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Scott's signature thick black inks are smokin' here. They look great and set the nighttime scene so effectively. Really lovely storytelling in that middle tier of panels, too, and the shadow / skylight on the wall on the bottom tier is an elegant solution and the perfect backdrop to pop out all the elements needed. Really lovely work - great pick up, Eric!
This is...well, fantastic! Really great work, Eric, and using the Torch's flame trail as the framing mechanism is super inspired and looks outstanding. Getting to riff on the immortal FF #1 cover has to be a hoot, and it sounds like you were able to treat the family to a few complimentary trips to the theater because of the project - awesome! What a fun assignment. This is a beautiful piece, very well executed. Big congrats, Eric!
I'm looking for the right "Now -THAT'S- fast food!!" or "Most McDonald's purchases are IMPULSE buys!!" comment, but thankfully my standards are higher than that and I'll be sparing us all the pain. Thankfully. :) But here's another healthy Superman piece, Eric, with the Immonen storytelling special sauce and lovely Marzan inks (the top panel especially is particularly tasty). The rounded inset panel 3 is really cool and the last panel is as wholesome as Happy Meal apple slices (or, well, maybe more than that...). Super cool add, Eric! Sweet piece!
Super cool, Juha! Lovely watercolors here, and with the stony, fractured texture given to the (almost agate-like) background, it really does almost frame the piece (or at least set the stage) like a cave painting or hieroglyph or something. FANTASTIC Frazetta cat there, too! Wow! Congrats, Juha!
That's fantastic! I didn't notice that the Argent and Hunter pages were perfectly split - 4 each! Shame on me! That fits so beautifully into the pattern that Matt has gone to such great pains to establish from the start; that these rivals are as equally matched as the primal forces they represent - good and evil. The 4 & 4 split deliberately plays into Wagner's larger themes and patterns - awesome. Bravo!
(And you're totally right! I was doing the same thing as I was looking at these pages, wondering if I liked the Argent or Grendel pages more... but didn't consider the 4/4! I also didn't have an answer... :) )
...And the story is complete! BEAUTIFUL first panel. It's fascinating and wonderful to watch Matt Wagner spend literally decades adding meat to the foundational bones of the Grendel story that he completely laid out in the early 1980's. Like the Star Wars prequels (maybe not the best choice of equating available? :) ), it's great fun for those steeped in the lore of the piece and delighting in the depth and texture each project adds cumulatively (albeit retrocatively). FANTASTIC job in grabbing the whole story, Earl! A round of applause!
Incredible visual engineering. Having panels 2-4 be popped out over a background image of Grendel underscores how deeply rooted in everything Grendel is; how pervasive the evil; how foundational the rot... And Grendel's reflection in the glasses at the bottom feels like Palumbo is willfully assuming empty, bloody eye-sockets. Chilling and wonderful. More huge congrats, Earl!
Fantastic. We always knew Grendel was going to show up, and Hester has given us many great camera angles from which to expect the sudden reveal, but Hunter blinking into existence there in panel gave me a shiver. Then the black, snaking shadow in panel 4... just perfect. I especially love the non-shadowed white space between the fork tines in panel 4, and how it smoothly transitions to desk. Just superb design dynamism from Hester and Parks. A very fulfilling "read", even (especially?) when leaving out all the text. Beautiful!
Breathtaking work, the equal to your amazing page 7 from the same story. The heavy, thick shadow Argent casts allows his presence to be felt even after his sudden, silent departure. Leveraging that darkness into part of the final panel is a stroke of genius. Superb storytelling. Awesome!
Just another typical day at the minibar... What the...?!?!? Some beautiful storytelling with the "gotcha" reveal of Argent at the end. Hester, Parks, and Wagner do an awful lot with so little. Fantastic creative team - great grab, Earl!
Absolutely MAGNIFICENT chiaroscuro from Hester and Parks here. I can't top Marcus's observation about Grendel and the shadows, but can express sincere awe at its execution! What an -AMAZING- first complete story to have landed, Earl! Phenomenal! Huge congrats!
Great color palette and sense of motion / action here. Really love the Ditko hands, too (you can't be a true Marvel mystic without the Ditko hands). I find the square shape really compelling, too, and it contributes to a different viewing experience than the "letterbox" proportions we're more accustomed to. Congrats on a lovely auction win!
