Spaey, Kristof :: Phil Hester

Green Arrow #1 page 9

Artists: Phil Hester (Penciller) , Ande Parks (Inker) , Sean Konot (Letterer) , Kevin Smith (Writer)

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Ande breaking in a new brush on the back of the page, with an extra doodle.

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Artwork Details

Title:	Green Arrow #1 page 9
Artist:	Phil Hester (Penciller)
Artist:	Ande Parks (Inker)
Artist:	Sean Konot (Letterer)
Artist:	Kevin Smith (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	695
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	6/16/2011
Comic Art Archive:	Green Arrow Issue: 1 Page: 9 View

Description

This little sequence has been on my want list for nearly ten years. I fell in love with it the moment I read it. What I look for when buying original pages is good storytelling above all else. And this little sequence is a gem.

These two pages tell a beautifully inspiring life lesson, wonderfully written by Kevin Smith. What�s possibly even more inspiring is the crystal clear storytelling of Phil Hester. This may look easy but a simple sequence like this is quite challenging to draw. Wonderful stuff. Plus, you�ve got the powerful inks by Ande Parks to top it off. Phil and Ande are a pair made in heaven and these pages are a prime example of that.

These pages have been in Kevin Smith�s private collection for ten years and have only recently been made available thanks to Kevin�s big Viewaskew garage sale. Fellow CAF member Duane Murray purchased the complete first issue at the auction and decided to only keep the final splash page. I didn�t think twice to take these two pages off his hands.

I couldn�t be happier to finally add this sequence to my collection.

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About the Owner

	Kristof Spaey
Joined:	January 2006
Last Login:	April 2025
Website:	http://kristofspaey.wordpress.com
Country:	BELGIUM
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Mike W
Member Since 2007

Posted on 6/16/2011

Beautiful pages and a great story!!! I'm glad you managed to acquire your Grail!! Congratulations!!

Duane Murray
Member Since 2005

Posted on 8/9/2011

Like you, I had been looking for that last splash page ever since I started collecting OA. It was one of the first pages I looked into getting as it was so memorable for me at a time when I was most into comic book reading. I contacted Phil about it and he said it was "long gone". I just thought some collector had it. Little did I know, it was Kevin Smith himself who had it!!! So when the opportunity came up to get it, I bought it, even though it meant I had to buy the whole issue. I argued back and forth with myself as to whether I should break it up or not. Finally I decided that if I were a collector and wanted a page from that first issue badly I would want the opportunity to own a single page. Reading your feelings on these pages (we hadn't really talked about it) makes me glad I did. I'm really happy these two pages seem to mean as much to you as that last splash page means to me.

Frederic Lorge
Member Since 2007

Posted on 9/8/2018

Very moving 2 page-sequence

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