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Dave Stevens - Prelim for Aurora cover

Artist: Dave Stevens (Penciller)

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Title:	Dave Stevens - Prelim for Aurora cover
Artist:	Dave Stevens (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pencil
Art Type:	Prelim
For Sale Status:	Not a chance
Views:	5,886
Likes on CAF:	10 11
Favorited on CAF:	3
Comments:	14
Added to Site:	12/22/2012
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There have been few comic artists who were masters at drawing women. With all do respect to Frank Frazetta (who was brilliant), I feel that Dave Stevens was in a class all by himself. His women were powerful and natural looking. He would make them appear soft and vulnerable or hard and threatening without sacrificing their beauty.

A friend had bought this piece from the Stevens estate. He presented it during a Wonder Con and when I first saw it my heart skipped a beat . I never had such a reaction to a piece of art. At that time he wasn't selling. A year later he decided to let it go but I couldn't afford what he was asking. Eventually he put it up for auction. I bid on it without allowing myself the hope that I could ever win. I won.

Later I found out that the auction house forgot to add a reserve. Had they remembered I wouldn't have won this piece.

This art is with the right person. No one will ever love it more than I.

The existing frame covers the Aurora title at the top so if you want to see the complete work it was published in "Dave Stevens Complete Sketches & Studies" page 67 and then later published again in "Dave Stevens Covers & Stories" page 186.

P.S. The image I use as my Avatar is the same as when I first joined CAFs in 2010.

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Joined:	July 2010
Last Login:	January 2026
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Filmore W. Bedwick
Member Since 2003

Posted on 12/22/2012

Absolutely Stunning and Brilliant! A True Grail By Any Standards, I agree with you about the Late, Great Mr. Stevens!

Derek Muthart
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/22/2012

It's always great when art ends up with someone that will love it.

JONATHAN MANKUTA
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/22/2012

Very nice...congrats!

Conny Valentina
Member Since 2008

Posted on 12/22/2012

Definitely in the right hands. HUGE congrats, there really is no one better than Dave when it comes to super cute pin ups.

Ray Cuthbert
Member Since 2003

Posted on 12/23/2012

I think it would have made Dave happy to know that someone who loved his work got a piece that means so much to them...

Brian Peck
Member Since 2003

Posted on 12/23/2012

Fantastic! I remember seeing this cover. Love the prelim. Congrats!

Kelvin Mao
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/23/2012

Well done!

Nick C
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/23/2012

Sometimes a piece of art ends up right where it belongs. Congrats!

Ross T. L.
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/26/2012

A fantastic Stevens piece that anyone would be very proud to own. Congratulations Michael.

Daniel Storm
Member Since 2008

Posted on 2/10/2013

Congrats! A very nice piece. If you can't get a Rocketeer from Dave, you get a girl .... or is it vice versa?! :)

Robbie Cook
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/27/2014

This is quite a prize! I had the honor of meeting Stevens at Dragoncon back in '99 and he was such a gentleman. Although he wasn't doing sketches, he graciously personalized my copy of "The Life and Times of Bettie Page." Certainly "Link" would have been my top character of choice;)

Jeremy Radisich
Member Since 2004

Posted on 5/5/2017

Love hearing when a piece ends up with the perfect owner--great story.

Duke Fleed
Member Since 2013

Posted on 7/31/2017

Amazing sketch and a great story behind getting the art!

Steven Dilworth
Member Since 2012

Posted on 11/3/2025

It was no accident they forgot to add the reserve price, it was fate! You were meant to own this. It is beautiful.

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