Epic score, James - EPIC! An amazing add to your collection, right in your sweet spot - Cable's first "solo" cover! It's just too bad JR, Jr. turned in such a downbeat and reserved piece to mark the occasion... :) Oodles of detail, pouches, shoulder pads, and muzzle flare... Could it _get_ any more '90's...? This thing just explodes off the page at you, screaming, and has to be INCREDIBLE to see in person. (The photo of you with JR, Jr. is -fantastic-! Looks like he's digging it just as much as you! :) ) Huge congrats, James - monstrous add!
I just really hope that Cyclops had filled up on Cherry Icees before jumping on the Arcade Thrill Ride - that way his projectile would still be ruby red! (Laughed out loud when I saw Nightcrawler's ball in the background, too :) ). Extra play, Marcus - congrats!
It should be a comic collecting motto (but it's certainly the truth here): All Joy, all the time! Very sweet (and good looking) gift!
Sensational, Pat! An incredibly special piece, rendered to perfection (especially that left side - wow!) by the ever-amazing Jim Cheung. I never expected to see Jim Cheung Rat Creatures today - thanks for making my morning, and congrats on a killer pick up!
SCATCHAMAGOWZA!! Wow, Rick - this floored me, eh? Yup - this was a poster that I proudly displayed for years as well (presently housed in a poster roll upstairs!) and it's one of those pieces of art that you can't really believe-exists-, y'know? It just ~IS~ (and always has been). It delights me to no end that the original is so enormous (which makes sense as it was being blown up to such huge dimensions) and the fact that I know it's in your collection assures I will sleep well at night, knowing in my heart of hearts that all is right and all is well in the art collecting world. :) Enormous, wall-powered congrats, Rick! WOW!!
-GORGEOUS-. Livesay's inks are SUPERB here (check out the light sourcing and shadows in panel 3, especially around the edges!) and showcase a fantastic set of characters that loom large in Jim's legacy. What a page, Javier! Another fantastic Cheung add. Huge congrats! (...and might there be a chance of getting a better scan of this one?)
First comment? Beyond belief! Beautiful art (no shock there) but wonderfully adept and weighty storytelling, too. I'm especially drawn to panels 5&6, which build to the fantastic, simmering panel 8, where Mark Morales's always fantastic inks allow us to see what Black Bolt thinks about the whole thing... A -beautiful- page from the series (that features a great Iron Man in the background of panel 2, too)! (Any chance you could upload a better scan of this one?) Congrats, Javier!
WOW! I know you went for the Subby, but you got some super strong renditions of the other major players as well! With the reader's ears ringing from the events of the pages preceding this one, I actually really like the bare background as the dust settles here, so as to not upstage the high emotional pitch of the exchanges happening here as the Illuminati melts down and implodes on the front doorstep of a Skrull crisis. Yikes! Cheung's patented gorgeous details are especially potent when Mark is on inks (like the small pits and scratches on Iron Man's armor in panel 1, Namor's intense snarl in panel 4, and the inking in Namor's costume in panel 5 - I always loved how Jim fashioned the fabric cutaways around Namor's ankles, allowing for the movement of the wings :) ) A fantastic page from a favorite series. Huge congrats, Javier! GREAT add!
Had to swing past for another gander at this beauty. I'm sure the miles you must have traveled to get this thing finished would even turn the Flash's head, but the results cannot be argued with. Fantastic! Congrats again, octavio!
Phenomenal Spider-Woman, octavio! Jim version is one of the best, and his clean line stands strong here, with the "colors" of the tones perfectly augmenting the piece. Beauuuuuutiful textured backgrounds, and phenomenal rendering of Jessica's hair. Superb piece, octavio! Huge congrats!
I'm _so_ overdue to post a comment on this one... I just never knew where or how to start. What can you say about this? It's simply -SENSATIONAL-. Jim is at the very tip tip top of his amazing game here, proving he's one of the all-time best with a piece that perfectly captures skin tone, fabric texture, hair / fur texture and coloring, subtle dynamics of lighting... It's ALL HERE. The backgrounds are exquisite, too, perfectly supporting (not upstaging nor being upstaged by) work of this immense caliber. Each building is distinct, unique, and lovely (and the brick wall behind Felicia is pretty awesome, too). :) A masterwork of composition and execution. Stunning. Sincere congrats, George - this is astonishing.
