Grailpages: Original Comic Book Art And The Collectors
Jim Davis author Steven Payne author Scott Nickel author Lilah Sturges author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:TwoMorrows Publishing
Published:7th Apr '09
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- Grailpages brings to light the burgeoning hobby of collecting theoriginal, hand-drawn art that was used to create comic books! Beginning more asa novelty, the hobby of collecting original comic art has expanded to a pointwhere some of the seminal pages commonly run more than $10,000 each! AuthorSteven Alan Payne allows you to meet collectors from around the globe and heartheir passion in their own words, as they detail collections ranging from a fewkey pages, to broad, encompassing collections of literally hundreds of pages oforiginal comic art by such artists as Jack Kirby, John Romita Sr., and others!Balancing out the narratives are incisive interviews with industry pros,including writers Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart, and Roy Thomas, and exclusiveperspectives from Silver Age artists Dick Giordano, Bob McLeod, Ernie Chan, TonyDeZuniga, and the unparalleled great, Gene Colan! Completing the book is adiverse sampling of breathtakingly beautiful original comic art, some lavishlypresented in full-page spreads, including pages not seen publicly for decades!
ISBN: 9781605490151
Dimensions: 279mm x 203mm x 25mm
Weight: 431g
128 pages