Until he grabbed the orange, that is ...

Savage 

Hopey is the grandmother of Lona Steelros

The most underappreciated Alan Moore's series. Prime era Gibson. Beautiful page, congratulations.

Amazing page from hands down the best comic of the past half-decade. Congratulation.

HA ! 

Me, conversing with my late teens/early 20 year-old self, trying to imagine a "what if" scenario, as if Paul Gulacy had taken over the X-Men in the first half of the 80s. This whole world of imaginary possibilities contained in this one single piece. 

Métal Hurlant was a much broader publication than its American sister, Heavy Metal, which followed the Warren model. It had genre comics (horror, sci-fi, fantasy, adventure, etc), but also societal satire, straight forward comedy, funny animals comics, etc.  Most importantly, it was a stylistic mess, from the most hyper-refined illustrators, to the most crass, expressionistic cartoonists. As if Rory Hays and All Williamson were part of the same studio!!! It also, not unlike Playboy or National Lampoon, had a great journalistic, editorial section.

Anyways. Denis Sire's work was probably too quirky to make an impact on the American market. A mix of sci-fi, the silliest of satire, PORN, super-heroes, and American 50's car culture. Still, he was quite a superstar way back when, enough so that he almost landed a Batman gig, at a time when there was zero connections between the French and American comics worlds. While advertised for some years, it ended up being cancelled, not sure why. Some pages from this Batman unpublished book are available online:

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=879509

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/denis-sire-batman-and-robin-illustration-original-art-undated-/a/7189-93585.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

Posted this after seeing your Youtube Video. When people think of this character, they usually think of Thompson's bubly childish depiction, but I actually like Dringenberg's more adult goth butch version more. Congratulations !

The funny thing is I absolutely hate Metal. And, couldn't care less about wrestling. And, not attached to either Wonder Woman or Betta Ray Bill as characters. Still, DWJ one of the last artist that's maintaining my Wednesday warrior badge, through and through. 

I know Crumb, Moscoso, Williams, Shelton, Bode, etc. are objectively better artists/ raftsten, but still loves Spain the most

Yeah, to be 100% honest, would probably love this page more if Palmer or Janson had inked it. People on CAF will hate me, but always think of Romita as the Curt Swan of Marvel. Still the stodgy stiltedness of his rendering gives this page an umistakable late 70s charm 

Always loved Graham. And McGregor was one of my favorite writers. To top it off, I believe this might be one of Janson's earlest works at Marvel. My favorite thing about this page is how anatomically "incorrect" the crocodile is. Not a crocodile per se, not a dinausor either. Gives this page so much character. 

Indeed. The extra appeal for me was that this book was happening, suposedly, in my home country, although its version of "Switzreland" is pure fantasy. As a kid, went "wow, these amazing characters are having their adventure less than two hour from where I live". Frankenstein is, of course, a cultural local hero (the book was written 9 bus stops away from where I grew up). Here is a public sculpture made by a close  friend of mine in 2014:

https://www.das-geneve.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/statue-frankenstein-geneve.jpg

I organized a Panter retrospective exhibition for a French Museum (Le Magasin, in Grenoble) in 2000. Still my favorite American comic artist of the past four decades. Perfect page. Congratulations !!!!!!!!

Thank you. It was at Le Paradoxe Perdu, the comic shop of my entire youth,  and which closed in 2015. Cumulus is actually occupying their original location, rue des Etuves ...

Wonderful ! Was always hoping  to find a good Necron page one day but maybe Satanik is the way to go ...

Amazing

Hanselmann is one of the best cartoonist to come out in the past decade. Gorgeous, perfect example. Congratultions !

Have a specific fondeness for early, not yet "mature", artist's works. Many pages in my collections are represented by "slightly above teenage years" works. 

Loved Byrne pre X-men, and then again with his FF 232 + run, when he inked himself and tried to overrun Kirby. Which was a lost cause, but kind of sillily glorious.  

Thank you. Agreed, How messy, unruly, the page look is what made buy it. Tend to love early, embryonic forms of any given artists more than their "mature" work. 

