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The OFFICIAL "This week in your ORIGINAL ART collection?"
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Congratulations! As you know, I'm a big fan of Rick O'Shay and Stan Lynde. I'm blessed to have three pieces:

 

1) One from his early "cartoony" phase on the strip which was set in modern times

2) One from his more realistic period when the strip was moved to just after the US Civil War

3) A commission that reminds me of his wonderful Sunday strips that celebrated Easter, Christmas, and family.

 

An under-appreciated writer and artist, I think.

 

PS. He has a number of novels as well. I've not read them, but I got them for my mom and she really enjoyed them.

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Howdy,

a rare update for me in what has been a very slow year:

 

1. PMS Paul Smith the Golden Age #4- pivotal page from the end of the book, thanks to Sean W, who used the money to get lei'd in Hawaii.

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1152172

 

2. Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #10, pg 11- classic Silver age page

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1154995

 

3. and a Power Man and Iron Fist page from 1980:

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1154994

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Okay, it's not really comic art and you could consider it tracing, but it is almost the only piece of art that I have ever created.

 

Back in the 8th grade, I took a drafting class. One of the things we learned was how to scale a drawing to make it larger or smaller. The general technique is to make copy, lay on it a grid of 1cm squares, take the target page and grid it with smaller or larger squares to scale the drawing.

 

Since I'm a big LotR fan (yes, I've bought, read, and enjoyed both the Silmarillion and Christopher Tolkien's History of Middle Earth), I decided in my youth to scale the map of Middle Earth from the hardbound books to a piece of poster board.

 

I drew it in ink and colored it with colored pencils.

 

I lost it years and years ago. A few years ago, I mentioned losing it to my mom. My youngest brother says, "It's not lost, it's behind the couch in the living room." Sure enough, it was in an art portfolio stuck between the couch and the wall. It'd been there from 30+ years.

 

It's yellowed considerably from the acid in the paper, but that just makes the map look better.

 

I had it framed a couple of months ago and have decided to post it to the CAF. Take a look and let me know what you think.

 

Sadly, it's just a photo. I didn't want to spend the big bucks getting a good scan.

 

A few notes:

1) When I'd finished this, no one beat me on a ME geography quiz

2) There were no posters to buy at the time so this was my attempt.

3) The Additional Images give you a feel for the detail so check them out.

 

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You may have read the story about my wife's reaction to my comic reading, but if not, click here.

 

People change though. Not only did she encourage me to start again and not only has she actually commissioned artists for me, but she ventured out in 2013 and bought a comic (Hero Cats) for the first time in her life. This past year, she went further and bought the cover to the third issue of the series. Yep, she's crossed over to the dark side. :)

 

Anyway, in honor of new collection, I have revamped my galleries to reflect the separate collections held by my wife and my daughters. Take a look.

 

Alex - http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryRoom.asp?Page=1&Order=Title&GSub=34812

Kathy - http://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=159807

Allie - http://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=159808

Elizabeth - http://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=159809

Rebecca - http://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=159810

 

Enjoy.

 

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Two additions by David Petersen I added to my collection thanks to Alex, who was kind enough to pick them at the Boston convention and ship them to me in Europe.

 

The mouse astronomer is my first commission. Probably not the last. ;)

 

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Two additions by David Petersen I added to my collection thanks to Alex, who was kind enough to pick them at the Boston convention and ship them to me in Europe.

 

The mouse astronomer is my first commission. Probably not the last. ;)

 

ZtihMQ5p_2408141234141.jpg

zvIsSEuT_2408140942271.jpg

Great stuff
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