Tristram Portal
Member Since November 2020
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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
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commented 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
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commented 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
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commented 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
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commented 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 😉

Tom Kidd - Songs of the Dying Earth Cover - Jack Vance, Comic Art
Tom Kidd - Songs of the Dying Earth Cover - Jack Vance
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commented 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
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commented posted on 9/23/2025

Wow, so nice. 

The Mammoth, Comic Art
The Mammoth
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commented 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
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commented 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
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commented 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.

Boris Vallejo - Savage Sword of Conan #12 Cover , Comic Art
Boris Vallejo - Savage Sword of Conan #12 Cover
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commented 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
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commented posted on 6/10/2025

Nice! Such a great piece

Dark Horse Comics #11, Comic Art
Dark Horse Comics #11
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commented posted on 3/3/2025

Very cool

Szukalski Sculpture Garden, Comic Art
Szukalski Sculpture Garden
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commented posted on 1/23/2025

Beautiful, what a frame job 😉

Vampiress Carmilla #1- Ken Kelly, Comic Art
Vampiress Carmilla #1- Ken Kelly
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commented 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
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commented posted on 12/28/2024

Very nice!

Conan 158, Splash  page John Buscema, Comic Art
Conan 158, Splash page John Buscema
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commented posted on 11/19/2024

Cool

Godzilla Minus One by Cooper, Comic Art
Godzilla Minus One by Cooper
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commented posted on 11/1/2024

Very cool!

CREEPY Magazine #123 (1974) Bloodbath, Comic Art
CREEPY Magazine #123 (1974) Bloodbath
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commented 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
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commented 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
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commented 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
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commented 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
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commented 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)
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commented posted on 9/10/2024

Cool piece

Renegade of Callisto (1977), Comic Art
Renegade of Callisto (1977)
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commented posted on 9/9/2024

Nice piece!

Frank Frazetta - Swords of Mars, Comic Art
Frank Frazetta - Swords of Mars
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commented posted on 4/8/2024

Great piece!

Roy Krenkel - The Land of Hidden Men, Comic Art
Roy Krenkel - The Land of Hidden Men
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commented posted on 4/8/2024

Beautiful!

Arthur Rackham - The Mock Turtle, Comic Art
Arthur Rackham - The Mock Turtle
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commented posted on 4/8/2024

Lovely!

Manuel Sanjulian - Eerie #66 Cover - El Cid - Warren, Comic Art
Manuel Sanjulian - Eerie #66 Cover - El Cid - Warren
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commented 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
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commented 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
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commented 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
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commented 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
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commented 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
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commented 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
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commented 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
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commented 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
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commented 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
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commented 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
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commented 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
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commented 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
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commented 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)
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commented posted on 1/22/2024

Congrats!

Frank Frazetta - Gauntlet - Global Movie Poster, VHS, DVD Prelim - Clint Eastwood, Comic Art
Frank Frazetta - Gauntlet - Global Movie Poster, VHS, DVD Prelim - Clint Eastwood
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commented posted on 1/18/2024
Marcus Wai said:

Powerhouse movie star image.  Frazetta gave this a modern day setting for this composition usually reserved for grand fantasy barbarian works.  Perhaps, Eastwood wanted his character to be thought of that way in his performance and asked for it.

I believe Clint asked specifically for it to be Frazetta and did give a fair bit of direction and also modeled for it.

Frank Frazetta - Gauntlet - Global Movie Poster, VHS, DVD Prelim - Clint Eastwood, Comic Art
Frank Frazetta - Gauntlet - Global Movie Poster, VHS, DVD Prelim - Clint Eastwood
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commented posted on 1/18/2024
Mark Levy said:

Cool that Clint owns the original - might have to get that DVD for the art!

Yeh very cool, also great that Frazetta invited Clint to come to his house and choose his favourite prelim. You can see that it was not the norm from how large and nice these prelims are when you compare them with his usual tiny pieces for all his usual covers etc.

Esteban Maroto - 1972 DPS Savage Tales 3 - First Red Sonja with Bikini + Wraparound Cover, Comic Art
Esteban Maroto - 1972 DPS Savage Tales 3 - First Red Sonja with Bikini + Wraparound Cover
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commented posted on 1/16/2024
Marcus Wai said:

It's signed Estaban Maroto and this is a great double pager pin up in the magazine known for more explicit violence and raw sex appeal!

Thanks for the reminder Marcus - uploaded a few at the same time and mixed it up.