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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

[Wood]

I'm not framing anything until I buy (or know which one) a house that's going to be the permanent throne. While I don't know for sure, I have a feeling that the place is not in my possession yet.

There are some Tomio-caliber cribs up in my hood 

[Jay Tomio]

There are some Tomio-caliber cribs up in my hood 

Damon told me you live in a decent and developing area.

I have some homes we rent which I liked when we got but not so sure, it's just not knowing where I'll be at (what I want) in the future, I'm use to being somewhat of a nomad going back to being military brat. I tend to be somewhat spartanish which will end whenever I decide a place is THE spot. Not sure if we are talking cool climate, beach, North, South, west coast, or Hawaii or what yet. At this point I'm quite sure it will be in the U.S. which is a step I wasn't sure of last year.

[Jay Tomio]

Having already agreed to buy something, I just found out I'm unfortunately saving myself some money because an artist doesn't have paypal. 

[Wood]

Damon told me you live in a decent and developing area.

I have some homes we rent which I liked when we got but not so sure, it's just not knowing where I'll be at (what I want) in the future, I'm use to being somewhat of a nomad going back to being military brat. I tend to be somewhat spartanish which will end whenever I decide a place is THE spot. Not sure if we are talking cool climate, beach, North, South, west coast, or Hawaii or what yet. At this point I'm quite sure it will be in the U.S. which is a step I wasn't sure of last year.

My hood represents, but truth be told I would never advocate living in NJ if you aren't tied to NYC. We've got the nations highest property taxes, insurance rates, one of the highest state income tax rates, and one of the highest sales taxes. Oh, and we also have archaic and powerful unions that make it next to impossible to ever become solvent. Yay Jersey!

[Jay Tomio]

I know why some businesses don't use paypal (though I don't agree with their conclusions) but for the life of me I can't figure out why an individual wouldn't have a paypal account if it was costing them income not to have it. 

[Wood]

I know why some businesses don't use paypal (though I don't agree with their conclusions) but for the life of me I can't figure out why an individual wouldn't have a paypal account if it was costing them income not to have it. 

Yeah, I COMPLETELY agree. I've passed on a number of OA purchases for that reason.

[Night (Travis) Nurse]

My hood represents, but truth be told I would never advocate living in NJ if you aren't tied to NYC. We've got the nations highest property taxes, insurance rates, one of the highest state income tax rates, and one of the highest sales taxes. Oh, and we also have archaic and powerful unions that make it next to impossible to ever become solvent. Yay Jersey!

But remember that's where the hawt ninjette's clan is from. 

I know why some businesses don't use paypal (though I don't agree with their conclusions) but for the life of me I can't figure out why an individual wouldn't have a paypal account if it was costing them income not to have it. 

Weird that anyone selling something that non in person transactions can be bread and butter wouldn't have their finger in the pot of common solution. But, like Jay pointed out, it's also happened to me a number of times. The worst was having to bank wire transfer to an artist in Spain .... the logistics and information needed where CRAZY!

N Travis N

[Jay Tomio]

I have a convenience and lazy price. If I have to go out and get cash, go to the PO, stand in line, get a money order, buy a stamp, I got to have a 45% discount. Might as well be a damn brick and mortar and not an online transaction for all that trouble. I've said it many times, but if I had to go to an LCS to buy comics, I'd probably not be reading comics.

I guess I'd do it for something I've coveted for years but I think artists lose a ton of "in the moment" sales. I'm literally paying them to make their life more convenient. I don't need $X but if somebody wanted to send me $ I'd sign up for a free paypal right now.

Weird thing was that he said he'd do it if I were overseas which is about the first time something would have been actually more convenient if I were still overseas.

[Jay Tomio]

I just wasn't sure of the quality of the plastic in the pages.

I don't you have to be nearly as wary as with comics unless you're dealing with penciled only pieces, but I think you're probably beyond safe if you have an acid free backing board and mylar combo going into the portfolio.

Speaking of which, UPS just delivered my OA mylars/boards 

[Chris Campbell]

I don't you have to be nearly as wary as with comics unless you're dealing with penciled only pieces, but I think you're probably beyond safe if you have an acid free backing board and mylar combo going into the portfolio.

Speaking of which, UPS just delivered my OA mylars/boards 

I think that was my problem - I just throw the pages into the portfolio with nothing covering them.  I had no idea they have mylars/boards for original art.  That is some big shit.

[Jay Tomio]

I think that was my problem - I just throw the pages into the portfolio with nothing covering them.  I had no idea they have mylars/boards for original art.  That is some big shit.

Like I said it may be bordering on overkill but if you have some pricey pieces might be worth looking into.

http://www.bagsunlimited.com/

[Chris]

Here's a pic of the original art. As you can see, it comes in two pieces.

[Chris Campbell]

Here's a pic of the original art. As you can see, it comes in two pieces.

You got some extra art on the bottom portion.  Very nice.  Everything around the skull got cut off by the logo.

[glwarm76]

Does anyone know if Jerome Opena sells his art and if so where to look?

[JoeyN]

Glwarm, Haven't found a place online that sells his yet