Show us original art pieces in your collection!
I'll start us off with a drawing done by Terry Beatty for the cover of Scary Monsters 2002 Yearbook (Monster Memories #10).
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49831827702_a919d18199_b.jpg)
The title overlay sheets (folded in half- the bottoms are blank):
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49831523951_00a1b5e102_b.jpg)
I believe it's pen & ink on board, then hand colored. I bought this from Dennis Druktenis back around 2003. I love Creepy #1 homage covers and this is one of my favorites.
That's cool stuff, horrorhunter.
I don't have the connections or finances to go after high end pieces. I do have some cover art
but it's just from fanzines and unworthy of inclusion here. I have a photo/art mock-up that was
used under the end credits of a TV show. Does that qualify?
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/18/tmchauntedhouse.png)
'Fun topic, I hope it sees lots of action.
Quote from: Sir Masksalot on April 29, 2020, 12:37:05 AM
I don't have the connections or finances to go after high end pieces. I do have some cover art
but it's just from fanzines and unworthy of inclusion here. I have a photo/art mock-up that was
used under the end credits of a TV show. Does that qualify?
That's a beautiful piece, Sir Masksalot.
Any genre original art qualifies- fanzine art, comic book art, monster mag art, convention sketches, personal commissions, advertising art, etc..
This is all about the fun of showing cool art with no worries about current market values at all. Some of my favorite pieces I bought for $20 or less. I don't own anything high end, and I'm not spending a fortune on anything like that anytime soon. Hopefully we'll get several posts from UMA members and we can get an idea of what sorts of art they're collecting along with their other genre items.
Zombie Cool
Here's an illustration of Cynthia from DC's The Witching Hour by Newton Burcham.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49831512361_2bafbd686d_b.jpg)
I love the Bronze Age Horror from all comic companies. Just need issues 28, 63, and 66, to finally complete my Witching Hour run. :)
A painting of the Hammer Mummy done by Robert Brown (acrylics on canvas):
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49830978458_ecf6633556_b.jpg)
This is a Dracula page by Butch Guice (Jackson Guice when he worked for Marvel).
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49831822247_bc643cf43f_b.jpg)
Butch and I were members of the same comic book collecting club in Chattanooga in the late '70s. I bought this from him during one of our trading sessions where we bought and sold back issues and anything related to comics. This is labeled "Page # one" so it was probably a splash page for a fanzine story (I'm not sure if it was published). It was obviously influenced by Marvel's Tomb Of Dracula which was still being published and very popular at the time. Not long after this Butch started working for Marvel and drew for them for a number of years on different titles.
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Convention sketch of It, The Terror From Beyond Space by Richard Harrison Green:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49831824812_439d013f9e_b.jpg)
My little collection of Tiki Horror Lounge figures by Gary Wray:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49855048611_2dbc256e7d_b.jpg)
These are all original, one-of-a-kind figures so they have a place in the thread. The figure on the far left is Gary's interpretation of the Beast Of Blood (aka Chlorophyll Monster) from the Blood Island flicks. The hairy little guy on the far right is the Tiki Horror Lounge version of Paul Naschy's werewolf, Waldemar Daninsky. I have one other Tiki Horror Lounge figure that I used to represent the idol of the Dark God Agrezehl for a custom playset.
A painting of Marvel's Man-Thing by Val Mayerik in green and gray wash:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49861364757_a37093397c_b.jpg)
Val Mayerik did quite a bit of penciling for Marvel back in the '70s on characters such as Man-Thing, Monster Of Frankenstein, the Living Mummy, and Ka-Zar. He also co-created Howard The Duck with Steve "Baby" Gerber. His style was heavily influenced by Wrightson.
Creature painting by Robert Brown:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49831511071_52ab7e0a41_b.jpg)
This is acrylics on canvas done in the style of a wraparound magazine cover. Robert drew comics for Marvel and Chaos back in the '90s. I visited him for awhile when he lived near me and we talked monsters and comics a few times. I dug some of his monster paintings when he started that using acrylics on canvas, and I hired him to do this painting since I'm a Creature nut.
Quote from: horrorhunter on May 06, 2020, 04:40:28 PMCreature painting by Robert Brown:
I approve of the "artistic license" Mr Brown took: at last, Miss Lawrence looks sufficiently terrified.
