Usagi Yojimbo DojoBoard

This pin-up was drawn for Ka-Boom Studios, a Mexican publisher most noted for their giant robot comic Karma Tron.

I guess it was published, but I don't recall seeing it in print.

What exactly is a pin up? Is it original art or a print?

WOW.

its up to $162.50, over 6 days left, and the reserve still wasn't met.

Spot the Tokage wrote:What exactly is a pin up? Is it original art or a print?

Simplified, a pin-up is a single page of art, usually contributed by a guest artist in an issue of another comic book series, i.e. an example could be a picture by Stan of Usagi and the Turtles in an issue of the TMNT. Technically, it is a page in the actual comic. Also, an artist can always include a pin-up in his own comic as well (the back cover artwork in Usagi can be considered pin-ups).

The illustration up for sale currently is the original art for such a pin-up.

A print is a single page of art created (or possibly re-used) and printed in varying amounts for the express purpose of displaying (similar to a poster but usually smaller), as opposed to being printed in any type of publication.

Spot the Tokage wrote:WOW.

its up to $162.50, over 6 days left, and the reserve still wasn't met.

I figured I'd get the pain over with quick and placed a couple bids, going as high as I could afford. It didn't take long to get outbidded.

This will be an interesting auction.

I wish I knew where (what comic) this pin-up was published in.

Abayo.....

Current bid: US $213.50 with over two days still left, and the reserve still has not been met.

same bid (US $213.50) and 1 day, 13 hours left. I wonder what the reserve really is.

Now at $255.00, 6 hours left, and the reserve sill is not met.

Winning bid: US $433.35

BID HISTORY - Only actual bids (not automatic bids generated up to a bidder's maximum) are shown.

User ID Bid Amount Date of bid

desertfoxlv ( 167) US $433.35 Jun-08-06 17:34:52 PDT

longhalloween ( 1053) US $428.35 Jun-08-06 18:03:39 PDT

georgiev ( 408) US $355.04 Jun-08-06 17:56:12 PDT

georgiev ( 408) US $345.03 Jun-08-06 17:56:00 PDT

georgiev ( 408) US $325.01 Jun-08-06 17:55:48 PDT

davidgil_fr ( 41) US $255.00 Jun-08-06 09:17:41 PDT

georgiev ( 408) US $250.05 Jun-06-06 04:01:22 PDT

ironfistfan ( 104) US $225.00 Jun-07-06 18:49:21 PDT

merlist ( 14) US $211.00 Jun-05-06 10:09:02 PDT

merlist ( 14) US $200.00 Jun-02-06 11:38:11 PDT

foreigner1999 ( 238) US $200.00 Jun-03-06 21:07:54 PDT

superpuzzlefighter ( 321) US $175.01 Jun-02-06 12:13:36 PDT

usagigaijin ( 63) US $160.00 Jun-02-06 08:49:27 PDT

superpuzzlefighter ( 321) US $150.01 Jun-01-06 18:27:13 PDT

usagigaijin ( 63) US $150.00 Jun-02-06 08:48:11 PDT

superpuzzlefighter ( 321) US $125.00 Jun-01-06 18:26:52 PDT

superpuzzlefighter ( 321) US $101.00 Jun-01-06 18:26:12 PDT

badmarru ( 1837) US $15.00 Jun-02-06 00:39:51 PDT

jimgoose ( 281) US $11.55 Jun-01-06 23:38:58 PDT

proline91 ( 550) US $2.00 Jun-01-06 23:16:47 PDT

Image of the pin-up from the auction three years ago, uploaded from my computer.