The Bullpen

[Wood]

Lots of original art chatter going on lately  which makes me all sorts of giddy.

That had me thinking it might be helpful to start a thread where we can share sites to buy said original art. This is a very disparate industry where even the primary dealers usually only handle a handful of artists. I know I'm ALWAYS looking for new places to check out, and there are probably a ton more I haven't yet discovered. Between us, we can probably get together a nice collection that I can maintain on the first post in a list form.  

• Albert Moy -- One of the longest running OA vendors, he's got a collection that ranges into the very high end stuff
• Anthony's Collectibles -- Another one of the legends, Anthony Snyder, who sells boatloads of OA ranging in price from cheap to uber expensive
• Art & Comics Original -- Pretty sure he's mainly a re-seller, but some interesting pages including a lot of European and Latin American artists
• The Art of Comics -- Another primary rep for show faves the likes of Mahmud Asrar, Bryan Hitch, Khoi Pham and Yildiray Cinar
• The Beguiling -- Amazing rep specializing in indie and small press creators. Includes Ba/Moon, Becky Cloonan, Paul Pope, Jason, Jeff Lemire and many more!
• The Artists Choice -- Spencer Beck's site featuring a massive collection of repped artists including Coipel, McNiven, Romita Jr, Epting, Cheung
• Big Wow Art -- Another great selection of pages. It appears he's a rep for a few artists exclusively but most of his stock is secondary.
• Black Line Fever -- An admittedly annoying old school HTML website design, but if you can get past that he has some amazing pieces for sale/trade including some legendary indie/underground stuff
• Cadence Comic Art -- A personal show fave that reps the likes of Mike Norton, Skottie Young, Gabriel Hardman, Ryan Stegman and Sean Murphy
• Comic Art Collective -- A hub for finding original art from many alternative comic creators, takes you directly to their creator sites
• Comic Art House -- Site with collection of artists including some (like Andy Tong and Chris Moreno) that I haven't seen featured at other spots
• Comic Art Ink -- Barrows, Benjamin, Boschi, Tocchini, Guara
• ComicArtShop -- A hub that does a nice job of highlighting OA art available for sale at places like eBay and Heritage and via classifieds
• Comic Book Pros (Alex Ross Art) -- Uncle Sal's site where he sells Alex Ross' art exclusively as well as reps Bill Sienkiewicz, Angel Medina, Texeira and Ernie Chan
• Comic Con Art -- Exclusive rep for Ed Benes and a host of other artists including Andre Pepoy and Tony Akins
• Distinctive Original Art -- Another old school website that could use some updating, but he has great pages for sale from the likes of Byrne, Alan Davis, Pacheco, Ploog, Rude, Grell and others
• Essential Sequential -- Home of Eric Canete, Mark Chiarello, Matteo Scelera, Dave Johnson, Stephane Roux and others
• Fanfare Sports & Entertainment -- Michigan based store that sells all kinds of merchandise, but has a HUGE collection of secondary original art for sale too, including Stuart Immonen
• Fog City Art Exchange -- Very small site but noteworthy in that it appears to be the rep for Art Adams
• Got Super Powers? -- Mike Allred and other goodness
• Graphic Collectibles -- I've never used this site but they have a ton of different pages from lots of artists and the prices vary from very affordable to super high end
• KwanChang.com -- Another site I just recently discovered. He is the exclusive rep for Clayton Henry and Leinil Yu, but has lots of secondary pages for sale on top of that
• LA Gallery Montreal -- Original art dealer for many of Canada's leading comic book artists, including Tom Fowler and Yanick Paquette
• McConnell Art -- Relatively new OA dealer in Canada focused on a number of local indie creators like James Stokoe and Brandon Graham. Also happens to be the host of the InkStuds podcast.
• The Mighty Nib -- Not as active in their promotion and harder to find, but I came across them when Paul Pelletier told me he was repped by them. Also reps Stelfreeze, Jeanty, Hamner and others
• Red Sector Art -- Just discovered this site when looking for Eduardo Risso art. He reps Risso and a handful of other European artists
• Romitaman Original Art -- Claims to be the largest original art dealer in the world, and certainly it's hard to argue against it. Has a MASSIVE collection of secondary art from some of the very best to ever work in the business. Deals in pricier stuff so few "bargains" here
• Serendipity Art Sales -- Broad collection of art including some artist alley faves
• SplashPageArt -- Reps a boatload of artists including Adlard, Ottley, Cliff Chiang and Jock

[tuff_ghost]

Thanks for that, what was he charging for pages if you dont mind my asking?

