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“Blue Meanies No. 5 of 9” (2021) by Carson Grubaugh

Artist: Carson Grubaugh (All)

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“Blue Meanies No. 5 of 9” (2021) by Carson Grubaugh Comic Art

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Title:	“Blue Meanies No. 5 of 9” (2021) by Carson Grubaugh
Artist:	Carson Grubaugh (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	252
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	5/21/2022
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“Blue Meanies No. 5 of 9” (2021)
by Carson Grubaugh (1981- )
11.75 x 16 in. on 2 pages, blue ballpoint ink on paper
Coppola Collection

When the Eisner-nominated “The Strange Death of Alex Raymond” was initially printed during the summer of 2021, the printer made a critical and quite mysterious error, leaving off four pages worth of blue-line printing that caused the entire edition to be scrapped and the release of the book to be delayed for several months while the printer gathered the materials for a full reprint. Even odder, Carson and Dave had a history of printing issues related to blue line artwork when working on the second half of the book, what Dave referred to in conversation with Carson as "the Blue Meanies." After the book was finally correctly printed in November, Carson took nine of these misprinted copies and created original artwork on two of the pages missing printing, depicting the "Blue Meanies" in each copy, each one unique, and in blue ballpoint ink, of course. The drawing appears on pp. 256-257 of my copy.

I put my request in for one of these, immediately, and Carson did me a solid not only reserved one for me, but turned me into the Blue Meanie in my copy.

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 5/22/2022

Fascinating story of the book itself and a unique artistic personalization for one of their biggest if not THE biggest patron.

Brian Coppola
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 5/25/2022

Marcus Wai wrote:

Fascinating story of the book itself and a unique artistic personalization for one of their biggest if not THE biggest patron.

Or, what we say in the old country: that's all to the good.

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