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A Poor Investment: Frank King’s <i>Gasoline Alley</i>

August 13, 2012
By Ng Suat Tong
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A Poor Investment: Frank King’s Gasoline Alley

The price and value of original art from Gasoline Alley

June 12, 2012
By Ng Suat Tong
Blog, Featured
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The Nearly “Worthless” Art of Howard Chaykin

The original art of Howard Chaykin’s Time²

When We Had Moebius in Our Living Room

Goodbye to Moebius.

Manga Legends: Just What Are They Selling?

Investigation has raised questions about Manga Legends, a Japanese company that claims to sell original artwork by many of Japan’s greatest comic book artists.

Original Art: A Kat in the House

Too much ink has already been spilled on Herriman’s passing for white…and none of it is worthwhile

Jaime Hernandez for Sale

Early in 2010, The Art of Jaime Hernandez: The Secrets of Life and Death by Todd Hignite was published by well-known art book publisher Abrams. This monograph was beautifully designed, with page after page of original art, sketches, poster art, partially completed drawings, color guides and more. The text was incisive and sensitive. I suspect [...]

Original Art: Human Nature

The differences between the worlds of comics and fine art would appear to be pretty obvious, but my recent reading of Sarah Thornton’s Seven Days in the Art World suggests that these differences might be less than they would appear, the great leveler in this instance being human nature. Taking in subjects like a high [...]