Author: ComicArtTrends

by ComicArtTrends | June 5, 2021

I wonder what the demographic is for fans of The Shadow?  Me... I'm a guy in my mid-fifties.  I grew up on the radio version of The Shadow, but only because my Dad bought some reel-to-reel audio tapes of radio programs. Is the fanbase for the legendary...

by ComicArtTrends | May 18, 2021

If you don't prefer an artist, it may not be the artist!  It could be the era.  I think the Justice League of America's premier artist is a good example.  Mike Sekowsky, a.k.a. co-creator, first artist, he's certainly a charter member of DC's most important superhero club,...

by ComicArtTrends | May 14, 2021

Some crossovers are so obvious.  I can't believe it took 48 years to make it happen.  I also can't believe I missed it.  A mashup of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and Pierre Boulle's Planet of the Apes is such a no-brainer!  Surely ERB did as much...

by ComicArtTrends | May 6, 2021

On April 8, Jim Lee tweeted about his hand.  To quote Jim Lee, "Hand is doing well—drawing for the first time in some time. Pretty ecstatic actually :D".  I didn't realize Lee had an issue with his hand, but to an artist, obviously that's devastating.  The...

by ComicArtTrends | April 30, 2021

Attention Disney Plus Executives!  You're missing out on an untapped source of new Marvel material.  Not to mention, an untapped audience niche, those who crave a good Western.  It's time for a new Disney+ series based on the heroes of Mighty Marvel Western: the Rawhide Kid,...

by ComicArtTrends | April 27, 2021

We're all familiar with the multi-dimensional media darlings called the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  But, what if Eastman and Laird had created TMNT today? These four cold-blooded reptiles are so famous, people know them by their initials: TMNT.  But in 1984, when Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman...

by ComicArtTrends | April 24, 2021

At $288,000 for one panel, think about what Bill Everett's Daredevil #1 page could have sold for if ALL seven panels featured Daredevil!  I guess it doesn't work that way with first appearance mania--for comics or original art! This article is sure to produce feelings...

by ComicArtTrends | April 22, 2021

BOOM!  That crashing sound is the implosion of modern comic prices as CGC census numbers rise!  SCREEEEECCCHHHH!  Hold on a second.  Let's slow down this natural gas-fueled bus of hyperbole.  The truth is, indications suggest some truth to that statement.  But, it's not time for modern comic...

by ComicArtTrends | April 12, 2021

Welcome back to the Blogger Dome! Here, bloggers will argue different topics involving the comic book market and industry.  This will be a combination of the Big Bang Theory meets the WWE.  Smack talk mixed with comic book debates.  Bloggers going at each other to amuse and...

by ComicArtTrends | April 9, 2021

Well, it's like this.  I spent $12.50 plus five bucks shipping on a bound collection of Kull the Destroyer 20-29.  Sure, even with tax, I paid less than twenty bucks.  Certainly, I paid less than the original owner spent on binding costs.  But, was it really worth...