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Original Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art. Here’s the listing from the Heritage Auctions site where I found it:

Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder Playboy June 1982 Little Annie Fanny Complete 3-Page Story Original Art, Preliminary Art, and Reference Materials Group of 22 (HMH Publishing, 1982). During the 26 years that Kurtzman wrote the Little Annie Fanny strip for Playboy, Hugh Hefner allowed him to travel for research, photography, and sketching. It seems Kurtzman must have caught the Chicago Knockers all-female Mud-Wrestling team at some point. They inspired this 3-page story. Included are the finished three pages with Will Elder’s dense, lush color work in oil paint, tempera, and watercolor washes. The image areas average 10.5" x 15" on these illustration boards. Also included is a printed article from The Plain Dealer about the Chicago Knockers, along with a team photo (and several pages of notes that Kurtzman appears to have taken during the match). The production process for the pages is well represented with three pages of Kurtzman’s own rough layouts in ink on graph paper with sample dialog, three hand-painted color rough layout pages to work out color placement, and seven pages of detailed panel layouts in ink on onionskin paper. Toss in the three tear sheets of the printed story and you have examples of the process from end-to-end. All of the original art pages are signed by Harvey Kurtzman with his characteristic mark. Some of the roughs have minor rips in the edges and there are bits of production tape on some pages. 

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Rough breakdown of Mad Hatter on iPad Pro with Clip Studio Paint and finished pencils traced onto Strathmore.

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Gun-Shot!

Dustin Weaver IS NIGHTSIEGE!

#liefeldpersona

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Finished Black Adam piece with Copic Markers.

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Winter Soldier sans background for the Albany Comic Con VIP poster. I'll be adding more detail for the final RMH auction piece.

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Worked hard on Thanos this past weekend. Background and grey tones next. (at Green Mountain Comic Expo 4/14-4/15 Barre Civic Center)

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Final art for a fund raiser to support a nerd friend with cystic fibrosis. Justin is a BIG Bats fan:)

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Clip Studio 450+ Brush Super Set Update

Over 100 new brushes! Over 450 brushes total! This update is over a 50% increase in set size. Reblog for a chance at a free set.

Many new inking, penciling, painting, and wash brushes added. Existing tools were renamed and sorted into brush families for ease of identifying your favorites and remembering them later.

Updates are free for existing users. Just re-use your existing purchase links. I’ll pick folks to receive a free set randomly throughout the next week.

GET THEM HERE.

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Bill Anderson hit it out of the park with his finished ink rendering of the background. I originally indicated a simple sky but Bill went the extra mile! Prints will be available at Albany Comic Con. The original will be auctioned for Ronald McDonald House.

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Awesome finished inks by veteran artist buddy Bill Anderson!

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Hanging with friend & mentor John Hebert. @earthworld_comics #freecomicbookday (at Earthworld Comics)

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Awesome to see our book on the shelf! Thanks #earthworldcomics

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What The Freak #0 will be available in local stores tomorrow! Look for Issue #1 later this year. #earthworldcomics #excellentadventurescomics #aquiloniacomics

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Deadshot for Albany Comic Con 2016. #albanycomiccon2016 #dccomics #deadshot WTFComics.com

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Great rollout of WTF#0 at Albany Toy Show! #albanytoyshow #earthworld WTFComix.com (at Radisson Hotel Albany)

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Pretty much says it all

Last thing written in the meeting minutes of the Railroad Department’s Management Committee, YMCA Buffalo Niagara, December 1899

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Awesome as usual.

Thanos #2 preview. B&W. Out next week.