Anyone interested in an art thread? I've got a lot of images I could share. These are a mix of art I own, art that passed through my hands and images I saved from auctions, web pages and other sources.
I'll start out with a selection of Greg Luzniak's cool hero cards. He did a lot of the IQ characters (although most IQ cards were inked the hero cards were not). His tight pencils worked well and having one person do a lot of the hero cards gave the set a recognizable quality
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/cable.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/daredevilsig.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/luzniakmagneto.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/luzniakwhqueen.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/dark_beast.jpg)
From a topic I started in Custom Cards:
http://www.comicartfans.com/SearchResult.asp?PM=1&txtSearch=OverPower&Order=&PI=36
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryRoom.asp?Order=Date&Page=1&GSub=95844
I'll grab the pictures and re-host them on my server.
And a nice collection of DC3 Doubleshot cards by Tom Morgan whilst I'm at it. I have these framed in pairs and they look great. A pity the set never saw the light of day...
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/dccard03copy.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/dccard04copy.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/dccard05copy.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/dccard06copy.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/dccard08copy.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/dccard09copy.jpg)
63 of them, I think there's a few dupes.
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All of these are beautiful. I am so jealous I never purchased a piece of original art back when they were more available to find. Always something i will regret to never have one hanging on my wall.
I really enjoy you posting these, they are always great to see.
Nice. That's a good source I hadn't looked at in a while. There are some other Overpower cards there that aren't labeled as such and so you need to search around to find them. I know there are some nice Goblyn Queen cards (that also aren't labeled as Goblyn Queen) but I don't remember what they are labeled as.
I like the George Perez DC Universe form the DC3 set. Also I've always liked Royd's Ashley Wood cards.
Post Merge: July 11, 2011, 08:50:17 AM
Quote from: drdeath25 on April 05, 2011, 02:35:13 AM
All of these are beautiful. I am so jealous I never purchased a piece of original art back when they were more available to find. Always something i will regret to never have one hanging on my wall.
I really enjoy you posting these, they are always great to see.
What are you looking for? I'm sure I can hook you up. I have a lot of DC and Image I'd let go. I'm more attached to the Marvel although there are still some pieces looking for a good home.
John
If I remember correctly, in the past you had the art for one the Spawn cards that I always admired of yours quite a bit. I don't think it was one of his specials, it might of been the Spawn Spies event card. If you still had that and would be willing to part with it, thats a piece I would love to own.
In general any overpower art with either Spawn, Joker, Riddler, Neron, Ghost Rider or Red Skull would be something that I would tend to have the most interest in owning. If any of those are something you can part with, feel free to name your price and I'm sure we would be able to work something out.
If not, I am sure I would still be greatly interested in any Overpower art you would be willing to part with .
I remember seeing the Batman/electric Superman from you at Comic Con ('99?) and thinking about how cool DC3 might have been. Seems like that was just yesterday...
seriously? crazy-cool!
Quote from: drdeath25 on April 05, 2011, 07:16:20 AM
If I remember correctly, in the past you had the art for one the Spawn cards that I always admired of yours quite a bit. I don't think it was one of his specials, it might of been the Spawn Spies event card. If you still had that and would be willing to part with it, thats a piece I would love to own.
In general any overpower art with either Spawn, Joker, Riddler, Neron, Ghost Rider or Red Skull would be something that I would tend to have the most interest in owning. If any of those are something you can part with, feel free to name your price and I'm sure we would be able to work something out.
If not, I am sure I would still be greatly interested in any Overpower art you would be willing to part with .
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/overpower214.jpg)
If I still have it it's yours. I passed on a lot of the Image art because I bought a whole bunch direct from Mike Manley. I'll check this evening when I get home. I have feeling this one is gone but maybe this one is left:
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/overpower195.jpg)
I had an awesome Neron piece, the hero card I think. I may still have that one. I'll try to find a scan. That one was expensive though. Actually maybe I had a special as well.
I don't think I have any Joker or Riddler. A pity you didn't say Trickster or Two-Face. I think I still have the full set of Trickster cards and Two-Face's Flip of the Coin.