Quote from: horrorhunter on May 06, 2020, 04:40:28 PM
Creature painting by Robert Brown:
Nice acquisition! :)
Quote from: Mike Scott on May 06, 2020, 06:37:54 PM
Nice acquisition! :)
Yeah, I'm glad I got him to do it when the opportunity presented itself. Shortly thereafter he had a falling-out with the person who introduced us and Robert took off to parts unknown. He did a 1-shot comic called Bane Of The Werewolf, and a story or two for Bela Lugosi's Tales From The Grave. I have several of his sketches and page layouts which I may post in this thread at some point.
Seems like the few people who bother to post on UMA these days aren't much into original art. Surely some members have some originals in their collections they'll share with us at some point.
This is just a general observation not pertaining specifically to this thread, but it seems like more people have complained about the lack of posts than actually do the posting. Someone has to go to the trouble to post it before everyone else can enjoy reading or looking at it- or find fault with it as the case may be. :laugh: I understand posting pics on UMA requires some hoop-jumping, but posting insightful thought provoking text is simply typing. The best way to add to everyone's infotainment is just to post...something. Lurking ain't helping anyone except the lurker.
Marvel's Monster Of Frankenstein by Val Mayerik:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49861366322_b3e0ee09bd_b.jpg)
Quote from: horrorhunter on May 07, 2020, 05:07:10 PM
Marvel's Monster Of Frankenstein by Val Mayerik:
Was he one of the artists for that title?
Quote from: Mike Scott on May 07, 2020, 10:37:49 PM
Was he one of the artists for that title?
Val Mayerik did quite a bit of penciling for Marvel back in the '70s on characters such as Man-Thing, Monster Of Frankenstein, the Living Mummy, and Ka-Zar. He also co-created Howard The Duck with Steve "Baby" Gerber. His style was heavily influenced by Wrightson, at least for much of his Marvel work.
Quote from: horrorhunter on May 08, 2020, 12:10:52 AM
He also co-created Howard The Duck with Steve "Baby" Gerber.
Cool!
Original cover painting for Scary Monsters #39 by Terry Beatty:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49830981088_8f7f21b600_b.jpg)
Title Overlay Sheets:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49831829242_4c538bf78c_b.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49830985933_eec4386898_b.jpg)
I bought this back around 2003 from Dennis Druktenis. Bought a lot of SM stuff from Dennis over the years. I never bought the Sam Scare mask or the skateboard deck, but practically everything else Dennis sold through Scary Monsters ads in the back including lots of stuff from his "Scarehouse Sales". I have a full run of SM up to #100 including all of the Yearbooks (Monster Memories) and all of the limited editions, ashcans, reprint titles, and new Castle Of Frankenstein issues.
Quote from: horrorhunter on May 08, 2020, 03:52:40 AM
I have a full run of SM up to #100 including all of the Yearbooks (Monster Memories) and all of the limited editions, ashcans, reprint titles, and new Castle Of Frankenstein issues.
Same here, except for the ashcans. I just got the missing/elusive MM 2009 YB! Been trying to get a copy for years!
What want to know, is there a SM Summer Special #3? When SS #4 came out I thought, what happened to # 1-3? The they started calling #27.5 and #50.5 Summer Specials #1 & 2, but I've still never seen a SS #3.
Quote from: Mike Scott on May 08, 2020, 04:42:54 AM
What want to know, is there a SM Summer Special #3? When SS #4 came out I thought, what happened to # 1-3? The they started calling #27.5 and #50.5 Summer Specials #1 & 2, but I've still never seen a SS #3.
Yes. I have a copy. It came out in 2008. I was going to post a pic of it but strangely I couldn't find a pic on the interwebbings. :o
Maybe I'll post a pic of mine if no hot-link fodder presents itself. :-\
Quote from: horrorhunter on May 08, 2020, 04:30:45 PM
Yes. I have a copy. It came out in 2008. I was going to post a pic of it but strangely I couldn't find a pic on the interwebbings. :o
I've been looking for years (well, not ever day) and haven't seen a mention of it, let alone a photo! There's no other 1 & 2, besides the ones I mentioned, right?
Quote from: Mike Scott on May 08, 2020, 06:26:29 PM
I've been looking for years (well, not ever day) and haven't seen a mention of it, let alone a photo! There's no other 1 & 2, besides the ones I mentioned, right?
I'm pretty sure you're right about that. In my boxes I have the #27.5 and the #50.5 in order before the #3 and the #4. Some of the numbering got confusing on those books and it only gets worse several years later when you haven't thought about it for awhile.
