A Tour Through the Art Gallery, Part 3: Jay Geldhof

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?

This one's not a con sketch. It's an actual page of original art that was printed in a comic book (GRENDEL #10, to be exact.) In fact, it's so old (cover date July 1987, which means this was drawn at least a few months earlier) that it still has actual lettering and screen tones as part of the art -- any sort of computer creation or composition still being years away. The pencils are by Jacob and Arnold Pander, but it's the inks we're focusing on here, because they're courtesy of my old friend Jay Geldhof. I first met Jay in the fall of 1986 during my sophomore year at Kent State, and he was knee deep in inking this Grendel arc during that time. He kindly gave me this page, a vintage slice of genuine '80s comic book art. It wouldn't be the last Grendel page he'd give me -- but more on that in the next installment.