - The Three Musketeers, Chapter 7, page 2 (1959)
Artist:	Arturo Del Castillo (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	3,139
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	11
Added to Site:	1/12/2017
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Heading into 2017, I made a decision to maintain a strict focus on only acquiring things on my carefully constructed �want list�. And then�I saw this stunning piece of art featuring literary characters I loved as a child � �The Three Musketeers� � in an eBay auction. I guess there are lies, damn lies, and then�.my intentions on being more focused on collecting comic and comic strip-related original art. Oh well, hard to complain given the beauty of this piece.

Arturo P�rez Del Castillo was born in Concepcion, Chile in 1925. He first worked in an advertising agency, but moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1948 where he took a job as a letterer and illustrator with Editorial Columba and its magazine, Aventuras (he would remain affiliated with the publisher until the mid-1950s). He also created comic strips for the magazines Intervalo and El Tony. He would eventually provide the art for the comic strip adaptations of Alexandre Dumas novels, including 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Man in the Iron Mask', on behalf of the British publisher, Fleetway. This page appeared in the �Man in the Iron Mask� story that was first published in Fleetway�s Film Fun magazine in 1959.

Del Castillo�s skill is clearly evidenced in this piece. Every panel is absolutely gorgeous with the bottom panel jumping off the page. Its depth of field pulls us directly into the raucous confrontation between the Cardinal�s Guards and the Three Musketeers.

The piece has been professionally & archivally restored. There were a few tears originating from the left and top borders, with two of the left side panels experiencing such tearing into the actual image area. The restoration work was incredibly well done. The page also has some usage of white out and caption paste-ups. The art is pen & ink on a 16" x 22" (41cm x 56cm) board.

A final note on the meaning of 'CAP' - the series as it appeared in the original magazine was published in two-pages sequences per magazine. The first page of each segment has a story logo stat as the first panel (which are missing on many of the original such pages) while the second page is pure art. CAP simply seems to refer to the �chapter� that the two-page sequence represents in the story.

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Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

Posted on 1/12/2017

Wow, this is a great acquisition, Chris! I've loved the Del Castillo art for this story ever since I saw a page auctioned several years ago. It is just fabulous. I've since seen other Del Castillo story art, but to this day I feel this story contains his best work. For you to have come across this on eBay, and such a strong page no less, is a fantastic find. Congrats, bud!

Davide G.
Member Since 2009

Posted on 1/12/2017

Fantastic page from a great artist! And I know what I'm talking about :)

Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006

Posted on 1/13/2017

I've only seen random pages from this story, but every one, including this one, is a gem.

Jeff Singh
Member Since 2004

Posted on 1/13/2017

Truly a masterpiece by one of the most skilled artists ever to work in comics. No one can blame you from straying beyond your want list for this one. You won't find a better Del Castillo!

Suat Tong Ng
Member Since 2009

Posted on 1/13/2017

Super page - Congrats! Really deserving of a high res scan.

Gene Park
Member Since 2004

Posted on 1/13/2017

Wow, that is really beautiful - I daresay comparable in quality to some of the biggest names working in that style from the 1930s-1950s. All for one and one for all!

Terry Doyle
Member Since 2004

Posted on 1/13/2017

Del Castillo was a real master. Used to own a near-complete story of a Roman adventure by him. Traded it away years ago, but the pen work was amazing!

Ron S
Member Since 2007

Posted on 1/13/2017

Look at the bright side, you managed to keep your resolutions for almost two weeks! It's a stunning piece. Congrats!!!!

David Roach
Member Since 2012

1 - Posted on 4/22/2024

What an extraorinary page, one of the finest Del Castillo Musketeers pages, and that's saying something! Just a few bits of info- the "Cap" at the top is short for Capitula, meancing chapter. And at this stage the strip was just titled the Three Musketeers, the Kings Musketeers and Man in the Iron Mask were later storylines when the strip moved to Lion comic.

David Roach
Member Since 2012

1 - Posted on 4/22/2024

I'm coming to the conclusion that you might have the best collection on CAF, and this might well be the best Del Castillo page on here! I'm so jealous.

Chris K.
Member Since 2008

Posted on 4/23/2024

David Roach wrote:

I'm coming to the conclusion that you might have the best collection on CAF, and this might well be the best Del Castillo page on here! I'm so jealous.

Too kind, David - but very appreciated!

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