Sorry to be so disorganized but all the scans are on hard drives I extracted from computers over 10 years ago (this one is from a computer that was running Windows 95) and are in my office whilst the art is at home.
Whilst I was looking for an image of the Neron card I came across this awesome Matt Haley piece. Can someone remind me what this was used for? It looks familiar but I can't place it. Sorry, I don't own this one and don't know who does.
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/Superbat.jpg)
Quote from: JohnLI had an awesome Neron piece, the hero card I think. I may still have that one. I'll try to find a scan. That one was expensive though. Actually maybe I had a special as well.
Was it this one?
(http://i.imgur.com/3GJUr.jpg)
Those all look great also, I really enjoyed the idea Spawn in his alley with his people being a teamwork card. As for the Batman/Superman card, I immediately thought it might of been a doubleshot, but it looks like i was wrong. Perhaps that one is art for a card that was not released?
Sadly Trickster and Two-Face were never one of my favorite characters in any universe, but they certainty do have their moments, as do some others. I love to see all of this overpower art, they are all beautiful in my opinion, no matter which character is being brought to life on the art.
Quote from: Onslaught on April 05, 2011, 06:16:49 PM
Quote from: JohnLI had an awesome Neron piece, the hero card I think. I may still have that one. I'll try to find a scan. That one was expensive though. Actually maybe I had a special as well.
Was it this one?
Heh. I was going to say no, but now I'm home and look through some records I kept (this was all mainly in 1999) I find that yes, I did once have Neron's 'Your Soul is Mine' and 'Necromantic Blast'. These are gone, in fact this was what I typically did, buy two to three times as much as I wanted (or could afford) and passed on most of it so I could afford to keep what I wanted. I kept the Neron hero card. I'll have to find a scan because looking at it now I realize that this card was heavily cropped. Neron is standing on a lake of fire. The lower corner contains two skulls, one of which appears to be screaming and a skeletal arm pokes up. Nice!
DrDeath, I do still have both those Spawn pieces as well so contact me (you know my name and google will get you my e-mail at UCSB). I'll put together a list of all the art I have for sale if anyone still wants any but I'll post it under 'Where to Buy' which seems more appropriate and keep this thread mainly just for enjoying the art.
Speaking of which here is one of the favorite pieces in my own collection:
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/thanos.jpg)
That Infinity Gauntlet Artifact art looks even better than the colored card version, which is saying a lot since the card looks pretty great itself. Is that another Luzniak?
Here is another good one that looks better than the colored card version in my opinion:
(http://i.imgur.com/WC2jo.jpg)
Good eye. Yes, the infinity gauntlet is Greg Luzniak again. I eventually got in contact with him direct and got a list of some card pieces and had to snap this one up even though I thought his prices were rather high (I payed a lot less for his other pieces on e-bay).
I just sent you a fairly lengthy e-mail where after some deliberation I finally remembered the name Ben Herrera only to find you'd posted a Ben Herrera image here! The Donnelly Brothers used to have this one and probably still do given how hard it is to deal with them (despite the fact they are meant to be art dealers...) I think they represented Ben Herrera because they had quite a lot of his art at one time.
Here is the original art for Iceman's AI special, which a pal of mine won for some sort of contest. The note attached is signed by Ron P., so I'm guessing he is the artist on this one (he also did Iceman's hero card). Dig that Spidey stationary...
(http://i.imgur.com/J5fzy.jpg)
Ashley Wood, an Australian comic book artist, possibly most familiar to some of you as a frequent cover artist for Spawn, produced some of the most distinctive art for Overpower that fans tended to either love or hate.
Jack already posted 5 Ashley Wood images back on the first page of this thread (the last images - Nick Fury, Moleman, Red Skull etc). Here are some more, the first four from my own collection, the last three from scans posted on the internet.
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/ashcarnage.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/wcmordo.gif) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/wood7-1.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/ashwoodsenyaka.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/woodoc.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/woodx.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/woodforg.jpg)
Those are all just way too nice. Mindwipe will always hold a special place in my heart - not only does it have ridiculously amazing art, but it was also in the first IQ pack I ever opened. I remember looking at it and just kind of thinking "ok....what exactly is going on here. Wow...wow!"
