New art on Batman for Sale website

[edjh]

Renamed Spider & Bat in anticipation of the new Spider-Man pieces. But
we still have some excellent Batman, Green Arrow, Superman and Wonder
Woman art at very good prices. Please take a look.

http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html

Thanks.
--
Comic book sketches and artwork:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
Batman art for sale:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html

[SauronBPS]

Exactly how does this fellow keep from being sued for copyright infringement or
some such thing?

[Laurent Lehmann]

On 20 Apr 2004 01:56:05 GMT, saur...@aol.com (SauronBPS) wrote in
message <20040419215605...@mb-m26.aol.com> :

> Exactly how does this fellow keep from being sued for copyright infringement or
> some such thing?

This fellow, as you say, is Ed Hannigan, who did some great runs
on _Spectacular Spider-Man_, Mike Grell's _Green Arrow_, and the first
arc of _Legends of the Dark Knight_.

Most professional artists sell their original art, recreations of
published art, or original commissions. There's nothing wrong with
that.

I just wish Ed would spend some time talking with us instead of
just hawking his wares, but it's a different matter, really.

--
Laurent

[edjh]

Laurent Lehmann wrote:

Sorry if I've offended anyone. As you said, Laurent, many artist do what
I am doing. The comics companies don't seem to mind. After all, we are
not competing with them and perhaps giving their product more publicity
or cachet or something.

I do the art works and recreations because I have been asked by many
people to do commissions or to sell published artwork (don't have any to
sell; all sold long ago). I will do commissions from time to time but I
thought this would be a way for me to provide comics art that I can do
on my own schedule, and that I want to produce.

I have on occasion discussed comics in various places, done interviews
and such. The truth is I don't follow comics any more and I don't think
I'd have much to contribute to the current discussion beyond nostalgia.
I spend a lot of time on the Photoshop boards and such, which is more in
line with my interests and profession these days.

Anyway, if this spam is annoying people I will stop. Any feedback is
welcome because no one has objected up until now..

[Dick Sidbury]

edjh wrote:

> Anyway, if this spam is annoying people I will stop. Any feedback is
> welcome because no one has objected up until now..
>

Well it is spam...
BUT, I enjoy going to the page to see what you have.

dick
-- and you have been nice enough not to block your images so that we can
use them as wallpaper.

[Laurent Lehmann]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 23:16:33 GMT, edjh <edj...@hotmail.com> wrote in
message <lbihc.1611$Ua5.1...@monger.newsread.com> :

> I spend a lot of time on the Photoshop boards and such, which is more in
> line with my interests and profession these days.

You know, I've always wondered what you became after you left the
comics field...

> Anyway, if this spam is annoying people I will stop. Any feedback is
> welcome because no one has objected up until now..

As for me, I don't mind. Sometimes I click on your links, and I
appreciate finding some nice pages that remind of some comics I really
liked...

--
Laurent

[edjh]

Enjoy!

It looks to me like about half the posts on this group are some kind of
spam or another. So, in that spirit, don't forget to check out the new
Spider-Man piece I just uploaded.

[edjh]

Laurent Lehmann wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 23:16:33 GMT, edjh <edj...@hotmail.com> wrote in
> message <lbihc.1611$Ua5.1...@monger.newsread.com> :
>
>
>>I spend a lot of time on the Photoshop boards and such, which is more in
>>line with my interests and profession these days.
>
>
> You know, I've always wondered what you became after you left the
> comics field...
>

In the early 90s when the bottom fell out of the hyped-up "collectors'
market" many artists and writers found it very difficult to find work.
When my contract with DC ran out I suddenly found that I could get no
work and no one returned my calls. The story was the same for lots of
artists I talked to. In retrospect it was a clearing away of the
deadwood, but when you are the deadwood in question it's hard to see it
that way.

Herb Trimpe wrote an article that was published in the NY Times about
the difficulties he had after being dropped by Marvel after many years
of steady work. He tried but failed at learning computer graphics (I
thought it was strange that apparently they were teaching how to draw
with a mouse. I bet Herb would have done better if he had been handed a
Wacom stylus and tablet). He eventually went on to teach art.

I was much more fortunate. After killing myself for a year looking for
any kind of work as an artist I was hired by a publishing company in
Massachusetts that trained me in Photoshop, Quark and Freehand and other
applications. Beforehand I had barely used a computer and was completely
unfamiliar with the Macintosh. Amazingly I took to it as if it was what
I should have been doing all along.

That was nine years ago and I am doing pretty well as a graphic
designer. I work with smart, talented people, many of whom are comics
fans (they follow the scene much more closely than I do).
I really love the computers and the applications and am very happy to
have had two dream careers in my life. I keep in touch with some old
comics friends and like to dabble in my re-creations and such, but for
the most part the comics career is only a happy memory of the past.

--
Comic book sketches and artwork:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html

Comics art for sale:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html

[Dick Sidbury]

edjh wrote:
>
> I was much more fortunate. After killing myself for a year looking for
> any kind of work as an artist I was hired by a publishing company in
> Massachusetts that trained me in Photoshop, Quark and Freehand and other
> applications. Beforehand I had barely used a computer and was completely
> unfamiliar with the Macintosh. Amazingly I took to it as if it was what
> I should have been doing all along.
>
> That was nine years ago and I am doing pretty well as a graphic
> designer. I work with smart, talented people, many of whom are comics
> fans (they follow the scene much more closely than I do).
> I really love the computers and the applications and am very happy to
> have had two dream careers in my life. I keep in touch with some old
> comics friends and like to dabble in my re-creations and such, but for
> the most part the comics career is only a happy memory of the past.
>

Have you done any drawing (or dabbling if you prefer) of comic subjects
with software? If so would you consider posting some of it on your web
site so we could compare it to the "hand crafted" work.

dick

[Laurent Lehmann]

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:55:57 GMT, edjh <edj...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I really love the computers and the applications and am very happy to
>have had two dream careers in my life. I keep in touch with some old
>comics friends and like to dabble in my re-creations and such, but for
>the most part the comics career is only a happy memory of the past.

I'm glad you're enjoying your current work; your comics covers
already showed your strong sense of design. And I'd just like to thank
you for your former career in comics - your _Green Arrow_, in
particular, was one of my favorite '80s comics.

[David A. Elliott]

You know, Ed, it's always a pleasure to get to communicate with artists and
writers that had a hand in my favorite heroes... your Batman covers of the
early 1980's always will stand out as favorites in my mind.

Ah, the good old days before the Crisis... I hate comics nowadays... all
flash and no story except for the rare titles. Thanks for the memories!

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