original art Archives

A few weeks back I was on Facebook and noticed my friend Tone Rodriguez posted something he called Free Art Friday and a photo of a piece of art that he

Albert Uderzo is selling one of his original pages from Asterix And The Laurel Wreath, for charity. These pages are rarely sold, and the odds are it will

The motorcycle scene from Batman: Year 100 #4 went up for auction this week. Page twenty of the book was drawn by Paul Pope and was auctioned at

Bryan Hitch, the artist on Age of Ultron, announced today on his twitter feed that since Joss Whedon nicked the series title for the next Avengers movie,

About a week ago at this time, Bleeding Cool was telling you about some original comic book art sales of note, including the Dark Knight Returns #2 original cover art by Frank Miller selling for $478,000, and Dan Clowes' Lloyd Llewellyn #3 cover going for $47,800. A tweet in reply to the DKR sale from Phil Hester caught[...]

Not the biggest number of the day (see our earlier post on the Dark Knight Returns #2 cover for that) , but certainly the biggest surprise of the just-concluded Heritage comic art session — and likely a record for a Dan Clowes piece by a significant margin — is this sale of the cover of[...]

 While not a record, that currently places it as the 3rd highest price ever paid in a public sale for a piece of American comic book art (as always, the original art market disclaimer applies: many high-end sales take place privately in closely-held transactions). Frank Miller Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #2 Iconic Cover Original Art (DC, 1986). While[...]

The two pieces of Jack Kirby art that were crucial in the CIA's plan to save the hostages from Tehran as depicted in the movie Argo, went under the gavel

Artwork by Eisner-winning cartoonist Roger Langridge exhibited at last year's Treviso Comics Festival in Italy has gone missing. Sent back to that third

The cover of Amazing Spider-Man #121 has just sold at Heritage Auctions for $286,800. This 1973 issue by Gerry Conway and Gil Kane, with cover by John

The original cover art for Watchmen issues #1-3 by Dave Gibbons have just sold for a total of $216,892.50 at Heritage Auctions. The cover of issue #1 sold for $155,350, the #2 cover sold for $38.837.50, and the #3 cover hammered at $22,705.00. The Watchmen 12-issue series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons from 1986 is considered[...]

William Vuk writes; As previously BleedingCooled I have been waiting on Pat Broderick to mail me a commission that he completed in 2011. Thanks in large

These things are forever open to debate, but I'm having a hard time coming up with too many cover images from the history of American comics that I'd definitively call more iconic, more memorable, more instantly evocative of what makes comics what they are, than the cover of Watchmen #1 by Dave Gibbons, which kicked[...]

Alex Wilson writes; I, like many people, collect original art from my favorite comic book artists. Recently I became aware of a series called Punk Rock Jesus (written and drawn by Sean Murphy) and from the first issue I wanted a page from that book After reading the fifth issue I logged on to Sean Murphy's website[...]

An original art sketch cover of Masks #1 by Alex Ross. What we're asking you to do is visually redesign any of the main pulp characters in Masks #1 (aside from The Phantom, we did him last time) Post it in the Bleeding Cool thread below And I will pick the one tha appeals to me[...]

Kevin O'Neill is selling his artwork for League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 2009 from the Brussels gallery Champaka from 1500€ to 2000€, avaialble

It's been a good couple of years for original art sales, but the sale of the cover of Amazing Spider-Man #121 is big even by the lofty standards of the time The Heritage auction blurb nails down the importance of this 1973 issue by Gerry Conway and Gil Kane, with cover by John Romita Sr.:[...]

Some poor folks are bidding for a very misleadingly described print of the recently auctioned cover to Batman #423 by Todd McFarlane. It seems to be a

Here's a list of selected sales: Todd McFarlane The Incredible Hulk Poster Original Art (Marvel, 1989) — $35,850.00 Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Amazing Heroes #4 Daredevil Cover Original Art (Fantagraphics, 1981) — $33,460.00 Todd McFarlane The Amazing Spider-Man #325 Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1989) — $83,650.00 Dale Keown and Bob McLeod The Incredible Hulk #369 Freedom Force Cover[...]

While it is sometimes difficult to discern record prices in the original art market, where closely-held private transactions are common, this is one of the top 5 prices ever paid for a line-art interior page from an American comic book for a sale in a public venue — and the highest price paid for a[...]

WOW.  Just when everyone thought the Spider-Man #1 cover might grab the record, the 1990 Amazing Spider-Man #328 by Todd McFarlane cover beats it by a

To the shock of every original art collector and auction watcher in the world today (except, perhaps, for 2 of them), this result was blown away just moments later. The original cover art for 1990's Spider-Man #1 by Todd McFarlane has just sold for $358,500 It is the third highest price ever paid for a piece[...]

 Asking price on this completely gorgeous cover of Nick Fury: Agent of Shield #3 by Jim Steranko from 1968 was $100,000, at original art dealer Mike "Romitaman" Burkey's booth at SDCC I've heard that Ross traded some other highly desirable original art for it instead. Steranko in his prime, a stunning and memorable cover from Marvel's[...]

The original artwork for Tintin in America by Belgian artist Hergé sold at auction earlier today for $1.6 million from Paris auction house Artcurial, a world record for comic book art in a public sale Tintin in America was the third title in the series, published in 1932 and featuring a collection of comic strips which[...]

A fascinating piece of modern comic book history has just sold at Heritage Auctions for $71,700.  The first-ever drawing of the concept by Kevin Eastman

A spectacular page of original art from Fantastic Four #55 drawn by Jack Kirby, inked by Joe Sinnott and featuring the Silver Surfer sold at Heritage Auctions earlier today for $155,350 The 1966 page is from one of the peak periods of the Silver Age, just a few months after the Silver Surfer first appeared in Fantastic[...]

And the original art is currently on sale for $50,000 Look, I know Walking Dead is massively popular and prices are ludicrous but even so…   Offer him $45,000 and see if he'll take it. It's the cover to Walking Dead #19 It's the first appearance of hit Walking Dead character Michonne It's drawn by Walking Dead[...]

The original art deal of the century took place last night Here's how it went down. Catherine Garmon‏: Someone should bring me a Dr Pepper from Sonic and a cheeseburger #SickProblems #Please? Bill Willingham‏: Where are you? What's your college and town again? Okay, do I have any readers in Norman OK, preferably near the college, who's willing[...]

But what about the original art for the comic? Image published a few thousand of that first issue But there are only twenty-two pages of the original art And page two, with the iconic appearance of Rick Grimes waking in a hospital bed by Tony Moore is on eBay at $4000 with five days to[...]

 Many times I don't even have original art to sell because I've chosen to paint completely digitally  Or, maybe I have digital backgrounds over hand drawn characters  I can't even remember having a conversation with another comicbook artist that spent extra time on a page to resell it to an art collector[...]