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New acquisitions but more likely the last art I have had a chance to update the gallery with.

New art April 7th, 2008

It has been too long since my last site update.  I was hoping to have a new site up and running months ago and I have kept delaying an update in anticipation of this.    I still hope the new site will be possible but for the time being, the site will stay with its current set up.  It has been a crazy half year with the US and Canadian exchange rates and it is been hard to keep up.  Also, the last 6 months have shown some crazy price for art that leave me wondering if I can still play.   Lots of new art to show off and with con season approaching, I am hoping to add some nice new sketches to my theme galleries.

Raymond, Alex - Flash Gordon sunday for June 20, 1937.  I am not sure where to begin with this pieces description.  I never thought I would end up with one of these, it just wasn't something that I thought would ever happen but now that I own one...  it is all a bit surreal.  This page comes from the estate of Stanley Pitt, a well known Australian illustrator.  It came on the original art board which had a backing of dark cardboard.  I took my first venture into the world of restoration with this and 2 other pieces.  I had the art floated off the acidic cardboard and deacidified and then archivally framed behind uv protected glass. The sticker shock of this process was a bit much but in light of what I have done for the greater good of future comic art connoisseurs, I suppose it was a small price to pay.  I have also scanned details of each panel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.  Alex's brush work on the piece is amazing and the final panel with Flash in the middle of Mayhem is as good as it gets for me.  As a side note, I entered this piece in the comicart-l Best of 2007 strip art pieces and somehow won.  Sorry for the large scans, but anything less would not do the piece justice.

Iger studios - almost as big as a Raymond in my book, a nice full page splash from Kaanga of Ann.  Just to add to this, a second partial splash.  With the Baker Tigergirls I got in this update, it doesn't get any better for a jungle girl fan. 

Muth, Jon - just when I thought it couldn't get any better with the Dracula page I picked up last year, I found myself with another Muth Dracula and a splash(might have been art for a card) from Mystery Play and a page from Moonshadow.  The Muth Dracula is something I loved and poured over as an aspiring artist in my late teens.  I read Moonshadow several times as well as a teen and it really hit a chord with me.  As an adult I still appreciate the story but on new levels and I love this page with a bit of Little Nemo imagery thrown in.

Darrow, Geof - Shaolin Cowboy Cover and illustration.  I love this series and I have been a big fan of Darrow since I started to appreciate Moebius, Seth Fisher and Frank Quitely.  Now I can't seem to get enough of his art.  I remember HardBoiled coming out and at the time it was a little to much for me but I was looking at it from the wrong perspective at the time.  A huge thanks to jsid for picking these out for me at San Diego last year.  Also, a Big Guy sketch.

Moebius - nice finished illustration.  No idea where it is from but it is quite striking. 

Campbell, Eddie - From Hell #10 page 31.  Awesome panel page without any words featuring the main character.

McKean, David - I love his artwork.  I was lucky to get 2 nice pages from Cages, Issue 3 page 43 and   #9 page 46 plus 2 illustrations. The illustration are of a Boy with a Rabbit and of a Photographer.   The pages and one of the illustrations is already on hold for someone but the at is so great it needs to be shared. 

Kubert, Joe - for a limited time Joe was doing sketches with the purchase of his Tex book.  I took advantage of this rare opportunity and got a sketch brilliant sketches of Sgt. Rock and Tarzan.  I am almost speechless about both of these, I never expected more than a quick pen sketch and these two beauties arrived in the mail.  I later got two more as gifts for friends, a Tex and another Tarzan.  In total Joe did 100 of them and I have seen scans of a little over half of them and they are all wonderful, Joe is still at his peak.  I had met him about 6 years ago at our local con and he was such a humble gentleman like all the other greats I have met.

Romita, John Sr and John Jr - speaking of legends, three generations of Romitas were in Toronto last year and I was lucky to get the Kingpin/DD sketch from the pair of them.  I also got a nice Mary Jane cover recreation sketch from the engagement issue.  The sketches I got go well with this previous ebay pick up. 

Middleton, Joshua - No update seems to be complete without a few additions to my Josh collection.  First a cover for JLA Classified, box/cover art for Heroclix and a nice Sky Between the Branches sketch which turned out to be a fake. 

Risso, Eduardo - not my commission but one I am very glad to own.  DD and the Widow.  There is so much I love about this piece and about Risso's work.  Also, 3 fabulous Batman #621 pages 10, 11 and 12

Anacleto, Jay - a nice page for Aria.  I have never seen his artwork before and so I was curious.  Very nice tonal pencil/graphite work.

Moore, Terry - Strangers in Paradise #54 cover.  I have just finished reading the entire saga for the first time from the beginning.  Great characters and an interesting story.  Katchoo is such a complicated character and I love the image and atmosphere of this cover. 

Bernet, Jordi - nice, moody Film Noir cover to issue 20 of Black (a series of Italian novels).

Stelfreeze, Brian - cover to The Ride Valkyre #1 , batgirl pin-up/sketch and a page of  sketches side 1 and 2.  Hopefully a lot more from Brian coming soon.

Miller, Frank - nice Janson/Miller page from Daredevil 189 (page 15).  By this point in the classic run Miller was likely only doing layouts. Death of stick page.

Baker, Matt - 3 nice Tiger Girl pages.  Thanks to Chris for picking these up for me and for thinking of me.  Fight Comics #54 page 7, 8 and 10.  There are some great good girl images by Baker on these pages. 

Hopper, Fran- Rangers #25 page 2 - speaking of good girls, this page has more than any other I have seen.  A neat nude seen and pure GGA. 

<>Strip art - several new additions to this part of my collection including the Raymond above.  Others of note
Salinas, Jose Luis - Cisco Kid daily.  No Cisco but a great horse panel and some lovely brushwork.
Wildey, Doug - 2 nice Saint Dailies dated 5-5 and 5-4.
McWilliams, Alden - nice Dan Flagg daily ghosted by McWilliams for Sherwood.  The female character reminded me of the Dragonlady. 10/26/66.
Maxon, Rex - nice Tarzan daily with Zeela.  #820.
Willard, Rodlow - 2 nice Scorchy Smith dailies 10-14  and  1017.  The artwork reminds me a lot of Bruce Timm.
VanBuren, Rae - nice Abbie n Slats daily from 8/27/57.
Williamson, Al - Corrigan daily dated 11/1/68.  3 great panels in this daily, I think some of Al's work on this strip was the best he ever did.
Striebel, H.J. - Dixie Dugan Sunday 11/27/49.
unknown - 2 forgeries of early Milton Caniff Terry Dailies.  The pieces were misrepresented in the late 60's when the previous owner bought them plus a Raymond Flash Gordon(i'll scan later).  I bought them knowing exactly what they were.
Yager, Rick - Buck Rogers Daily 5/19/50 - very nice daily.
Longaron, Jorde - Friday Foster daily dated 1/28/74.

Severin, Al  - my good friend and artist extrodaire did me a favor.  He sent me some sketches to use for links and emails on my new website when and if it ever gets done.  In additions, i scanned the art off our letters.  Al always includes beautiful little sketches with each letter and I wanted to share them with the rest of you. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1011 , 12 and 13.

