{"id":4,"date":"2007-02-15T10:15:17","date_gmt":"2007-02-15T18:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stwallskull.com\/blog\/?p=4"},"modified":"2007-02-19T13:16:09","modified_gmt":"2007-02-19T21:16:09","slug":"collecting-or-just-admiring-comic-art-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stwallskull.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/15\/collecting-or-just-admiring-comic-art-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Collecting (or Just Admiring) Comic Art Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I rarely have the money to collect comic art, unfortunately, but I often enjoy browsing artwork that is for sale online. Often you can find unpublished and obscure work by artists, and frequently you can see elements in the artwork that you don&#8217;t see in the final published versions. Here are some of the better places I&#8217;ve found online for viewing original comic art.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Comic Art Collective<\/strong> (<a title=\"The Comic Art Collective\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stwallskull.com\/blog\/comicartcollective.com\">comicartcollective.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Fantagraphics Books\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stwallskull.com\/blog\/fantagraphics.com\">Fantagraphics Books<\/a> site featuring art by cartoonists they publish, primarily&#8230; <a title=\"Jamie Hernandez\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comicartcollective.com\/jaime\/\">Jamie Hernandez<\/a> (where&#8217;s Gilbert?), <a title=\"Peter Bagge\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comicartcollective.com\/peterbagge\/\">Peter Bagge<\/a>, <a title=\"Tony Millionaire\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comicartcollective.com\/millionaire\/\">Tony Millionaire<\/a> (who also has a ton of original art on his <a title=\"Maakies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maakies.com\/\">maakies<\/a> site), <a title=\"Doug Allen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comicartcollective.com\/dougallen\/\">Doug Allen<\/a>, <a title=\"Colleen Coover\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comicartcollective.com\/coover\/\">Colleen Coover<\/a>, <a title=\"Dave Cooper\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comicartcollective.com\/dave\/\">Dave Cooper<\/a> and many more. Since they publish a good number of the world&#8217;s greatest cartoonists, this is well worth a look. Besides Gilbert Hernandez, also notably absent are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimwoodring.com\">Jim Woodring<\/a> and<a title=\"Robert Crumb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crumbproducts.com\"> Robert Crumb<\/a>, who sell their stuff at the links on their names (Woodring can also be found <a title=\"Jim Woodring\" href=\"http:\/\/useum.blogspot.com\/\">here<\/a>, and Crumb can also be found <a title=\"Robert Crumb\" href=\"http:\/\/deniskitchen.com\/Merchant2\/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&#038;Category_Code=bios.crumb\">here<\/a>). Also notably absent is Chris Ware, who has no regular place that he is selling work that I know of (although he has some work at the Adam Baumgold Gallery, below). The Comic Art Collective also has a <a title=\"Comic Art Collective Recent Additions Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comicartcollective.com\/recent.cfm\">recent additions page<\/a> where you can see recent work added by all of the artists they represent in one place.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Jamie Hernandez art from The Comic Art Collective site\" href=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/comicart_jamie.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" align=\"middle\" alt=\"Jamie Hernandez Art from The Comic Art Collective Site\" title=\"Jamie Hernandez Art from The Comic Art Collective Site\" src=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/comicart_jamie_thumb.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>The Beguiling<\/strong> (<a title=\"The Beguiling\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beguiling.com\">beguiling.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>An excellent comic shop from Toronto that sells work from a number of great cartoonists, including many of the artists published by wonderful publisher Drawn and Quarterly, and many Canadian cartoonists&#8230; great stuff by <a title=\"Paul Pope\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beguiling.com\/artproductlist.asp?ID=42\">Paul Pope<\/a>, <a title=\"Dave Cooper\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beguiling.com\/artproductlist.asp?ID=34\">Dave Cooper<\/a>, <a title=\"Chester Brown\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beguiling.com\/artproductlist.asp?ID=30\">Chester Brown<\/a>, <a title=\"Kevin Huizenga\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beguiling.com\/artproductlist.asp?ID=70\">Kevin Huizenga<\/a> (who also sells stuff <a title=\"Kevin Huizenga\" href=\"http:\/\/usscatastrophe.com\/kh\/art.art.art.html\">here<\/a>), <a title=\"Joe Matt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beguiling.com\/artproductlist.asp?ID=41\">Joe Matt<\/a>, <a title=\"Seth\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beguiling.com\/artproductlist.asp?ID=28\">Seth<\/a>, <a title=\"Julie Doucet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beguiling.com\/artproductlist.asp?ID=21\">Julie Doucet<\/a>, <a title=\"Dave Sim\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beguiling.com\/artproductlist.asp?ID=47\">Dave Sim<\/a> (who also sells and commissions work <a title=\"Dave Sim\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cerebusart.com\/\">here<\/a>) and many more. I&#8217;m still kicking myself for not scoring a Marc Bell orignal from them when I could have, alas&#8230; he&#8217;s no longer there. As with the Comic Art Collective, they keep everything they sold online for you to see as well (and cry about what you missed for sale, as a lot of the stuff is cheap!).