The Society Of Illustrators
On my trip to New York, New York earlier this month I had the chance to visit the Society Of Illustrators and see two exhibits. The Art of The Avengers and Other Heroes and Tales from the Crypt: The Revolutionary Art…
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Scott VanderPloeg
Scott works in I.T. but lives to eat and read. His other ramblings can be found at AE Index and eBabble. Art collection at Comic Art Fans.
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Web Arted #331
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Biggs, Bachalo, Bolle, Byrne, Brereton.
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New York Comics Shops and Big Books
Last week I was in New York, New York for our annual family vacation getaway. And since we were in the big city I took the time to visit a few Manhattan comic shops. In reality that meant Forbidden Planet…
Web Arted #330
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Gulacy, Brereton, Byrne, Capp, Cardy.
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Web Arted #329
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Kubert, Sale, Risso, Sekowsky, Peppe, Prentice.
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Baltimore Comic*Con: A Buyer’s Delight
I attended the Baltimore Comic*Con this past weekend, September 28-30, with a group of comic collectors and buyers. Over the years I had heard this was a comic-centric show with little pop culture: a “serious” show for comic collectors. There were…
Web Arted #328
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Harris, Kane, Kelly, Sim, Brereton.
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P. Craig Russell’s Salome and Other Stories Fine Art Edition
Three feature-length stories of music and murder from multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winner P. Craig Russell (The Sandman: The Dream Hunters, American Gods), plus three bonus musical shorts make for a drop-dead gorgeous Fine Art Edition! This beautiful 12″ x17″…
Web Arted #327
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Cooke, Grell, Morrow, Harris, Gulacy, Palmiotti, Darrow.
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Review | John Byrne’s X-Men Artifact Edition
John Byrne’s run on the X-Men began with issue #108 and lasted until #143. The team of Claremont, Byrne, and Austin made the X-Men (which was already a hit series under Dave Cockrum) soar to the top of the charts…
Web Arted #326
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Harris, Snyder, Romita Jr, Janson, Ramos, Olazaba, Morales, Bair, Hughes.
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Where have the run collectors gone?
Back in the day, pretty much every comic shop you went into had rows and rows of back issues. You pulled out your list, either a folded piece of paper or an index card, and started flipping through all those…
Web Arted #325
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Adams, Cardy, Byrne, Wiacek, Buscema, Davis.
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Review | A Little Piece Of Her
Yu Kiang works for a Chinese lumberjack corporation in the Congo. Despite his company’s ban on its employees from frequenting the local girls, Yu has fallen for a Congolese woman, Antoinette… and, in a very different way, for Antoinette’s little…
Web Arted #324
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Salinas, Giffen, Hunt, Ditko, Heck, Williamson, Frazetta.
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Web Arted #323
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Garcia-Lopez, Gibbons, Kirk, Leisten, Kane, Beck.
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Review | Jim Starlin’s Marvel Cosmic Artifact Edition
Jim Starlin was one of the driving creative forces at Marvel Comics in the 1970s and ‘80s. His turns on Warlock, Captain Marvel, and others have laid the groundwork for much of the Marvel Universe for decades. This Artifact Edition will…
Web Arted #322
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Brown, Sheppard, Stroman, Cirocco, Barreto, Fernandez, Colan.
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Review | Jack Kirby’s Marvel Heroes And Monsters Artist’s Edition
A collection of beautiful stories featuring some of Jack “King” Kirby’s most iconic and enduring heroes: Captain America, the X-Men, Ant-Man, and Sgt. Fury! Included in this glorious Artist’s Edition are complete stories of each, and all drawn in the…
Web Arted #321
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Barreto, Fernandez, Cowan, Sienkiewicz, Perez, Timm, Colan, Palmer.
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