Darwyn Cooke Powergirl Sketch
September 2nd, 2010Much to my dismay Darwyn Cooke was not sketching at this year’s Fan Expo; luckily he did bring along some finished pieces. He had an amazing full colour Superman that I would have loved to own but it would have taken my entire show budget so it was a no go. The next best piece was purchased by the person just ahead of me: it was a great full colour torso shot of Powergirl.
I flipped through the art portfolio and spotted this beauty; while I’m not a huge Powergirl fan the single colour work grabbed my attention. A welcome addition to my collection.
Paolo Rivera Namor painting
September 1st, 2010Chris Sprouse Tom Strong sketch
August 30th, 2010More Certa Joe Palooka pages
July 9th, 2010Certa Little Max pages
July 8th, 2010Some more items from my recent comic shop purchase. They’re clearly labeled Joe Palooka issue 52 pages 29 and 30, but no creator credits. A bunch of internet searching didn’t get me closer to that information, but Comic Book Database shows this issue drawn by Joe Certa. Unfortunately I can’t confirm if that’s the entire issue including backup features like Little Max. These caught my eye because they were “twice up” art pages, common before the seventies when most comic art switched to size we’re used to now. Page 29 is missing the masthead or logo for Little Max which would have been nice to have.
Another Art Helfant Hector The Director page
June 25th, 2010Art Helfant Hector The Director page
June 23rd, 2010Picked up a few pages from my local comic shop: all older material. This looks like a newspaper comic by Art Helfant called Hector The Director, and it has a copyright indicating 1953 Harvey Features Syndicate. Along the border it indicates this page was for Daisy issue 12 page 22 bottom, yet I can’t find mention of a comic witt that title.
Frank Cho book sketch
June 15th, 2010Michael Cho Happy Holidays sketch
May 18th, 2010This one circulated the comics web over the 2009 holidays and was an instant classic. I spotted the original artwork in Michael’s book at TCAF and got it for a song.









