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Mr. A.

Location: Ditko, Steve
Artist: Steve Ditko (All)

Location: Ditko, Steve
Title: Mr. A. *
Artist: Steve Ditko (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 2545
Likes on CAF: 8
Favorited on CAF: 2
Comments: 11
Added to Site: 8/11/2009

Page 2 of a 5-page Mr. A. story called " Middle of the Road " from 1969, which appeared in Graphics Illusions (Summer, 1971). It was later reprinted in The Ditko Collection, Vol. 1 (Fantagraphics 1985), where the spelling errors were corrected. This is the original lettering. Man has to choose between the rational and the irrational. No one can do it for him. The Essential Steve Ditko page. The whole story has been reprinted in Craig Yoe's "The Creativity of Ditko".

This is a recent scan of the original art especially done for Craig Yoe's "The Art of Ditko". Courtesy of Clizia Gussoni who assembled the page from 4 different parts.

Provenance: eBay.UK seller, 2009

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Member Since: March 2005
Last Login: July 2026
Ebay Id: teglar
Country: SWEDEN
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M,B The collector Member Since 2008

Posted On 8/11/2009

Dear Lars, This page is a real jewel!!! congratulation !!! ;-)

The Comic Coffin™ Member Since 2007

Posted On 8/11/2009

What a classic! Congrats.

Timothy Finney Member Since 2006

Posted On 12/26/2009

It seems like I always look at this one when I visit. I find it fascinating for its symbolic use of stark black and white, even starker philosophy and, especially, the disoriented sense of reality (like one of his better Dr. Strange pages).

Aaron N. Member Since 2009

Posted On 12/29/2009

Spectacular Mr A page. To make an ethics lecture this dynamic is a strange but genuine accomplishment.

Paul Lonsdale Member Since 2005

Posted On 10/24/2010

Perfect, wow ...

Mario Rhodanos Member Since 2004

Posted On 4/16/2011

caramba carambita...fantastic...

Santi Ferrer Member Since 2009

Posted On 8/10/2018

Strong page,congrats .!

S. Hjortkær Member Since 2004

Posted On 3/28/2019

Wow.. what a fantastic page. Congratulations!

CJ Design Member Since 2018

Posted On 10/22/2023

Such a classic Ditko Mr A...love it.

Steven Dilworth Member Since 2012

Posted On 3/6/2024

Ditko gold! I saw that last panel and could help but see that figure in a Spider-Man costume. This may not be exactly the image I was seeing in my mind, but it's close enough:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b9/43/e4/b943e4f10281dee6c63a299bcb77a6e8.jpg

Peter Sullivan Member Since 2006

Posted On 1/19/2025

What a great Ditko page to have.

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