Beautiful, as always. As with Canete's take on the character, Jim's Iron Man is always an enormous favorite of mine. And it's -very- exciting to see the smooth lines and hazy edges of this 2002 commission (they're usually all so finished). This predates Young Avengers, of course, and it sure looks like Jim's laying some mental groundwork to design Iron Lad (a few years before he'll find out he needs to... :) ). Another process piece for you, George...? ;) Big congrats, George - this is super lovely!
Just -FANTASTIC-. I love Iron Man, simply for the freedom it allows any artist to depict him. They can make up a never-before-seen armor or lean into a favorite design from the past (or present). I think Canete's take on the character is consistently the best and most exciting because he always gives you both of those things, regardless of whether he's inventing something new or reinventing an old favorite. Eric's unceasingly creative and boundlessly imaginative drawings show us something we've seen a million times before... for the first time. I -LOVE- his Frankensteinian Mark 2 armor, with the rivets and mask wings (and radio antenna sprouting from his shoulder), and his take on the Mark 1 here (with its enormous bulk, chest reactor, and mouth grille) is just stunning. Just a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful piece, George. Stunning! HUGE congrats!
Beautiful storytelling! Yeah, this series was -crazy-. :) Doop's finger camera isn't quite as awesome as the backup brain in his butt, but it'll do in a pinch (so to speak). A lovely Cooke page that spotlights both of our heroes (panel 4 is -so- killer) as well as a nice Orphan in the last panel! Big congrats on a great first Cooke add, George!
Can't believe I haven't commented on this! I -love- this piece! That wily Lee Garbet slips in a -stunning- homage that feels just as fresh as that timeless original. Fantastic composition. And the bold, red coloring is just as striking now as when the original L&R was published (which shows how ahead of the curve Los Bros were). Love this piece, George! Huge congrats!
Wicked cool. Gibbons just rumbles with the best of them, doesn't he? Love all the different tones and shadings he uses here (the crosshatched buildings in the corner of panel one are -SWEET-!), and panels 2&3's chiaroscuric dynamism is, like, Steve Rude good. Beautiful work - great add, Paul! I'd love to find reprints of these stories; your description really sells them as something with some unexpected emotional weight / impact. Lovely, dynamic page!
I don't know if the storytelling on this cool page can match the wonderful snippet of "Paul Roach Origin Story" contained in your write up, but it's -so- cool that you still have one of the very first pages you ever got. Love it! And I can imagine how the scene of a hero being shot would have landed at a young age; my mom had to return the copy of "Luke Cage, Power Man" #37 that I had begged her for (that Buckler cover was -the- most amazing thing I had ever seen at that point in my life) because Luke is engulfed by quicksand at the end of the issue (ooh, that vile Chemistro!) and my young self just could -not-take it... A fun and meaningful page, Paul! Great post!
Beautiful Royer inks! Yeah, even with his back turned to you, no one is sneaking up on T'Challa. As you say, that last panel is brutal, but everything should turn out okay; it's a little-known fact that although it's overshadowed by its thriving Vibranium fields, Wakanda is also renowned for its cutting edge dentistry. Great add, Paul! A mighty Kirby Panther example! Love this!
Wow - now that is one sassy and attitudinous Tinkerbell! Great color work and fun mix of "sure, why not" and "oh, hell no". :) Super cool pick up, Eric!
Fantastic. As you say, this one is locked, loaded, and just ready for things to go down whenever another theatrical release is queued up for this Bunch. Great layout, masterful touch, and breathtaking control in Roby's pencil work here. I thought the pieces he dropped for the last Comic Art Live were stunning as well - definitely an artist I need to dig more into! Thank you for the lovely reminder! Really great piece, Eric - great grab - congrats!
Sexy, playful fun! It reminds me of watching the 1960's Batman show in reruns as a young kid, seeing Yvonne Craig pop onscreen for the first time, and realizing... there was something -very- interesting happening. :) This is lovely, Eric! Great pick up!
