FORT MYERS, FL (AP).- The adult children of Frank Frazetta are feuding again over control of the iconic fantasy artist’s body of work. The family announced in April that they had settled a dispute over an estate estimated to be worth tens of millions o…
Heritage Announces "The Savannah Collection" of More than 40,000 Comics Valued at $1 Million to be Auctioned
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions has announced that a newly discovered collection of more than 40,000 comic books, “The Savannah Collection,” spanning from 1958 to the present and valued in total at more than $1 million, will be sold by the fir…
First Solo Exhibition in London by Spanish Artist Francesc Ruiz Opens at Gasworks
LONDON.- For his first solo exhibition in London, Spanish artist Francesc Ruiz transformed Gasworks into a bookshop specialising in yaoi comic books. Gasworks Yaoi is the result of research conducted during Francesc Ruiz’s residency at Gasworks in autu…
R. Crumb, Daughter Look at Life in "Crazy Artist"
By: Christine Kearney
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Robert Crumb and his daughter Sophie may lovingly squabble about the life they have shared, but they can agree on one thing: the underground scene that allowed the elder Crumb to become a comic book cult hero …
Superman, Joker Original Comic Art Goes to Auction
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- A 1942 piece of Superman comic book cover art goes up for auction for the first time on Wednesday in a thriving collectibles market where old superheroes can change hands for more than $1 million. The cover art for the Superman…
Comic Book Collector Learns Fine Art of Letting Go
By: Martha Irvine, AP National Writer
NEW YORK, NY.- Jose Alaniz spent about a week sorting and packing each comic book — carefully, lovingly. There were 12 boxes of them, comics he’d collected since his mother bought him his first one at age 6. …
‘Conan’ Painting by Late Artist Frank Frazetta Goes for $1.5 Million
PHILADELPHIA (AP).- A 1971 painting by fantasy artist Frank Frazetta has sold for $1.5 million, two months after the Pennsylvania artist’s death. Frazetta’s managers said this week that a private collector bought “Conan the Destroyer” from a family t…
Irish Museum of Modern Art shows Spanish Artist Ferran Garcia Sevilla
DUBLIN.- An exhibition by Ferran Garcia
Sevilla, a
leading Spanish artist whose career has embraced many of the most
influential
art movements of the past 40 years, opened to the public at the Irish
Museum of
Modern Art on 10 June 2010…
Ferran Garcia Sevilla at the Irish Museum of Modern Art
DUBLIN.- An exhibition by Ferran Garcia Sevilla, a leading Spanish artist whose career has embraced many of the most influential art movements of the past 40 years, opened to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Thursday 10 June 2010. Ferran…