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Ken Kelly - Conan: The People of the Black Circle - Robert E Howard, Berkley, Comic Art
Ken Kelly - Conan: The People of the Black Circle - Robert E Howard, Berkley
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 12/17/2025
Brian Boggs said:

Classic cover art. This was bookcover on sci-fi book club edition.


Yes, I liked that edition more as well because more of the image is visable and it wraps around better.

Ken Kelly - Conan: The People of the Black Circle - Robert E Howard, Berkley, Comic Art
Ken Kelly - Conan: The People of the Black Circle - Robert E Howard, Berkley
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 12/17/2025
Mel C. and B. Carter said:

imo, the best Ken Kelly Conan piece. Just love it. Congrats!


I agree, it was a long road to get it but it was well worth it

Ken Kelly - Conan: The People of the Black Circle - Robert E Howard, Berkley, Comic Art
Ken Kelly - Conan: The People of the Black Circle - Robert E Howard, Berkley
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 12/17/2025
Rob Pistella said:

My favorite work of his!! Magificent!!! 


Hard to argue that there is a better Ken Kelly piece - cheers!

Ken Kelly - Conan: The People of the Black Circle - Robert E Howard, Berkley, Comic Art
Ken Kelly - Conan: The People of the Black Circle - Robert E Howard, Berkley
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 12/17/2025
Kirk Dilbeck (3-Wishes and Patron-of-art) said:

Wow, wow, wow- you got it!! Congrats! 


Thank you! Yes, there is another that needs to join though 😉

Uderzo - Asterix - Obelix - Idefix COVER, Comic Art
Uderzo - Asterix - Obelix - Idefix COVER
Owner: Rene Dorenbos

Comment posted on 12/6/2025

Very cool! 

Tom Kidd - Songs of the Dying Earth Cover - Jack Vance, Comic Art
Tom Kidd - Songs of the Dying Earth Cover - Jack Vance
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 10/10/2025
Arrick Un Rama said:

Awesome Dinosaur skeleton.  I collect fossils myself but nothing that cool. 


Thank you. I have a few other natural history pieces, 50kg mammoth tusk being the other very cool one. 

Silver Warrior, Comic Art
Silver Warrior
Owner: Frazetta Art Museum

Comment posted on 9/23/2025

Wow, so nice. 

The Mammoth, Comic Art
The Mammoth
Owner: Frazetta Art Museum

Comment posted on 9/23/2025

Such an incredible piece of art. 

John Bolton - PSI Division Judge Anderson Cover, Comic Art
John Bolton - PSI Division Judge Anderson Cover
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 9/18/2025
John Bamber said:

Beautiful. Love John's work.


Yes his work is outstanding and his painted covers with females particularly are stunning! 

John Buscema & Alfredo Alcala - SSOC #12 Page 5 - Conan Title Page, Comic Art
John Buscema & Alfredo Alcala - SSOC #12 Page 5 - Conan Title Page
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 9/18/2025
Duke Fleed said:

Congrats on finding more evidence proving how awesome the team ofBuscema and Alcala were!


The early SSOC with these two were exceptional and the title pages are really special.

Mike Kaluta - EPIC Illustrated #4 Cover 1977 - Conan, Comic Art
Mike Kaluta - EPIC Illustrated #4 Cover 1977 - Conan
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 8/27/2025
artless artmore said:

My all-time favorite Kaluta image!  Absolutely spectacular movement, composition, staging, figures, creature design, and a million wonderful details that don't compete with the center of interest or confuse the action


That's a great way to describe it, it must be impossibly difficult to achieve this but this piece is special.

Mike Kaluta - EPIC Illustrated #4 Cover 1977 - Conan, Comic Art
Mike Kaluta - EPIC Illustrated #4 Cover 1977 - Conan
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 8/27/2025
Amra The Lion said:

Dude...


Haha, I wonder what the next comment will be when I upload something else incredible...

Mike Kaluta - EPIC Illustrated #4 Cover 1977 - Conan, Comic Art
Mike Kaluta - EPIC Illustrated #4 Cover 1977 - Conan
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 8/26/2025
Matt Kennedy said:

First published in The Studio by Dragon's Dream Press. A stone cold masterpiece!


Thanks for this bit of information. I'll have to buy that too.

Mike Kaluta - EPIC Illustrated #4 Cover 1977 - Conan, Comic Art
Mike Kaluta - EPIC Illustrated #4 Cover 1977 - Conan
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 8/26/2025
Daryl R said:

Whoah! EPIC piece indeed! I have seen this one in person and it is beautiful!!!


That's great! Where did you see it? Heritage?

Boris Vallejo - Savage Sword of Conan #12 Cover , Comic Art
Boris Vallejo - Savage Sword of Conan #12 Cover
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 8/19/2025
Rick W said:

#10 would be my pick, but this is killer too. Congrats!


