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| Just to got in a bunch of art from an auction but I need some help identifying some of it. If you can, please help me out and thanks! This first one is from artist Mike Gustovich and references a character named Harlaken  This piece says Susperia #1 Page 22. I can't find a comic named Susperia.  No idea what this is  Can't read the artist name on this one  No clue on this one  This is on a First Comics Publishing paper but not sure which book or the artist.  |
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| I can’t help you with ID’ing them but I admire the artistic work on both the first two pages. Especially the first one. Gorgeous stuff. Thanks for sharing! | ||
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| In regards to the first one, this is from wiki: "Michael Gustovich (born November 15, 1953)[1][2] is an American artist, known for his comic book art in the 1980s and early 1990s. He created the superhero team Justice Machine in 1981, which went on to be featured in comics from several publishers. He inked most of the 1990s Milestone Media series Icon (written by Dwayne McDuffie and penciled by M.D. Bright). Specializing primarily in inking, he produced art for dozens of series for various publishers, including Marvel Comics, DC Comics, First Comics, Comico, and Eclipse Comics.[3] He retired from the comics industry in the 1990s,[3] later teaching at Virginia Marti College of Art and Design in Lakewood, Ohio.[4]" Quite honestly, it looks like something that WARP or possibly Eclipse would put out. I'd start searching title there and see if any deal with sorcery or fantasy. |
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| Or, you always try to reach him on Facebook, send him the picture and ask him. That is how I found out about a piece I bought. https://www.facebook.com/mike.gustovich |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Jesse_O If you try this and can't reach him, let me know. I have 43 mutual friends with him, all comic related connections. I'm sure I can get one of them to ask. But please, try it yourself first. There is nothing like discovering the final answer yourself!! And who knows, maybe you'll connect with the guy and get him to sign it for you. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Jesse_O I know I own the first issue of WARP. An article titled "The Rise and Fall of Pacific Comics" has this line of text in it: "New indie publisher First Comics lures famed Dr. Strange artist Frank Brunner to do a new fantasy series, Warp." I own a comic called Suspira. I think it's painted:  Gustavich is a great artist. This was done by him, but I'm pretty sure none of those pages are in it.:  |
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| Mike Okamoto painted the art for Suspira #1 which was published by Chaos Comics. That's where the painted page was published.   |
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| The thing that makes that first one hard is that there really isn't a good databank on 1990's publishers. PLus, I believe a few of them, at least WARP, often put a short backup story in each issue. So you'd have like a 20-24 page main story and then a 4-8 page back up story. That's what I'm thinking the one with the First Comics stamp is from. I don't recognize any of those names!!! Granted, I don't know all the First comics, but I know the major ones and that page, characters and dialogue just isn't ringing any bells. | ||
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| Gustovich has a bio showing this.. Comics in other media HARLAKEN (pen/let/) 1979 in Questar This is the only "Questar" I can find and Gustovich isn't credited on that. https://www.comics.org/issue/1174660/ |
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Quote:Originally Posted by X51 Thanks for the correct spelling of the title. That's it! The artist is Mike Okamoto. Now to figure out which issue it is. There were only 4 so it shouldn't be too hard. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Jesse_O Thanks Jessie...me of all people should have thought to check FB...man.... |
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Quote:Originally Posted by MarcJ Nevermind. I was ahead of myself and didn't read your next reply. Thanks again! |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Jesse_O I found a date next to the signature. It's from 1980. And it has the # 52 written beside that and circled. |
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The 3rd page has a Master of Kung Fu look to it. Quote:Originally Posted by MarcJ No problem. I had a pretty good idea where the comic was... it's definitely #1. |
