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Brent Anderson - Somerset Holmes Con Drawing 1983

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Title:	Brent Anderson - Somerset Holmes Con Drawing 1983
Artist:	Brent Anderson (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Convention Sketch
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	275
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	7/28/2024
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After years of comics being dominated by the �big two� (Marvel and DC) and the genre, driven largely by superheroes, things began to change in the 1980s. At the beginning of that decade, a couple of new publishers and imprints entered the field, publishing a different kind of story while offering comics creators the opportunity to retain the copyrights to the characters and the stories. Among those early publishers were Pacific Comics and Eclipse Comics. Other publishers, like Fantagraphics and Dark Horse Comics, also entered the field during this period.

One of those early projects was Somerset Holmes. It was initially published as a six-issue limited series by Pacific Comics. However, shortly after the fourth issue (April 1984) Pacific folded due to financial problems. Many of Pacific's titles found a new home at Eclipse Comics. Eclipse published the last two issues of Somerset Holmes in 1984 and then published all six issues in an oversized graphic album. That collection is out of print but was the beginning of a pattern followed by Marvel and DC to this day.

The series was written by Bruce Jones and April Campbell and drawn by Brent Anderson series and was one of my favorite series from the 1980s. Bar none. And I always wondered, whatever happened to Somerset Holmes.

This is a sketch obtained at the SDCC in 1983, the year Somerset first appeared in print.

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Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

Posted on 7/28/2024

I remember being a fan of Anderson's art and being blown away by Somerset Holmes when it hit the stands. Firstly, I loved the name. Then when I read it, I really enjoyed the story as well as the art. Unfortunately, I think I can only recall ever seeing the 2nd issue and nothing after that. Until I just read your description, I never even knew there was 4 issues released by Pacific Comics, let alone that Eclipse picked it up and finished it by publishing the last 2 issues, much less that it was even collected into a trade paperback! Wow! I'd love to go back and read the entire story. What a great memento you have with this illustration, Wally, from the year the series dubuted. Fantastic!

Miki Annamanthadoo
Member Since 2003

1 - Posted on 7/28/2024

Echo all Ruben's comments!

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