Dear Marcus, Thank you for your comment. Not sure whether you are familiar with this artist/ series, but it’s a real curio. In 1979, Lug, the publisher of Marvel  comics in France, received the permission to continue their rerun of the Silver Surfer, which had become their number 1 series. They commissioned a French artist, Jean Yves Mitton, to pick up the threads after John Buscema’s run. The whole story is described in details here: 

https://www.twomorrows.com/alterego/articles/01surfer.html 

While only two episodes were produced, the publisher then decided that they too could create in-house American-style super-hero series for their anthology publications, alongside their Marvel reprints, so as to save money. In a way, these are not unlike the Manga-inspired, American.penned Comico books, such as Robotech/ Macross. This page is from their longest lasting series, Mikros. Not a very good book by any standards, but, beyond its nostalgic factor, a truly quirky corner of early '80s super-hero comics history. Best, Fabrice 

Absolute Classic ! 

Glorious indeed !

The best Spain artwork on CAF

Beautiful ! 

I was living in the US at the time of his sentencing. Felt unreal. 

The best Campbell page on CAF !

Your collection has so many pefect pages! Hard to believe this piece is over 20 years old. Truly captures that era. 

Thank you so much for the info. Will add it to the description 

Some guys post their art on CAF to share

Some guys post their art on CAF to flex

Some guys post their art of CAF to be reminded of the existence of Rod Steward and, if they are lucky, get a comment from Marcus Wai 

In all honesty, not the best page, by any means, despite the super attractive guitar second panel, but loved the Gilbert cameo. A bit of a "gimmick", but not many occasions to see Jaime and Gilbert on the same piece of paper (besides a handful of covers)   

In a way, i think The Love Bunglers, which is one of my favorite comic of the past decade,  simply couldn't have happened without Chester Square. Maybe Wig Wam Bam is the apex of something that started with Mechanics, and Chester Square inittiated a new era that culminated in the early 2010s. The fact that these two storylines followed each other so closely is mind boggling. Anyway, the example you have in your collection are so precisely curated, a joy to behold.

Wigwam Bam vs Chester Square. Has always been a tough call between the two. Keep going back & forth, but this page certainly makes a good case for the latter. Achingly beautiful. 

Thank you. "Gonzo" should be an official new aesthetic criteria among OA collectors. Hopefully, will overrun "detailed", which I am allergic to. 

Don't forget Sergio Aragones' version.

(Not trying to be facetious or contrarian. Truly adore his Cain and Abel)

Beautiful. Hope to get a Ganges pages at some point. Great example !

Wonderful ! 

Absolutely perfect page by a truly masterful contemporary superhero artist. Thank you for sharing.

Simply beautiful 

LONG LIVE THE KING !

OMG ! Can't believe I forgot about this book. Loved it so much when it first came out. Need to find a copy right away. Beautiful page. 

Thank you. A weird artist to "own". Besides the simple, slightly mediocre  pleasure of ownership, looking at this piece is no different from looking at a high quality print of same. Burns truly draws and inks like a machine. Same physical, material qualities as what I assume is a russell dauterman jpg.

Ha-ha.  Only funny if it hurts (a bit). 

Marcus, are you reading this book? On the end, one of the ever-shrinking tiny handful of monthlies that allows me to hang on to my Wednesday-Warrior-Nerd- Badge, and my Wednesday-Warrior-Nerd-Gun.

To the best of my knowledge, this is the only Kirby" homage", but in fact closer to a wisecrack "pastiche" in the whole of Jaime Hernandez's work.  If I remember correctly, Groth always had weird  "issues" with Kirby's long shadow ...

Dear Sir, I apologize, but while I like to considere myself as an Über Nerd, I'm unable to decipher your reference. "Tobin" ? Many thanks for commenting on this page, Sincerely, Fabrice  

Kinda thinks of Ennis/Dillon as a unite, not unlike Miller/Janson. By the time Ennis/Dillon reached Preacher, they were much more self-aware, having a more precise idea about who it is they were talking to. Preacher was Pop Culture -savvy, they kinda knew who it is they were trying to poke/ entertain. Their initial run on Hellblazer was much less ironic, much more self-obsessed, possibly the bleakest, most mean-spirited monthly book EVER put out by the big 2 in the 90s. Absolutely hopeless. Adore it. Own half-a-dozen pages from this run, will post some more soon.

Amazing 

ANY kind of flying would be welcome at this point

Thank you so much for helping me to title this page correctly. Lost my entire 2000AD collection in a flood about 10 years ago. Feel a bit guilty posting these pages with such generic titles, your help is much appreciated. 

Yur collection is gorgeous, so foccused. Looking at your gallery, I wish I had kept to one thing all these years, but my ADHD got the best of me ....