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Beautiful Wilson. Love that green. Ok, here's my speech: That green will fade badly if you leave it in the sun even for a short time. Hate to beat a dead horse, but these paintings are dropping like flies, and I see so many that have faded badly over the years. And you have one beautiful Wilson there. It's got it all.
It is out my good man! Order from Hermes Press, as Diamond Distributors is in the middle of bankruptcy and who knows if book stores or Amazon will get them.
And I meant to say thank you for storing out of the sunlight! This one shows the beauty of an original piece by Mr. Wilson if protected. So gorgeous. That is one evil cover.
Attribution is a tricky monster in the wrong hands. They don't know. I sometimes see people give credit to Artist number 4. Haha. And may be it's line drawn by someone, and then Mr. Wilson painted it. He did a few like that. But the master of all things Wilson, Mr. Beccatini, states it is one of the few Mighty Samsons, that is not by George Wilson. Good enough for me. And when Mr. Wilson did a painting for The Mighty Samson in the 1960s they were masterpieces. They have many tells that give his art away in spades. This is a wonderful cover, but not in the vein of Mr. Wilson. I hope you are doing well, Marcus. Good to talk to you again.
You're right Marcus. Heritage was good enough to show a full picture of the art and describe the sun burn(even though I do believe this is ot a George Wilson piece). I commend them for this.
I just hope people will get a look at what sun,etc. does to these one of a kind art pieces, and know what is happening to this art, when they leave it exposed. It seems better to take a really nice photo of the painting, have it sized the same as the original, show it, and then put the original in a safe place for posterity.
And even more sad to see similar issues with the great Neal Adams Conan/kung Fu covers. I just know if I was buying one of these pieces I would really appreciate being forewarned of how delicate they are. But I know people think, hell, I paid all this money for this art, I'm going to want to put it up somewhere so I can look at it. But this piece tells the tale of what happens,better than I can describe.
Any solutions for this problem, that I haven't thought of?
Ps Check out the new The Art of George Wilson book that is gonna be out any day. It's got all my pieces of George Wilson in it(some here, but many that have never seen the light of day, literally, haha). I have tried my best to fight the fade demon for 25 years. Almost all are the same as the day Mr. Wilson painted them. We have been very blessed.
Thank you vey much for posting this art. One of my favorite Boris Karloff covers. Truly a scary painting. 3 weeks until release of The Art of George Wilson by Anthony Taylor! May I ask the history of this piece?
Hey George:
Oh yeah. That baby's real. Thank you for the information. Looking at the final art and this, I would say I like this one better. I love what he did with the background. He was such a master. In his own way, as good as Frazetta. He always has action. A lot of time Frazetta doesn't. I just wish Mr Wilson had blown his own horn more, like Frazetta did. I take that back. I believe I might have a preliminary from Turok in the March of Comics series?
I know I harp on this a lot but PLEASE be careful leaving the painting out in the sun, even the shade. IT WILL FADE. I take one of mine out put it on display for a week and put it back up. So many of these have faded so badly, that I see coming up for sale. I have passed on dozens of them as they were just too badly faded. It hurts my heart to see them.
Enjoy this one. I've only seen just a single new/old one come up for sale over the last year. Yours, as you say, is a KEEPER!
And thank you for sharing. You made my day.
Bill
Hello George:
I love this piece. That is quite the prelminary! I don't think I've ever seen a preliminary by Mr. Wilson before. I assume not signed? And if you would be so kind, could we have the dimensions of the piece, please? And is there anything on the back of the art? And if I may be so bold, how did you find this piece?
If you should get tired of it, haha, let me know. Please.
I hope you are well.
Sincerely,
Bill Batchelor
Thank you Steve. He took the time, often like Neal Adams, as I'm sure you know, to color his own comic covers, as he had a vision, and colors were very important to his vision, as you can see from this cover. I could never find any other Steranko color guides. Have you considered posting some of the ones you had in the past?
He put the groovy in Comics!
i just talked to him yesterday. He is one of the giants in the comic world to me. He captured a period of time so well in his comic art. And a gentleman to boot!