I'm unsure that I have the superlatives to cover this one, Jason... This is just gorgeous. From the placement of all the siblings orbiting the central star of Dream, to the visual appearance of each character, it's all just wonderful. The most amazing thing is, of course, the colors: whether it's warm tones or cold (or just... Delirium...), Fraser's palette, control, and expert touch is astounding. My favorite thing has to be Destiny's hands, but the whole thing is just... wow. Fraser has leveled up here, for sure. And it's 17x23?!? (Are you sure you're not dreaming?) Your collection is expertly curated and filled with incredible wonders, but this has no trouble standing shoulder to shoulder with any of them. Enormous congrats on this, Jason!
Love it!! I'm a huge fan of Pitarra's work, but my favorite thing about this may be the Jason K origin story. :) A beautifully rendered moment and showcase of the Oppenheimers. Jeez, this book was crazy and wonderful. :) Great pick up and fun post, Jason! Congrats!
STUNNING. And, yeah - a ~perfect~ fit for Paul, right? Because it's a glimpse into the world he really hailed from? Pope's use of the vertical layout (and the one element you don't expect to find much of in the world of Blade Runner: a swath of open space) is sensational: everything from the car to the Pope-ian little balls of energetics to the buildings themselves feel like they're LAUNCHING upwards to underscore the peril of the detective's fall... It feels like nothing is constrained by gravity here... except for one... As you'd expect from Paul's work, the gritty details of the city are absolutely delicious, but (as always) it's his mighty sense of storytelling that's front and center on this one. I looked up the colored version of the cover and like it! While the colors aren't needed to enjoy the work here, I do like how they also serve the storytelling while maintaining that neon-future-decay feel. All in all an(other!) incredible Pope pick up, Jason! Huge congrats!
WOW - this is outstanding. I always loved Stegron and to see the Panther go up against him here is SO cool (I'll be looking up this issue in a bit to see how it turns out :) ). The Panther looks fantastic in his panels, and with the slightly "flattened" panels here (Stegron's tail whip in panel 2 comes across as particularly brutal and deadly) it feels a little bit like a Gene Colon page to me... but panel 4 is -ALL- Kirby. Dropping straight down onto your opponent from above to take the battle to the baddie is a page right out of the King's playbook (which is, y'know, pretty fitting :) ). Love this one, KG - GREAT get!
Wow - that is a -great transformation page! Panel 5 is hardcore - love it! Shots like that were very striking and effective when I was a kid, as I loved all the heroes and was always shocked when I saw something like this and realized the sword's edge that some of these characters ride or die on. The curses can hurt! But thanks to Perlin, they sure look fantastic. Really nice layout to make the most of the space on that page; the first three panels stack beautifully (and reversing out the black musical notes to white keeps our focus on Johnny and the panel from being too crowded and indecipherable) and then the bottom row takes you home. An excellent way to cross a big want off your list... I just hope you didn't make a deal with a man in black and trade away anything... "extra special" for it...? :) Big congrats, K! Fantastic!
Very cool! I've never heard of Sectaurs, pal, but this sure looks cool... Really well drawn; even though that first panel, as you say, is the money shot, there's lots of solid drawing everywhere... and if you're a fan of chitonous plates, this is a gold mine! :) Adding pieces to one's collection from media we loved as a kid is a main appeal of collecting this magical stuff we do, and Geiger was obviously dialed in and giving his all: this is lovely work. Congrats, K!
Superb Joker piece, Peter! Roger's commissions have such a grace and simplicity to them... but when you look closer, you can see all the time and attention he pours into them. Painstaking details and rich, subtle hand-drawn colors; his pieces all have such character and style and charm... (much like the rendition of the Clown Prince of Crime here!). Really beautiful piece, Peter! Love this one! Congrats!
Roger's commissions are just the -BEST-, right?!? Holy moley - this is wonderful! Ben's expression is priceless (don't know whether to hug him or slowly back away), and it's impossible to ignore all the little touches that make this piece so special: the incredibly rich and detailed colors (the subtle white sheen on the (viewer's) right side of Ben's face - as well as on his hands - is just superb), the amazing drawing of the Daily Bugle paper, the cartoony bricks (and the shadows falling across them)... it all contributes such a feeling of setting and atmosphere that is very atypical of a "standard" commission. Great piece, Anthony! Love this one!!