The scene and the Conan figure is best in #10 but the skeletons and Mage in this are so cool! Also painted incredibly well
I still agree with you though haha

The Hills Have Eyes 2 (1985) By Brian Bysouth, Comic Art
The Hills Have Eyes 2 (1985) By Brian Bysouth
Owner: Los Magandos

Comment posted on 6/10/2025

Nice! Such a great piece

Doug Beekman -
Doug Beekman - "The Drawing of the Dark" by Tim Powers fantasy paperback cover
Owner: Doug Ellis

Comment posted on 4/21/2025

Nice piece

Dark Horse Comics #11, Comic Art
Dark Horse Comics #11
Owner: Mark Warunek

Comment posted on 3/3/2025

Very cool

Frank Miller - Sin City - Big Fat Kill #5, Comic Art
Frank Miller - Sin City - Big Fat Kill #5
Owner: Rene Dorenbos

Comment posted on 2/1/2025

Brilliant!

Szukalski Sculpture Garden, Comic Art
Szukalski Sculpture Garden
Owner: Ryan M

Comment posted on 1/23/2025

Beautiful, what a frame job 😉

Marvel Comics Presents #75 page #2 (Weapon X) (March, 1991), Comic Art
Marvel Comics Presents #75 page #2 (Weapon X) (March, 1991)
Owner: Rod G

Comment posted on 1/20/2025

Very cool

Vampiress Carmilla #1- Ken Kelly, Comic Art
Vampiress Carmilla #1- Ken Kelly
Owner: Marc Pecorella

Comment posted on 1/10/2025

Great dealing with you too, this is a nice piece and it is in the right place now! 

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HEAVY METAL 308 - TAARNA
Owner: Amra The Lion

Comment posted on 12/28/2024

Very nice!

The Savage Sword of Conan #102 Splash Page 1 Gary Kwapisz and Ernie Chan, Comic Art
The Savage Sword of Conan #102 Splash Page 1 Gary Kwapisz and Ernie Chan
Owner: Ltpink2002 Comics

Comment posted on 11/19/2024

Cool

Conan 158, Splash  page John Buscema, Comic Art
Conan 158, Splash page John Buscema
Owner: Ltpink2002 Comics

Comment posted on 11/19/2024

Cool

Godzilla Minus One, Comic Art
Godzilla Minus One
Owner: Gregg and Amanda Spatz

Comment posted on 11/1/2024

Very cool!

CREEPY Magazine #123 (1974) Bloodbath, Comic Art
CREEPY Magazine #123 (1974) Bloodbath
Owner: Markus Rohrwild

Comment posted on 10/19/2024

Nice one 

Ken Kelly - People of the Dark - Robert E Howard - Dante’s Inferno #1 Trading Card, Comic Art
Ken Kelly - People of the Dark - Robert E Howard - Dante’s Inferno #1 Trading Card
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 9/25/2024
Jared Simmons said:

Another fantastic piece.  Kelly at his finest.  Your collection is very impressive. Congrats!  


Thanks Jared. I have a lot of Kelly pieces and this truly stands out.

Ken Kelly - People of the Dark - Robert E Howard - Dante’s Inferno #1 Trading Card, Comic Art
Ken Kelly - People of the Dark - Robert E Howard - Dante’s Inferno #1 Trading Card
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 9/24/2024
Foggy Bottom said:

Baller.


Couldn't have said it better myself.

Ken Kelly - Infected By Art Cover - Iceman , Comic Art
Ken Kelly - Infected By Art Cover - Iceman
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 9/12/2024
Bloomdog . said:

One of my favorite .  You very lucky to have.


Ken's art is always the most appreciated at mine when people come over. This one gets particular credit.

Ken Kelly - Infected By Art Cover - Iceman , Comic Art
Ken Kelly - Infected By Art Cover - Iceman
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 9/12/2024
Charles Dahan said:

So many cool Ken Kelly pieces. This looks great. Did you ever pick up any of his Kiss pieces?


Thanks! I have had these for a while but I am trying to put more things up, slowly getting around to it haha. I have a few original face sketches prior to the covers.

Dragon's Death (1979), Comic Art
Dragon's Death (1979)
Owner: Markus Rohrwild

Comment posted on 9/10/2024

Cool piece

Renegade of Callisto (1977), Comic Art
Renegade of Callisto (1977)
Owner: Markus Rohrwild

Comment posted on 9/9/2024

Nice piece!

Frank Frazetta - Swords of Mars, Comic Art
Frank Frazetta - Swords of Mars
Owner: Korshak Collection

Comment posted on 4/8/2024

Great piece!

Roy Krenkel - The Land of Hidden Men, Comic Art
Roy Krenkel - The Land of Hidden Men
Owner: Korshak Collection

Comment posted on 4/8/2024

Beautiful!

Arthur Rackham - The Mock Turtle, Comic Art
Arthur Rackham - The Mock Turtle
Owner: Korshak Collection

Comment posted on 4/8/2024

Lovely!

Manuel Sanjulian - Eerie #66 Cover - El Cid - Warren, Comic Art
Manuel Sanjulian - Eerie #66 Cover - El Cid - Warren
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 3/26/2024
Marc Pecorella said:

AMAZING! One of the four original gallery paintings done by Sanjulian (the others being the Cobra Queen, Queen of Hearts, and the Ghoul Queen). These were done years ago before numerous recreations were done of many of his works. Many are great...some are good---the original four galleries were, by far, the best! Congrats on this beauty!


