We noted some of the Dave Sim, Mike Allred, Jack Kirby, Murphy Anderson, Frank Frazetta, Mike Mignola, Jim Lee and Carl Barks' original artwork being offered for sale from Heritage Auctions in a big new original artwork lot. Well, there are plenty more from some of the biggest names in North American comic books, and […]
We noted some of the Dave Sim, Mike Allred, Jack Kirby, Murphy Anderson, Frank Frazetta and Carl Barks' original artwork being offered for sale from Heritage Auctions in a big new original artwork lot. Well, there are plenty more from some of the biggest names in North American comic books, and Bleeding Cool may be […]
Comic book fan Seth Talley contacted Bleeding Cool with a problem. He told me that he had three art commissions outstanding from comic book creator Tony Harris, of War Heroes, Ex Machina, Starman, Chin Music and Roundeye, totalling $1200 over seven years, as well as funding for Tony Harris' Roundeye on Kickstarter and had been […]
Comic Connect has a wonderful comic auction going on right now with the kinds of books and original art that will make your head spin. Whenever they have one of these type auctions over there, it not only is fun to sift through all of the listings, but to see how much the auctions end […]
Few modern comic series have reached the heights of Robert Kirkman's zombie epic The Walking Dead. Going for 15 years strong now, it is arguably the most successful modern ongoing comic as far as back issues are concerned. One corner of the Walking Dead universe collectors are starting to heat up on would be in […]
NYC's Brooklyn Expo Center served as the weekend host to what has become an annual collision of art, toys, counter-culture, and craft beer known affectionately as the Five Points Festival. Running from Saturday, June 2, through Sunday, June 3, at the Brooklyn Expo Center and sponsored by Clutter Magazine and Lagunitas Brewing Company, Five Points Festival […]
NYC's Brooklyn Expo Center served as the weekend host to what has become an annual collision of art, toys, counterculture, and craft beer known affectionately as the Five Points Festival. Sponsored by Clutter Magazine and Lagunitas Brewing Company, Five Points Festival doesn't market itself as a "big con" with huge premieres and photo ops with celebrities; […]
Rather tantalizingly captioned "For Your Personal Collection" in the upper left corner, this double page spread from Our Fighting Forces #155 by Jack Kirby and inker D. Bruce Berry is an interesting combination of two things that Kirby is well-known for: "Kirby Machines" and World War II. Our Fighting Forces #155 was published by DC […]
There's always something special about this time of year: the snow is mostly gone, it's a little bit warmer, and of course there's the NCAA men's basketball tournament. A 16 seed beat a 1 seed this year! And if you don't know what that means, that's okay, because I never thought I'd see it in […]
Edgar Church — of the famous Edgar Church Collection of comics — was an excellent commercial artist. Creating countless print ads for a number of companies, Church would look to other forms of media for inspiration in his drawings. Comics were obviously a big part of that, and we have gone into his game-changing collection […]
Muggles, wizards, witches, giants, shape shifters, and other Harry Potter fans, listen up! Heritage Auctions currently has some original art from the Harry Potter series up for sale. "J. K. Rowling. Set of Two Deluxe First Editions with Tipped in Watercolors. Includes: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. [London]: Bloomsbury, [1999]. First English deluxe […]
If you're into comic books, you've no doubt heard of R. Crumb, the prolific artist most known for his underground comix movement, including Zap Comix. He also gave the world the counter culture characters Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Original artwork from him is always fun to come by, and they command top dollar […]
Jae Lee was the artist that brought Stephen King's magnum opus, The Dark Tower, to comic shops with the first three series from Marvel: The Gunslinger Born, The Long Road Home and Treachery then coming back later to do the Battle of Jericho Hill. His dark, unique style set the stage for one the series […]
The Jon Berk original art and comic book collection auction closes this week in five live sessions, happening each night this week at Comic Connect, 7pm to 12am EDT. It's one of the most important collections of rare vintage comic books and art ever assembled, and the kind of event that collectors will be talking […]
I'm an original art fan and collector, and one of my fondest memories of working on this site came in 2011 with the auction of an iconic splash page from Dark Knight Returns #3 by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson for a then-record $448,125. I had that post meticulously written out beforehand — or so I […]
Rich Tomasso is selling original art from his Image Comics series Dark Corridor, to help fund the production of art for his new Image Comics series, She-Wolf that has been getting good attention. I believe this is called the circle of life? Artwork can be found for sale on Etsy here….
This is an original sketch by Darwyn Cooke, who died three days ago, from cancer. The artwork is, naturally, spectacular. The crisp, minimal, perfectly judged and weighted lines… unmistakeable. And this is a trace job being sold as a Darwyn Cooke original on eBay, current for $91 with 19 bids and 4 hours to go. And this […]
DC Comics creators Ivan Reis and Joe Prado were commissioned by Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder and Wesley Coller to create an exclusive art piece featuring Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. The image was printed in quality paper for a thank you gift to all the folk from Cruel and Unusual Films, Snyder's company and co-producer of Batman V […]
You first read about them on Bleeding Cool. We listed as many as we could. Well, more are making it out into the wide wide world. Blank cover versions of the Harley Quinn Little Black Bag variant covers that ran through January, with original art from major comic creators, slipped in. And we now have more from […]
DC Comics launched Harley Quinn's Little Black Book today. That comic, and others from DC this month, shipped with Harley Quinn black bag variant versions. Opening each bag reveals whether you got a colour, ink or pencilled version of that cover. It's quite fun, most people like it. But someone who really likes it is […]
