Category: Original Art

by ComicArtTrends | January 16, 2023

It's an age old dilemma for collectors and investors, to keep sealed or to open.  The extreme scenario exists with a CGC slabbed comic.  Open your graded comics at your own peril and expense!  But there are other times when collectible contents are sealed but maybe there...

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by ComicArtTrends | January 10, 2023

In 2020, I wrote an article that it was time to consider buying video game box art.  I thought about it again when I noticed a painting offered at HA with a vague resemblance...

by ComicArtTrends | January 8, 2023

If you've got the money, honey--Heritage Signature Auction 2023 for comics and comic art is the place to be.  Let's preview the diverse original comic art offerings.  Maybe there's something even for those with only 'money' singular. Heritage...

by ComicArtTrends | January 3, 2023

When cowboy actors are immortalized in comics, does the sun never set on their fame?  After they pass, do the fictional heroes based on their likenesses continue to thrive like our imaginations of the Old West?  Or, are those pardners...

by ComicArtTrends | December 7, 2022

Artists whose skills surpass their contemporaries always stand out.  Russ Heath, master of the DC Silver Age war genre, deserves that rank.  Pull on your combat boots and strap your helmet tight.  Today, we'll review...

by ComicArtTrends | December 4, 2022

If as a president, Ronald Reagan was known as the great communicator, then I claim the same could be said about George Pérez.  Where Reagan communicated through encouraging speeches and anecdotes, Pérez spoke through the medium of comic art and interactions with fans.  And his pictures, along...

by ComicArtTrends | November 28, 2022

Are comic art prices climbing like most goods and services in the economy?  Or has the weak economy finally caught up with even the high end of the comic art industry?  Let's look at some samples of comic art prices: past, present,...

by ComicArtTrends | November 8, 2022

"Everything old is new again" is attributed to Stephen King, but I suspect poets and farmers turned that phrase many times before that author.  And what do we say about fashion...just wait a while and it will soon be...

by ComicArtTrends | October 27, 2022

Shazam!  It's Dwayne Johnson, the Rock!  Super-pumped, Dwayne Johnson sizzles as Captain Marvel's ancient nemesis.  But will original art collectors exclaim Shazam--or Holy Moley--when looking for Black Adam original art at mere mortal prices?

by ComicArtTrends | October 19, 2022

Don't tell me you never watched the show!  It's time to play The Price is Right, featuring John Romita Sr. Spider-Man art.  You know the rules, best guess but don't go over.  Closest guess below the final sales...