Grailpages: Original Comic Book Art and the Collectors

By Steven Alan Payne
TwoMorrows Publishing (2009)

Following five installments of "Applied Panelology", it is time for the first review of a piece of secondary literature. Somewhat in-keeping with the slightly non-mainstream topics featured so far, the subject is original comic book artwork. Perhaps not a major concern to many comic book afficionados, it has certainly gained a lot of profile over the past few years as the growing number of articles in fanzine publications show. If you're still not convinced, go and have a look over on eBay.

Unfortunately, the book on review here - Grailpages by Steven Alan Payne - is something of a disappointment as it misses out on many points, some of which are elementary and some of which would have been truly interesting to cover.

Regarding basics, panelology.info will soon cover a feature on how exactly a comic book was produced in the 1960s and 1970s, and how that process differs from today's. So, as they used to say - watch this space!

Adrian Wymann

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PREVIOUSLY FEATURED

Applied Panelology #5
(JAN 2010)
MARVEL UK
THE MIGHTY WORLD OF BRITISH BRONZE AGE MARVEL

Applied Panelology #4
(JAN 2010)
MARVEL'S MONSTER MASH
MARVEL'S BRONZE AGE STRUGGLE WITH THE FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER

Applied Panelology #3
(JAN 2010)
THE TOMB OF DRACULA
ISSUE BY ISSUE SYNOPSIS AND CRITICAL GUIDE TO MARVEL'S MOST SUCCESSFUL HORROR COMIC BOOK TITLE

Applied Panelology #2
(DEC 2009)
INTO THE TOMB OF DRACULA
THE ROOTS AND PARADIGMS OF MARVEL'S
MOST SUCCESSFUL HORROR COMIC BOOK TITLE

Applied Panelology #1
(DEC 2009)
(DE-)CONSTRUCTING THE COMIC BOOK COLLECTOR'S MARKET
COLLECTING COMICS INSIDE (AND OUTSIDE)
A SPECULATOR'S MARKET

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