Not a real exciting post this week. I've decided to sell a few things on ebay and wanted to share some of the vintage art I like.
First up,
Hulk art by Michael Golden, from the month of March, in
Marvel's 20th Anniversary Calendar, 1981. From my perspective, Golden brought a whole new feel to comics. It was a "cartoony realism", which would influenced a slew of artists to come.
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Next is Dave Cockrum art from three
Marvel Novels. This was 1979, so on the cover to the anthology book,
Hulk, TV star, is seen in the foreground, while a fairly new character,
Wolverine, is stuck in the background. It would have been different today. As a kid, I was always fascinated to see painted superhero art. There was very little of it.
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Lastly is art by John Byrne, from December, in
The Amazing Spider-Man Calendar, 1978 . It's sometimes interesting to see what characters were popular during any given year. And look how clever Mr. Byrne was by grouping the old/new X-Men with Cyclops in the bottom right corner.
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If I wasn't sleepy, I'd try to do a witty wrap up.