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Patrick Bain

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Patrick Bain is the author of the Comic Art Trends Price Guide 2019-2020. The Legends and Modern Masters editions of the CAT Price Guide feature a total of 70 artists. Original comic art from each of the seventy featured creators is documented with sales data, analysis, graphs of trends, and images of art. Patrick Bain is the founder of the Comic Reading Library. Search Comic Reading Library on Facebook.

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    Opening the Seal on Dr. Doom’s Revenge

    by Patrick Bain January 16, 2023
    by Patrick Bain January 16, 2023

    It’s an age old dilemma for collectors and investors, to keep sealed or to open.  The extreme scenario exists with a CGC slabbed comic.  Open your graded comics at your own peril…

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    Video Game Box Art: Die Hard and More

    by Patrick Bain January 10, 2023
    by Patrick Bain January 10, 2023

    In 2020, I wrote an article that it was time to consider buying video game box art.  I thought about it again when I noticed a painting offered at HA with a…

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    Heritage Signature Auction 2023: Money-Money-Money

    by Patrick Bain January 8, 2023
    by Patrick Bain January 8, 2023

    If you’ve got the money, honey–Heritage Signature Auction 2023 for comics and comic art is the place to be.  Let’s preview the diverse original comic art offerings.  Maybe there’s something even for…

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    Cowboy Actors Immortalized in Comics

    by Patrick Bain January 3, 2023
    by Patrick Bain January 3, 2023

    When cowboy actors are immortalized in comics, does the sun never set on their fame?  After they pass, do the fictional heroes based on their likenesses continue to thrive like our imaginations…

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    Action Hero G.I. Joe is There: Yo! Joe

    by Patrick Bain December 23, 2022
    by Patrick Bain December 23, 2022

    A Real American Hero, and action figure, G.I. Joe is there!  Many sons idolize their fathers.  My dad is certainly a hero to me.  So, while my eighty-three, nearly 84-year-old dad, struggles…

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    Spectacular 100th Issue: My Blog Milestone

    by Patrick Bain December 17, 2022
    by Patrick Bain December 17, 2022

    Spectacular 100th Issue!  Long-awaited…mightiest…special 100th anniversary!  I feel like the big announcer voice-guy proclaiming “Sunday, Sunday, Sunday”!  And though technically anniversaries happen on a yearly basis, we all love milestone comics like…

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    Russ Heath DC Silver Age War

    by Patrick Bain December 7, 2022
    by Patrick Bain December 7, 2022

    Artists whose skills surpass their contemporaries always stand out.  Russ Heath, master of the DC Silver Age war genre, deserves that rank.  Pull on your combat boots and strap your helmet tight. …

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    George Pérez The Great Communicator

    by Patrick Bain December 4, 2022
    by Patrick Bain December 4, 2022

    If as a president, Ronald Reagan was known as the great communicator, then I claim the same could be said about George Pérez.  Where Reagan communicated through encouraging speeches and anecdotes, Pérez…

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    Carl Barks Preview: The Good Duck Artist Lives

    by Patrick Bain December 3, 2022
    by Patrick Bain December 3, 2022

    If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck…  Before you finish that phrase, check to see if the signature on that art says Carl Barks, the good duck artist. …

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    Art Prices: Inflation or Deflation?

    by Patrick Bain November 28, 2022
    by Patrick Bain November 28, 2022

    Are comic art prices climbing like most goods and services in the economy?  Or has the weak economy finally caught up with even the high end of the comic art industry?  Let’s…

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    Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around Daredevil

    by Patrick Bain November 8, 2022
    by Patrick Bain November 8, 2022

    “Everything old is new again” is attributed to Stephen King, but I suspect poets and farmers turned that phrase many times before that author.  And what do we say about fashion…just wait…

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    Shazam! It’s Black Adam Art

    by Patrick Bain October 27, 2022
    by Patrick Bain October 27, 2022

    Shazam!  It’s Dwayne Johnson, the Rock!  Super-pumped, Dwayne Johnson sizzles as Captain Marvel’s ancient nemesis.  But will original art collectors exclaim Shazam–or Holy Moley–when looking for Black Adam original art at mere…

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    The Price Is Right: John Romita Spider-Man

    by Patrick Bain October 19, 2022
    by Patrick Bain October 19, 2022

    Don’t tell me you never watched the show!  It’s time to play The Price is Right, featuring John Romita Sr. Spider-Man art.  You know the rules, best guess but don’t go over. …

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    Mark Bagley Art Spotlight: ComicLink Preview

    by Patrick Bain October 11, 2022
    by Patrick Bain October 11, 2022

    Do you prefer buying art by someone whose fame originated from a marginal character, possibly an avant-garde mini-series?  Or alternatively, do you like artists with a long track record in the industry…

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    X-Men Art Preview – ComicLink

    by Patrick Bain October 4, 2022
    by Patrick Bain October 4, 2022

    X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, X-treme X-Men, Ultimate X-Men, X-Men and <add super-group here>, X-Men: The Mini-Series, X-this and X-that.  You name it, there’s an X-title out there!  And since they’re comic books, that…

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    Jack Kirby Ruby-Spears Bound Comics

    by Patrick Bain September 24, 2022
    by Patrick Bain September 24, 2022

    Would you rather own a wall-size oil painting by your next-door neighbor’s kid or a sketch by a legend? Most collectors have to balance their avarice with their wallet size, especially when…

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    Did Riverdale Sell Archie Art?

    by Patrick Bain September 14, 2022
    by Patrick Bain September 14, 2022

    What’s the synergy between a popular show featuring comic book characters and the sales of original comic art?  Did Riverdale disenfranchise traditional fans hurting art sales?  Or maybe, new fans tuned in…

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    Thoroughly Modern Original Art: ComicConnect Preview

    by Patrick Bain September 13, 2022
    by Patrick Bain September 13, 2022

    What is the Modern Age of comics–such a vague term?  Some claim it started in the mid-eighties, but that would make the modern age “middle aged” at 37.  Regardless of how you…

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