<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Paul Pope Original From The Beguiling\" href=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/comicart_pope.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" title=\"Paul Pope original from The Beguiling\" alt=\"Paul Pope original from The Beguiling\" src=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/comicart_pope_thumb.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Denis Kitchen Art Agency<\/strong> (<a title=\"Denis Kitchen Art Agency\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stwallskull.com\/blog\/deniskitchenartagency.com\">deniskitchenartagency.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Denis Kitchen\" href=\"http:\/\/deniskitchen.com\/Merchant2\/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&#038;Category_Code=bios.kitchen\">Denis Kitchen<\/a>, former Kitchen Sink Press publisher and underground cartoonist, represents some of the best cartoonists in comics history and their estates, including <a title=\"Robert Crumb\" href=\"http:\/\/deniskitchen.com\/Merchant2\/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&#038;Category_Code=bios.crumb\">Robert Crumb<\/a>, <a title=\"Harvey Kurtzman\" href=\"http:\/\/deniskitchen.com\/Merchant2\/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&#038;Category_Code=bios.kurtzman\">Harvey Kurtzman<\/a> and <a title=\"Will Eisner\" href=\"http:\/\/deniskitchen.com\/Merchant2\/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&#038;Category_Code=bios.eisner\">Will Eisner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Will Eisner Original From Denis Kitchen Art Agency\" href=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/comicart_eisner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"603\" align=\"middle\" alt=\"Will Eisner Original From Denis Kitchen Art Agency\" title=\"Will Eisner Original From Denis Kitchen Art Agency\" src=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/comicart_eisner_thumb.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Adam Baumgold Gallery<\/strong> (<a title=\"The Adam Baumgold Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adambaumgoldgallery.com\/\">adambaumgoldgallery.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Has work by <a title=\"Chris Ware\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adambaumgoldgallery.com\/Ware,%20Chris\/ware.htm\">Chris Ware<\/a>, <a title=\"Marc Bell\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adambaumgoldgallery.com\/Bell_Marc\/new_work_2005.htm\">Marc Bell<\/a>, <a title=\"Julie Doucet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adambaumgoldgallery.com\/doucet_julie\/doucet.htm\">Julie Doucet<\/a>, <a title=\"Jules Feiffer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adambaumgoldgallery.com\/feiffer_jules\/feiffer.htm\">Jules Feiffer<\/a> and some other cartoonists (as well as lots of &#8220;fine art,&#8221; if you like that sort of thing).<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Chris Ware Original From The Adam Baumgold Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/comicart_ware.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" title=\"Chris Ware Original From The Adam Baumgold Gallery\" alt=\"Chris Ware Original From The Adam Baumgold Gallery\" src=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/comicart_ware_thumb.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Albert Moy Comic Art<\/strong> (<a title=\"Albert Moy Comic Art\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albertmoy.com\/\">albertmoy.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>A comic art dealer who has been around for a long time&#8230; I remember his Gahan Wilson illustrated ads from the Comic Book Price Guides in the 70&#8217;s. He has work from a ton of great cartoonists including <a title=\"Dan O'Neill\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albertmoy.com\/ArtistGalleryRoom.asp?ArtistId=495\">Dan O&#8217;Neill<\/a>, <a title=\"Bob Burden\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albertmoy.com\/ArtistGalleryRoom.asp?ArtistId=501\">Bob Burden<\/a>, <a title=\"Jack Kirby\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albertmoy.com\/ArtistGalleryRoom.asp?ArtistId=541\">Jack Kirby<\/a>, <font color=\"black\"><a title=\"Antonio Prohias\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albertmoy.com\/ArtistGalleryTitles.asp?ArtistId=632\">Antonio <\/a><\/font><font color=\"black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertmoy.com\/ArtistGalleryTitles.asp?ArtistId=632\">Prohias<\/a>, <a title=\"Jack Davis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albertmoy.com\/ArtistGalleryRoom.asp?ArtistId=515\">Jack Davis<\/a>, and many, many more.