"The Winds Howl" Production Art 1989 on eBAy

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Dear Readers,
Is this a photostat or is this original art?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261155964172?ss ... 1423.l2649
Thank you in advance for your help.
Best wishes to all,
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[Steve Hubbell]

It is the paste-up for the inside front cover of the Fantagraphics issue #14, using a copy of some of the artwork from within the story (page 19, panel 2). Out of all the pieces of "production art" the seller has listed for sale (bought from a storage unit sale), this is the only issue which does not feature a back-up story by another creator. Those other pages feature clip art from each story featured in the issue. I am curious as to how much these will end up selling for.

[Mayhem]

Yeah, I was presuming they were the paste togethers for the actual pages when printed, created by whoever at Fantagraphics. Still considering whether to bid...

[Stan Sakai]

Yes, it is a photocopy paste-up. I provided the story pages, but the inside covers and letters sections were handled by Fantagraphics. They took what art they had, whether pin-ups or from the actual story to create these inside covers.

I still send Dark Horse photocopies of miscellaneous art for use as back covers, spot illustrations, etc, except now they just scan and do the production in Photoshop rather than do paste-up.

One thing to note is that paste-ups were not meant to be permanent. Often wax or rubber cement were used which may cause yellowing and are not permanent. They are easily affected by temperature and time.