Category: Artist Spotlight
Signatures are great. I'm a firm believer that verified/witnessed signatures make the comic book worth more than it would be otherwise. I hope we can all agree. But what about those other ones? You know, those not so good ones. The Good
Last year was an amazing year for comics. So many stars rose to fame as did many titles. Although many of us know the titles and/or characters, many of us do not know the names and faces behind these works. Many of these...
I won't pretend to know a ton about the French artist Jean Giraud, better known as Moebius, but I'll tell you what I do know. You might know Jean Giraud from his work on Blueberry, the Western comic that shot him to fame in Europe and beyond....
Dave Cockrum may not have achieved the celebrity status of Stan Lee, but he was a superstar among X-Men fans, which makes his autograph a prized possession. Cockrum was one of the architects for the X-Men's rebirth in the 1970s, setting the stage for what would...
Who penciled and inked the"the greatest superheroes of World War II?" The same artist created "blockbusting battle issues!" What artist has been drawing since the Golden Age and making Nazi villains pay for their treacherous ways? Well, there is one guy...
How many Stan Lee signed comics do you have in your collection? If you don't have one, there are plenty for sale, but with so many in circulation, do they still hold their values? It’s been over a year since Stan Lee’s...
As collectors, we need to understand what we are collecting. Let's take a look at one of the first seeds that spawned our hobby. In addition to writing up my thoughts on upcoming key issues, I'd like to explore a little bit of the...
Over the last 60 years, Marvel Comics has employed some of the most fascinating and famous artists in comic's history. Often known simply by one name (Kirby, Ditko, McFarlane), these giants of the industry created, styled, and presented some of the most notable heroes of the...
Adam Hughes once said, “A great comic-book cover occurs when it gets a potential reader to pick the book up and start thumbing through it.” It appears that a great cover not only garners more readers but also has...
A master of his craft, Bill Sienkiewcz was the cover artist of the 1980s. From Elektra to Moon Knight, his surreal art defied the norms of the era, but it was his New Mutants run that cemented his legacy. This is not an investment or speculation post,...