Tim Burton has certainly come a long way from his days at the California Institute of the Arts, where he created his first student films. Buy, Value or Appraise Your Animation Art and Cels Bid or buy animation art and cels for sale, value your item, or request a free appraisal to sell your collection. […]
One of the Largest and Best Collections of Original Lady and the Tramp Artwork Coming to Auction
Walt Disney’s classic 1955 animated feature Lady and the Tramp has endured as a favorite among cartoon aficionados for being the sweetest and most romantic of all the Disney films up to that date. This is a love story unlike any other, yet it retains the time-honored plotline of the attraction of opposites – Lady […]
Childhood Revisited – on an Hourly Wage [Specialist Spotlight]
Young children love to dream of their future careers. Back (okay, WAY back) in my day, most kids I knew wanted to be cowboys, airline hostesses, firemen, or even President of the United States. As for me, I loved watching cartoons on TV and reading comic books. I absorbed all the cartoons I could find […]
Robert Crumb: So Much More Than Just ‘Lines On Paper’
The artwork of Robert Crumb has been a source of fascination for many. His artwork from the 1960s and early ’70s has been especially interesting, to the point that sales of some of his more iconic pieces have made the news a number of times in recent years, for the incredible amounts of money some […]
Remembering Gary Arlington, A Pioneer in the Comic Book Scene
Anyone with a serious interest in Underground Comix — those adult-themed “sex ‘n drugs” comic books sold in head shops beginning in the late 1960s — should know the name “Gary Arlington.” In case you aren’t familiar with the gentleman, please allow me to bring you up to speed. The Underground Comix movement began in 1967, […]
A Four-Color Fortune
How much is an old comic book worth? A few bucks? Hundreds? Thousands? Millions? The answer is “yes” to all of the above – and “no.” While it’s true that a handful of really rare comics have sold for astronomical prices in the past few years (including a copy of Detective Comics #27, featuring Batman’s […]
The Golden Age of Comic Reprints
Just recently, I received a big box filled with books from one of my favorite publishers, Fantagraphics. This company, which has been around for years, publishing everything from The Comic Journal and Amazing Heroes (trade journals for comic fans) to Love and Rockets, the award-winning series from Los Brothers Hernandez, to a line of sex […]
