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steve staszower UNITED STATES
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Gallery Comments by steve staszower

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1940.09.06
1940.09.06 "Proration in the Balkans" by Jack Patton
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commented posted on 6/14/2026
Brian Coppola said:

wowzer... how long ago... I got this in 2023 from the guy in LA that is still handling a huge collection of editorial art ... I'm guess the guy he represents is the one who got it from you

Indeed!  I bought it quite a while ago on eBay, if memory serves.

1940.06.16 “Turning back the clock…” by Cyrus Cotton “Cy” Hungerford, Comic Art
1940.06.16 “Turning back the clock…” by Cyrus Cotton “Cy” Hungerford
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commented posted on 6/14/2026

I owned this one (as well as a bunch of other Hungerfords).  Great to see it's an a good home.

1940.09.06
1940.09.06 "Proration in the Balkans" by Jack Patton
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commented posted on 6/14/2026

I owned this one.  Nice to see it resides in your wonderful collection now.

1943.06.05 “Let’s You and Him Fight
1943.06.05 “Let’s You and Him Fight" by Ralph Lee
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commented posted on 6/14/2026

I have yet to see an editorial cartoon depicting Lewis in a positive light.  I have seen many depicting him as a traitor, just like this one.  That's his legacy.

1943.07.24
1943.07.24 "Russian Steppes" by Ralph Lee
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commented posted on 6/14/2026

Great work by Lee but it doesn't come close to showing the utterly disastrous (thankfully!) nature of Hitler's decision to chuck the Non-Agression Pact.  This looks like Hitler's efforts were almost comical.  In truth, it's why the Allies won the war on the Western Front.

1917.02.15 “Shaking the Morale” by Oscar Edward Cesare, Comic Art
1917.02.15 “Shaking the Morale” by Oscar Edward Cesare
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commented posted on 6/14/2026

Cesare was a classicaly-trained master.  Not only could he draw great cartoons - some more cartoony than others - he did amazing portrait work, usually life works.  I own many Cesare pieces, but have only four displayed in my CAF gallery.  One of them is probably his most famous U-boat piece: The Octopus.  That one is published in 100 Drawings. I hope you add some more Cesares to this gallery!

Bob Powell WitchesTales #7, Comic Art
Bob Powell WitchesTales #7
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commented posted on 6/12/2026

Nice! I owned one of the pages to this story and have long regretted letting it go.  

Ren & Stimpy My Shiny Friend background 2, Comic Art
Ren & Stimpy My Shiny Friend background 2
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commented posted on 5/27/2026
Kavi H said:

Wow that looks excellent  - elevated beyond just a background for sure! and now reading your response to Marcus it makes me want to track this episode down to check it out!

It's on YT and other platforms - definitely worth checking out, even if the images are trimmed (and sometimes even shown flipped. maybe to avoid copyright issues).

Ren & Stimpy Nose Goblins pan BG, Comic Art
Ren & Stimpy Nose Goblins pan BG
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commented posted on 5/27/2026
Kavi H said:

awesome! congrats on the R&S grail and the fantastic batch/art drop of cels and pieces from the show you shared in total. 

TY!!

Ren & Stimpy My Shiny Friend background 2, Comic Art
Ren & Stimpy My Shiny Friend background 2
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commented posted on 5/20/2026
Marcus Wai said:

This is so well done that I can only guess that it is a title card for an episode!

TY!  No, what makes this episode so great is that it's largely a whole bunch of Bill Wray full BG paintings, like this one!

Ren and Stimpy Big House Blues cels (with Dog Catcher Pan Background), Comic Art
Ren and Stimpy Big House Blues cels (with Dog Catcher Pan Background)
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commented posted on 5/19/2026

I'm pretty sure Bob Camp painted this BG.

Ren and Stimpy Son of Stimpy (Stimpy's First Fart) Title Card Artwork, Comic Art
Ren and Stimpy Son of Stimpy (Stimpy's First Fart) Title Card Artwork
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commented posted on 5/19/2026

I owned this - glad to see it in your collection.  BTW, have you ever seen the title card to the Tom and Jerry cartoon "Baby Butch"?  ; )

Bernie Wrightson Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein Plate 3 (Letter IV) 1st Image of Victor Frankenstein In Wrightson's Masterpiece, Comic Art
Bernie Wrightson Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein Plate 3 (Letter IV) 1st Image of Victor Frankenstein In Wrightson's Masterpiece
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commented posted on 5/16/2026

A grail indeed!  I own Wrightson's value-study/prelim for this piece, which is the closest I'll come to owning this piece, lol.