Thank you Brian. There is a lot more to Wilson's paintings than most realize. In spite of his schedule of producing paintings, he managed to throw in an underlying tale in most of his paintings. You just have to search for it. I have one of 10 copies of Weir's De Prestigius Daemonium from 1568(with a vellum that is not very wholesome, to say the least), that contains the list of demons you can conjure up if you dare. While he did not believe in witches, instead thinking they were psychological condtions, making him the father of psychology basically, he did very much believe in evil and demons. He was in fact the opposite of the Witchfinder General; and hence his books were banned and possession warranted your death in the inquisition. It is such an important book it has been translated into English. Generally unheard for most latin books from the 1500's.
Mr. Wilson is indicative of how great the men and women of that time were. They just took of business, and never spoke on it. We need them now.
Hello Terry:
I understand your thoughts on the rare part. I should have clarified as to the rarity of the 1960's Wilson's. But I do covet your #25, I must admit. Thank you so much for posting it. I have many times enjoyed it's beauty. I would so enjoy learning the history of these pieces.
It seemed like Mr. Wilson was really hitting his stride with these particular pieces. They show an attention to detail that seems to be a little lost in some of his later paintings. I can only imagine painting so many pieces, could burn you out. I never realized how much of a hedonist I was until I got older. Haha. A fine perfume. Beautiful automobile and a wonderful piece of art. They all go hand in hand.
I know I will have disagreement on this next point, but I raise a glass to him; the greatest comic book cover artist to ever live. Here's to you Mr. Wilson.
I just had to put up my success! Here is a better image. I didn't have to upgrade after all!
Hello Duke:
I understand your concerns. And I carry on an internal debate, and have so for many years, on whether to talk about this subject as it causes the owners some concern. But in the end I felt like it was too important of a subject to not do so. If this information had been out in the wild 20-30 years ago so many Wilson pieces would not have been so badly damaged, including some of my own. I only wish somoene had told me this could happen 20 years ago!
I post it here as everyone who loves comic art is here. Being a life long fan of comic art I cannot stand to see such beautiful art damaged in such a way that could be avoided. And I see it constantly.
I do realize this is not art that I own, and that I am critical of the art, but only because I love Mr. Wilson's art so much, and it hurts me so badly to see it needlessly being damaged to the point that we never get to see his work as it originally was. It would be like people not knowing that a certain piece of glass would damage their Romita work, and if you could just share the information with them, the pieces would not be destroyed, but you didn't. Frankly, from a selfish point of view I would be better off to say nothing, let the existing pieces be damaged, making my pieces worth more. But there is more to this than just me and my art. This is about an intregal part of comic history being lost forever. I could never forgive myself if I did not do everything in my power to stop this.
Duke, I do appreciate your concerns, and have always respected your thoughts, and welcome anything I have missed.
Sincerely,
Ashley Batchelor
Hello Wallace:
That signature is hard to find!
It is a strange piece, as if the background characters were added onto the painting and they don't look like something Mr. Wilson would have done.
Just wondered about your thoughts on this. A wonderful piece and the woman is top-notch Wilson at his best.
Sincerely,
Ashley Batchelor
I'm so jealous Marc. Tell you wife she is a lucky girl. Wonderful Boas and very original!!
Hello Marc:
Thanks for the kind words. I have been searching for these COF covers over the last 20 years, to no avail. I bought a lot of pieces out of Calvin Beck's estate but no COF cover art. I have the negatives for many complete issues and they are really cool!
Good to hear from you and please say hello to Mr. Boas for me, and let him know I really have appreciated his work for over 20 years, and love his covers as much as Famous Monster's Gogos' covers.
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!
Sincerely,
Ashley Batchelor
Thank you Duke. Just picked up another Norem yesterday. One of his famous red duotones. Happy New Year!
I Thank y'all! I don't know why, but it's one of my favorites too. Very 1960's innocent but scary comic covers. Appreciate you looking!
Don't you fear that fading will occur from sunlight? I am scared to death that the colors will fade over time. Thank you for showing your wonderful collection. Magnificent!! I can only imagine how proud you must be to own such masterpieces. How long, if I may ask, did it take you to find these pieces? Sincerely, Ashley Batchelor
What a wonderful collection! Thank you for sharing. Your collection is second to none. I am floored! Sincerely, Ashley Batchelor
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This piece is apparently NOT for sale any longer. I wish people would update the status of their postings.
This is apparently NOT for sale any longer. It would be nice if people would update the status of the pieces they post.