I've been posting again fairly regularly for a few days so I've given UMA some time to get a feel for it again. Well, here's my feeling about it- It's deader than hell! When I first started posting on UMA around 8 years ago there were just enough people posting to keep things interesting without being overcrowded and problematic due to an overabundance of jerks. UMA members also supported other member's posts and threads with comments and other related posts. Now there is an extremely small amount of members who even post anything, and there is little to no commentary or complimentary posts to support what few posts there are. There is still a little traffic, and I mean very little. I'll probably continue to post on and off, but in this environment it's discouraging. There are usually a crapload of lurkers who like to take advantage of what's posted, but evidently contribute little to nothing. No wonder not many people actually contribute anymore...there's very little new to see,
because so few people contribute anymore. ::) A message board without people who actually post something is lame, and this one's practically on life support. That's my take. No reflection on you, Mike. You do a good job as moderator and you're one of the few people who actually posts things of any substance. I guess UMA's best days are just gone. :(
What happened? Did I miss something?
Quote from: horrorhunter on May 08, 2020, 09:55:36 PM
Now there is an extremely small amount of members who even post anything, and there is little to no commentary or complimentary posts to support what few posts there are.
I don't find that to be true. People are always commenting on somebody else's posts. Not every topic is something I'm interested in, though.
Quote from: Mike Scott on May 08, 2020, 10:35:09 PM
What happened? Did I miss something?
Not really. There isn't much to miss.
I was just making a general statement about my perception of the current state of UMA.
Quote from: Mike Scott on May 08, 2020, 10:35:09 PM
I don't find that to be true. People are always commenting on somebody else's posts. Not every topic is something I'm interested in, though.
That's great for you if you feel that way.
For me, UMA is a pale shadow of what it used to be. There are constantly over 100 "Guests" picking the UMA bones for entertainment or info to make a buck on with junk they're trying to sell, and most of them never contribute anything. Check the numbers. It's always 100+ vultures, I mean "guests", and almost always less than half a dozen people actually logged in who may or may not actually post something.
Have fun. Maybe I'll post off and on. Maybe I'll just go back to being an occasional vulture. It doesn't matter anyway. Posting on UMA is like shouting in canyon...you just get an empty echo.
I have a bunch of Creature original art, but photobucket really messed me up. i'd have to retake all the photos.
BK
Quote from: michblk on May 09, 2020, 01:05:15 AM
I have a bunch of Creature original art, but photobucket really messed me up. i'd have to retake all the photos.
Don't bother. Nobody cares.
Quote from: horrorhunter on May 06, 2020, 10:39:51 PMSeems like the few people who bother to post on UMA these days aren't much into original art. Surely some members have some originals in their collections they'll share with us at some point.
I can tell you that skully reads this thread with avid interest. He also has all kinds of original art.Unfortunately he's not been able to log onto this sie. Nor is he sufficiently adept technologically to load pictures onto his harddrive let alone post them onto this board.
He's now at the point where he's almost desperate enough to ask his son for assistance.
:-\
Quote from: Hepcat on May 10, 2020, 02:50:13 AM
He's now at the point where he's almost desperate enough to ask his son for assistance.
I'll bet he taught his son how to drive (amongst other things). Why can't the kid return the favor?
YO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hep, and Mike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't ask me what I did, because I still don't know, but, I'm back in!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least, for the time being!!! I was determined as all hell to try just about anything, I kept trying to bypass those warning boxes, and finally with enough times doing it, or maybe something else I did, it finally, finally took!!! So I hope I can at least post replies, posting pictures is something else though, hopefully my son will help when he finds the time.
Welcome back! You need to figure out what you did wrong and not do it again! ;D
Here is a photo of Jack Davis' original art to one of the 1959 Topps Funny Valentine cards:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/JackDavisOriginalArtwork.jpg)
I bought it about thirteen years ago through a Hake's auction. The original artwork for a couple of the You'll Die Laughing cards done by Jack Davis were also up for bids but they went for well over 2x the price and I had to let them go to other bidders.
:-\
Quote from: horrorhunter on April 29, 2020, 06:20:20 PM
Here's an illustration of Cynthia from DC's The Witching Hour by Newton Burcham.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49831512361_2bafbd686d_b.jpg)
I love the Bronze Age Horror from all comic companies. Just need issues 28, 63, and 66, to finally complete my Witching Hour run. :)
Super awesome
Quote from: horrorhunter on May 09, 2020, 12:57:36 AMHave fun. Maybe I'll post off and on. Maybe I'll just go back to being an occasional vulture. It doesn't matter anyway. Posting on UMA is like shouting in canyon...you just get an empty echo.
From one standpoint I certainly agree with you. I wish more members would post more often.
