This is the sketch I received with my order of Bart Sears Odds N Ends #2.

I don't know how to shrink art to make it fit here, but folks who appreciate my batman and gargoyle pieces can check out Paul Smith's take on the theme here:

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=973983&am p;GSub=140148

Here's my latest purchase after a few months off;

WIZARD #68 cover by Stuart Immonen, introducing
the all-new, all different Superman !

http://qurls.com?i=54025

I was a regular buyer of WIZARD in the mid-late '90s,
but somehow
I'd missed this issue, as my local shop sold out.

I guess owning the original art for it's cover AND poster (!)
will compensate for it

IMO, Stuart Immonen and Jose' Marzan Jr more than did justice
to this version of the Superman suit.

While very controversial when introduced, I think this Ron Frenz
designed suit stood the test of time better than most of the
more lasting '90s costume designs. It looked KEWL then and it
still looks cool now, it was only the story that didn't hold up.

I apologize for posting such a small, so-so image, I just couldn't
help it but post something ! I'll add a much better image of the art
once I have it in my hand, I also hope to locate the complete poster
image and add it as well.


In the meantime, comments are very welcome and appreciated.



Thanks for looking,
Gal

I guess owning the original art for it's cover AND poster (!)will compensate for it

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My recent flurry of DAN DARE art presented me with an odd little moment, somewhat along these lines. When my "aunt" in England was sending me bundles of EAGLE, the weekly in which the DARE strip appeared, she would occasionally miss one. One particular adventure, "The Platinum Planet", she somehow missed the first installment -- but I didn't notice! The second episode did such a good job of "catching up" the readers that I genuinely thought the story started there.

Until just recently, in fact, I had not seen that first episode, until I happened to notice one page of the original art is available from the same place I have been buying my other DARE art. After all these years, I finally saw the first page -- but I was not inspired to buy it.

Already sold, so I am spared temptation -- but it's a teeny bit frustrating as this is the page right AFTER one of my DARE "grail" pages.

Still, beautiful stuff, huh?

My recent flurry of DAN DARE art presented me with an odd little moment, somewhat along these lines.

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Nice to find out that on of my heroes shared a similar experience...