Up for bid at Heritage Auctions this week is this stellar poster from the 70’s. I have several Third Eye Marvel posters in my collection, and this one would be a great addition. You just can’t appreciate these Third Eye posters until you’ve seen them in person. The day-go colors scream at you when the […]
Custom collages almost as good as the art they frame
The current Hake’s auction has tons of great stuff, but while browsing through the catalog, I kept being drawn to these amazing custom framed pieces of comic art. Sure, the art itself is incredible, but the frames take it to a whole new level. The collage work done on the frames is the work of […]
Illustration Art at Heritage Auctions
The upcoming Heritage Illustration Art auction features work by iconic illustrators such as Gil Elvgren, Rockwell Kent, and Arthur Szyk. While illustration art may not command the same astronomical prices as “fine art,” if I had much deeper pockets, illustrations by these masters would be hanging on my walls long before anyone name Pablo or Claude. These […]
R.I.P. Basil Gogos
We lost another great one. Acclaimed horror artist Basil Gogos, best known for his painted covers for numerous issues of Famous Monsters of Filmland. Fellow artist, Joe Jusko, said on his Facebook page: “There isn’t a guy (or ghoul) my age who didn’t grow up mesmerized by his incredible cover art for Famous Monsters of Filmland. […]
DIY: Make a backdrop for better action figure photography
Photographing action figures is a whole lot cheaper than hiring models, and you don’t have to put up with any prima donnas. One of my favorite aspects of collecting action figures is creating backdrops and photographing them. You learn something new every time you stage one of these miniature photo shoots — where to place the lighting […]
Top 10 Mondo movie posters
There’s no question that the market for movie art posters has grown to monumental proportions, and Mondo, the granddaddy of them all, is still going strong. With weekly releases, there are plenty of gems in the mix (and some huge misses). I thought it would be fun to go through the Mondo poster archive and choose […]