Phillips, Joe - large double page spread for Blade Runner.  I am not sure where this is from but is cool and from my favorite movie.  I am such a big fan/geek that I named my first son Ridley and if my wife hadn't objected to Darryl or Sean for my daughter my youngest son would have been Harrison:)  The images is from a digital pic, it was too big for a single scan or two so when I patched the 4 scans together it just didn't look right.

Pittarelli, Jeff - in keeping with the Blade Runner theme, a nice, sultry image of Rachel (Sean Young) smoking.  Reminds me to go back and watch the movie again when the new 5 disk set I just ordered on ebay arrives:)

Lim, Ron - Silver Surfer #18 page 29.  My first Lim Surfer page, very cool final panel with Galactus and SS. 

Hamilton, Craig - very nice and detailed Peter Pan and Wendy page.

Corominas, Enrique - brilliant cover art for the front and back cover of 3 Jack Vance novels.  Here are 3 artists proofs of the final published covers of books 1, 2, 3.  

Sinnot, Joe - nice Thor sketch by Joe.

Infantino, Carmine - nice Pin-up to Batman #500, Joe Rubenstein inks.  Very moody piece from a great issue. 

McDaniel, Scott - very nice Robin cover.  I don't know what it is from but I love his style although I have not forgiven him for his run on DD with the armour suit.  That run made me give up comic collecting and forced me to find something new which led me to golden age comics, then ebay and then comic art.   I have Scott McDaniel to blame for my addiction to this hobby.

Bachalo, Chris - Shade #24 page 3. 

Castillo, Tony - nice Fangoria cover.  Tony told me it will be published as a cover on 2 occasions. 

Renaud, Paul - 2 pages from Cavegirl.  1 and 2.  Unfortunately these pages were badly damaged in the shipping process.  The item was well packaged between 2 sheets of masonite which had a hole punced right through the middle of it and the package was torn in half and not in a good way.  I will add these images to my terms page just so people know what might happen if an item is uninsured.  Damaged package pictures 1 and 2.

Morrow, Gray - 3 nice piece from the over 100 a friend commissioned from Gray in a Girls of ERB series that never saw print.  Balza, Gura and Kali

Now on to the theme galleries/collections.

Dragonlady - the more I learn about this character the more she is becoming my favorite comic persona and I love the response I usually get to asking for her as a commission subject.  A great Golden age Gala by Gerry Acerno which has lots of great golden age characters in there including my favorite two jungle girls.   Sheldon Bryant, Frank Brunner, Tony Castillo, Joe Pekar, John Lucas , Michael Lark and Alex Maleev all show us their impression of this character. 

Flash Gordon - after adding the Raymond to my collection, I had further inspiration to get more commissions with this theme.  Here are pieces by Gerry Acerno, Esad Ribic and Aaron Lopresti

Jungle Girls - in addition to the Matt Baker pages above, I added several nice pages by Adrian Batista's Jungle Girl  including pages 3 and 5 from issue 0 and page 16 and the cover from issue #1.  2 nice Hildebrant jungle girl sketches 1 and 2.  A Tim Sale jungle girl sketch.  A brilliant commission by Maxx Marshall, I love his line work on this piece.

Bianchi, Simone - Elektra sketch done at a Toronto con. 

Bryant, Shelton - a nice DD piece and a Dragonlady commission. 

Finch, David - con sketches of Daredevil and Elektra

Golden, Michael - convention sketches of Dr. Strange and Cleo. 

Comolo, Giorgio - nice commission for another fan that I am happy to give a home to.  I believe the them is a Trophy wall. 

Chantler, Scott - nice Dick Tracy drawing.  I was going to start a comic strip character sketch book and have an artist draw any strip art character they wanted from Flash Gordon to Garfield.  This one and the Flash Gordon by Gerry are the first 2 pieces.  Also, a nice Blondie Illustration Scott did for a tribute in the local newspapers where he recreated several strip characters.

Dietrich, Sean - interesting pages to his book Indurstriacide.  #1 page 10, #3 page 8 and #4 page 5 pluse pin-up/cover 1 and 2.

DeMoore, Bob -  2 nice pages from the 50's.   Bob was one of Herge's main assistants on Tintin and a lot of the Tintin art we are familiar with probably has Bob's pen in there. 

Nodell, Martin - nice Green Lantern sketch done as a promo piece for a Pittsburg con. 

Aragones, Sergio - groo illustration. 

I was fortunate to have 2 European friends send me several beautiful Graphic Novels I never would seen otherwise and each had a little dedication in them.  Here are scans of the dedications.

Biancarelli, Franck -  dedication in Le Livre des Destins.
Bramanti, Jean-Philippe - dedication in McCay vol 3.  Le Gardien de l'Aube.
Cabanes, Max - dedication in Dans les Villages  La Deroute des Synapses.
Demarez, Thierry - dedication in La Geste  Des Chevaliers Dragons.
Margerin - dedication in Felix et le Bus.
Mezieres, J-C - dedication in La Cite des Eaux Mouvantes.
Mourier, Jean-Louis - dedication in Trolls de Troy  Les Enrages du Darshan.
Rossi, Christian - dedication in West (Weird Enforcement Special Team).
Walthery, F - dedication in Natacha et les Dinosaures. 

Caza - prelim for card art of She Hulk.

Alary, Pierre - sketch.

Talbot, Bryan - sketch.

Last but not least and not original art related but I managed to find a copy of Tintin magazine from Belgium Oct 28th, 1948 which has my Herge illustration published in it. 

Colman, David - a little monkeyboy sketch to be used on my future website.

New art July 6th, 2007

The last few months have been a little slower in collecting so a bit smaller of an update.  Con season has started so some art from the Toronto con.  I have had some computer and scanner issues which are being resolved now.  I am also hoping to have a whole new site in the future but those plans are also not progressing as planned.

Hesh, F.  I don't know a lot about this artist.  I have had these pieces for years and have just now scanned them.  The nude is spectacular.   Nude, Ad art 1 and Ad art 2.

Muth, Jon - Dracula watercolor page.  I remember how impressed I was with Muth's Dracula GN.  This is an unused page from that book.  It is a large piece and framed so the digital pic is the best i can do. 

Kubert, Joe - Viking Prince page from Brave and the Bold 21, page 22.

Godwin, Frank - Nice Rusty Riley Sunday from 2/23/58.

Fabry, Glenn - Painted cover to Marvel Knights featuring DD and the Punisher.

Wilson, George - Cover to Korak #34.  A great painted piece by the Goldkey cover master.

unknown - Jungle Jim cover, painted Gold Key.

Biancarelli, Franck - A nice commision of Flash and Dale.  Pencils, inks and colors.

Williamson, Al - Flash Gordon prelim sketch.

Siegel and Shuster - Funnyman page.  What can I say, a page from these legends. 

Fisher, Seth - Williworld Splashes to page 38 and 51 and a very challenging page from Happydale.  The best part of this deal was getting to hear more about Seth from his mother.  2 prelim/sketches by Seth as well 1, 2.

Maroto, Estoban - Fantastic large sci-fi illustration.  This has everything in a Maroto I could want.

Sienkiewicz, Bill - nice vintage MoonKnight sketch and an early Storm Pin-up.