I mean, consider the escalation from card art looking like this:
(http://i.imgur.com/h93im.jpg)
To THIS:
(http://i.imgur.com/EEFfY.jpg)
Night and day difference in quality that just really took the feel of the game to another level.
I may be wrong about this but I suspect that Ashley Wood also colored his own art which also made it more distinctive. The coloring on some of his pieces just seems to have a different style - compare all the Baron Mordo pieces for example (ebay is handy for doing this if you don't have cards to hand!). Also when I bought the art I got some small color prints that I initially assumed he'd done as a guide but if you compare them to the cards these are the versions used.
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/wcwoodcolor.gif)
I suppose it's possible someone at Marvel colored them, sent back a copy which he then printed and sent out with the art but I'm guessing as a cover artist much more used to working with color he did his own coloring.
I'd like to believe that too, especially for some of the more swirling/inky colored cards. You don't see that on any other cards really, so it seems likely. Unfortunately a lot of other acceptable or even nice looking line work turned out really bad after the digital coloring process (for example compare the before/after of the face of Jean Grey on her 9 strength posted earlier in this thread).
I almost forgot these two. More Ashley Wood of course. Not mine.
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/ashleywood2.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/ashleywood.jpg)
Some odds and ends, headlined by Herrera's Master of Magnetism and a cool looking DC3 teamwork.
(http://i.imgur.com/K5Kw6.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/VSUoK.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/PqESml.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/7Ekec.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/LTjtz.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/u43Co.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/S12XH.png)
Three for Onslaught. Let me know if anyone has any art requests. I have literally hundreds of scans. Chances are that I won't have a particular card but I can probably find something from a particular set, from a particular artist or featuring a particular character. The resolution on the Carnage scan doesn't really do it justice.
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/wccarnage.gif) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/ray.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/sdbast.jpg)
Those last 3 rock!
i would be very interested in seeing the Neron hero card you described.
By the way, i sent you an e-mail, hopefully i sent it to the right place.
I'm procrastinating on working. Here's another artist whose work I really like and had never really noticed on the cards. These cards are just so clean and stark in black and white. They are all by Casey Jones - the only artist I know who worked on the three OverPower universes: Marvel, DC and Image.
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/tk2.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/GREYKING-1.jpg)
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Quote from: JohnL on April 07, 2011, 03:12:34 PM
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Mr. JohnL thank you for starting this thread.
Since you were a big collector/had a lot of the original op art I was wondering if you could answer a question. Did Michael Turner do any of the Witchblade and Darkness art, I was always curious since her hero card style is so different compared to her specials?
Quote from: Overtime on April 08, 2011, 01:52:22 AM
Mr. JohnL thank you for starting this thread.
Since you were a big collector/had a lot of the original op art I was wondering if you could answer a question. Did Michael Turner do any of the Witchblade and Darkness art, I was always curious since her hero card style is so different compared to her specials?
I don't know. The Image set is a bit of a mystery to me since very little of the art has surfaced - at least when I was more actively collecting. Or to be a bit more precise, quite a lot of art pieces surfaced but all from one person - Mike Miller (eg the two Spawn pieces I posted). I have, or have had, 32 Image pieces. All but two of them from Mike Miller (including Witchblade's NYPD instinct and Protective Drive - both of which I still have if you want them). The two that aren't by Miller are the Casey Jones Future Backlash piece I posted and a Ripclaw piece (Animal Rage) I won at a tournament. It has no signature but it obviously isn't Mike Miller. There's one Image event card in Jack's post on page 1 of this thread from the ComicArtFans gallery by Mark Irwin (plus two more Mike Miller cards that I think I sold) and that's about all I've seen from Image.
I'm not hugely familiar with Michael Turner but I was an admirer of his art - I think Fathom came out around this time. I could believe he did the Witchblade hero card but I could also believe any number of other artists did it and tried to have a bit of fun by imitating Turner! Sorry I couldn't be more help.
