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New Mutants #18 page 25 by Bill Sienkiewicz Demon Bear

Artist: Bill Sienkiewicz (All)

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New Mutants #18 page 25 by Bill Sienkiewicz Demon Bear Comic Art

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Title:	New Mutants #18 page 25 by Bill Sienkiewicz Demon Bear
Artist:	Bill Sienkiewicz (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	3,193
Likes on CAF:	31 32
Favorited on CAF:	4
Comments:	40
Added to Site:	1/24/2020
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This page has arrived a few hours earlier. It has been on an over 30 year journey trying to find me and it finally has. I remember coveting this page in a friend's CAF for years and then being the under bidder when it blew away all estimates on eBay a few years ago. Now, through the help of some friends and exceptional camaraderie in the hobby, this page has made its way to my collection. A big thanks to a few Californian collectors who helped make this happen.

Like many of you, I remember Bill Sienkiewicz when he came onto the comic scene and how it took him a year or so to get the confidence to set off on his own path in terms of style and leaving the crutch of being an Adams clone behind. He broke all the rules and conventions and brought comics and fans kicking and screaming into a world that made things like Vertigo comics, Moore, Gaiman, McKean and other innovators possible. I remember clearly how much I loved what Bill did when he started experimenting in Moon Knight and then blew our minds with his work on New Mutants and Elektra Assassin. I also clearly remembering how unpopular he was with the local comic collectors who despised his work while I kept my teenage mouth shut and enjoyed the ride...and what a ride it was. Although the Moon Knight art Bill did was so ahead of its time, it is the New Mutants book that put him front and center in terms of attention and it also the work he is most renowned for and it all started with this book and a story about a girl and bear.

More than 30 years later this page still blows me away but the experience I have gotten from expanding my horizons and exploring comic art all over the world has shown me that Bill brought to North American comics a synergy of a lot of things being done in Italian comics and elsewhere in commercial art. Blending the works of Battaglia, Breccia and Toppi with influence of artists like Bob Peak, David Grove Bill and a pinch of Barron Storey, he crafted a style and look that was uniquely his own but paid tribute to many greats. But for me as uninitiated, it was all new and still captivates me in the way no other comic artist's work has ever done before or since.

The Force is strong on this page and the nostalgia for me is off the charts.

Placed 2nd in Best Panel Pages of 2020

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	Jeff Singh ( 7 ) Premium Gallery Owner
Joined:	November 2004
Last Login:	September 2025
Website:	http://www.art4comics.com
Country:	CANADA
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Yo Kuri
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

Congratulations, that is a museum quality piece! Truly exceptional!

What a great story.

Emilio L
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

IIt's a great page. Congrats and thanx for sharing, Jeff

Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

Really high level stuff from a classic and transformative run!

John Livesay
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

great page!

Ferran Delgado
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

Congrats, Jeff! I'm happy that it finally got a nice home.

Fabio C.
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

stunning page!

Sean Clarke
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

Truly great story and art! It's wonderful when art like this comes full circle and finds its forever home with a collector who loves it as much as you do... well done!

CIRO SCOGNAMIGLIO
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

fantastic!!

Nick Postic
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

Yes! Congrats Jeff! I know this one was a long time coming. So happy for you! Wonderful piece.

Stephen F
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

So glad it found its way home. Congrats!

Comic Art Channel
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

Jeff, you are on fire with your recent acquisitions. Congrats!

Saxa Luna Galianan
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow

Dino Mauricio
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

Congrats on this magnificent Demon Bear page...perfection!

Chris K.
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

Can't imagine a better page from that book; great to see in your collection, Jeff!

Rick W
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

WOW!

Perfect Demon Bear page- a monumental addition to your Sienkiewicz museum.

Nicely done Jeff!

Scott Williams
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

Yup, that's one hell of a page!

Steve Day Vich
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

Ok... This one I have to see in person.

Bill J
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

Jaw-dropping!

Jason Hussa
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

Wonderful, wonderul, wonderful, and most wonderful. Sincere congrats on acquiring a page that obviously has found its forever home after a LONG trek through the wilderness. Awesome!

Al Simpleton
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

I remember buying this issue, anticipating that, at last, the New Mutants had found their own tempo. And when I read it, I experienced the same thrill I had felt some years ago, when I discovered what Neal Adams had done with the X-men. Same game-changing moment, no turning back... Incidentally, one of the best pages of the run!

J L
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

Awesome page and in the perfect home.

Will Tervay
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 1/24/2020

Mind blowingly cool. Thanks for sharing!

Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 1/25/2020

Cheers! Bill drawing on all those different artistic influences (at least for us North Americans) and expanding the idea of what an American comic could look like was one of the thrills of reading comics in the early '80s.

Eelco V
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 1/25/2020

This is what collecting is about. Finding art that means so much to you!

And the story behind it to make it happen

Many congrats!

Max C
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 1/25/2020

Outstanding!

You wrote well, Jeff.

Bill was inspired by allthose great artists and blended their influences in a personal own style.

I'm booking my ticket plane to Canada right now :-)

Happy for you, my Friend!

J. Sid
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 1/25/2020

Amazing page

John B
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 1/25/2020

"Demon-Bear good."

Steve . M
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 1/25/2020

My reaction...."oh my God "

Congratulations!

Marvelman Excelsior
Member Since 2011

1 - Posted on 1/26/2020

Beautiful page from a legendary run. I too was reading this good stuff at the time and was absolutely blown away by Sienkiewicz' work at this stage of his career. His development was an absolute pleasure to watch - to this day, it stands as some of the best and most mature art in the graphic storytelling medium. And it's gone to the right home, as you clearly appreciate it big-time! Thanks for sharing the art and the story - marvellous stuff.

Allan H
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 1/26/2020

Truly incredible! All the Demon Besr panels are top shelf!

Matt Dicke
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 1/26/2020

Another stunner Jeff. So glad it is in your collection!

Nick-le-Fou !!
Member Since 2016

1 - Posted on 1/27/2020

What a legendary page and moment from comic book history by an equally legendary artist. Bill's groundbreaking style rocked my world for the first time on the demon bear saga. Huge congrats on that grail!!!

Mark Scot-Quinn
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 1/29/2020

Legendary page!

John Espinoza
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 1/31/2020

Demonically iconic!

Maicol Senzacqua
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 1/31/2020

SUPER PGE!

Andy Robbins
Member Since 2003

1 - Posted on 2/3/2020

So this is your "be all, end all" demon bear page? I can't think of a better one.

Xavier .
Member Since 2010

1 - Posted on 7/6/2020

Wow! The wait was well worth it, this is one of the best pages! Congratulations!

James Dornoff
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 2/11/2021

Truly an "X"-ceptional and gorgeous piece of X-Men/New Mutants history. Congrats on binging home some great nostalgia.

Andr� .
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 5/10/2021

Bill’s inks on this arc are second to none.

Mario Losada
Member Since 2011

1 - Posted on 2/19/2025

I love this page. I think it is wonderful. A clear example of what Bill Sienkiewicz is all about in the Mystic Bear Saga.

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