Thanks!  I agree re Larry Santiago's skillfullness with backgrounds.   Whether buildings, or an underwater scene, or outer space, or a jungle, they add a lot to his pin-ups.

Of the many pieces you've posted today, this subtle and sophisticated quiet scene wins "Best In Show," at least for me. 

Now I've seen everything.  I think Nightwing is about to see everything, too.  Clever pitting Dorothy against Raven, as they're both daughters of demons (my money's on Dorothy).  Sweet that animal lover Betty White (Rose) has a rapport with Beast Boy.  Cyborg will be of great help to Sophia as a kitchen gadget.  Note to Kid Flash and Donna Troy -- get out while you can!

So true!  Lots of goodies when you win a Will Meugniot auction!

Thanks, Paul.  It took a few years until I saw your comment here -- and also tonight I saw the splash this is based on, which I used to own, in your wonderful collection.  Swim on, Subby...

"Dreams don’t have to make sense — they just have to commit."  Perfect perspective for Kirby's wild ride at DC in the 70s.  So glad you posted this incredible art.

Congratulations on winning the auction!  Great description of how The Jaguar entered your imagination.  I was a very young kid when the Archie Silver Age heroes were originally published, and they had a wow factor for me, too.  The art to the story that you won is a prime example of John Rosenberger's craftsmanship.  The entertaining story packs a lot in to its few pages -- imagine, just 33 years until that time machine is invented in 2059!  

Terrific cover piece.  It's just a guess, but it looks like Kurt Schaffenberger's art to me, especially Wonder Woman's face.  Maybe inked by Murphy Anderson?  

Wow!  A cover-worthy commission for some lucky guy or gal!  Great choice of characters, one who sheds light on the darkness and the other who uses darkness as a weapon.  The JSA shield is as interesting and beautifully drawn as the heroes.

Great full figure of Cap.  You can feel the heaviness of his unconscious body.  I wonder why Gene Colan signed the cover at the bottom right?  I know he drew the interior of this issue of the comic.  Maybe he sketched the layout of the cover for Marie Severin?

A gift from the artistically gifted :)

Unfortunately, I don't have those suspenders!  The Fraims outfitted me better than I was ever dressed as a child!

That's a wonderful homage.  The corner figure recreations are the highlight for me.

Wonderful page highlighting the friendship between Lana and Superman.

Thanks, but it's an ebay pick-up, and very reasonably priced.  Several animation artists sell their pin-ups through a dealer named "pop-king."

The Thank You doodle is great, too!

Beautiful art!  Hard to let go of beloved pieces, boy do I understand...

"Golden Age" is the first thing that came to mind when I saw this pin-up, as mad scientists were always strapping people down for lab experiments in 1940s comics!  Evil creeps!

A great little piece of history from one of the most memorable episodes.  Ann-Margret/Margrock is even prettier in the pencil drawing than in the completed scene!

Fantastic Schaffenberger gallery!

In the 1970's, the artist, Eliot R. Brown, and I went to the same specialized art high school in Manhattan, The High School of Art & Design, where many students hoped to become professionals in the comic book industry.  Several achieved that goal (dreams can come true!), including Eliot, and I always get a kick out of seeing the detailed buildings and objects he designs for various corners of the comic book multiverse, of which this Legion Headquarters is the most impressive example I've seen of Eliot's work.  (Margaret, by any chance, are you a time-traveler from the 30th or 31st century, here to give us tantalizing glimpses into the future with your postings of Legion art and your fascinating accompanying essays?)

Thanks!  B&B did do a great job, as always.

A perfectly beautiful Supergirl!

Fantastic!  Move over Human Torch, Matt Murdock is on fire!

Great description drives home how meaningful comic art can be for a collector.  The fantastic and exciting Jimmy Olsen splash art drives home that Kirby could transform a humdrum comic into an epic adventure still fondly remembered and referred to more than fifty years after publication.

Maybe another reason why Joan Garrick wanted to move to Earth-one in the end page of the story.

This story takes place in 1978 on earth-2, so 75 cents for the magazine is on target.

Thanks!

Great restoration, and very interesting history of the character.

Thanks!  I was very specific with my color requests for Randy, Katy, their clothes and their matching ice cream choices -- it kind of makes them fantasy figures on either side of "real" me.

Great!  One of the best Mike Machlan pin-ups that I've seen.

They've had thousands of proms, and somehow none have gone smoothly.

An illustration that should be a poster or a cover!  The published card cuts out so much of the art.

Fred outdid himself here!  Super drawing of Silver Age Superman cast!

This amazing, thrilling and gorgeous Catwoman pin-up is a prime example of the quality of Shelley's pin-up art in his thirty or more years of creativity post-comics, when I think he surpassed everything he did in the decades leading up to his being let go from DC in 1967 for wanting medical and retirement benefits.

Lovely Linda, well-drawn by the fine team of Infantino and Oksner!  Romance dialog made more interesting with images of Linda at different dramatic angles.

Great Archie art, and a funny joke!

This collection of cards has an amazing back-story, as per the description you wrote for your Andromeda card.  Each card is a beauty (maybe Shrinking Violet is my favorite, but Yera here leaves a strong impression).  I feel lucky for having checked out your new art today 

Titanic teamwork in action!  Terrific image, especially the Aqualad cel.

I pity the non-athletic kids who will be required to perform fears of strength, speed and endurance under the revived presidential fitness program.  In the late 1960's, under the old presidential fitness program, junior high school boys were required to climb a rope to the top, touch the gym's very high ceiling, and somehow get down without falling to one's death.  I couldn't get off the ground.  It was a high-water mark in humiliation.  Excuse me, but like Dagwood, must fantasize now about having super powers.

Wow!  The black and white original art is a revelation, really pops off the page.  The monochrome background published page blurs the life out of the art.

Beautiful, and the linework building color and shape is amazing.

Stunning art of the ultimate good guy!

Great example of the Warner Bros 1950s animation style!

Beautiful portrait!

Thanks, Mike.  I miss describing a commission idea to Ramona's agent, Scott, at Catskill Comics, and then several weeks later getting a brilliant new Ramona Fradon drawing in the mail.  Ramona was the greatest!

Nice memory piece/reflection on the connection between the painting, stamp collecting, and your father.  And the painting is pretty great!

Love it!  Great costume, Supergirl is very well drawn, and it's cool to have both a city and outer space as the background.

A haunting image of Supergirl in a beautifully designed page. 

This is wonderful!