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| Okay, this one (copied below) looked interesting, so I looked around a bit. As far as I can tell, it is NOT a First Comics publication. No idea why it would be on their paper. But apparently the characters on this page: Skier, Jakk, and St'nn, are all parodies. The Skier ("The Scarlet Skier" ) is a parody of the Silver Surfer; and he works for Mr. Nebula, a parody of Galactus. The Skier is an indentured servant to "The Interplanetary Designer," going around the galaxy looking for worlds for Mr. Nebula to, um, redecorate. Apparently Mr. Nebula was banished by two Lords of Order: Jakk and St'nn. These are homages to Jack (Kirby) and Stan (Lee). The first word on the page is Gnort. Usually spelled "G'nort," it may have evolved later ... as far as I can tell, this is how his name was spelled early on. The first appearance of these characters - well, the first appearance of Skier and Mr. Nebula - is Justice League America #36: Gnort by Gnortwest. But I don't think it's that. I can't tell for sure, but I don't think Jakk and St'nn appear in this issue. (Also, I don't want to get your hopes up, because #36 was penciled by Adam Hughes.) Another source says that St'nn and Jakk only appeared in Justice League Quarterly #2, and that Skier and Mr. Nebula also appeared in this issue. Perhaps that is a "JLQ" in the top left corner? And then the "2" top-middle indicates the issue number? Then "15" would probably be page 15, which is part of the story "Designing Humans!" This story is written by Keith Giffen and JM Dematteis, penciled by a guy named Tom Artis, and inked by (probably) Bruce Patterson. That'd be my guess. Congratulations! Quote: Originally Posted by MarcJ |
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| TedSaid, Thanks! I believe you are right. That looks like JLQ and probably issue #2 | ||
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| I have 3 pages from whatever book this is a well. I had wait until I got home so that I could edit out the curse word on the page in case it isn't allowed here. The back of each of these pages says Arizona 15.1 and the page # I think the artist is Jerry Beck and the book is Arizona : A Simple Horror . The only problem is, I believe there were only 3 issues of that book, not 15.  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by MarcJ I just looked up Jerry Beck, and, to me, that isn't his style. Which doesn't make sense, if it's called Arizona. Can you post the other two pages? I swear, I think that last panel looks a lot like early 90's Bill Sienkiewicz. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Tedsaid Yep!!! JLQ #2. I got this from ReadComicsOnline.  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by MarcJ Found it. Apparently from a magazine in 1980 called Questar. The magazine is similar to Starlog but has comic stories in them as well, including a Steve Ditko story. Here is some info I found over on collectededitions.com . Appears to come from vol #1 Issue #4. HARLAKEN by Kevin Hyde & Mike Gustovich -- In what appears to be one of those post-apocalyptic futures, a guy in a standard super-hero suit is given mystical powers to fight some nebulous "evil" force. Another cliffhanger has him facing a shapeless, flying blob. The strangest thing about this is, all the pages are GREEN. This isn't a black-and-white comic-- it's black-and-GREEN. One page is DARK green. Why? NO IDEA!!! |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Tedsaid   |
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| Over on Facebook, Shelby Robertson claims the work is his from around 1996. It could be Verotik / Verotika or maybe Full Metal Fiction. I dont have any of those to check. It might be worth noting that apparently around that time he was doing finishing on Simon Bisley roughs. Also, this not from Chapel or Crypt. | ||
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| Verotik makes more sense. It does not look like Sienkiewicz to me. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by X51 Oh, I don't know. I think there are a lot of similarities. Here are a few Sienkiewicz pieces I found with a quick search. I particularly like how the Batman looks a lot like that long-haired demon thingy.         |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Tedsaid I totally agree. Being a Sienkiewicz fan since the late 80's I knew it has a similar look but knew it wasnt Sienkiewicz because I think I have everything he's done in print. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by X51 I found it finally. It is definitely Shelby Robertson from an issue of Heavy Metal Fiction. The story was called Arizona : Knightshifter by Everette Hartsoe. I found a Kickstarter project from about 4 years back that Hartsoe was doing to publish a HC reprint of all of the individual Arizona stories. On the KS campaign site, the are some pics of other pages that look identical to these. I still dont know the exact issue these pages are from but I've reached out to Hartsoe via FB to see if he could shed some light. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by MarcJ Well, I see a big difference. Sienkiewicz is a master and the art above has none of his finesse for crisp details. Anyone can splatter ink on a page. Sienkiewicz adds something more. It's just like Toth's art is often a minimalist style, but he gets more detail out of less art than most any artist you'll encounter. You have everything Sienkiewicz has in print? Do you have this? He did the cover.  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by MarcJ Ah! Hartsoe. He'd do anything to be offensive. I sometimes forget he published comics. He insulted Jim Shooter in this comic drawn by J. G. Jones.  J.G. Jones made him apologize in the second issue.  |
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