For Sale Original Dave Gibbons Art Doctor Who Magazine
Upcoming ComicLink fine art auction offers pages by Alan Davis, Dave Gibbons and Barry Windsor-Smith
Comprehend art by British comic artist Barry Windsor Smith and strip pages by Alan Davis and a Watchmen page by Dave Gibbons feature in side by side month's Comic Link "Fall Sale". Art by Ross Andru, Jack Kirby, Alex Ross, Jim Starlin and Bernie Wrightson, among others, also features.
Behest in recent ComicLink comic fine art auctions has in many cases led to prices far exceeding the internal estimates, then be prepared for some battles for pages in this upcoming upshot.
The sale includes an extraordinary opportunity to own an 'A-Level' Rorschach page from the all-time classicWatchmen series that artist Dave Gibbons created with writer Alan Moore in 1985 – 1986.
On offer is a folio comes from #10 of the 12-part series, a page that follows the events of Nite Owl and Silk Spectre springing Rorschach from prison. Rorschach and Nite Owl visit the underworld bar that Rorschach famously visited back in #1 when he began his investigation of the murder of the Comedian. This time, the duo is looking for data on the shooting of Ozymandias. Rorschach threatens torture and the patrons rapidly tur nover the goon who has the data they need.
Also on offering is the cover of Marvel Comics for Conan the Barbarian#six (1971) by Barry Windsor-Smith, featuring the saga "Devil-Wings Over Shadizar!"
Windsor-Smith's run onConan the Barbarian is considered the high-point of the character'due south long history. Artwork from his relatively short stint on the classic graphic symbol ranks among the most sought-after originals of the 1970s and beyond.
Created by author Robert E. Howard, Conan had been around in pulps and paperbacks for decades when Marvel began to adapt the character in comic books and the timing could not exist more than perfect. Writer Roy Thomas teamed with the young Barry Smith, who cutting his teeth in comics, briefly, cartoon pin ups for British weekly titles before moving to the U.s., and for a few glorious years, they created a magical run that brought the Sword and Sorcery genre to comics for the first fourth dimension.
The young Smith grew tremendously over the course of his run, beginning his evolution into one of the finest fantasy artists in the history of the medium, evidenced by another of his covers on offer in the same auction, a dramatic Wolverine comprehend for Marvel Comics Presents #79, published in 1991.
This is the only Windsor-Smith "Weapon X" encompass to characteristic Wolverine wearing the iconic helmet from the legendary origin story, which the he was forced to wear while being held prisoner. The helmet was designed to monitor, procedure, and regulate Logan's sensory inputs so that the system behind the Weapon X project could brainwash him and plow Wolverine into a mindless killing motorcar under their command. It's being offered alongside his 1991 cover for Solar, Man of the Atom #3.
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John Freeman
The founder of downthetubes, John works as a comics editor, writer, equally Artistic Consultant on the Dan Cartel audio adventures for B7 Media, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Fine art Festival. Working in British comics publishing for over 30 years, his credits include editor of titles such as Dr. Who Magazine, Star Trek Mag and Babylon 5 Mag. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several sound comics for ROK Comics. He has as well edited several comic collections, including volumes of "Charley's War and "Dan Dare". He's the writer of "Crucible", a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz, published on Tapastic; and "Death Duty" and "Skow Dogs" with Dave Hailwood for digital comic 100% Biodegradable.
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