Just magnificent, Brian!! It does not get any better than that. Even with that museum glass please watch out for fade. These babies are so finicky with sunlight. Love it! love it! love it! So glad to see you post it up here for all to see.
Hey David: Just added the preliminary art for this piece on comic art fans. Check it out if you get the chance. Goes nicely with your piece. Sincerely, Bill Batchelor
Glad you liked it. Look out for a couple more coming up this week, Lord willing! And do check out those Norems. David O' Dell has some wonderful Norem pieces on Comic Art Fans. His collection of Men's adventure magazines is second to none. And while your at it check out my George Wilsons Gold Key comic covers. Ha.Ha. Must go take my babble medicine now. Sincerely, Ashley Batchelor ps they are both very difficult to find. Take at look at Heritage Auctions if you get a chance. Mr. Cohen, Mr. Norem, Mr. Bruce Minney, Mr. Mort Kunstler, and Mr. Samson Pollen(and so as not to make others mad, Mr. Eastman) produced thousands of these wonderful very large art works in the 1960's and 1970's and many were just destroyed, because everyone laughed at the magazines in the 90's and forward. But the art is second to none.
And to top it off the picture does not do it justice. It is truly a masterpiece that has to be seen to be appreciated. When I first received it, it was in a beautiful frame with heavy archival glass. But being the ocd person I am had to take it out to see what, if any damage, had been done by putting it in a frame, and probably hanging it up and exposing it to light for a time. Thank goodness, no damage! So into mylar and glassine it went and then to dark storage. But I appreciate the kind words. If you get a chance check the other Wilson and Earl Norem pieces I have up. I am also working on put up new Gil Cohen illustrations, that are just wonderful. Sincerely, Ashley Batchelor
Thank you Peter. I see many wonderful pieces of art on comic art fans, that have no comments. This is apparently more of a viewer site than commenter site. I find myself doing it too. I look at a beautiful piece of art, and then for one rationale or another I do not say anything. I am trying to break myself of that habit. Ha.Ha.
Hey Will: Yes many moons ago. But it worked out good, because I realized you shouldn't put art in frames on walls. I know what you are saying, "but that's what I bought it for, to look at." I understand the sentiment. But if you leave them out over time no matter how archived you think they are, they will deteriorate. That is why I love so much when someone tells me the art I am buying from 50 years ago has been in closet for the last 50 years. You know you're going to see something special! Now I just take out two or three different piece every week, look at them for a week, then back they go to cold dark storage in the mylar and glassine for another year. Good to hear from you. And thanks for the nice words. I hope you are doing well. Sincerely, Ashley Batchelor
This on is so nice David! Cohen duotones are like hens teeth aren't they? I love your collection by the way. Wonderful pieces of true Americana at its peak! Sincerely, Ashley Batchelor
Yes, got it in earlier this week. All went well. Good luck on yours. Art is just as promised so I suspect your's will be too. No frame burns, etc. Really surprised looking at how long these have been in frames. Wilson stuff is SO BAD for fade. Art addiction? What? I don't have no stinking art addiction.
SFR 11 should be in tomorrow! Holding my breath. Good luck on yours as well. Yeah that whole process with PIH left me with a bad taste in my mouth. Are you going to post any of your new paperback covers? I love the ones you have posted! Your collection is truly wonderful. Unreal that you saw the Jungle Jim and know the fellow selling it. Good to talk to you. Sincerely, Ashley
Did you see the Jungle Jim #6 on ebay a couple of weeks ago? They stated it was a Prezio and I asked the seller how he knew this(I could see no signature) and he stated it had other work that Prezio had done written on the back of it(?). That answer did not thrill me. Have you got SFR 16 from PIF yet? That was the most exasperating experience with shipping, etc. My SFR 11 finally shipped out and I hope! to get Tuesday. Funny how your perspectives change on artists over the years, isn't it? It's like someone coming up to you and saying which would you rather have 200 prezio originals or one Frazetta. Sincerely, Ashley Batchelor
Thank you everything Robert. Got the illustration. Better than people can imagine from the picture. Was also able to get the second illustration from the "Florida Love Swamp Raiders" story; quite a site to see both together in person! Not aware of anyone finding both of the original art pieces for those few men's adventure magazine stories that have two illustrations. Could not have done it without you showing me both pictures on CAF! Thank you, Ashley Batchelor
Brian, what can I say. Couldn't have gone to a nicer guy! I agree; on Heritage could have easily hit $10,000. It is such a wonderful piece of art. Why in the world did the seller go to PIH? Glad they did, ha.ha. Love your Vic Prezio's by the way. His Warren covers are so wonderful. Don't tell anybody but I like them as much as Frazettas covers. Frazettas are very emotional paintings but kind of sloppy. Prezio's have that men adventure magazine style showing a lot of time went into the art he did. While it is nice Frazetta could knock out a piece in one night, it is hard to beat a Prezio, Kunstler or Minney that took some time to do. So congratulations to you as well. Ashley
Hey Terry: I am on the lookout for LIS 24 for you. I will let you know if/when I see it and get details. Isn't it so sad to see these covers faded/frame burned? I just cringe when I see it. I hope people don't get mad at me when I point this out, but I don't know how else to get the message out. You just can't frame these and leave them out ANYWHERE and not experience some fade. It is rough putting these babies back up after a short view but it's like seeing it again for the first time after you haven't seen it for a year! Sure you don't want to get your Australian buddy to work out a deal with you on number 19? Ha.Ha. Good to hear from you.
