original art Archives

Then we saw a Silver Age comic book do the impossible and follow Batman through that million dollar barrier.  Last March's Comic Connect auction saw this Detective Comics #33 CGC 8.0 hit $150,000.00. What surprises will Spring fever bring us this year? We're about to find out, as the first original art (and misc) items of[...]

Comics were obviously a big part of that, and we have gone into his game-changing collection in the past. Heritage Auctions has some original art done by Church up for auction currently As a part of their weekly Sunday auctions, these unique items are perfect for any paper collector, or those looking for something that isn't[...]

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 edition[...]

Original artwork from him is always fun to come by, and they command top dollar when for sale At the most recent Heritage Signature Auction, his art–from collector and musician Graham Nash–brought in some amazing prices; "Singer/songwriter Graham Nash's collection of Underground Comix art realized more than $1.1 million to lead Heritage Auctions' summer Vintage Comics[...]

You can even see in the trailers how Lee's art influenced the look of the film. Sony is being very ambitious with this franchise, already planning a TV prequel and multiple films to truly explore the expansive world created by King. The original art for the two posters are now available for sale, though no specific price[...]

  Stan Lee, Jon Berk, Jim Steranko. 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[...]

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….   Rich Tomasso is selling original art[...]

Not only the original art, but the word of Marsha Cooke who contacted the seller to tell him that Cooke did no sketches at San Diego Comic Con that year. He replied again saying "To Mrs Cooke and Rich, I will cancel the persons order Not a problem and I'm starting to think I was deceived." It mat[...]

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 Superman:[...]

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 Joe Madueira, J Scott Campbell, Darwyn Cooke, Yanick Paquette…[...]

But it means that inside some of those black bag variants, which will be shipping across the month, will be other works of original art in this format. It's the Golden Ticket of comic books. Especially since there are large damage reports on some variants, possibly due to the bagging process. Good luck out there…[...]

But that is the original artwork to Amazing Spider-Man #1 by Todd McFarlane on the blocks at Heritage Auctions And they esitaimet it could sell for a quarter of a million. Though oddly the auction house states, Todd McFarlane's iconic Spider-Man image, featuring the only cover appearance of the web-slinger sporting the black Venom symbiote suit, offered[...]

So that's pretty rare then. Auctioned by IDW, the money raised is going to Give Kids the World, a nonprofit organization that fulfills the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses. Heritage will also be auctioning the original art to this cover as well. UPDATE: The original art for this cover went for half the price of the printed comic… @ajnrules[...]

The original art for the final page of Incredible Hulk #180, which features the first published appearance of Wolverine, has just sold at Heritage Auctions for $657,250. This 1974 Marvel comics page was drawn by Herb Trimpe, inked by Jack Abel, and scripted by Len Wein  Of historical interest, Wolverine's pose in that final introductory panel[...]

Here's something you don't see every day, just acquired by original art Dealer/Collector Mike Burkey for his personal collection — the complete Spider-Man story from Amazing Spider-Man #20  The 1964 issue features the first appearance of the Scorpion, written by Stan Lee and drawn by Steve Ditko. According to Burkey, Ditko Spider-Man stories which are known[...]

The Cerebus Archive, recreating all available original art from the Cerebus archive, ten pages at a time, over a hundred years. Which means he may be the greatest comics publisher of the twenty-second century. But we start with the very first volume Ten pages from early issues And with a modest goal of $800 on Kickstarter, already[...]

Another Tintin cover will be auctioned May 24th  by Parisiene auction house, Arcturial. Previously, one cover had sold for $1.6 million. The new auction

Recerating original art boards as close to the original as possible, in look and feel, by shooting colour copies of the boards and then printing them on similar material to Bristol boards. They did very well for IDW, especially considering each cost from $100 to $150. Since then there have been a number of copy cat approached[...]

In the package were three pages of original art from Scott Pilgrim Now the couple is trying to resolve this situation with the USPS, but if it turns out the pages weren't lost but rather taken, then folks should be on the look out in case these turn up on eBay. A couple in San[...]

If only you'd seen that in time. When I mentioned Nick Pitarra's original splash page from The Manhattan Projects #18 recently, and noted the increasing interest among collectors in a range of modern comic art from important titles outside the superhero mainstream, it came to my attention that a large batch of Bryan Lee O'Malley Scott[...]

 The look and feel of the art board, the subtle texture of the ink, the faint traces of changes and corrections… it all adds up to a little extra insight into the time and circumstances behind the comics book's creation. We've mentioned a bunch of noteworthy original art sales here in recent times — from that[...]

The original art for the cover of Action Comics #15 has sold at Heritage Auctions today for $286,800  The 1939 piece by Fred Guardineer was just the 5th Superman cover ever created (behind Action Comics #1, 7, 10, and 13), and is the earliest Superman cover known to still exist today. This sale ranks as the[...]

Have you seen this page from The Adventures Of Luther Arkwright, by Bryan Talbot? About twenty years ago, it was stolen while on loan for an exhibition.

The Stranger Factory is a new art gallery located in Nob Hill just off historic Route 66 in Albuquerque, NM. Featured in their main room from February 7th

Terry is doing a contest on his blog to get people to spread the word about the series and the best will get killed in the comic… and get the original art where they die Pretty awesome deal if you ask me. But instead of me telling you more, let's hear it from Terry himself: Only in the wonderful[...]

UPDATE: It's a Christmas story of good cheer, the missing artwork has been located and reunited with its owner! Mulled wine and figgy puddling all round! Mike Deodato packed and shipped this piece of original art depicting his Hulk vs his Wonder Woman, and was posted in late November for a client in Brooklyn. It's really nice. He[...]

We're a couple of months away from the release of the next League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic, Roses Of Berlin. So why not enjoy a look at the last one, Heart Of Ice? And maybe buy some of the pages? The original art for the entire book is available to buy, for one month only[...]

Action Comics 309 – Curt Swan – $112,015.75 Last week was a busy one for original art collectors, with major pieces going on the auction block at both Hake's and Heritage  Out of a rather full slate of strong results, the sale of the cover of Action Comics #309 by Curt Swan for $112,016 stands out. The cover[...]

2014 is Dynamite Entertainment's 10th anniversary, but they're closing out 2013 by offering up the chance for fans to win one of ten original sketches by