Keown, Dale - nice Jam piece with art by Dale Keown, Dave Ross, Lee Weeks, Ty Templeton, Ron Wagner and an unidentified artist. 

Bolland, Brian - nice pin-up done for a friend.  Originally had a photo stat of his friend's wife's face in the pic but that was later removed and the penciled face by Bolland was inked by Bob McLeod. 

Dragonlady commissions by Marc Campos, Agnes Graboska, Louis Paradis, Aaron Lopresti, Nicola Scott, Talent Caldwell, Steve Mannion, Dan Morton, Vince Locke and Terry Moore (Francine as the DL).

Campbell, Eddie - Very beautiful and strange page from Batman Order of the Beasts. (no "bat" man but just about every other kind of -man you could come up with. 

Bianchi, Simone - Jean Reno tribute piece.  Not sure what this was done for.

Smith, Jeff - Thorn and Bones sketches.

Infantino, Carmine - Adam Strange sketch.

Alexander, Jason - cool, moody page from Empty Zone The Secret

Middleton, Joshua - no update is complete without something by Josh.  Here is a nice Phoenix sketch and a Wolverine con sketch.

Mack, David - Nice multicharacter sketch for Bulleye, DD and Elektra.

Zeck, Michael - cool Wolverine Pin-up.

Lisner, Joseph - Dawn on Kaneda's bike.  Nice commission from the Toronto Paradise Comiccon.  The theme appealed to Joseph and he went with it.  I am happy how this turned out.

Stelfreeze, Brian - cool Laci color sketch.

Unknown artists - european knock-off's of Jungle comics cover, Pantera Blonde splashinterior and mystery cover.

Bruzzo, Giovanni - Mister No page 203.  Very nice crime noir layout.

Portacio, Will - Wonderwoman head sketch.

Zulli, Michael - Puma Blues #16 page 6.  Page with the flying Manta's.

Nielsen, Terese - Code of Honor painted page.

Griffith, Bill - Zippy the Clown daily.  Very funny and thoughtful.

Stewart, Cam - quick Catwoman sketch.

Sim, Dave - nice con sketch of Cerebus reading a comic.

Colan, Gene - Batman and Howard the Duck con sketch. 

Comolo, Georgio - Giger tribute piece.  This is stunning in person.  The face of Li has so much subtle detail the scan can't pick up.

Sale, Tim - rapidly becoming one of my favorite artists.  I see so much more in his work than I use to.  Nice page from Daredevil Yellow and a pin-up for his sketchbook. 

Andrews, Kaare - two sketches from the Toronto con - Elektra and a Dragonrider.

Moore, Terry - Katchoo sketch and also a Francine as the Dragonlady.

Wagner, Matt - two quick sketches of Grendel and Elektra.

Locke, Vince - two great commissions.  Flash Gordon and Dale and the Dragonlady.

Nolan, Graham - Judge Dredd cover or pin-up.  Very cool and clean art.  If you know what this is from, please let me know.

Nord, Cary - Red Sonja sketch.

Bone, Jay - nice Tintin commission.

Moench, Doug - Spectre #23 cover featuring Deadman, Dr. Fate, Demon, Phantom Stranger and of course the Spectre.  D.C.'s fearsome 5.

Tucci, Bill - Elektra head sketch.

Vatche Mavlian - a gift from the artist.  Very fine linework you can't see in the scan.  Excellent use of negative space

Vess, Charles - nice, large watercolor piece by one of the great illustrators working in comics.  Forgotten already what this was from:) 

Golden, Michael - Jungle girl sketch.

Wood, Ashley - great Dragon painting for a european book.  Also a nice painted nude, duostar daily and a prelim for a Flash Gordon commission

Mini update February 12th, 2007

Risso, Eduardo - Flash Gordon and Dale Commission by the Argentinian master storyteller.

Quesada, Joe - Daredevil #6 page 13.  Nice page from an early issue after the renumbering.

Pearson, Jason - Laci sketch inside the leatherbound edition of the Ride TPB.

Perkins, Alex - finished prelim for wolverine poster.

Wilhelm, Jack - Nancy daily circa 1930.

Zeck, Mike - Wolverine pin-up.

Check, Sid - sci-fi cover prelim circa 1962 and Western prelim.

Unknown - Milton Caniff Terry and the Pirates and Alex Raymond Flash Gordon forgeries.  These are nicely done recreations but they were originally created in the 60's with the intention to mislead so calling them a forgery is a more accurate term.  Very interesting items all the same.

February 1st, 2007 Update. 

Well, the new year has started out fairly busy.  I have had some interesting things come in in the past 2 months and am anticipating a few really cool things shortly so perhaps I will have a chance to make a smaller update soon.

Moebius - a really cool page from L'Incal.  I have been looking for the right page for some time and this one works for me.  I really like the rendering of the female character and the background design. 

My jungle girl theme has had a great month.  It starts with what may be the best piece in my JG collection, a giant splash from Kaanga and a second panel splash from Kaanga as well.  Here are more Kaanga pages 1, 2.  Last of the published pieces is a 1940's cover to an Italian jungle girl, Panthere Blonde as well as 4 color acetate production art to a later version of the same character, Pantera Blonde and a color guide to another Pantera Blonde 30.

Also added to the Jungle girl collection are 4 sketches I got as an unexpected gift from a fellow collecting friend.  Jungle girls by George Perez, Rich Larson, Richard Case and Greg Land.

Raufeisen, Andreas - Sorayamesque painting.  What can I say, he does really cool work and this is a great piece.  It is a large painted and airbrushed original piece in the style of Sorayama. 

Middleton, Joshua - Yet another update with more Middleton art.  Covers to American Virgin 4 and 5.  Josh was kind enough to include 3 sketches he did for the cover of issue 4.  sketch 1, 2, 3.

Simon/Kirby good girl panel page from Stuntman #2.  I don't think there has ever been a more important team than Simon and Kirby (other than perhaps Siegel and Shuster) in comics.  The last 2 panels speak for themselves, here is a close up of the last panel.

Breathed, Berke - Bloom County Daily featuring Opus and a medical theme.

Yager, Rick - Buck Rogers sunday.  This piece is huge and one of the nicest Yager's I have ever seen. 

Forte, John - Seven Seas daily with some great good girl.

Godwin, Frank - 3 great Rusty Riley Dailies by one of the finest artist ever to work in the sequential art medium. 1/14/56, 1/18/55, 3/26/56.

Caniff, Milton - Nice Terry and the Pirates featuring the Dragonlady 9/16/49.

Prentice, John - two Rip Kirby's from Raymond's replacement on the strip.  7/6/67 and 8/4/67.

Drake, Stan - Juliet Jones Sunday from 7/6/69.

Starr, Leonard - Nice early On Stage daily 2/26/56. 

Weare, Tony - Matt Marriot daily.  A fantastic British illustrator who's work we don't see enough of over here.

Tufts, Warren - nice Casey Ruggles daily with a beautiful girl. 3/13/53.

Mayo, John - another nice Jungle Jim Sunday from 2/23/47.

Drucker, Mort - nice page from Mad or Cracked.  signed by Mort.

