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The Crow 2 page 7 James O'Barr

Artist: James O'Barr (All)

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The Crow 2 page 7 James O'Barr Comic Art

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Title:	The Crow 2 page 7 James O'Barr
Artist:	James O'Barr (All)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	3,656
Likes on CAF:	2 3
Favorited on CAF:	3
Comments:	10
Added to Site:	4/9/2012
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Description

I had always read super hero comic books. In junior high, I had found the collections of EC Comics at my local library and spent hours looking through them and reading them. I discovered Alan Moore's Swamp Thing. I had read Watchmen, Dark Knight Returns, and Arkham Asylum. I would get into the Sandman series pretty soon. But There was The Crow.

I had heard about the movie and sought out the comics and I was blown away. The story alone was very different than what I'd read before. The art was quite different, with it's mixture of styles. What was the game changer for me was the feeling that was put into the story. Reading it and going back and reading it again, there was feeling there on every page. Sometimes true art is born from raw emotion and that appears to be the case here. James O'Barr working through issues had created a masterpiece.

Many years later, I found myself in the lucky position to be able to get an original page from the series. I got the page in the mail, opened it, and ooked at it and was just stunned. As if often the case with these things the page looks so much better in person than the printed version does. Much like the comic and the story that it tells, the art is more than pencil lines, brush strokes, and words, but there is feeling in this page of art. Holding the original you get that sense as you look upon it.

I owe a bit of thanks here to Edmond Yanga for making this possible and working out the deal with me. I owe a bigger amount of thanks to James O'Barr for telling this story and putting it to page.

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	Don Raskin
Joined:	February 2010
Last Login:	October 2020
Country:	UNITED STATES
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T Shen
Member Since 2009

Posted on 4/9/2012

Amazing pick up! Wow, what a beautiful page. O'Barr poured so much into this book - I hope to one day own one of these pages one day.

Eric Seffinga
Member Since 2005

Posted on 4/10/2012

I have memories of reading the book and how moving it was time and again. That last panel really hits home. Very cool page to have.

Anthony F
Member Since 2004

Posted on 4/10/2012

Powerful work by O'Barr, I imagine he poured so much emotion into these flashbacks. But my eye is always drawn to his guide, the crow, and the glean in his eye.

Holly Burnett
Member Since 2009

Posted on 4/10/2012

Upon reading The Crow, I was always pulled to this page. It is one of my very favourites due to the tenderness shown and the Crow's words of wisdom in the last panel. So much emotion, enough to bring a person to his knees.

Edmond Yanga
Member Since 2008

Posted on 5/23/2012

This Piece deserves to be In Your Awesome Collection..Congrats..

Crees Tyler
Member Since 2008

Posted on 8/6/2012

This is a really fantastic page ! Congrats ;)

Alex B
Member Since 2008

Posted on 9/6/2012

One of the best pages of the whole classic series ! Congrats for this beautiful score !

John Braun
Member Since 2011

Posted on 12/20/2012

Amazing page! Love the story, glad it ended up in your collection. Congrats

Mario B.
Member Since 2004

Posted on 3/29/2015

woooooooooooooooooow

Dino Mauricio
Member Since 2009

Posted on 1/25/2016

Beautiful Crow page, exquisitely drawn. Congrats Don!

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