Part of your frustration though arises from the fact that you don't pace yourself very well when you start in on a subject. You therefore burn yourself out quickly. Consider. In this thread over eleven days you made sixteen posts with pictures in ten of these. At the same time in your "Comic Collecting" thread you made 25 posts with pictures in thirteen of them over fourteen days. That's a lot. In fact that's such a rapid pace that it's not only difficult to continue for long but also acts to highlight "insufficient" participation on the part of other members.
The way I do it is by feeding items/posts slowly but steadily into the threads where I have a keen interest and much to contribute. For example I'll be steadily adding contributions to your new "Comic Collecting" thread for at least the next six months. I treat a thread like I would a beautiful woman. Don't shoot your wad off right away. Take it slow, draw it out and make it last.
:-\
Here is a chalk reproduction of the cover to Vampirella 52 done by a local fellow that I bought at a convention here in Toronto in 1983 or so.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Vamp.jpg)
It's hanging on the wall of the room where I keep my comics, magazines and my best model kits, board games and miscellaneous toys.
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This was drawn by late illustrator Terry Prince for use on a fanzine cover, late 1980s >
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/922/n90x2m.jpg)
I hope you don't leave The UMA, horrorhunter. I like your posts and this forum can ill afford to lose an active member.
Is that the same Ter Prince that created the resin model kit of the Famous Monsters Don Post mask ad?
Quote from: Jim Bertges on May 12, 2020, 05:42:56 PM
Is that the same Ter Prince that created the resin model kit of the Famous Monsters Don Post mask ad?
Yes, he left us quite a legacy of collectable art before an asthma attack cut him down years ago.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/2/tprincecaladkit.jpg)
Quote from: Sir Masksalot on May 12, 2020, 03:30:09 AM
This was drawn by late illustrator Terry Prince
What does the signature say? (Not "Prince")
Quote from: Mike Scott on May 12, 2020, 06:06:14 PM
What does the signature say? (Not "Prince")
LOL - I'm afraid it does, General. Appreciate the art, not the penmanship.
Quote from: Sir Masksalot on May 12, 2020, 06:13:46 PM
Appreciate the art, not the penmanship.
Do you mean "Cenmanshic"?
Quote from: Mike Scott on May 12, 2020, 08:06:59 PM
Do you mean "Cenmanshic"?
Haha, I confess that signature had us scratching our heads also but that's the way "Big Ter" presented it.
Here's his self-portrait, an original in ink. He wasn't quite that ripped but close >
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/922/KoXIuN.jpg)
Here from my comics/collectibles room is a photo of my signed and numbered Neal Adams' print #33/200:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/FleshonFlesh.jpg)
I bought it at the Toronto Fan Expo on 27 August 2005. I had Neal Adams custom date it.
:)
Quote from: Hepcat on May 11, 2020, 07:36:07 PM
From one standpoint I certainly agree with you. I wish more members would post more often.
Part of your frustration though arises from the fact that you don't pace yourself very well when you start in on a subject. You therefore burn yourself out quickly. Consider. In this thread over eleven days you made sixteen posts with pictures in ten of these. At the same time in your "Comic Collecting" thread you made 25 posts with pictures in thirteen of them over fourteen days. That's a lot. In fact that's such a rapid pace that it's not only difficult to continue for long but also acts to highlight "insufficient" participation on the part of other members.
Your analysis is wrong. I could easily post at three or four times my previous pace that you call "rapid" (I have a lot of stuff and a lot to post about). I'm certainly not "burned out". I just refuse to be one of a small group of people posting content while the overwhelming majority of others that utilize this site contribute next to nothing. If some of those "guests" would actually join and add just a little to the overall conversation, and more of the members would do a bit more, then this site would be worth the effort to provide content for.
I know some members still enjoy UMA and I'm glad for them that they do. I've just become very disappointed in the mass laziness that hampers this site. That isn't "burnout". It's just disappointment that has soured me on continuing to fully participate. I may still post some, but until (and if) things really start to pick up around here I can usually find more enjoyable things to do with my free time. If you want to be one of only a handful of members carrying this site then go for it. That sort of unfair arrangement isn't for me. Everyone who benefits should do their part, or at least attempt to (I don't expect everyone to post pics but they're literate enough to type).
I give as I get so I'll probably post at the same lazy-a$$ed pace the UMA faithful enjoy. Occasionally going on never.
