Cirillo, Rich :: Bill Willingham

THE ELEMENTALS 2 page 20 by BILL WILLINGHAM

Artists: Bill Willingham (Penciller) , Rich Rankin (Inker)

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Title:	THE ELEMENTALS 2 page 20 by BILL WILLINGHAM
Artist:	Bill Willingham (Penciller)
Artist:	Rich Rankin (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	319
Likes on CAF:	8 9
Comments:	7
Added to Site:	12/12/2023
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Most fellow collectors that know me know my love for Bill Willingham's Elementals series. I collected the book since its premiere, one of the first independent series that I followed. My first convention sketch, back in the 80's, was ironically from Willingham of one of his Elemental characters. So, we go way back as they say! So, I hope that Bill and other hard core Elementals fans don't hate me for adding this great, early page to my collection. Before you start to hate me too much understand that I first discovered this page from the original owner more than 10 years ago in their collection. They had sold me a few Elementals pages back then but wanted to hold onto this one to have an example of his work. It stuck in my brain all these years, as it is a great example from issue number 2. Over the years, I reached out to the owner to politely inquire about the piece, but it took over 10 years before the timing was right to finally let it go to a new home. It just goes to show that diligence and timing in the long run can pay off in this hobby.

The other groundbreaking thing that this page shows is one of the heroes actually killing one of the villains by accident. I thought that was pretty hard core for a superhero book of the early 80's! That shook me to my core as a young teen and let me know that this wasn't your parent's superhero book of years past!

Also, a Big Thank you to my friend Mike who saved me a four-hour round-trip drive to pick up this piece for me and mail it to me! You Rock Buddy!

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	Rich Cirillo ( 7 ) Premium Gallery Owner
Joined:	October 2004
Last Login:	September 2025
Ebay Id:	raptured1
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Brian Norton
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 12/12/2023

great pick up rich. loved that series. glad you finally wore them down. LOL

Rick W
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 12/12/2023

Mega-cool!

Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 12/12/2023

Fabulous post!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 12/12/2023

Beautiful half splash! The inking is real strong on this early page of the series. Elementals and Willingham made a great impression printed on that baxter paper.

Christopher Daley
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 12/12/2023

Terrific page

Thanks for sharing

Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 12/12/2023

Whoa! Just when I think you've decided to stop collecting Elementals art because of your Elementals page sales recently, you go and blow the roof off this place by acquiring this one! Not only is it a great quality content example, but it is as you mention, very memorable due to the accidental death of the villain! Congrats, man!

Rich Cirillo
Member Since 2004

2 - Posted on 12/12/2023

Ruben DaCollector wrote:

Thank you my friend for your inciteful comments as always. Truth be told, I wanted to focus on collecting pages from the earliest issues, which were my favorites featuring the team battling the Destroyers. That being said, I wanted to share some of the other pages with other Elemental fans to fill that void in their collections. Sharing the wealth makes this a much more enjoyable hobby! By the way, I just realized I had 2 other pages from this issue I've never posted, for whatever reason, that I will post soon.

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