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Hex Euphoric #1 Cover A by Jason Beam, Comic Art
Hex Euphoric #1 Cover A by Jason Beam
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commented posted on 1/15/2026
Matt Kennedy said:

Never heard of the comic but this illustration makes me want to read it.

Issue #1 comes out in March, and the Kickstarter will launch Feb 1, you can sign up for a reminder at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hexeuphoric/hex-euphoric-1-ongoing-comic-book-series

Thanks for checking it out!

Hex Euphoric #1 page 20 by Jason Beam, Comic Art
Hex Euphoric #1 page 20 by Jason Beam
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commented posted on 1/15/2026
Marcus Wai said:

What a layout!  It lends itself to going against the action lines with all that explosive inkwork!

Thanks! Learning panel layouts is a pretty challenging aspect of doing your own comic!

Hex Euphoric #1 Cover A by Jason Beam, Comic Art
Hex Euphoric #1 Cover A by Jason Beam
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commented posted on 1/13/2026
Will K said:

So you've eased out of collecting original art and now you're creating original art ??  Good luck with the Kickstarter !!!

Yeah, I suppose I have! Thanks!

Witchblade - Marc Silvestri & Joe Weems, Comic Art
Witchblade - Marc Silvestri & Joe Weems
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commented posted on 11/5/2025

Alllright! Such a sweet piece!

Jim Valentino Chance Wolf ShadowHawk II Issue #2 - The Secret Revealed COVER, Comic Art
Jim Valentino Chance Wolf ShadowHawk II Issue #2 - The Secret Revealed COVER
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commented posted on 6/11/2025

Yes! Classic cover! I dig it!

Poison Elves #80 cover by Drew Hayes, Comic Art
Poison Elves #80 cover by Drew Hayes
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commented posted on 5/28/2025

So amazing to see a cover - they are rarities, thank you for sharing it, especially the last issue. R.I.P., Drew.

Gen 13 9 cover by J Scott Campbell, Comic Art
Gen 13 9 cover by J Scott Campbell
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commented posted on 2/12/2025

Congrats on such a great pick-up! Monumental JSC period, amazing cover.

HOWARD THE DUCK MAGAZINE 5 PAGE 1 BY MICHAEL GOLDEN AND BOB MCLEOD, Comic Art
HOWARD THE DUCK MAGAZINE 5 PAGE 1 BY MICHAEL GOLDEN AND BOB MCLEOD
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commented posted on 2/8/2025

This is a great storytelling piece by Golden - I'm not real knowledgable of Golden's work, but he pretty much brough The Nam to life when I read it back in the 80s and I can see a lot of that dynamic storytelling in the expressions here.

Gen 13:Ordinary Heroes #1 pp2-3 double-page spread, Comic Art
Gen 13:Ordinary Heroes #1 pp2-3 double-page spread
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commented posted on 2/2/2025

Totally awesome that you have both of these!

Gen 13:Ordinary Heroes #1 Splash, Comic Art
Gen 13:Ordinary Heroes #1 Splash
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commented posted on 2/2/2025

The entire book is a masterpiece from the art to the storytelling. Adam captures the emotionally crushed spirit of Fairchild and her dispirited posture amazingly. A killer splash page in - arguably - one of the most poignant Gen 13 stories of all time.

Gen 13: Ordinary Heroes #1, Comic Art
Gen 13: Ordinary Heroes #1
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commented posted on 2/2/2025

Ordinary Heroes might be the best written Gen 13 books (it's at least, my favorite). But importantly, Adam Hughes' work on this book is stellar - from the unique page layouts, to the expressions, to the accurate facial structure representation for Rainmaker, and right down to the wonderful styling of everyone's wet-soaked hair from the rain. It's a masterpiece from beginning to end - very cool to see this cover on display!

Shi - Way of the Warrior #5 Variant Cover by Marc Silvestri from 1995, Comic Art
Shi - Way of the Warrior #5 Variant Cover by Marc Silvestri from 1995
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commented posted on 1/11/2025
Will K said:

So happy that you've acquired a truly meaningful piece of art.  With your graphic design skills, do you plan to restore the other cover elements ??

I was thinking about it - I look at it here on my wall, and I love how stark it is, but I may try to recreate the dressing just to see what it looks like.

Shi - Way of the Warrior #5 Variant Cover by Marc Silvestri from 1995, Comic Art
Shi - Way of the Warrior #5 Variant Cover by Marc Silvestri from 1995
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commented posted on 1/10/2025
Judge Wall said:

That's a great story. Congratulations on adding this to your collection.

Thanks for reading, I appreciate it!

Jonny Zero (Black Glass), Comic Art
Jonny Zero (Black Glass)
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commented posted on 1/4/2025

WOW - I have to admit that I'd never seen this O'Barr piece before, it's amazing. He channels a little Bowie influence here with Jonny Zero and his depth of color is almost mesmerizing. Thank you for sharing something I'd never seen before!

