comic Art

Hmm. Need to get these from behind the glass and make proper scans.

First is John ("Coop") Cooper's pencilled art for the cover of Comic Bits no. 2 featuring major characters he drew in his career.

A dealer once offered me £250 for this and I refused. After John's death he offered £300. Offensive.

Next is a panel from JEO -J. E Oliver one of the greatest humour strip creators to ever grace British comics.  Somewhere I have a page of transparency art he sent me.

Mike Western cover art for Comic Bits No. 1.  Again, I had two dealers offer £250 and £275 for this and -AGAIN- after Mike's death the offers went up to £300 and just over.

Terry Bave's Baby Herc and I showed this piece before and there were a couple offers but on Terry's death the offers rose like crazy. 

 The pencils for this Mike Western The Leopard from Lime Street I think I have shown. I told Mike that I was tempted to ink this but dare not. I did eventually ink over a copy he sent me of the pencils and another page of art.  He was impressed and his comments were the best for a fan to hear!

Another piece that two dealers wanted to getb their hands on -even after I pointed out that I was the inker!

I have some Donna Barr art, some other bits and pieces by less famous creators and art from the sensational Kate Glasheen; some art/posters signed by Jon Haward but despite being very strapped for cash I can't sell because these were gifts to me and I'm not an Ebay pimp.

Someone asked who I would like to have art from?  Brendan McCarthy for one -if you saw his work on Spider Fever you'll know why. Of course, I must not forget I have an original 'sketch' in a copy of Orbital (Cinebook the 9th Art) by Serge Pellé.  Steve Yeowell.  I DO have a couple pieces of Pekka A. Manninen art from Kapteeni Kuolio.

Really, to me the value goes beyond monetary.  I may have finished with UK comics and the lack of fans but I still love comics and art!