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"><br \/>\n<a title=\"Dan O'Neill Comic Art Found at Albert Moy Comic Art\" href=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/comicart_oneill.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dan O'Neill Original Art Found at Albert Moy Comic Art\" alt=\"Dan O'Neill Original Art Found at Albert Moy Comic Art\" src=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/comicart_oneill_thumb.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"><strong>Heritage Online Auctions<\/strong> (<a title=\"Heritage Online Auctions\" href=\"http:\/\/comics.ha.com\">comics.ha.com<\/a>)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"> A big auction site that has some of the biggest, best scans of amazing original comics art you&#8217;re likely to find anywhere&#8230; they usually have a George Herriman original or two, among other beautiful things&#8230; they have a great selection of stuff by many long dead comics artists.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"> Best of all, they have a permanent auction archive, where you can view all kinds of glorious stuff&#8230; I think you need to be a member to access it.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"> <a title=\"Hand-Colored George Herriman Krazy Kat Sunday from Heritage Online Auctions\" href=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/comicart_herriman.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" title=\"Hand-Colored George Herriman Krazy Kat Sunday from Heritage Online Auctions\" alt=\"Hand-Colored George Herriman Krazy Kat Sunday from Heritage Online Auctions\" src=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/comicart_herriman_thumb.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"> <a title=\"comicartfans.com\" href=\"http:\/\/comicartfans.com\"><strong>comicartfans.com<\/strong><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"> A comic art site with a great site search. In addition to selling stuff, they provide access for people to post images of their collections for online display.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"> <a title=\"Basil Wolverton Original Art found at comicartfans.com\" href=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/comicart_wolverton.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" alt=\"Basil Wolverton Original Art found at comicartfans.com\" title=\"Basil Wolverton Original Art found at comicartfans.com\" src=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/comicart_wolverton_thumb.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"> Comicartfans.com also highlights auctions on the inevitable&#8230;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"> <strong>Ebay<\/strong> (<a title=\"Ebay\" href=\"http:\/\/collectibles.ebay.com\/Comics\">collectibles.ebay.com\/Comics<\/a>)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"> Obvious, I know, but for sheer volume of stuff, nothing else compares.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"> <a title=\"Otto Messmer Original Art Found on Ebay\" href=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/comicart_messmer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" alt=\"Otto Messmer Original Art found on Ebay\" title=\"Otto Messmer Original Art found on Ebay\" src=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/comicart_messmer_thumb.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\">Besides all of that&#8230; did you know you can <a title=\"David Boswell\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reidfleming.com\/db-commissions.html\">commission a David Boswell original<\/a> for as little as $49? I gotta get around to doing that the next time I have the cash&#8230;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"> <a title=\"David Boswell Commissioned Piece from reidfleming.com\" href=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/comicart_boswell.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" alt=\"David Boswell Commissioned Piece from reidfleming.com\" title=\"David Boswell Commissioned Piece from reidfleming.com\" src=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/comicart_boswell.gif\" \/><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\">Lots of comics artists maintain their own artwork and sell their own work online&#8230; a google search for your favorite artist to find their personal website is always the best place to look for art by that artist&#8230; then the artist gets all the money you&#8217;re paying for it without a middleman getting a cut, which is a nice thing. If they aren&#8217;t offering artwork on the site, you can always consider emailing them directly about it, too, if they have contact info.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"black\"> Know of more great places to browse comics art? Please let me hear about them in the comments. <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I rarely have the money to collect comic art, unfortunately, but I often enjoy browsing artwork that is for sale online. 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