Goblin Queen by Benes and Batt, Comic Art
Goblin Queen by Benes and Batt
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commented posted on 1/4/2025

Stunning piece, and congrats on getting Batt inks - I know that can be a challenge, but man, he's definitely one of the best.

Death Dealer by Harvey Tolibao, Comic Art
Death Dealer by Harvey Tolibao
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commented posted on 1/1/2025

A HUGE Tolibao, and he put detail in damn near every square inch of that piece. He captures the foreshoretning masterfully here, it feels like the horse is going to come right off the page at you. I always love Harvey's work, but this one is something special - nice snag!

Spawn 100 Angela Cover Prelim, Comic Art
Spawn 100 Angela Cover Prelim
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commented posted on 12/31/2024

What a wonderful piece - long ago, Ashley Wood's art had a huge influence on my own work, I love seeing his stuff from the 2000s. This prelim is a beautiful piece on it's own and carries so much of what makes his work so special.  Congrats!

Scorpion #1 Cover by Howard Chaykin, Comic Art
Scorpion #1 Cover by Howard Chaykin
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commented posted on 12/31/2024

One of those classic covers that transcends publisher status. Congrats on picking up a historic Bronze Age piece!

Dazzler 1, Comic Art
Dazzler 1
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commented posted on 12/9/2024

Such an awesome cover - absolute Dazzler power!

Anna Nicole Smith ** Gennadiy Koufay pinup. , Comic Art
Anna Nicole Smith ** Gennadiy Koufay pinup.
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commented posted on 12/9/2024

Georgous painting - she belongs on the nose of a WW2 bomber!

Something is Killing the Children - Erica Slaughter, Comic Art
Something is Killing the Children - Erica Slaughter
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commented posted on 12/9/2024

I really like the bit of color use in this piece!

Everette Hartsoe Razor, Comic Art
Everette Hartsoe Razor
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commented posted on 11/21/2024

Always loved this one - just a great pinup that is 100% RAZOR.

"RAZOR 01 1992 page 08" by Everette Hartsoe
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commented posted on 11/21/2024

Amazing violent and early Razor page - what an awesome set of panels for one of the original BADDEST girls!

"Razor Tour 1992 Page 14" by Everette Hartsoe
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commented posted on 11/21/2024

Wonderful page with all the elements that make the early Razor comic so memorable and fun. Thanks for posting your Razor art!

RAZOR: SCARS by Everette Hartsoe, Comic Art
RAZOR: SCARS by Everette Hartsoe
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commented posted on 11/21/2024

Always nice to see Razor art show up here on CAF - nice pick up and thanks for posting it!

Deathblow by Ryan Benjamin, Comic Art
Deathblow by Ryan Benjamin
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commented posted on 11/21/2024

Great pickup! The Jim Lee 'Deathblow' style never gets old - this is a great piece by Benjamin with just the right amount of heavy blacks and white space to nail the style perfectly!

Poison Ivy, Comic Art
Poison Ivy
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commented posted on 11/9/2024

Awesome piece by Dani - she nails it again on her use of space!

Omega Spawn by Manu Silva , Comic Art
Omega Spawn by Manu Silva
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commented posted on 11/4/2024

Love the energy and motion of this piece, and the use of whitespace adds to the dynamicism - great piece!

Darkchylde #4 pg. 4-5, Comic Art
Darkchylde #4 pg. 4-5
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commented posted on 11/3/2024

Congrats! I can't recall if I was the underbidder on this piece - but if I wasn't I was close! I had this on my screen for over a month and studied it intently while waiting for the auction to end. A really awesome Queen piece that captures what Darkchylde was all about - thank you for posting it here, it's great to see it!

Lori Lovecraft Standing by Skeleton at Castle, Comic Art
Lori Lovecraft Standing by Skeleton at Castle
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commented posted on 11/3/2024

This is a great Lori Lovecraft piece, and Mike must have thought so to, since he used it to promote his work! Really nice pickup here!

Axa #2 Cover- Eclipse , Comic Art
Axa #2 Cover- Eclipse
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commented posted on 11/3/2024

This is a great cover! Congrats on landing something that is really unique!

Godtail Original Character , Comic Art
Godtail Original Character
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commented posted on 10/25/2024

I am completely unfamiliar with the artist or genre - but this an amazingly wonderful piece.

So much viscereal energy here, so much violence and expression crammed into the composition. Nearly all the free space is filled up with hyper detals - it's as if you opened a door, and happened across a bikini-clad agent of violence in the middle of evicerating her prey. 

Sorry for the rambling - I was actually taken aback with how much I love this piece of artwork at first glance. Congrats on an evocative piece.

Jonas Scharf, Comic Art
Jonas Scharf
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commented posted on 10/25/2024

Love the moody, swirling liquidity of the water - we have the perfect vantage point for what sinister activities are to come, with the curious knight looking down with earnest anticipation for some sordid damsel action!

D.O.A. Innards Malpractice Rotwrap & Host, Comic Art
D.O.A. Innards Malpractice Rotwrap & Host
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commented posted on 10/25/2024

Not sure which I love more - Valkyrie or the monsters? Amazingly textural piece, love the crosshatching black background. Happy Halloween!

