Thanks, Malcom! It was great to see you and chat a bit at Heroes!

It was an honor to be asked to do the final embellishments on this fantastic drawing by one of MY favorite artists as well. I admit, I was intimidated to approach it (as you know, Jeff) but in the end I had a blast!

I love this! I own the pencil art and was excited to see the inks!

Sergio did this piece especially for a charity bowling event and auction to raise money for indigent women battling breast cancer. 

I think so. It looks like gray Prismacolor pencil, but it's super smooth and even.

Thanks, Malcom,

 This was commissioned by Kelvin Mao. He provided three unfinished prelims of this girl and I combined the three to get the most complete image of what Dave had drawn that I could. Then I added in the elements that still didn't exist in any of the three prelims and arrived at a tight pencil. Once Kelvin approved, I inked it, trying to match Dave;'s style as closely as possible. 

Thankks, EC!

The original artist for the Roling Stone cover is Julius Preite. He didn't do it as a cell though. Someone traced his cover art to make this cell. If you compare the two closely you can see the differences. The original art was either digital line and color or at least digital color with an inked line on paper. And the original color was probably done by Kevin Segna. Both artists work for Fox in the publicity department and have for many years. 

Thanks for that info, David! 

I hadn't thought of that. It's probably not another Winnie but a type block.

Yes George, I felt very lucky to get this one!

I knew what you meant to type. Thanks!

Thanks, Ilia! I had the calendar that this appeared in when I was 14, and when I saw the original for sale I had to have it. This came from Dave Stevens' collection, and Dave was a friend of mine which makes owning this all the more sweet. 

She's a beaut!

Imagine how I feel!

Thank you, my friend. 

Much appreciated!

It checks three fan boxes for me. Batman, Allred, and Dali!

Haha! Yes!

Bill Miller (Martin) wises up and realizes that he needs "The Stooge" and he and Ted (Jerry) become a real team. Both guys get the girls. 

Thanks! Yes, that was a great show and meeting you in person was extra-nice!

Thanks, Andy and Veronica! I love everything about YOUR art and need to add a piece of yours to my collection!

Nice! I have a couple of other Santa-themed cartoons by Flowers, and I'm sorry I missed this one! Congrats!

You're welcome, George. Remind me to give you a copy of the book next time we meet. 

This was the cover to one of Bongo's Free Comic Book Day books.

Thanks, Kent! I appreciate that very much.

Thank you, Rodrigo!

That's exactly why I bought this page! I wanted to study the hair and those faces!

I have another page from this story, George! We should get them together for a play date!

Thanks, Mark! I'll try to restrain myself. Hot tip!: There is a beautiful 60's Veronica fashion page in this week's Heritage auction and I have no money!

Bonhams 

I got the pages in a Bongsms auction. The cover I found on eBay while searching for Martin & Lewis comics. 

Thanks, and it's not as bad as the photo makes it look. The shadows are accentuating the damage, but with good light it cleans up pretty well.

It's so cool to see the original art for this wonderful page! I have the Third Eye Blacklight poster on display in my studio with a big black light over it! It sets a special mood when I'm working at night. 

Good observation! Dan loved to draw the viewer into the scene with those anonymous beauties!

The late 50's and 60's is definitely my era! And I am on Team Betty, and but I wouldn't turn down a nice Veronica, Josie, or Melody!

Yes, while Dan was working with Stan in the 1950's they pitched a njumber of strips, thought Willie Lumpkin was the only one that sold, thought they did also collaboratee on a My Friend Irma strip, taking over from Jack Seidel. I assume Stan heard about the suicide of Jack Cole and knew that Jack's Betsy and Me strip was already a hit, so he enlisted Dan to ape the style and submit a week's worth of strips as an audition. Ultimately, Dwight Parks got the gig.

Beautiful! It's interesting how the Time Traveller resembles Rod Taylor who wouldn't be cast in the part until a decade later!

Thanks, ANH!

I believe I drew this for a TV guide article or something like that. If anyone knows, please let Malcolm know.

Yes, so why did Stan Lee get credit?

I couldn't agree more, George. I think he was the best of the artist from the Caniff school (and I'm a Frank Robbins fan!)

Yeah, you have to watch out for us quiet artistic types. 

I imagined that the guy coming through the door is a rough character, maybe a gangster, and the painter has moved in on his girl. But it could be that the guy hired the painter to do a portrait of his wife and got more than he bargained for.

Thanks, Nate! Much appreciated!

Bill

I love this one! 

I was told by Dick's art rep that he only did one of these in B&W. The others were all colored.

Thanks, Victor! I love seeing the "in-progress" stuff too.

Thanks, Kent!

Well played!