Neron as promised for DrDeath plus two more DC character cards while I'm at it. Black Lightning (DC3 of course) and Green Lantern which I was surprised to find in the folder when I dug out Neron because I have zero recollection of buying it and it isn't on any of my lists. All photographed under natural light so the blacks and whites aren't as crisp as they should be but at least there isn't a blinding glare from the flash. Neron is by Howard Porter and Rich Faber, Black Lightning by Chris Warner and Randy Emberlin, Green Lantern by Darryl Banks and Wade Von Grawbadger
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/art/dch1.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/art/dch3.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/art/dch2.jpg)
I gasped looking at that Neron. Unbelievable!
I have no idea who Black Lightning is, but he looks quite nice too. DC cards all look so unified in their art style...it's nice.
Wow! Thank you! That Neron art is amazing. The Overpower Hero Card doesn't do it justice..
Quote from: Overtime on April 08, 2011, 01:52:22 AM
Mr. JohnL thank you for starting this thread.
Amazing artwork! And I hope you keep them coming!
Here are some I find on the web.
(http://i.imgur.com/UaUJF.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/7BPt1.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/t4Smp.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/yt3pP.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/2y4x9.jpg)
If you have any Green Arrow or Riddler stuff, I'd love to see it.
One image I'd like to see would be the Spiderman from the Any Hero promo, also from Wizard Magazine #50.
Quote from: Jack on April 14, 2011, 12:13:42 AM
One image I'd like to see would be the Spiderman from the Any Hero promo, also from Wizard Magazine #50.
You and me both! As you may know those pencils were done by Todd McFarlane and because they were used as a cover for Wizard probably fetched a good price. It's not the same thing but a Todd McFarlane Spiderman cover, and not a great one either, went for over $70,000 last year...
Quote from: Ranerdar on April 13, 2011, 08:44:09 PM
If you have and Green Arrow or Riddler stuff, I'd love to see it.
The only thing that comes to mind is the nice Deathstroke/Green Arrow DC3 doubleshot I posted back on page 1. I'll check the images on my old hard drive tomorrow to see if anything else is lurking
Quote from: JohnLYou and me both! As you may know those pencils were done by Todd McFarlane and because they were used as a cover for Wizard probably fetched a good price. It's not the same thing but a Todd McFarlane Spiderman cover, and not a great one either, went for over $70,000 last year...
I...:'(
Quote from: Ranerdar on April 13, 2011, 08:44:09 PM
If you have any Green Arrow or Riddler stuff, I'd love to see it.
Not a starring role but that's the Green Arrow on a DC Event card:
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/art/cgaca.jpg)
Here are the rest of those DC3 Doubleshot cards:
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/art/dccard11copy.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/art/dccard12copy.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/art/dccard10copy.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/art/dccard07copy.jpg)
And finally two takes on the Batcave - one from the Any Hero promo and one from DC3:
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/art/batman_cavetc.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/art/Batcaves.jpg)
LOTS more to come if you want them.
I love these!
Bring them on- these are so enjoyable. If only they had commissioned art for the X-Men set. Such a let down to see blurry badly inked comic scans called cards.
The Any Hero Batcave is cool because it looks so much like the style of the animated series. Also for the other Batcave, it's weird to see that they had the gameplay term for Location worked out and all at the time that the art for JLA/DC3 was commissioned. Does anyone remember the exact release months for JLA and Monumental? Since JLA came out first, it could mean they were thinking about/developing locations as early as December 1996 (assuming they went to work on JLA right after IQ was released).
(http://i.imgur.com/rbQjl.jpg)
It's too bad they didn't use this for a 7 energy power card as originally planned, it would have been very nice.
Definitely agree it would have been great for a 7 Energy Power Card. Beautiful art!
Magneto always had some of the absolutely most amazing artwork!
Quote from: Onslaught on May 01, 2011, 02:02:15 AM
It's too bad they didn't use this for a 7 energy power card as originally planned, it would have been very nice.
