Some good deeds *do* get rewarded

[jducoeur]

So we are *still* unpacking from our move -- or, more precisely, we're dealing with the crap that had been building up for decades in the old house, and which we don't want to leave sitting in the new one.

One of those projects is The Great CBG Cut-Up. I had subscribed to the Comics Buyer's Guide for a number of years, and We being an Us, had never thrown any of them out. And let me tell you, ten years of a 100-page weekly tabloid takes up quite a bit of volume. So I've been slowly going through them and slicing them up, keeping just the articles that I really care about and chucking the rest.

In the course of this, I happened across the original interview that teriwood gave, back when her comic book Wandering Star was the best thing being published. Knowing that she'd lost a great deal in a flood some while back, I checked with her and confirmed that she didn't have a copy of the article. So I put that in an envelope and sent it off to her, since it was clearly the correct destiny for that particular bit of newsprint.

Well, today the envelope came back in the mail, containing not the article, but an original piece of art from her. It's simply gorgeous, and in color even! (It's the first time I've seen her work in color -- her comics are all inked black and white.) The development of the piece can be seen on her website, although honestly it looks much nicer up-close. I'm thoroughly tickled: it's one of the best presents I've gotten in some time, a piece of real Art.

Time to go find a frame of the right dimensions. It's one of the prettiest pieces we have, and is clearly going up on the wall ASAP...

Comments

Holy cow!

[anu3bis.livejournal.com]

The covers of her graphic novels of Wandering Star are in color. I had never really thought of Madison as green until I saw the covers.

Personally, I'm just waiting on Darklight - such a good start.

Re: Holy cow!

[jducoeur]

I didn't know that -- I only have Wandering Star in the original comics, not the collections, so I'm not sure I know those covers. And I have to admit that the thing that startled me about the Art was discovering that Madison was green...

Re: Holy cow!

[anu3bis.livejournal.com]

I'll bring them by tomorrow night, then!

Oh, btw...

[anu3bis.livejournal.com]

While you're cutting, if there's any of the Cartoonist or good articles from Peter David, they'd have a good home.

== Dan

Re: Oh, btw...

[jducoeur]

The Cartoonist was published in Amazing Heroes, not CBG. Needless to say, they're not getting thrown out. (My fondness for Teri's work dates to her Cartoonist days.) Indeed, they may well be the only part of Amazing Heroes that I keep, if that gets the same treatment as the CBGs.

As for Peter's But I Digress columns, they're one of the few bits I *am* keeping from each issue of CBG. (That, Wolff and Byrd, and a few other bits and pieces...)

Re: Oh, btw...

[anu3bis.livejournal.com]

What can I say? You have good taste. .

I have the collected Cartoonist comic, though having never seen the uncollected form, wasn't sure if that was all of them. I also have the But I Digress collection, which I'm _sure_ isn't all of them.

== Dan

Re: Oh, btw...

[jducoeur]

Hmm. I don't think I have the collected Cartoonist -- it's not ringing any bells. (Although with the full comic collection in storage, it's hard to be sure.) At some point, we might be able to compare and see.

And yeah -- I believe the BiD collection is only a modest subset, which is why I'm keeping the originals, insofar as I have them. (I gave up on the CBG subscription quite a long time ago, having realized that I just didn't care enough.)

Heh! Thankies!

[the-resa.livejournal.com]

And to think that I sat down today to post on your journal that it was in the mail and should be arriving soon ... My, the mailmen are fast runners when they want to be.

I'm so glad that you liked it! Good luck in the new home too!

Re: Heh! Thankies!

[jducoeur]

Thanks much!