Bernet, Jordi - a nice sketch in a book dedicated to me by a friend.  2 other book dedications 1, 2 and a page of sketches all by the Spanish master storyteller.

Zeck, Mike - Master of Kung-Fu #5 page 17. 

Blum, Alex - Hooks Devlin 6 page story from Fight Comics #40.  pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

unknown - High School Romance #8 pages 1 and 2.  Killer splash.

Cazeneuve, Arturo - Speed Taylor page from Speed Comics #21, 1942

Beekman, Doug - nice Flash Gordon and Dale commission by Doug.

Dragonlady pieces by Scott Blair and Rachel Z.  Computer colored version of Scott's Dragonlady.

Stelfreeze, Brian - 2 nice sketches, one with a predator theme and a nice catwoman.

Bendis, Brian - Goldfish sketch.

Maleev, Alex - little DD headshot.

Severin, Alex - several more nice doodles that came along with kind letters from the Belgian master. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

McDonnell, Pat - a complete set of the first 5 Mutt's books with sketches. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Warren, Adam - 2 sexy prelims for Dirty Pair.  1, 2.

Last, but certainly not least,  a 24 page Tarzan Story by Igor Korday entitled Mugambi the Legend, a Tarzan Tale.
Very nice illustrations on all of these pages.  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.


November 27th, 2006 Update.   Yeah, I know,  I know, a long time between updates but the move and renovations have taken up a lot of my free time. Next update in the new year.  Without further ado, new art.

Herge - Art doesn't get any more important to me than this piece.  I grew up reading Tintin, Asterix and Disney long before I discovered Marvel and DC.  The meaning of Tintin to me is hard to put into words but Herge has certainly been an influence on all my comic and artistic tastes.  I finally decided to pursue a piece and with so many fakes/forgeries and studio pieces out there I wanted to make sure I was getting the real deal.  This is an illustration from 1946 from Tintin magazine and from before the formation of Herge studios. 

Middleton, Joshua - great Inara illustration used for a print.  I can't seem to get enough of this great artist's work.

Hughes, Adam - Miss Adventure pin-up one and two plus a Wildcats cover prelim.

Baker, Matt- Speaking of good girl artists, none can compare to Matt.  Here is a great Tiger girl page from Fight #54.

Webb, R.H.  - Kaanga #7 page featuring Anne.

Bernet, Jordi - 9 new sketches, some rather detailed by one of the all time greatest comic artists. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Smith, Jeff - 2 sketches.  Fone Bone and Bartelby sketch and Phoney Bone.  I read the book for the first time recently and fell in love with the characters.  Dedicated to my 3 kids who will inevitably end up having this wonderful tale read to them several times. 

Darrow, Geof - Big Guy sketch.

Pitarra, Nicholas - speaking of Geof Darrow, Nick did this mindblowing commission for me as a tribute to Geof's work. Among the details, Starting top left...the character who's coming out of the building is the first character you see in hardboiled...the slogan on the opposite side of the same building just says darrow for ever (D,->, four fingers, ever) in the classic darrow sign advertisement style. The next building is the building from which the giant monster/dinasaur from big guy and rusty bust out of/is created in...the next building is the willeford building from hard boiled (they build cyborgs or something(its been awhile scince I've read it). The next building is the all you can eat seafood advertisement....the next is the seth fisher advertisement (it reads "Keep Fishing"he has a fishing reel in hand with a fish hanging out in front.Then the classic darrow pep boys advertisement...only now its the rapping badguys from shaolin cowboy issues 3/4. Kong and Godzilla are in the middle ground...both in the process of crumbling a building(look close in the crumbling rubble and see hundreds of bodies falling amongst the debris).The middle building has bigguys battle ship in a advertisement. One top of that same building...you see a small house size building...if you look real real close...you'll see "monkey boy jeff" spray painted on the side of it.going to the forground...you have the donkey...i refrenced the saddle to best of my ability (from shots darrow used in the book) I left out some of the detail on the donkey so he wouldn't blend in with kong. then you got big guy and rusty (I love them both)....then shaolin...then nixon from hardboiled further to the right. the building under nixon is covered in mutated monsters attacking people...in refrence to the mutated monsters that attacked the innocent bystanders in big guy and rusty....you can also see the car that runs over nixon at the begginning of hardboiled(its built into the building...and facing you(on the same building) The most devestating badguy of all time...the dinosaur from big guy and rusty (now holding a cola can...just an advertisement).....the building next to that building(moving left) is just a basic building with doohickies on the ruff(darrow uses that box advertisement allot as well,but mines still blank for now).the next building on the left is just a standard building with junk on top....oh yeah...i tried to put waldo ...of where's waldo fame,inside the donkeys horse shoe...but the it was so small that its hard to read....i got about five opened advertisements to filll in...i'm thinking of doing random characters that darrow has illustrated. oh yeah I forgot...on what little is left of kongs building(the one turned to rubble...you can see an adv. with the baby that just says "mine"....I'm sure theres more that i can't think of right now.....everything is darrow inspired....i had to throw the fisher ad. in there...he's got his chest hair shaved into a heart (like on his website). The stuff Nick Added since then are Electricity Boy sign from Seth Fisher's Tokyo Pop, Moebius Bill Board (starwatcher), Matrix Billboard, Miller/Darrow Billboard and finally, the far right billboard with Quitely, Fisher, Moebius and Darrow's names together representing the main players in this new comic art style.)

Comolo, Georgio - after looking at Georgio's work for so many years, I figured it was about time I got to see one in person.  Thanks to Enrico for setting this Kaneda from Akira commission up.

Briggs, Austin - Flash Gordon Sunday.  Not much to say about this piece that the title and art don't say.  Brilliant artist at his finest.  July 18th, 1948.

Mayo, John - Jungle Jim Sunday Feb 16, 1947.

Drake, Stan (Starr, Leonard) - Kelly Green artwork.  I can't imagine a better combination of artists.  Fantastic work by both.

Quesada, Joe - Daredevil Father # 1 page 23. 

Hollingsworth, A.C. - 2 Scorchy Smith strips. 1, 2.  Girls, guns and rocket ships, perfect sci-fi.

Buscema, John - 3 Savage pages. Issue #68 pages 19, 25 and 26.

Totleben, John - Werewolf illustration.

Miller, Frank - the "other" Frank Miller, really great Barney Baxter Daily 10/11/47.

Wunder, George - Terry and Pirates daily 1/27/47

Stewart, Cameron - Tank Girl pin-up, Island Girl sketch and Flash Gordon Head shot.

Leonardi, Rick - 2 pages from Cloak and Dagger, inked by Al Williamson.  Issue 12 page 1 and Issue 4 page 14.  Nice Beyonder appearance, now there is a comic character from the past I could have done without:)

Wildey, Doug - 2 page story from Alarming Tales #3, page 1 and 2.

Porges, Paul Peter - 11 illustrations from MAD Magazine #209.  Two different Gags, World Class Bordom and Exposed Jocks. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.

Edwing, Don (Duck) - 3 pages from MAD Magazine 293.  3 One pagers. "The Extraordinary Eulogy Entrapment," "The Chilling Chopper Chapter," and "The Astounding Aeronautic Adventure."

Clarke, Bob - Mad Disco cover.  Mixed media piece.

