Original comic book art

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 8:36 -0700

For Christmas I received a great gift from my wife. She purchased for me a page of original comic book art. The page is by Dan Jurgens and was from the miniseries "Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine". This series was a 40th anniversary celebration of the FF, done in the style of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The 12 issue series told a story that could have happened between issues 100 and 101 of the FF comic.

It's the only piece of original comic book art I own and its very inspirational to me.

Bad Mr. Sushi · Post by **Bad Mr. Sushi** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 16:19 -0700

That Totally rocks!!!

But lemme ask you this, what'd you get her?

Heh heh heh, hopefully something good in return. Me I bought stationary, and that's why I'm buying dinner for the next month or so.

There was only one Usagi gift this year, I picked up a Usagi Yojimbo calendar from Suncoast, that was a very odd place to find said thing! You know, it's the only place in Cedar Rapids that carries Usagi stuff!

Leonardo-san · Post by **Leonardo-san** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 20:16 -0700

Suncoast had the calendars? That's awesome!
I saw them at the Kinokuniya bookstore in San Francisco's Japantown. But I already have mine from last year's San D Con.

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 23:12 -0700

She was pretty happy with what I got her. Nothing you comic geeks would want to know about. Ha, ha. Hope you can take a joke.

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:25 -0700

I've also got a bunch of original pages, some given to me, some traded, some bought.

The jewel in my crown is a Steve Ditko Spider-Man page from (I think) Spidey #7, the first appearance of The Vulture. I still regret not buying a couple of other Ditko pages--a great fight scene with Spidey and the Scorpion, and a Hawk and Dove page.

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:27 -0700

Sounds like a great collection! Do you keep them in frames or portfolio?

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:09 -0700

Andy wrote:Sounds like a great collection! Do you keep them in frames or portfolio?

A few of the pages are framed--the Ditko piece (of course), a couple of Sergio drawings, a Vaughn Bode pencil page, a couple of Sugar & Spikes, a Ted McKeever, Bill Stout, and some newspaper strips like a Moores Gasoline Alley. Most of them are in my closet along with most of the Usagi pages.

Wily Pueo · Post by **Wily Pueo** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 14:38 -0700

The comicart art "grails" in my collection would be the kite flying commission (of course!) from you Stan and a Dave Gibbons page from the Watchmen, which I got by trading all my Mike Zeck art away to a fellow at the 2003 SDCC.

Post by **Todd Shogun** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 23:03 -0700

What? Albedo #2 cover doesn't count as a grail???

Post by **Mayhem** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:52 -0700

I've got some work in progress pages from TMNT #1 (1984) signed by Kevin Eastman. Really need to send scans along to Peter Laird (as he's still active) to ask him if they are genuine or not

But I got them from an auction house, so I would assume there would be some legitimacy at least... or checks done.

Wily Pueo · Post by **Wily Pueo** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 17:51 -0700

Todd Shogun wrote:What? Albedo #2 cover doesn't count as a grail???

Of course that is one of my favorites, but if I had to choose only piece from among Stan's artwork, it would be the kite flying commission.