Nice! Odd that it's inked though. I need to dig out the card (it's a Magneto special right?) to see if they used the pencils or the inked version. I thought most of the original sets were just pencils - giving them a fairly distinctive look - and a fairly sketchy quality given that the inker does more than just trace the lines! I dug out a bunch of other Warren Martineck art scans I have and it's all just pencils. It's possible he inked this one after he got it back - that wouldn't be that unusual. I think he maybe sold this art on e-bay for a while.
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/art/spidersense.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/art/jeangreytelekinesis.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/art/colossus3.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/art/deadpoolbushwack.jpg)
Quote from: JohnL(it's a Magneto special right?)
Ya, turns out it's his AD.
(http://i.imgur.com/BChQl.jpg)
Quote from: JohnLIt's possible he inked this one after he got it back
Recently there was a bit of a dispute on the comments section of his blog, where someone was a bit persistent that he didn't do the art for that Magneto card. When the blog commenter claimed he was in contact with the other verified artist for the card, Martineck posted that scan and posited that it was possible Marvel had people do touchup work on cards without notifying the original artists.
It also had this
(http://i.imgur.com/lQDqa.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/r2O5n.jpg)
Not the original art, but I obtained a Wizard #1 with a poster:
(http://overpower.ca/thumb.php?file=uploads/webheadwiz.png&size=400) (http://overpower.ca/uploads/webheadwiz.png)
It's now a 1.7GB file on my computer..
i wish COLOSSUS and wolverine woud've had a doubleshot card
pretty good iron curtain art too
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270865326696
Wow.
Agreed Jack. Saw the bunch he posted and that's the one I'm most interested in. A little too rich for me, but still tempting.
I'm hoping he'll have some more. I'd love to get a piece or two if the right ones popped up.
I thought I'd dig out this image. It's the only piece of painted Overpower art I ever came across. It was auctioned on e-bay back in 1999 or so. I think Drew bought it. I assume it was probably a mistake by the artist (or lack of communication by Marvel) rather than any decision to actually commission painted art. Anyone know of any more?
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/paintedphoenix.jpg)
http://albigley-theblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/marvel-comics-overpower-trading-cards.html
Also ROM : A Multipower 3 card available in the Monumental OverPower expansion. Art by Dave Meikis.
Is there a list of the artist for each OverPower card? I was surprised that Dave Johnson did that Phoenix card...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marvel-Overpower-Card-Game-1997-Ad-Sheet-/251789652766?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a9fd5331e
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/z/om4AAOSw-W5Usxll/$_57.JPG)
I'm posting the original artwork I won at the K2 Tournament 2015, which I am proudly hanging on my wall.
DC3 unreleased Tactics art. Also posting the stamp behind the artwork.
(http://i.imgur.com/nVMCiJch.jpg)
Original link http://i.imgur.com/nVMCiJc.jpg
(http://i.imgur.com/VTh6tH6h.jpg)
Original link http://i.imgur.com/VTh6tH6.jpg
I'm jealous since I collect original art myself :)
that catwoman is awesome
There 's a couple of Joker ones on ebay right now by Graham Nolan
----Update: sold
Joker - High Voltage Joy Buzzer - Graham Nolan
(https://i.imgur.com/vWIOmHh.jpg)
sold for 271.50
Joker - Acid Spray Flower - Graham Nolan
(https://i.imgur.com/Wqk7QyD.jpg)
sold for 380.00
There 's a couple of Hyperclan DC3 ones on ebay right now by Ben Herrera:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HYPERCLAN-FLUXUS-1997-DC3-OVERPOWER-ORIGINAL-ART-pencil-by-Ben-Herrera/333144364372 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/HYPERCLAN-FLUXUS-1997-DC3-OVERPOWER-ORIGINAL-ART-pencil-by-Ben-Herrera/333144364372)
(https://i.imgur.com/VKZ2hMJ.jpg)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HYPERCLAN-TRONIX-1997-DC3-OVERPOWER-ORIGINAL-ART-pencil-by-Ben-Herrera/333144364238 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/HYPERCLAN-TRONIX-1997-DC3-OVERPOWER-ORIGINAL-ART-pencil-by-Ben-Herrera/333144364238)
(https://i.imgur.com/SouF3Z4.jpg)
These are pretty neat thank you for posting them.