Krenkel, Roy G. (after Norman Lindsay) (11.5x17.5), Comic Art
Krenkel, Roy G. (after Norman Lindsay) (11.5x17.5)
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commented posted on 5/14/2026

Very nice!  

1940.04.10
1940.04.10 "The tortoise and the hare" by Vaughn Shoemaker
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commented posted on 5/10/2026

Great cartoon and a wonderful analysis.

Ren and Stimpy - Stimpy's Big Day (Season 1 Episode 1) Key Master Cel Setup, Comic Art
Ren and Stimpy - Stimpy's Big Day (Season 1 Episode 1) Key Master Cel Setup
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commented posted on 5/6/2026

It weel help him to RELAXXX!

Ren and Stimpy - Monkey See Monkey Don't (Season 2) Title Card Pencil, Comic Art
Ren and Stimpy - Monkey See Monkey Don't (Season 2) Title Card Pencil
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commented posted on 5/6/2026

Another piece formerly in my collection.  I miss it but I'm glad it's in a great home.

Ren and Stimpy - Go West Title Card Painting (Season 2), Comic Art
Ren and Stimpy - Go West Title Card Painting (Season 2)
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commented posted on 5/6/2026

I used to own this (and Bob camp's layout for it, as well as the animated credits).  Nice to see it in this fantastic R & S collection.

Ren and Stimpy - Fire Dogs Background Gross Close-Up 2, Comic Art
Ren and Stimpy - Fire Dogs Background Gross Close-Up 2
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commented posted on 5/6/2026

Looks like Spumco didn't use this one, but rather the grosser (and better) version posted elsewhere in your gallery.  I don't recall ever seeing this one.  Very cool.

Ren and Stimpy - Nurse Stimpy Background, Comic Art
Ren and Stimpy - Nurse Stimpy Background
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commented posted on 5/6/2026

One of Bill's many great gross-ups.  A classic.

Ren and Stimpy - Nurse Stimpy Background 2, Comic Art
Ren and Stimpy - Nurse Stimpy Background 2
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commented posted on 5/6/2026

Great gross-up!

Ren and Stimpy - Nurse Stimpy Key Master Cel Setup 1, Comic Art
Ren and Stimpy - Nurse Stimpy Key Master Cel Setup 1
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commented posted on 5/6/2026

Great piece!  Mr. Horse in the backgrouns portrait lol!

Alex  Nino 1969, Comic Art
Alex Nino 1969
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commented posted on 3/28/2026

Now that's a wonderful Bruhilda splash! 

My Shiny Friend background, Comic Art
My Shiny Friend background
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commented posted on 3/28/2026
John C said:

Now I finally understand why juicy was written on the backside of all those pants.

Hahaaaaaa, indeed!

John Wayne Adventure Comics #6 title page - Frank Frazetta 1950, Comic Art
John Wayne Adventure Comics #6 title page - Frank Frazetta 1950
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commented posted on 3/17/2026

Congrats!  This is one where you can definitely see the Frazetta touch!

A Wladyslaw Benda Masterpiece, Comic Art
A Wladyslaw Benda Masterpiece
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commented posted on 2/16/2026

Beautiful!

Eerie #61
Eerie #61 "Killer Hawk" Story Page 11
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commented posted on 2/11/2026

Wonderful!  Reminds me of his EC sci-fi pages.

Me as a zombie, Comic Art
Me as a zombie
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commented posted on 2/5/2026
Hilary Barta said:

Lookin' good, Steve. You've lost some weight.

I know!  I'm shocked, considering that brains are some 60% fat!

Weird War Tales #32 p20, Comic Art
Weird War Tales #32 p20
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commented posted on 2/4/2026

I left a comment for this page in 2018.  Then, after years of hoping to find it, the finale to this great story made its way to me, and it's now in my gallery  : )

Arak Son of Thunder #11 , Comic Art
Arak Son of Thunder #11
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commented posted on 2/3/2026

Sublime Alcala inks indeed!  Beautiful.

Monster drawing who drew it ?, Comic Art
Monster drawing who drew it ?
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commented posted on 1/25/2026

Definitely Nino.

