tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8266056566078305802.post2777154924300676174..comments2024-03-28T05:18:44.880-07:00Comments on comic bits online: The Next Stage In Comic Collecting -- The Comic Art Con!!!Terry Hooper-Scharfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640253872553303307noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8266056566078305802.post-53034346553333691262017-02-01T07:23:46.427-08:002017-02-01T07:23:46.427-08:00Yeah, so many pages -including art by Brian Bollan...Yeah, so many pages -including art by Brian Bolland- went, uh, 'missing from IPC/Fleetway and their art warehouse that eventually only the top staff were allowed to know where the warehouse was. A lot sold and some held back by the thieves for "a rainy day"! I stopped sketching back in 2002 when I was asked by two people if I could draw my version of Batman and Captain America -both were up on Ebay to sell that day. Even BBC Radio had me do a quick sketch and when they thought I'd gone I heard "We'll see about putting this up on Ebay later" (privately NOT for the BBC!Terry Hooper-Scharfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09640253872553303307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8266056566078305802.post-19823233766597348782017-02-01T05:53:52.783-08:002017-02-01T05:53:52.783-08:00Well, I´m not sure what is new about this. We here...Well, I´m not sure what is new about this. We here in Germany are lucky that comic artists do sketches for free at most conventions but in other countries you have to pay for these. And I also have not been to a comic convention where there is not original comic art sold. The only reason why I never bought anything is that I have no place to keep it and it would probably be completely ruined within a month. If my mother doesn´t throw it out.<br /><br />Original comic art has always been priced according what people are willing to pay. As long as dealers find buyers who are willing to pay their prices ..... and everybody likes to own some pieces. Which I guess is one of the reasons the Artist´s Editions have become so popular. Some people don´t have hundreds of dollars to spend but even the ridiculous price of 125 EUROS or 150 EUROS they go for here in Germany is possible if it´s the right artist. So far there is only one book that kind of interests me - which is a collection of Mike Zeck works. As long as I don´t know exactly what all the pieces are I´m not going to spend such a big amount of money on a whim but if they ever do an Artist´s Edition of John Romita Jr´s DAREDEVIL or UNCANNY X - Men, Marc Silvestri´s UNCANNY X - MEN or Alan Davis EXCALIBUR that´s it for me. Even if I have to spend my budget for a few months.<br /><br />And if you don´t want to spend that much money the ESSENTIAL books are the next best thing.SUBZEROhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260927460011967560noreply@blogger.com