"DON'T ASK FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS" FRED!
Beautiful piece! Congratulations. Don't you just want to stare it for an hour and take it all in?
Hey David: Just wanted to let you know I believe I got the interior illustration, by Earl Norem, for the same story. Strange, right? I will post it shortly. Again very very nice cover. I should have bid more. Ha.ha.
Well I must say that is the nicest compliment I have been paid in many moons. Thank you. I do apologize to everyone for the soapboxing I do on protecting these pieces. Missed this piece on ebay back in the early 2000s. Now to bring it home.
This came from the man who bought the other half of Adler's pieces in the 1990's. He sold me about 300 of these color guides, some done by adler some by the artists themselves. Thank goodness I got to talk Adler before he passed away. He was a great guy and a real card. He kept telling me how someone stole a Green Lantern cover he worked on and that if I ever came across it to tell him. Bad part was after he died I DID come across but he had already passed away! So what could I do? I have over 5000 pieces of production art from DC and Marvel, from the 60s and 70s, from Nelson Bridwell, Alan Levine, Adler, etc. I even have the cover proofs and color separation for this piece and many others, but I see you have the original art. Well done! One of my favorites too. I love me some Flash.
Beauuuutiful! I love this cover! Congratulations David. Glad you got it. I love your other stuff. The greens are just mesmerizing. Remember me in your will, ok? Ha.Ha. ps Weren't we lucky on that may 12 auction? So many beautiful pieces! I loved that Wil Hulsey "Black Ripper". One of my favorites but I got outbid; it happened so fast! And those Boracks! Oh hell, I could go on forever about that auction. Again congratulations.
You are right David. Me too! But I made a promise to myself if about 10 or so of the remaining covers came up I would be willing to go to $3,000.00 for them. And that's what happened. Now there are only about 3 more that I feel this way about. I knew I would probably never see it again, and that if I try to resell it I may not get what I put into it, but to me it was worth a potential loss to have it, as it is one of my favorite covers of all time, and I have longed for it for many many years, and mostly I knew I would hate myself every time I went on Heritage and saw it and said "if I had just bid a little more" I could have had it. And the Good Lord willing, I don't intend to ever sell it anyway. There are about 5 up there on Heritage now that I say that about EVERY TIME I go on Heritage or do a google search! Ha.Ha. "You should have paid a little more, fool." Oh well... Hope you are well. Sincerely, Ashley Batchelor
Beecham has to be one of the most underrated artists of the men's magazine genre. His style and presentation is second to none. Congratulations on a wonderful Beecham piece. He was one helluva painter!
Perfection. I love these Fury covers. Congratulations!
Thanks David. It has always been one of my favorites. Getting ready to add some Tom Beechams tomorrow. I love his work on the Fury covers. His style is so unique and like Wilson's, full of energy. Hope you are well. Ashley.
Inspiring Classics Illustrated paintings! They are indeed mesmerizing. You have a wonderful collection.
You have a wonderful collection! Thank you for sharing. I love all the paintings. Just magnificent! Let me know if you get "tired" of them. Ha.Ha.
