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The Invisibles vol 2 #6 page 24 Comic Art

Artwork Details

Title:	The Invisibles vol 2 #6 page 24
Posted By:	Jim Arnold
Artist:	None Specified
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Splash Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1578
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	4/6/2008

Description

A nice little page with a little personal history behind it. I originally started collecting comic art in the late 80's after graduating from college (and getting a job so I had money to actaully buy art). By 1990 I had turned 25, decided I was an adult, had sold all my comic collection and had stopped purchasing comics and comic art. My trips to the comics store dwindled more and more over the years, that by the dawn of the new millinium in 2001, my comic book fix was being satisfied by the occasion trip to the local Books-a-Million to read comics and magazines ““off the rack” (HEY, THIS AIN’T A LIBRARY!!! That’s right, it ain’t, cuz if it was, you would me more QUIET!!!). During one of these trips in 2001, I spotted the above featured page in a “graphic novel”. The young woman in this picture reminded me of one my "long lost loves" fro the past (actually the dude in this picture also looks like her future ex-husband as well, but that’s her story). By this time I was a ripe old age of 38, and like most people had, learned a valuable lesson. Namely, “Being an adult sucks!" So I decided to try and see if I could find the original art for this page using the internet. Unusual (considering I’m a computer programmer), up to this point, I had never used the internet for this purpose. Only the regular usages, like email, trading stocks, news, weather, and to see that monkey smell his finger and faint. Literally one hour after seeing this page at “Books-a-Million” and searching with Yahoo (this was before Google, you whippersnappers!!!) I had located this page at The Artist's Choice. This was in the fall, and at this time the owner was having one of his half price sales (hint hint), so I bought this beautious page for the scandalous price of $75.00. This was the first new piece of original comic art I had bought in over a decade, and thus, a new case of “collector’s fever" was born. The above page is by Phil Jimenez, and is from the series "The Invisibles" by Grant Morrison . This is another hard to define comic book series you have to read to believe. It's one of the "ultimate conspiracy we are the matrix fight the power I am not a number it's revolution yeah baby V for Vendetta" comic series that writers from "across the pond" seem to favor (boy, lose one revolution over 200 years ago and never live it down).

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	Ivan Repetto wrote: [ Quote & Reply ] Fantastic artwork!! Let me know if you ever decide to sell it! Posted on 2/1/2009

	Edward Gulane wrote: [ Quote & Reply ] What a fantastic splash page! Posted on 4/8/2009

	Mario B. wrote: [ Quote & Reply ] absolut fantastic artwork..........and a great story-thanks! Posted on 5/12/2009

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