Wonder Woman 37 page 3 by Finch and Friend , Comic Art
Wonder Woman 37 page 3 by Finch and Friend
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commented posted on 10/25/2024

Congrats on another page from this amazing team of Finch/Friend. The silence in the last panel is palpable - a stunning use of whitespace.

Wonder Woman 37 page 10 by Finch and Friend , Comic Art
Wonder Woman 37 page 10 by Finch and Friend
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commented posted on 10/25/2024

I love Finch's work, but man - when Richard Friend inks over him, his art takes on a whole different vibe. The dark, foreboding feel permeates every panel. A superior page from an amazing art team.

Val Mayerik - The Punisher #61 [Crackdown] COVER, Comic Art
Val Mayerik - The Punisher #61 [Crackdown] COVER
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commented posted on 10/25/2024

Love the in-your-face bullets flyin', gun shootin', fist-fightin' close quarter combat jammed into one cover. Awesome composition!

Witchblade (2024) #12 EXP-Comics legacy cover variant, Comic Art
Witchblade (2024) #12 EXP-Comics legacy cover variant
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commented posted on 10/25/2024

Love the detail work in this one!

The Dirty Pair: Start the Violence Cover by Adam Warren from 1999, Comic Art
The Dirty Pair: Start the Violence Cover by Adam Warren from 1999
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commented posted on 10/16/2024
Seamus O said:

"Ooh, that Dr. Balls has a Dirty Pair!"... sorry, low lying fruit is irresistible to pick.  Congratulations, you got a great pair!  Seems like only yesterday I was liking and commenting on it, lol. 

Hahaha

Atari Force v2 #4 (DC 1983), pages 1-3, Comic Art
Atari Force v2 #4 (DC 1983), pages 1-3
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commented posted on 10/15/2024

Wow - the splash page is stunning, the black ink work is mezmerizing and it's expertly handled by Andru, and all three pages together are incredibly moody. I don't think I've ever looked at Atari Force art before today, and this was really a treat to take a look at. Thanks for posting!

Persephone AKA Red by Nick Manabat - Wetworks Sourcebook (1994), Comic Art
Persephone AKA Red by Nick Manabat - Wetworks Sourcebook (1994)
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commented posted on 10/14/2024

Thanks for such a great write-up and background on Nick's work. This piece in particular is stunning, I have been meandering around researching Cybernary and have found my way here...

The Blues Brothers by Rags Morales , Comic Art
The Blues Brothers by Rags Morales
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commented posted on 10/5/2024

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUBBER BISCUIT! Sweet piece!

Marvel Premiere #1 Page 19 First Appearance of ADAM WARLOCK , Comic Art
Marvel Premiere #1 Page 19 First Appearance of ADAM WARLOCK
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commented posted on 9/19/2024

Awesome page with some great High Evolutionary panels! Thanks for posting it!

WORLD WAR HULK 1 PAGE 22 BY JOHN ROMITA JR & KLAUS JANSON, Comic Art
WORLD WAR HULK 1 PAGE 22 BY JOHN ROMITA JR & KLAUS JANSON
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commented posted on 9/10/2024

That top panel is great!, the contrast in the bridge/architecture makes the entire page balance out very nicely.

X-men 1 Cover, Comic Art
X-men 1 Cover
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commented posted on 9/9/2024

Aside from this being a great team cover - how awesome is it that JSC seemed to nail every character's facial expression to match their personality? Such a great throwback to my 90's faves.

Rulah Jungle Goddess , Comic Art
Rulah Jungle Goddess
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commented posted on 9/7/2024

Always great to see a Panic blank cover being used as a sketch cover!

Elvira , Comic Art
Elvira
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commented posted on 9/7/2024

There's nothing finer than a full-page sized Elvira! Super-tight prelim!

Miss Fury: Joy Division, Comic Art
Miss Fury: Joy Division
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commented posted on 9/7/2024

It's always nice to see Miss Fury on CAF - and Tucci had a great run of covers for the character, this one is a stunning piece and uses the white space very effectively!

X-Men Poster Art 1987 by Arthur Adams, Comic Art
X-Men Poster Art 1987 by Arthur Adams
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commented posted on 8/30/2024

That must be absolutely STUNNING at 27"x40" in size! Congrats, as this is the piece you were telling me about - a crown jewel amongst many wonderful pieces in your collection - thanks for sharing it here!

Dawn Pinup - 1989 - same year as Cry for Dawn #1, Comic Art
Dawn Pinup - 1989 - same year as Cry for Dawn #1
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commented posted on 8/30/2024

Congrats on a very early Linsner piece! CFD #1 was published in April of 1989, and it was self-published, but heavily promoted at conventions, which resulted in early popularity. I'm merely guessing, I don't think this predates CFD, but it's definitely early on after #1 was released when people first saw the character. Really awesome piece of history you have here, thanks for sharing it!