Coker, Paul Jr. - 22 gags from MAD Magazine # 182."Beat the Recession with These Helpful Mad Penny-Pinching Hints."
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22.

Jaffee, Al - one page Medical gag from MAD Magazine #302.

Grbic, Borivoje - Serbian artist I met on line.  Very nice work, looking to break into North American comics.  Beautiful Dragonlady and a Jungle girl sketch.

Perez, Ramon - Dragonlady sketch from Nov 2006 Paradise Fan Con.

Scott, Nicole - Catwoman Pin-up and Elektra sketch.

Unknown - Jungle girl pin-up.  Any help?

Sayger, Stuart - Poison Ivy sketch from a friend.

Vess, Charles - Pin-up from The Horns of Elfland circa 1976. 

Cho, Michael - nice space girl.  I met Michael at the Nov 06 Paradise one day con and we got to talking about strip art. 

Mortimer, Win - Spidey Super Stories #4 page 25 starring Shanna.  A favor from a long time online friend.

Postic, Nick and Marinkovich, Nick - The Dark Knight pin-up.  The two Nicks most striking image to date.

Next update early 2007.


August 8th, 2006 Update.  It has been a bit slow for the last few months and so no update in a while.  We are moving soon so a lot of packing and preparation to do.  Regardless, some interesting art has found its way into my collection.

Pitarra, Nicholas - I met Nick online. He is the most amazing and friendliest artist I have met in some time.  I am a big fan of Moebius, Darrow, Quitely, Fabry, Seth Fisher, Nathan Fox and others who follow in this similar style.  I was amazed by the pieces I had seen by Nick and have been lucky to pick up 2 commissions and a third huge commission will be on its way shortly.  For now, Kaneda and Bike and Sheena.

Bernet, Jordi - Torpedo page.  This is probably my favorite Torpedo page that I have seen to date.  I missed it on ebay a few years ago but managed to get it in trade from the always friendly Joe Jusko.  Steve Morger also managed to hook me up with his new Clara book and sketches by Jordi in both his Clara book and in the other Bernet book I owned that Manuel Auad was kind enough to send me.

Sienkiewicz, Bill - Brilliant, large illustration from Delirium.  It is a true multimedia piece with linen/paper being applied to board and then painted with various media.  The scan doesn't do the materials justice but other than coming over for a visit, this is the best image you will get of this piece.

Middleton, Joshua - Poison Ivy sketch.  I didn't get this one in person, but a very welcome addition to my collection.

Stelfreeze, Brian - Catwoman/Wildcats #4 cover.  A great example of Brian's unique approach. It looks like the cover is upside down at first glance.  Very cool.

Harris, Tony - Legends of the DC Universe #27 cover.  This is a fully painted piece by Tony featuring Aquaman, Batman and the Joker.

Johnson, Dave - 4 recent pickups that were done or arranged at the Toronto comic convention but Dave wanted to scan and he sent them to me later.  Meagan(gone in trade already), Dizzy and Lono, Sheena and Dragonlady.  Amazing art by the 100 Bullets cover artist and very funny and nice guy to talk to.

Chaykin, Howard - American Flagg cover - actually used as a cover for comic journal American Heroes.  It is done in 3 parts, a main piece with Rueben and 2 overlays.

Sickles, Noel - a new Scorchy Smith panel that I traded for my previous one.  The other one went to  collector who had the other half of mine so he could put the full original back together. 

Jaffee, Al - I loved MAD magazine when I was growing up.  One of my favorite features was the MAD fold-ins and I am glad to add a funny one to my collection.  I also like the theme of this one.  I deal with victims of gun violence through my occupation and I feel strongly about stronger gun control measures.  Anyway, enough of politics, it is a fun image.  This is a scan of what it would look like folded.

Ingles, Graham - Haunts of Fear page 5.  Very nicely executed page by Ingles showing his fantastic use of lighting and some nice girl art.

Leonardi, Rick - Cloak and Dagger piece from Marvel Age Annual #1.  Austin inks.  I loved this series when I was growing up.  I have recently bought 2 more pages from this run but they have not arrived in time to add to this update so look for them with the next update.

Drake, Stan - a nice Sunday from later in the Juliet Jones run. 7/29/84.

Pittarelli, Jeff - great Kaneda and bike commission.

Guay, Rebecca - Black Orchid splash.

Peters, Michael - Dragonlady convention style sketch. 

Tan, Phillip - Everquest pinup, Ironman #79 pages 4, 5, 6 and 9.  The Everquest is my favorite, crazy detail and line work in this one.

Mannion, Steve - jungle girl pinup.

Chen, Sean - Kumori #1 cover.

Lark, Michael - Little Sister GN page.

Sevilla, Hector - Lullaby splash.

Mayhew, Michael - Mary Jane prelim 1 and 2.

Ormston, Dean - Monarchy page.  I really like Dean's work, his style varies a lot but when he is mimicking Mignola, I think he is at his strongest.  Also see the painting I have by Dean.

Conrad, Will - Red Sonja convention sketch.

unknown artist - cool and sexy sci-fi page.

Balan, Nadir - Victoria Secret Service Cover #4.  A moment of weakness.

THE NEW MANGA - recently I have enjoyed a number of Manga titles and have become a fan of the artwork.  I have been seeking out artists working in various comics that have a strong Manga influence and here are a few of he new pieces in this genre.
Tortosa, Wilson - Battle of the Planets #11 pages 2, 9 and 21
David, Edwin - Battle of the Planets #1 pages 4 and 5 and #3 pages 6 and double page splash.  Also a promotional splash and some art on the back of one of the pages.
Gossett, Chris - Elektra the Hand pages 10 and 13
Cowboy Bebop pin-up and Sakura Wars pinup by Brian Valeza.

Cardoselli, Stephano - Dragonlady, Jungle girls and Flash Gordon and Dale commission plus cover 1, back cover and pin-up.

Greene, Verne - 15 Mac the Medic Dailies.  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.

unknown - 2 Jungle girl pages from All New Comics #4, pages 6 and 8.  If you know anything about the character or the artist, please drop me a line.

Pekar, Joe - nice sketch of the White Queen.

May 18th, 2006 Update.  This may be my last update for about 2 months.  Once again, I am trying to cut down on spending:)  This update features some real gems and the art I managed to get at the Paradise Comic convention in Toronto at the end of April.  Also, check out all the new art by the great rising star, Timothy Green II.   Enjoy!

Stelfreeze, Brian - to be honest, I was not familiar with Brian's work until I picked up GunCandy #1 and the Ride and the covers blew me away.  I am glad to be adding the covers to Guncandy #1 and #2 to my collection.  I think issue one is one of those iconic images that will go down in comic art history and puts brian near the top of cover artists.

Eisner, Will - Spirit page from May 23, 1946.  Great page featuring classic Eisner layouts and some great images of P'Gell.  Also, a cameo of the Spirit in disguise in the final panel.  There is a little copyright note on the back of the art that looks like it was hand done by Will Eisner.

Manning, Russ - Magnus, Robot Fighter # 21 page 6.  Manning art is not easy to come by, especially from this great sci-fi series.  Although Magnus does not appear on the page, there is some great robot art here. 