Hi Horrorhunter. Well, your frustrations have been heard. I can fully understand what you're saying here, I just don't agree with what's rubbing you the wrong way. I know that there are many guests that frequent the site, but, no one can force them to join. I can also understand that with the current covid situation with a lot of people being home now would possibly prompt them to maybe post more, or more often. Everyone has their own story to tell but one must realize that just maybe, this current crisis is taking a real toll and people right now are putting different priorities on different things right now. No one asked for any of this, one must be mature enough to have an open mind and try their best to accept what is happening. If you look at all the posts and threads throughout here you would surely see that there have been a ton of different topics discussed throughout the years. To call this site lazy-assed just isn't fair. A lot of hard work goes into keeping this site going, and it needs to be appreciated, not put down. If you find as you say doing more enjoyable things with your free time, do them. I for one find it very enjoyable to read the posts on here and to finally be able to post again. I'm trying my best to get the picture taking issue resolved, but for me, it's not easy, and I would gladly post pictures of original art and items from my collection if I could.
Quote from: skully on May 13, 2020, 11:50:56 PM
To call this site lazy-assed just isn't fair.
It's not only fair, but compared to the way UMA was just a few years ago it's a fact. I started posting on UMA around 8 years ago and this place was lively and a lot of fun. If you were around back then I don't see how you could be oblivious to that. Maybe you weren't, in which case I can understand your lack of awareness concerning this.
The pandemic came around long after UMA dwindled down to what it is now. It has nothing to do with the point I was making.
The almighty
Book Of Faces has taken it's toll on UMA traffic, as well as gods-know-what-else. Some of the folks that used to post have gotten sick, or passed, for which I'm sorry. They are missed.
All I'm saying is that UMA isn't what it used to be, and it's not fair for a handful of people to carry the site for everybody else.
Quote from: skully on May 13, 2020, 11:50:56 PM
If you find as you say doing more enjoyable things with your free time, do them.
Petty little snide dig there because I "rubbed you the wrong way". Tough $#!+. >:D
I had my say and I'm done with my part on this subject. Hopefully the thread can get back on topic. It is a fun thread you know. ;D
Quote from: Hepcat on May 13, 2020, 02:38:15 AM
Here from my comics/collectibles room is a photo of my signed and numbered Neal Adams' print:
Nice Adams print but technically prints aren't original art and don't belong in this thread. Perhaps someone should start another thread for prints (I have a sh!tload of them ;)). Of course the title for this thread could be changed to include prints which might actually entice more people to post in it. :-\
Horrorhunter, for your info, I was around 8 years ago, and yes, there may have been many more postings a few years ago, but obviously with it still being a great site it's still not to your liking. Sure, it's ok to be frustrated with less postings, but again, awfully sorry here, it's not fair with your put-down on the site. You, my friend, are the one who said you can find the time to do more enjoyable things, which is the real "Petty little snide dig" along with your "lazy-A$$" comment, OK?? If you don't like it, well the same surely goes for you. Tough $#!+. >:D If you want the thread to stay on topic, then by all means lets keep it fun instead of inserting off the wall comments that have nothing to do with original art. Believe me, you surely didn't rub me the wrong way, to me, it's the opposite. Hep obviously posted his photo of the print to keep the thread going on topic, it might not be true original art, but it's nice to see it posted. However, there is a question for you, just what do you consider to be "original art"? Believe me, you haven't been where I've been and quite honestly still am concerning this subject! :) You don't have a clue.
Here is a photo of the custom stained glass window featuring Brer Fox and Flower from Bambi in the door beside my model cabinet leading from my collectibles room to the upstairs balcony:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/StainedGlassWindow.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/BrerRabbitstainedglass.jpg)
This is the image on which the stained glass window is based:
(http://www.crf2.com/image.php?u=264&dateline=1107824593)
And hanging on the opposite wall from the stained glass window is the original art for the 1972 rerelease of the Song of the South movie poster which I acquired through a Hake's auction about thirteen years ago:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/BrerRabbitposter.jpg)
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Quote from: horrorhunter on May 09, 2020, 12:57:36 AMFor me, UMA is a pale shadow of what it used to be. There are constantly over 100 "Guests" picking the UMA bones for entertainment or info to make a buck on with junk they're trying to sell, and most of them never contribute anything. Check the numbers. It's always 100+ vultures, I mean "guests", and almost always less than half a dozen people actually logged in who may or may not actually post something.
Yes. I'm always annoyed as well when a new poster's only interest in an item is "What can I sell this for?"
Quote from: horrorhunter on May 09, 2020, 12:57:36 AMPosting on UMA is like shouting in canyon...you just get an empty echo.
What I find particularly frustrating is that posts which show a lot of effort aren't rewarded with more interest.
:-[