A Tour Through the Art Gallery, Part 4: More 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?

Here's another Grendel page by my pal Jay Geldhof, from a later run in the series. I'm pretty sure it's from issue 29 (cover date March 1989), and though this is when Jay and John K. Snyder were trading off penciling and inking duties, this issue was, I believe, an all-Geldhof production (with Grendel creator Matt Wagner writing, of course). Like all the art I'm showcasing here, this is a strictly pre-digital effort created with actual pen and ink, plus the occasional piece of pasted-down art (like the Bride of Frankenstein image in the top panel). 
Jay and I were both living in Kent, Ohio, when he was working on this issue, so I remember bits of behind-the-scenes info, including the fact that the mannequin was based on one Jay actually owned and that image on the right side of the top panel is Bob Mercenary, Jay's character that appeared in the Fantagraphics anthology THREAT.
What's more, because I was a college student with plenty of free time, Jay occasionally drafted me for modeling duty, and I'm pretty sure I posed for all the Grendel figures on this page. (Somewhere, deep in his archives, Jay may still have the original photos. Pray he never shares them on the web. I know I do.)