Category: Original Art

by ComicArtTrends | December 24, 2020

Who is the first superhero?  As a comic BOOK guy, I would have always gone with Superman.  He had the costume, the powers, and eventually, the catch phrase.  Of course, Superman busted onto the scene in Action Comics 1, 1939.  But...

by ComicArtTrends | December 21, 2020

Is it fair to say Joker is a darker character in the last thirty-five years than he was in the prior 35 years?  Compare Brian Bolland's Joker in 1988 to Murphy Anderson's Joker in 1966 (see below).  Compare...

by ComicArtTrends | December 18, 2020

Someone tell me when covers became embossed, metallic, hologram, sealed in resin (coming soon)?  Almost thirty years ago, Amazing Spider-Man 365 hit the stores sporting an iconic hologram.  All of Spidey's solo titles celebrated...

by ComicArtTrends | December 17, 2020

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me Three Grinch Cels Two Dogs in Love And a Sunday Comic Dick Tracy "You're a mean one, Mister Grinch", but in this...

by ComicArtTrends | December 16, 2020

All of these mighty Marvel pieces of original cover art sold in the same auction.  The Heritage Auctions sale took place in mid-November of this year.  I've indicated the primary artist and the year published, can you put the cover sales in...

by ComicArtTrends | December 14, 2020

“You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”  Ebenezer Scrooge in...

by ComicArtTrends | December 13, 2020

I love Heritage Auctions. My books would be void of data without them. So, this is no indictment on Heritage Auctions or any other sales outlets for original comic...

by ComicArtTrends | December 12, 2020

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me Two Dogs in Love And a Sunday Comic Dick Tracy The love story begins on Christmas morning when Jim...

by ComicArtTrends | December 11, 2020

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me A Sunday Comic Dick Tracy. We'll take a stroll down Christmas Memory Lane in a series of...

by ComicArtTrends | December 7, 2020

If someone asked you how the market for original comic book art is, you would probably say it's great!  You may be right.  But, is it just anecdotal evidence based on a few highlight...