Hi Marc - absolutely agree! I don't know or can't remember the exact date these were done. Do you know? 
As a fan of the artwork itself I must say that I am even more pleased to display this than the original Warren cover as the quality and size is very impressive. I would also like the cover one day too.

Renato Casaro - Conan the Barbarian 1982 - Frazetta Poster, Comic Art
Renato Casaro - Conan the Barbarian 1982 - Frazetta Poster
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 3/23/2024
Holger Altena said:

As a great admirer of Renato Casaro, I am a little envious of you that you can call this wonderful painting your own. Congratulations. It's the best Conan movie ever made and the poster is simply gorgeous!!!


There is much of Renato's work to admire and with this piece particularly I understand your envy. It has been exhibited in Berlin for a long time until recently and now that it is with me it will also be exhibited from time to time.

Renato Casaro - Conan the Barbarian 1982 - Frazetta Poster, Comic Art
Renato Casaro - Conan the Barbarian 1982 - Frazetta Poster
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 3/23/2024
Steel Shredder said:

Stunning piece! I wondered when you were going to put it up on CAF. Congrats


Ha - I was saving the best for last!

Arthur Rackham - 1901 - Land of Enchantment, Comic Art
Arthur Rackham - 1901 - Land of Enchantment
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 3/23/2024
Roger K. said:

If you keep on classing up the joint, Bill Cox is going to institute a dress code! To say "nice art" seems insufficient... it's a Rackham! Damn!


Haha! I thought it was common practise to peruse CAF through the aid of one's monocle.

Gerald Brom - Frankenstein - Inquest Cover, Comic Art
Gerald Brom - Frankenstein - Inquest Cover
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 3/23/2024
Steel Shredder said:

Great Frankenstein's monster. Just need to find that elusive Theodor von Holst drawing! 


Hopefully pop up somewhere, if you ask some art dealers they may already know who has it from their less sharing clients.

Gerald Brom - Frankenstein - Inquest Cover, Comic Art
Gerald Brom - Frankenstein - Inquest Cover
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 3/23/2024
Judge Wall said:

Wow, there is so much to admire in this image. I love the light coming in from the top and the shadow of the cross in the foreground. Congratulations on yet another masterpiece for your collection. 


Thank you! Brom is really outstanding, one of if not my absolute favourite artist and yet it's very difficult to purchase anything. Really please to get a piece of this quality.

Ken Kelly - Lost Valley of Iskander - Berkley Robert E Howard, Comic Art
Ken Kelly - Lost Valley of Iskander - Berkley Robert E Howard
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 3/23/2024
Kirk Dilbeck (3-Wishes and Patron-of-art) said:

Love these Berkley paintings and this is a really nice one! Congrats!! 


In a way I'd have preferred it to have remained as it was published but I prefer the colours and details that it has now.

Tim Conrad - 1984 - Bran Mak Morn - Robert E Howard, Comic Art
Tim Conrad - 1984 - Bran Mak Morn - Robert E Howard
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 3/23/2024
gPrez *** said:

Just amazing, reminds me of Corben, but better!


Definitely see the similarities but without being so blatant as Corben's work can be.

Walter Crane (1845-1915) Morn and Night, Pandora study. 1885, Comic Art
Walter Crane (1845-1915) Morn and Night, Pandora study. 1885
Owner: Steel Shredder

Comment posted on 3/22/2024

Been a lot of talk about bringing class to CAF recently - this piece does that in spades! 

Tales of the Zombie #3 - Boris Vallejo, Comic Art
Tales of the Zombie #3 - Boris Vallejo
Owner: James Halperin

Comment posted on 3/20/2024

In the 70s Boris was really incredible. I don't remember anything from that period that wasn't fantastic and yet he was also very prolific.

Tim Conrad - 1984 - Bran Mak Morn - Robert E Howard, Comic Art
Tim Conrad - 1984 - Bran Mak Morn - Robert E Howard
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 3/20/2024
Glynn Crain said:

That is really fantastic!  Do you know where it was used?


Hey Glynn - yeh it is brilliant. I don't know where though, only that it says it was published as Bran Mak Morn with the stuff provided. I need to have a look through some of the HM magazines and the likes at that mid 80s period.

Let me know if you find it please!

Ken Kelly - Death's End, Comic Art
Ken Kelly - Death's End
Owner: Favorite Hero

Comment posted on 3/10/2024

Great piece!

Arthur Rackham - 1912 - The Beggars are Coming to Town, Comic Art
Arthur Rackham - 1912 - The Beggars are Coming to Town
Owner: Tristram Portal

Comment posted on 2/6/2024
Ben Friedman said:

Absolutely lovely.  Great to have another Rackham fan on board!


I believe I will be adding more Rackham pieces to my collection soon 😉 Do you know if or where this piece was used?

Steve Rude Nexus #10 Cover (1984), Comic Art
Steve Rude Nexus #10 Cover (1984)
Owner: Tom Coker

Comment posted on 1/22/2024

Congrats!


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