Comic Collection... 2 Years Later · 6:13pm Oct 7th, 2017
Two years ago, I got my very first comic original at Louisville Comic Con.
It's page 10 of issue 9 of the MLP comic series. Drawn and signed by Andy Price.
There is something I really enjoy about having this comic. I hung it up in a place where I can see it everyday. Seeing all the fine pen strokes, the little details, how the artwork goes beyond the border, it makes me appreciate the work even more. Even if you're a great artist, it doesn't mean you'd make a great cartoonist. A good comic, even if it's very simplistic, still requires a lot of thought and planning. You may be able to draw and paint like the best, but if you can't frame the actions legibly or portray everything important in the scene in an easy-to-understand, uncluttered way that flows well with the eye, you're going to make an eyesore. And numbering the word balloons--- just, no. That's lazy. Don't do that.
I'm getting off track here, but after I got this comic original, I was inspired. I love it. I have it hanging up where I can see it everyday, and because of how much time I spent looking at it and studying it, I've developed an appreciation for the work that goes into making comics.
So I started collecting more.
Two years later, my collection has grown immensely. I still don't have frames for them all.
See my collection below: (It has more ponies (and zebras))
Custom framing is too expensive! This is the only time I did it.
Because of the unique and never-uniformed size of these newspaper comic originals, it's hard to find frames to put them in... and expensive.
An unfinished page of a vampire comic that was never published. In this scene, a playful vampire turns down the AC, much to the heroine's annoyance. Or at least that's what I think is going on.
This one I want to get framed and put over my television
I'm really attracted to pages that tell a whole story on their own, sort of like these two. (or at least have enough action and plot on one page to show something happening)
And finally, I have the entirety of LIFE, a three-page extra comic done back in the late 90's early 2000's. You can see that the artist did his own lettering and word boxes on separate pieces of paper then pasted them on top of the works. A very old and very pragmatic technique for traditional art before the invention of Photoshop. (Those were dark times)