Crandall, Reed- nice, twice up Flash Gordon page from Issue 6.  I think the page speaks for itself. Great panels, beautiful backgrounds and main characters throughout. 

Garzon, Jose - a nice Flash Gordon page from the Gold Key run.

Unknown artist - This is a really cool and historical piece for me.  As a jungle girl fan, I am always fascinated with Sheena's sisters in other parts of the world.  I have been aware of Panthere Blonde for years as a golden age vintage jungle girl published in Europe.  Recently I stumbled upon an original piece from the series.  This piece would be circa 1940's. 

Speaking of Jungle girls, lots of new pieces to the collection theme.  First, Tony Dezuniga does Sheena, Robert Hack does 2, one of Sheena and one of Rulah as well as a nice little head sketch.  Then at the comiccon I got pieces by Ramona Fradon, George Perez, Bob Layton, Nicola Scott, Bart Sears, Arthur Suydam , David Lloyd(won't scan well) and Adrian Alphonsa.

The Dragonlady theme was also furthered with a brilliant piece by J.G. Jones, Jill Thompson, Noel Tuazon 1 and 2 and the two Nick's(Postic and Marinkovitch)Chris Ivy did one for me as well outside of the con.

The Flash Gordon theme had a really great Michael Mayhew piece added to it as well as art by Robert Hack.  There was also a sketch by Jay Stephens.

My final theme for collecting is Daredevil and I had some neat pieces added both at the con and through other means.  Michael Lark did this great 3 character con sketch from me with a rough on the backBright Anvil studios did this jam piece featuring Elektra, Kingpin and Bullseye by Craig Yeung, Marvin Law and Logan Luberra.  A nice Elektra by Alex Perkins and a page from DD #303 by Chris Ivy.

Stephens, Jay - a great piece that was done for the Comic Book Artists Magazine tribute to Will Eisner as well as the Flash Gordon sketch.

Chaykin, Howard - Cody Starbuck page.  Nice early Chaykin from this space opera.

Severin, Alex - another nice letter with a sketch from my friend and a fine artist who lives in Belgium.  The sketch came up over a philosophical/religious discussion.

McClure, Darrell - a nice group of vintage illustrations and a Annie Rooney comic strip by this artist.
12/21/55 Annie Rooney Daily, Joe Guest Illustration, 3 illustrations for a Yachting magazine 1, 2, and 3.

Lloyd, David - V for Vendetta sketch from the Toronto con.

Graff, Mel - Adventures of Patsy daily from 11/15/4?

Tuazon, Noel - nice illustration from a literacy campaign.  It has a happy home next to the big arm chair I read bedtime stories to my kids in. 

Smith, Andy - nice Red Sonja sketch by the Dynamic Forces artist.

Ok, now for the BIG update.  I am a big fan of the European art stylings of artists like Moebius, Herge and the more recent Geoff Darrow, Frank Quitely, Glen Fabry and others that follow in that tradition.  It is no wonder I was drawn to the art of Timothy Green II, a newer artists.  I have liked his art and you can see multiple examples of his work in my gallery already but with his most recent project working on Aeon Flux, he found a project that seemed like a perfect fit.  I loved every page of the book and gave consideration to buying the entire series but cooler head prevailed and I ended up with a nice selection of pages and covers from the book.  But first, Yoda:)
Aeon Flux #1  Cover part 1 and 2.  Pages 3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 18, 21
Aeon Flux #3 Cover part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5  pages 14 and 15.  The cover is really neat how it came together(published cover).
Aeon Flux #4 pages 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13
TPB Cover part 1 and 2Interior cover and prelim.1 and 2.
Alternative rejected cover.

April 21st, 2006 Update.

Well, it has been a busy month and a half for collecting for me.  Some rather big pieces for my collection and some pieces I have been working on for a while. Next month, Paradise Toronto con swag.

Kirby, Jack - Fantastic Four #42 page.  My first twice-up Kirby page.  I officially feel like a comic art collector today:)  I have earned a badge of distinction.  Vinnie inked this page.

Hughes, Adam - nice vintage Jungle girl sketch by Adam.  I can't believe this second theme piece I have looked at 100 times over each became available this month. 

Zulli, Michael - Puma Blues Trade Paperback wrap around cover painting.  I loved Puma Blues when I was a teen growing up.  I think it is the first comic where I just stared at the art for hours on end trying to figure out how Mike did it.  There were some brilliant still life pieces in that book.

Middleton, Joshua - 2 page with the now famous x-23 in her early appearances.  NYX #3 page 9 and NYX #4 page 20.  Also, a fun little con sketch by Josh.  

Salinas, Jose - a nice Cisco Kid daily from 11/14/52.  The inking in the final panel is brilliant.

Wood, Ashley - a great Elektra piece by Ashley.  Thanks to J.Sid for giving it up.  2 sketches from Ashley as well, Doctor Jeckyl and Mr. Hide theme and Vampire and girl.

Cardy, Nick - yet another Tarzan daily.  This is the third one I have it makes for 3 consecutive dailies from 1950.  Numbered 3405.  It is also signed by Nick which makes it all the more rare.

Quitely, Frank - All Star Superman sketch. 

Sienkiewicz, Bill - 2 sided large preliminary/sketch sheet.  Front and back.

Colan, Gene - Nice Daredevil #68.  Nice images of Daredevil and Gene doing what only Gene can do.  I just love the energy and dynamics that are on this page.

McNiven, Steve - New Avengers #10 page 14 and a nice girl sketch.

Opper, Frederick - Nice illustration from 1890. One of the greatest forefathers of comics.

Severin, Alex - another nice sketch in a letter from artist and friend from Belgium.

Torres, Angelo - 2 neat 4 panel pieces from Mad Magazine #277 with charactures of the cast of M*A*S*H and Gilligan's Island among others. 

Bagge, Peter - cool sketch done for CBLDF charity auction.

Bastian, Jeremy -  OK, are you sitting down.  Get ready for some really great detailed work.  I asked Jeremy to do a commission in the Flash Gordon and Dale theme and it came out brilliantly.  Flash may be ackward but the rest of the piece is more than I could have hoped for.  I also acquired the cover to Pirate Girl and an interior page and a pin-up piece of Pirate Girl.  Jeremy is a real talent and a nice guy to boot.

Richards, Cliff - 2 nice character design sheets for girls 1 and 2 and a cover for an unknown comic.  Cliff worked on Buffy and this certainly has stylistic elements of his work on the series.

Conrad, Will - a page from Serenity and a Red Sonja costume concept piece.  I could go on for pages about how cool a series Serenity was and how much I am enjoying the new Red Sonja series and its retro comic story feel. 

Oeming, Michael - speaking of Red Sonja, here is a cool sketch by Michael.

Mayo, Ralph - Jungle Comics #137 page 6.  Nice Camilla page to add to the biggest Golden age Jungle girl collection out there.  If you have any pages from ANY golden age jungle girl themed books, please contact me.

Beatty, Terry - Nyoka style jungle girl illustration.

Pound, John - Mad Magazine #297 pin-up.  Very poignant image.

Champi, Bill - Oh Diana! comic strip from 9/24/5?  A fun, racy piece with a lingerie panel.