Travis

Absolute steal, and I told him that lol He just shrugged and said "hey, It's what I do, I make stuff for people "

Such an awesome guy, I can't wait to go next year and check out all the new Green Wake pages.

CNV & PROOF - $40/pg
Green  Wake - $50/pg
Cover was a bit more - $300

[Chris Campbell]

Just dropped off 3 pieces to be framed at Michael's 60%+10% sale.  

People should note that the prices have gone up.  My framed 11x17 original pages run me around $160 there now.  It used to be around $130.  If you elect for the single mat and the non-masterpiece glass, and less of a border (thus reducing "framing inches"), it would probably be $100 on the nose.  

I'll post some final pics when they're done.  Its getting harder and harder to select the next round of pieces.    Which means my collection is growing faster than my framing, and maybe I should chill to next convention season.

This round:

I think my Rugg and Foweler commissions are gonna fight their way into the next round.  They're mean.

[tuff_ghost]

Just dropped off 3 pieces to be framed at Michael's 60%+10% sale.  

Oh my goodness, those are going to look great 

[legion of daves]

ugh, i have such a hard time justifying professional framing, it always comes out really nice, but it's SO expensive.

[Dean S.]

Just dropped off 3 pieces to be framed at Michael's 60%+10% sale.  

VERY nice.  I'm 100% in favor of professional framing.  It makes all the difference in your stuff looking....well....."professional".  The way I figure is that you'll have these things on your wall for years and when you factor the incremental cost over 10+ years, it isn't that big of a difference any more. 

I've got a few pages that the local AC Moore screwed up and are having to be fixed (at their expense).  They're a Ryan Kelly page from New York 5, a Terry Dodson page from Uncanny and a Nicola Scott Teen Titans page. 

The one way that I found to slow down my framing was to get more con sketches/commissions that are slightly NSFW.  That way they can just live in a portfolio and come out when people want to see it.  So at Heroescon(http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryRoom.asp?GSub=116336), I just had people do "attractive woman in a swimsuit".  I can't really hang that stuff in my office though. 

[Chris Campbell]

VERY nice.  I'm 100% in favor of professional framing.  It makes all the difference in your stuff looking....well....."professional".  The way I figure is that you'll have these things on your wall for years and when you factor the incremental cost over 10+ years, it isn't that big of a difference any more. 

 I can't really hang that stuff in my office though. 

I definitely have a few pieces that are NSFW and would be otherwise worthy of a nice professional framing, but I'm holding off now.  So yes, good for the wallet.     By the way, those swimsuit sketches are legit.  Very nice!

[Swany]

Hey everyone,
Just got back from the Calgary Expo and had a ton of fun! Came back with some goodies  

Great stuff. Like you i managed to make it to the expo (saturday only) and i too got a few goodies.

Aside from a ton of signed books and shootin the shit with some creators for up to half hour i scored a Jeff Lemire sketchbook (which has my groot/rocket racoon commish in it!!!) as well as gettin these bad boys:


Cameron Stewart - Harvey Dent

Eric Canete - Galactus

Francis Manapul - Bizarro

Riley Rossmo - Proof vs Cassie Hack

I'm pretty sure i stole the idea for this sketch from someone here on the forum. Sorry  


Sorry about the picture quality, they were taken with my phone.

[Chris Campbell]

Great stuff. Like you i managed to make it to the expo (saturday only) and i too got a few goodies.

Aside from a ton of signed books and shootin the shit with some creators for up to half hour i scored a Jeff Lemire sketchbook (which has my groot/rocket racoon commish in it!!!) as well as gettin these bad boys:


Cameron Stewart - Harvey Dent

Eric Canete - Galactus

Francis Manapul - Bizarro

Riley Rossmo - Proof vs Cassie Hack

I'm pretty sure i stole the idea for this sketch from someone here on the forum. Sorry  


Sorry about the picture quality, they were taken with my phone.

Love the Cameron piece, and the John/Cassie piece as well.  Awesome!

[Wood]

Great stuff. Like you i managed to make it to the expo (saturday only) and i too got a few goodies.

Aside from a ton of signed books and shootin the shit with some creators for up to half hour i scored a Jeff Lemire sketchbook (which has my groot/rocket racoon commish in it!!!) as well as gettin these bad boys:


Cameron Stewart - Harvey Dent

Eric Canete - Galactus

Francis Manapul - Bizarro

Riley Rossmo - Proof vs Cassie Hack

I'm pretty sure i stole the idea for this sketch from someone here on the forum. Sorry  


Sorry about the picture quality, they were taken with my phone.