So I’m redecorating my home office and I’m choosing two items for the walls.
Autographed 8x10s of SF actors and rock Stars
Original comic art. I’ve got some Tom Beland, Danielle Corsetto and Randall Monroe.
But what others should I get and where? Kirby? Sim? Romita? What? What pieces would YOU go after, and where would you go for them? Toss me ideas, people!
I’d go for some Steranko or Romita Sr. Of the non-superhero artists, I’d like some original art by Jaime Hernandez. I don’t know where you buy this stuff, but youreally have to careful. A whole lot of the “original” Kirby stuff is somebody else’s inks drawn over a squiggle Jack spent about 2 minutes on.
I like getting original cover art. I’ve got a handful from 70s and 80s era Marvel, and they look great when they’re on display. I have original pages, too, but they always look out of context by themselves.
As to the actual question, I’d really dig some of Bill Sienkiewicz’ 80s Marvel work, pretty much anything by Sergio Aragones, Jose Gonzalez’s Vampirella stuff, George Perez. I’d also love to get an original Peanuts Sunday page by Charles Schulz.
Heritage Auctions has been a very reputable auction house for comic book art for the last ten years or more. They’re a safer bet than e-Bay for getting authentic artwork by a mile. Steranko’s my favorite, but I would recommend Gil Kane or Carmine Infantino as well.
Not exactly the same thing, but I once had an opportunity to buy an original daily Krazy Kat strip from the “Tiger Tea” sequence. Well, anyway, it was advertised in the Comics Buyers Guide and it was fairly affordable. Probably would have made a good investment, not that I’d ever want to sell it.
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There’s original Kirby there.
Haven’t found any Kirby I want (at the price) but I have bid on an Aragones and a Terry Moore Katchoo piece from Strangers in Paradise.
Yay!
This Don Rosa “Uncle Scrooge” is the one I would go for if I could.
I really like Jim Lee’s art. If exaggeratedly perfect characters are your thing, look him up. May make an interesting counterpoint to the Monroe.
I’d like to get a Scrooge one. But that one sold back in February. Soon enough, soon enough.