Congratulations my friend!  A terrific example!

A terrific example of a wonderful strip.

Herriman's original design, especially with that second-to-last panel, was so much better.  Those last two panels are incredible.

A powerful image, my friend.  Part of a long and wonderful legacy left by Adams.

Very nice!  Farel is a terrific talent.  I always love seeing his work here on the CAF.

Man, this is a gorgeous piece, Carl!  Congratulations my friend!

This is all kinds of fun and adorableness!  What a great joyful piece of art.

A wonderful piece by the master.  I love the little zigzag shadows.  They remind me of the Navajo symbolism that Herriman would often use.

Jeez, this is brilliant, as is Fisher!

A truly wonderful example Jeff, for all of the reasons you described.  But you forgot to mention the wonderful elephant feet formation in the first panel.  Herriman pictured them from time-to-time in the strip.  They reside on the Navajo reservation in Arizona and are wonderful to see in person.

Congrats Jeff!

Mazel Tov, Alex!  What a wonderful addition to you S&S collection.  It could not find a better home.

An incredible use of black and white.  Such beautiful panel designs.  Congrats Jeff!

That time lapse is crazy.  He makes it look so damn easy, and that arm with the elbow coming out toward the viewer is anything but easy.

That is some beautiful, lush drawing Brian.

I can only echo Benno's comments.  Davis' mastery of the brush is on full display in this page.  Congratulations to you!

Such an iconic image!  Big congrats to you my friend!

I had a feeling, Mr. Brace!  I hope you're well.

A sweet example, Jeff.  And yes, most certainly a "Sinbad" strip from Life magazine, circa the late 1920s to 1932 or so.

Another terrific piece by Farel!  He is so, so good.

Man oh man oh man oh man!  Major congrats to you my friend.

Fantastic, John!  I too love Sweigert's early work like this.  And the stuff is really hard to find.  Congrats!

Major congrats to you, Jeff.  I especially love Mooch's expression in that final panel.

You done good, Johnny!  Captured the McCay vibe really well, while keeping your own style and approach.  Tres cool!

Aaron, this is gorgeous.  The figure movement....hell the movement, period, is flat-out wonderful, like some fisticuff ballet.  The panel designs with all of that in-and-out movement...superb.  Just curious: what makes you think it's Kirby's inks?  They look like Simon to me, but then again, I've seen very little of Kirby's actual inks.

Congrats!

Steve, I'm glad you were able to get such a wonderful piece from Tony.  I do love his work!

That's a fantastic page, Steve!  Congrats!  Did Kurtzman do any editing on this book, because that center tier has the feel of Kurtzman's cinematographic approach.

Wonderful, Alex!  I'm so glad you wound up with this page.  It's a terrific example.  Mazel tov!

Hot damn!  Love me some John Cuneo and love me some Glen Evan Gold!  And that snake!  Wonderful twisted and beautiful.  That line work and watercolor of John's is something to behold.  Mazel tov!

Thanks Marcus.  I like this style of frame a lot and need to have the Spiegelman reframed in the same fashion.

Elwood!  I love this cartoon illustration!  El is such a wonderful, wonderful artist and this is a terrific example of his work.

This is wonderful, Alex!  Congratulations and HBD to you, my friend!

Craig, I am so enjoying your auction/marketplace memories, as well as your thoughts on the current market and trends.  I am also loving the watercolors you are posting.  Many thanks for posting such wonderfully vibrant photos of the artwork.

Jeff, mazel tov, mazel tov, mazel tov!  Such beautiful pages that could not wind up with a more worthy person.  The drawing has such beautiful deceiving simplicity to it, with wonderful uses of high contrast shapes and lines.  And I love the caricature quality of the villainous character.  Simply wonderful work.  Congrats again, my friend.

Wow!  Thanks so much, Rodrigo!  I really appreciate it.

Congrats again, Ron!  I always love seeing that classic Dragon Lady profile of Caniff's.  Beautiful stuff.

Ron, a beautiful example of a later Terry.  It always amazes me how easily Caniff moved the camera around.  That variety of angles is terrfic!  Congrats!

Wow!  This is fantastic, Jeff!  Robert did another terrific job for you.  And what a daily strip!  Wonderful early Montana.  Well done!

Jeff, this looks fantastic!  You should really be pleased with the work that Robert did on the MM daily.  Now beautifully preserved for future generations.  Well done, my friend!

Yep, good eyes.  I'm thinking that line 1 was the original plan, crossed out, with July being the new target month.  Why?  I've got no idea.

Glen, I think it says "Make July for Chicago".  I'm not sure why the powers-that-be would want it to run a month later in Chicago, but I noticed that as well.

Yep, I'm just a temporary caretaker.

Terrific stuff, Ben.  I love this late stuff by Opper, and this is a great example.  Congrats!

That's a terrific daily, Scotty.  And fairly early for a Hitler reference in the funnies.  I doubt that Bishop would have done this same gag four years later though.

Congrats times two!  That center panel is amazing!

Davide, I love seeing Will's preliminary work and this one is terrific!  Such wonderful line work and that fantastic use of blacks.  Congratulations!

Such a wonderfully moody piece.  Congrats on a terrific pick-up, Ben!

Ah, I shoulda known it was youse who beat me out on this absolutely stellar Opper cartoon.  Congrats to you, Brian.

Thanks my friend.  Actually, the piece is framed and hanging right smack above my desk, so I get to view it every day, multiple times.  I'm still looking for my socks.

Very nice, George!  This is the only Ellis work that I've seen.

Yep, he's a really good guy, and worthwhile to support.