Truman, Tim and Christopher Schenck - 4 watercolor pages from Robin Hood.  #1 page 13 and #3 pages 5, 18 and 20.

Salonga, Noah - Red Sonja #7 pages 9 and 19.

Tulka, Rick - 6 new age illustrations from Mad #290. Robot Footballer, Japanese Yen, Nyet Soviet, Segregation Chest, Steroid Ben and Mail-order Bride.

Adlard, Charles - 2 pages from Scarface #1.  pages 20 and 29.

March 20th, 2006 Update  

A few new pieces added to the collection over the last month and a bit.  I have some nice stuff on the way but as of yet it is not here so they will show up in the next update.

Risso, Eduardo - Red Sonja #5 cover.  It took me a while to "get" Risso's work.  I appreciated it but not until I read 100 Bullets for the first time this year did it click.  He is a true comic genius.  I would embarrass myself further by making any attempt at describing his greatness.  I am pleased to add one of his vary rare covers to my collection.

Severin, Alex - my friend and Belgian artist came up with yet another brilliant commission.  I am in awe of this one as well.  It was time to add a few new jungle girls to the collection and this certainly fits the bill.  In his correspondences, Alex often adds little sketches, here are a few 1, 2, 3.  Lastly, pencil prelims for the Jungle girls pieces.

Speaking of Jungle girls, nice early Adam Hughes Sheena. 

Kaluta, Mike - nice piece of finished, colored artwork (100% original) from Wizards of the Coast RPG. 

Bernet, Jordi - nice girl convention sketch.  Now to find a nice Torpedo page with girls:)

Baker, Matt - yet another update with Matt Baker art.  Short of getting a splash, this is one of his best panel pages I have seen.  It is from a Glory Forbes page from

Mayeryk, Val - Really cool Young Masters back Cover. 

Mayhew, Michael - Vampirella #11 comic page.  Fantastic pencil rendering.

Cardy, Nick - Aquaman #39 page.

McWilliams, Alden - Twin Earths Daily - another stellar example(pun intended) of Al's work on this great strip and his unsurpassed rendering of female beauty. 12/11/62.

Giordano, Dick - Dracula Lives #10 page.  Wonderful inkwashed paged by the veteran artist. 

Pagulayan. Carlo - Elektra #13 page with inks by Danny Miki.

Leav, Mort - Fight Comics #19 page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.  Really fun Kayo Kirby story. 

Lubbers, Bob - Firehair #11 page.  Great early use of duo-shade. 

Bellamy, Frank - Garth Daily 26/3/75.  Nice 2 panel daily.

Hasen, Irwin - 3 nice examples of an early unpublished strip pitch.  1, 2, 3.

McKimson, Tom and Chuck - Roy Rogers Dailies from 4/6, 4/11 and 4/12 from 1950.

Last, but certainly not least, a head sketch of Zee by Brian Woods.  This was a gift from a friend and fellow collector I have never met in person but feel like I have know for years.  He was going to the NYC con (disaster con this year) and I also saw Brian was attending.  Shawn was kind enough to get contact info for me and arranged this con sketch of the cool paramedic girl in DMZ which I am enjoying reading right now.

Feb 8th, 2006 Update

Well, this is the year of the Dog, my year and it came in with a howl.  Lots of new art that came in, and not just anything, some real gems as you will see.

Middleton, Josh - my favorite new artist and among my favorite all time artists.  There is something about Josh's lines that speak to me on a different level than I can comprehend, I just know they move me.  I have added the Shazam/Superman #1 cover, Shazam splash from page 26 from issue #1 and two nice panel pages from issue #2, pages 9 and 10.  As an added bonus, Josh include some rough sketches, a rare look into the process 1, 2, 3.

Moebius - very few comic artists have such a voice and presence as Moebius.  His influence on European art is immeasurable and he is certainly a big influence on modern artist like Geoff Darrow, Timothy Green II, Seth Fisher, Frank Quitely, Glen Fabry and others that follow this movement.   This piece was obtained believing it was 100% original.  It is a very long story but it has been determined to my satisfaction the following facts.  This is the original art used to make a print for "City of Fire" portfolio.  The original pencils are by Geoff Darrow and inks by Moebius.  The original penwork was then copied and this piece has that copied linework that was later painted by Arno.  There is white out and blueline pencils on this piece so this is the original line transfer and color art that was later made into a print.  The pencil signature by Moebius is original. 

Bisley, Simon - nice acrylic painting by the Biz. 

Mignola, Mike - Hellboy page from Box Full of Evil.

Commission are one of the main themes of the month. 

I have gotten a Dragonlady and a Flash Gordon and Dale piece by Alex Perkins.  Alex also included a lot of prelims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

Alex Severin, a charming and talented Belgian artist also did a brilliant Flash Gordon and Dale piece and a nice Dragonlady piece. 

Michael Peters also contributed a commission to my Flash Gordon and Dale theme. 

Jeff Pittarelli did a fine Irish McCalla as Sheena and Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon for my collection.

Sienkiewicz, Bill - a nice vintage Hulk sketch.

Romita Jr, John - 4 nice pages from his monumental run on Daredevil.  DD 252 pg 21, DD 259 pg 2, DD 266 page 11 and 13.

McWilliams, Al - nice Buck Rogers #17 page 7 and a fantastic 10 page story from Starstream #2  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Jordan, Syndey - Jeff Hawke Daily H6811 from 1980.

Renaud, Paul - cavegirl sketches 1 and 2.

Mazzuchelli, David - Batman con sketch.

McKimson, Tom and Chuck - Roy Rogers Dailies from 3/27, 3/28, 3/29, 3/30 from 1950.

Tufts, Warren - 7 new Casey Ruggles Dailies.  7/20, 7/22, 7/24, 7/25, 7/26, 7/27 from 1954 and 1/18/50.

Yap, Guan - Samurai #3 cover.  I remember the Aircel comics fondly from my early years of collecting.  Also Samurai pin-up and a multimedia illustration.

Blair, Barry - 3 early elflord pages (5, 10 and 18) from the first series as well as a nice color page from the second series.   2 unknown Blair pieces as well girl and page.

Giacoia, Frank - Sherlock Holmes Daily 11/22 circa 1954-58.

Barry, Dan - Tarzan Daily 2777.  English language text covered for overseas publication.

Lubbers, Bob - Tarzan Daily 9/27/52.


Dec 30th, 2005 Update

I am a little late with an update this month.  I have found a few new gems for my collection.  A little bit of everything from the classic strip and golden age comic art to new artists. 

Kubert, Joe - Tarzan #239 Drums of Death layouts.  This is the highlight for me of this update.  I don't think I have the words to do this find justice.  page 1, 2-3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.

Baker, Matt - it seems like no update is complete without some new art by the greatest good girl artist.  Here is a Kid Kane story from Atomic Comics #4.  Some classic girl images by Matt. page 2, 3, 4, 5.

Baker, Matt - Fight #51 page. 

Schultz, Mark - Xenozoic Tales unpublished page.  Most of Mark's pages for this series have never been sold.  This page was to be published but got delayed in the mail and so Mark redid it for publication.  Just prior to publications the originals showed up and were published.  So I have been told this is one of 4 or 5 pages that were slated as replacement publication pages but were not used.

