Lili Marlaine by Frank Miller & Kim Deitch

Frank Miller poster project used for selling the day I hosted Frank Miller at his very first ever autograph event for the death of Elektra in Daredevil #181 which hit the stands 17 Dec 1981 - the event was four days later Saturday 21 Dec

I published this collaboration between Frank Miller and Kim Deitch who hand cut color seps on short notice. An admirable job with lots of detail. The only time in the world these two creator's comic art work crossed paths.

Lily Marlaine poster comic art story was printed up in Berkeley as an edition of 1000 color and 100 black & white posters.

Frank signed just shy of 400 of them that week end, was going to get back to finishing up the project. Then Best of Two Worlds suffered a catastrophic warehouse flooding Feb 1986 Valentine's Day week end

Same week end as Eclipse Comics HQ just a scant 43 miles north was washed down the Russian River.

Probably 70% of the print run was destroyed. Now this is a very rare published example of Frank Miller's beautiful art work. He used to be good when he was younger all inspired by Will Eisner's The Spirit.

Copies at all are rare, signed ones almost impossible now more than 30 years ipso post facto.

Hope you enjoy. We had a lot of fun that week end at Best of Two Worlds now in that galaxy a long time ago far far away.