"Anxious for Peace and Full of Unhappy Memories of 1914 and 1871" (New York Times Magazine)
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commented posted on 1/19/2026
Evan Montgomery said:

My good luck that you decided to part with it (and the other)!  This one is already framed and in my office, and the other will hang next to it very soon. 

That's AWESOME.  Thank you!  BTW I posted several more Cesares in my gallery today, and will be posting more soon.

"Anxious for Peace and Full of Unhappy Memories of 1914 and 1871" (New York Times Magazine)
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commented posted on 1/19/2026

I really struggled with consigning this beautiful piece, but it makes me quite happy to see it has a loving and appreciative new home!

"What peace gave, war has made its own - its ultimate terror - the airplane." (New York Times Magazine)
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commented posted on 1/19/2026

So happy to see this here.  I was the consignor of this item and was disappointed in the auction result.  Now I'm not, bc I see that it went to someone who values and appreciates it.  : )

Dan Smith - Evangeline, Comic Art
Dan Smith - Evangeline
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commented posted on 1/16/2026
Kavi H said:

The cat steals the show here for me but all of it is so well rendered, another beaut!

Indeed!  I had originally intended to add an extra image of the cat - the shading is wonderful.

Dan Smith - Lucrezia Borgia, Comic Art
Dan Smith - Lucrezia Borgia
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commented posted on 1/16/2026
Dan Ripoll said:

Wow! That's a beauty.

TY, Dan!

Dan Smith - Lucrezia Borgia, Comic Art
Dan Smith - Lucrezia Borgia
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commented posted on 1/16/2026
Thomas Ward said:

That a beauty Steve! Glad you are posting your Dan Smith's the world needs to see what a talented artist he was!!!

That's high praise coming from THE Dan Smith guy - ty, Thomas!

Dan Smith - Lucrezia Borgia, Comic Art
Dan Smith - Lucrezia Borgia
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commented posted on 1/15/2026
Sean Clarke said:

ADEQUATE!!!!

Ahahahahaaa!  

Dan Smith - Lucrezia Borgia, Comic Art
Dan Smith - Lucrezia Borgia
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commented posted on 1/15/2026
Brian Peck said:

Fantastic! Love his inks . Congrats!

TY!  That means a lot coming from the steward of the Jael piece.

Dan Smith - Lucrezia Borgia, Comic Art
Dan Smith - Lucrezia Borgia
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commented posted on 1/15/2026
Marcus Wai said:

Why post two at the same time?  Each one of these is a masterowrk of illustration that deserves its own spotlight!

True, lol!

Dan Smith - Lucrezia Borgia, Comic Art
Dan Smith - Lucrezia Borgia
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commented posted on 1/15/2026
Aaron N. said:

Holy smoke, where the heck did you find these?

I've actually owned them for several years now, framed and on the wall in prominent places, bc my wife loves them too.  And thy're huge -  image size is about 21 x 27 on each.  Smith worked large lol.

Craig Haunt of Fear, Comic Art
Craig Haunt of Fear
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commented posted on 1/14/2026

Very nice, Warren!  I owned this back in the early 2000's.  It was on the wall of the bedroom.  Much to my girlfriend's chagrin!

The Ren & Stimpy Show Production Cel Signed by John Kricfalusi, Comic Art
The Ren & Stimpy Show Production Cel Signed by John Kricfalusi
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commented posted on 12/31/2025

Very nice!  BTW you can see Bill Wray's color key for the BG - which includes the shout-out to his pal Jim Gomez - in my gallery (Sammy Mantis keys).

Ren & Stimpy #5 cover prelim, Comic Art
Ren & Stimpy #5 cover prelim
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commented posted on 12/31/2025
Kavi H said:

Salute! nice Wray prelim, hope you find the painted cover :)

TY!

Ren's Retirement background, Comic Art
Ren's Retirement background
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commented posted on 12/31/2025
Kavi H said:

Cool! If you're into R&S and graveyards, this is a perfect combo. congrats on the auction win!

TY!  Yeah, I had to get this one.  Hoping a really good one from the "It's a Dog's Life" graveyard scene bubbles to the surface one of these days.

The Ren & Stimpy Show , Comic Art
The Ren & Stimpy Show
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commented posted on 12/31/2025

Very nice set-up.  I thought about bidding on this one but wound up picking up some other pieces in the same auction

I own a BG from each of those cartoons - maybe I'll add to my R & S gallery.