Darrow, Geoff - Hardboiled page.  Nice detail on this non-character page. 

Sienkiewicz, Bill - no update is complete without something new by Bill.  Elektra Assassin #7 partial splash.  No Elektra but a great piece and an image I remember well from the series.

Middleton, Josh - my favorite new artists.  X-23 sketch.

Staples, Greg - Batman splash from Riddle of the Beast.  I am told the other characters are Robin, Zantana and a dead Riddler.

Byrne, John - Fantastic Four #215 page(Sinnot inks) and Alpha Flight #25 page.  Nice partial splash of Vindicator.

Cardy, Nick - Nice Tarzan Daily from the 50's.  One of the rare signed pieces by Nick.

Rio, Al - Exposure #1 page.  Modern good girl art.

Berg, Dave - 2 pages from Mad Magazine.  page 2.

Recreations - 3 recreations by Jerry Butler Famous Funnies Cover #213, Buster Crabbe Cover #5 and Zoot Comics #16.

Caniff, Milton - 4 promotional pieces done in the late 60's and early 70's.  1, 2, 3, 4

Cardoselli, Stephano - Azurek Stories Cover.  Nice painted art to an Italian comic.

Pearson, John - Daredevil color illustration.

Giolitti, Alberto - Starstream #1 splash by an Italian master.

Keefe, Jim - Flash Gordon and Dale illustration.

Firchow, Stephen - More Than Mortal #8 pages 2 and 7.

Longaron, Jorde - Friday Foster Dailies 30/7/71 and 29/7/71.  Two nice dailies featuring Friday and Petal.

Maleev, Alex - DD con sketch from 2003.

Biancarelli, Franck - nice dedication by a friend in his new graphic novel Galfalek. 

Freas, Kelly - four preliminary drawings 2, 3, 4.

Fujitani, Bob - nice golden age splash from Boy Heroes #1.  Likely published elsewhere, I don't find a record of this comic in Overstreet.  Regardless, nice art by one of the unsung heroes of comics.

Grimm Ghost Stories #14 - 5 pages by Frank Bolle 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Al McWilliams page and a great 6 page story by Ricardo Villamonte 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

Mahfood, Jim - Girl Scouts pin-up.

Prentice, John - House of Mystery page by the man that had to fill Alex Raymond's shoes. 

Massey, Devon - 2 sided sketch piece used in Cavegirl pin-up book.  back.

Roland, Harry - Jungle girl illustration.

McManus, George - Bringing Up Father Daily from 1/5/42.

Bode, Mark - Miami Mice sketch.  What can I say, I have nostalgic weakness for funny animal books from the early 80's.  I bought these comics in High School.

Ormstom, Dean - Wizards of the Coast artwork from an RPG. (D20)

Burns, Jim - Penthouse Comics cover prelim.

Hamner, Cully - Double page splash from one of my favorite comics of the year.  The Ride.

Rivoche, Paul - Paul's tribute to Will Eisner's the Spirit for Comic Book Artist magazine.

Godwin, Frank - Rusty Riley Daily 3/13/56.

Tuska, George - Scorchy Smith Daily 3/12/5?

Moore, Terry - Strangers in Paradise page.

Miller, Frank - long before the Frank Miller of Dark Knight and Sin City fame, there was the comic strip illustrator of the same name.  2 fantastic Barney Baxter Dailies 10/9/42 and 10/20/42.

Bolle, Frank - Robin Hood #6 page.  Contrast this to the other work by Bolle in my update, quite a difference.  This page is gorgeous.

Thompson, Jill - Black Orchid #3 page 13.  Nice large panel page with Orchid.

Romita Jr., John - Daredevil #272 page 27.  Williamson inks.

Drake, Stan - Heart of Juliet Jones Sunday 12/3/67.  The Sundays for this series are very rare.

Jones, J.G. - Fatale T-shirt design.  Nice sexy splash-type page.

Gross, Peter- page from Lucifer #47 page 13 and a sketch.

Kirby, Jack - The king at work in 1961 from the World Around Us #31.  Don't know the inker?

Kirby, Jack - Nice vintage page from 1954.  In Love #3.  Unsure on the inker.  This is apparently a story about a comic book artists.

Dominquez, Luis - a 2 sided romance cover illustration front and back and a sketch book page of girls.

Goldberg, Stan - Millie the Model #43 page with inks by Bill Everett.

McBride, Clifford - Napoleon Daily 9/2/3?.  Fantastic art work on this rare strip.

Gotto, Ray - Ozark Ike Daily from 5/12/50.  Nice blue wash, my scanner did a major injustice to this piece.

Blake, Bud - Tiger Sunday from 2/11/73

unknown - Flash Gordon page #4.  Not sure which series or who the artists are.

Haut-Koenigsbourg, Carmona - Les Aventure d'Aline.  A page from a French graphic novel.  That is all I know about this page.


October 16th, 2005 Update.

This has been a great month for my collection.  I got lucky and found a nice lot of golden age jungle girl pages, the stuff that really scratches my collecting itch.   I think I have added more pages to my theme in the last month than I have in the last 4 years.

Tiger Girl pages by R.H. Webb from Fight Comics #66, Fight Comics #67 page 5 and endpage and Fight Comics #71 pages 6 and 7.  The Grand Comic Database attributes all these pages to Jack Kamen.

Matt Baker Tiger girl page from Jungle #155 page 2.  This is original art that has be taken from a previous story in Fight comics.  All the paste-ups are original. 

Matt Baker - a page from the only Flamingo comic story that Matt worked on.  Great article on him in Alter Ego a few months ago.

Ralph Mayo Camilla page from Jungle Comics #146.

Lily Renee Ranger Comics #30 page - good girl art.  I believe a Werewolf Hunters story.

S. Benrat page from Ranger Comics #44 from Sky Rangers.  Not an artist I am familiar with but some very nice and detailed work.

R.H. Webb Firehair pages from Rangers #53 and #63.  More great girl art.

A really cool page from Monster #2?  Not sure who did it but it has a strong Eisner influence.

Williams, J.H.  - Chase #8 splash with inks by Mick Gray.

Murphy, John Cullen - Big Ben Bolt Daily 3/26/68.

Chatton,R.T. - Buck Rogers #100 page. 

Colan, Gene - Savage Sword #133 splash inked by Pablo Marcos.

Romita Jr, John - Man Without Fear #4 page - Amazing Kingpin Splash.

Beekman, Doug - I met Doug online and we worked out a great trade.  Interior cover to Savage Sword #161 and an uninked Jungle girl page.

Swayze, Mark - Slam Bang Comics Jim Dolan splash.

Ziegler, Bill - Draget Daily 10/7/52.  Brilliant panel work on this piece.  The 3rd panel is among my all time favorite panels.

Fabry, Glen - Vikings #1 page 13 - full splash.

Grell, Mike - Tarzan Primordial #2 splash.  Mike Grell doesn't get any better than this amazing piece.

Chaykin, Howard - Conan #83 page.  I finally found a Jungle girl page by Howard.  What can I say, it is a pretty lonely world as a Jungle girl fan:)   Also a great Red Sonja pin-up that I am told was published in a Marvel black and white magazine.