A Tour Through the Art Gallery: Part 1

Over the years, I've accumulated a few pieces of original comic book-related art. Nothing compared to the collections of some of my friends, admittedly, but there's some interesting stuff in there nonetheless. So, in my constant (and constantly failing) effort to keep this blog updated on a semi-regular basis, I thought I'd share some of them with you. Join me, won't you?


Mandy Krieger (from American Flagg) sketch by Howard Chakyin
This is the first piece of comic art I ever bought, from the first comic convention I ever attended. It was the 1986 Chicago Comicon, held way out in Rosemont at some hotel long before the days of Wizard World Cons or C2E2. I'm pretty sure Chaykin had moved on from drawing Flagg by this point, and was working on either The Shadow or Blackhawk, but he was more than happy to draw this great sketch of Mandy while singing "I Can't Get Started With You" (to prove he knew the words, which were changed by the editor in an issue of The Shadow) and, if memory serves, charged me a mere $15. The lesson is, if you're at a convention and Howard Chaykin is a guest, by all means hang out at his table as much as you can. He's one of the most entertaining creators I've ever met.