I am so WOEFULLY behind on leaving comments on your spectacular Dazzler gallery, but I -cannot- let this PERFECT McKone pass by without rappin' a beat or droppin' a pin or whatever it is those crazy kids do these days. The fog machine haze at her feet and lava lamp bubbles in the cosmic light show behind her are incredible enough, but the way Mike approaches the color of her hair, skin, and blue eye makeup looks more like acrylic paints than watercolors. It feels more like the "animated Dazzler", and leverages a master's touch to do so, make no mistake. Plus the sheer silver sheen of her body suit, disco ball necklace, and arm/wristbands is just fantastic. SUCH a great piece; a brilliant OAX pick up, Michael! Huge congrats!
There it is!! -SO- glad to see this one resurface; of the many impressive wonders in your gallery, this has to be my favorite, capturing not only a fantastic likeness of Adam, but (with Adam's brave glance upwards) what feels like the very spirit of Adventure itself. Nick's pencils are nothing short of -glorious- here; lending themselves (as dark lines) to boldly delineate and separate costume items (the finely detailed work of the ray gun in Adam's right hand is stunning) and (as soft lines) to fill in the details and fine touches that make this scene and character feel so real. A masterwork, pure and simple. Fantastic pick up, Fred! Enormous congrats!
Gorgeous! For an artist like Nick, whose fine-lined and highly detailed art curls your toes and raises your eyebrows in the best possible ways, a character like Medusa must be a dream come true: a treasure trove of wispy waves and line weights that flow like air or water. Nick hits this one out of the PARK, leaning into the opportunity to put his stamp on the second hairiest member of the Inhuman Royal Family (after Gorgon, right?) with grace and aplomb. I love how Nick uses Medusa's costume as a negative space to anchor the viewer and let their eyes meander where they will over the leagues of locks Nick has set down. Gorgeous details and fantastic execution! Congrats, Steve!
You nailed it in your description, Steve - this is a terrific Deodato example, pefprfectly capturing the sheer MOUNTAINNESS (if that's a word) (which it's not) of the Juggernaut. It drips power, rage, and potential violence like only Deodato can. Mike proves that he's the real unstoppable force here - a SUPERB rendition! Love it - huge congrats!
I just love this guy! You just can't stop (or top) the Ock! And let's be real here: the guy's like -my age-. It's obviously too late for a radioactive something to bite me and launch me on my path to superherodom (and, frankly, that sounds like a whole lot of -work- anyways) so taking full stock of things and realistically assessing the situation with a cool eye and keen mind, it looks like the only remaining path available to me is one of super-villainy. SNAP!! Hold a spot in your gallery for me, JN (alongside this cool and fun Joverine piece, if you can)!
Wow - Flaviano goes to town (Brooklyn!) and throws -everything- at this thing to convey the power and threat of Knull! Ink, paint, washes, spatter... a spectacular piece, JN! (with a super cool top panel of Gwen, to boot! Love it!). A very fun piece that -definitely- fits your "one stop villain shop" theme to a "T"! Congrats, JN!
Sweet! You can just use your mind's eye to accessorize this dude all day long, right? I can picture his crimefightingmobile (a 1959 Cadillac, naturally!), his World Cup team of choice (Finland!), and his favorite superhero (well, Stingray, of course - duh!)... Some sweet color coordination on this obscure, deep cut flex by Hembeck (who shows just how serious he is about drawing -every- Marvel superhero... :) ); the black knee swirls blend just like buttuh with the black, grey, and red costuming. A fun add, Newell! Congrats!
Fantastic! A terrific set up on the top half, with our heroes stunned and off balance in the face of a new villain... and then the money shot as a pissed off Sentry (oh, no - no Bob here) re-enters Earth's orbit to, um, "renegotiate terms"... Sentry looks AMAZING here as Deodato bestows his best Adonis-like physique onto Bob in an electrifying image that raises the hairs on the back of your neck. It's a page that plays -perfectly- into Mike Deodato's power set, right? A tremendous example from this fun run - congrats on the great pick up, James!
