Grailpages brings to light the burgeoning hobby of collecting the
original, hand-drawn art that was used to create comic books! Beginning more as
a novelty, the hobby of collecting original comic art has expanded to a point
where some of the seminal pages commonly run more than $10,000 each! Author
Steven Alan Payne allows you to meet collectors from around the globe and hear
their passion in their own words, as they detail collections ranging from a few
key pages, to broad, encompassing collections of literally hundreds of pages of
original comic art by such artists as Jack Kirby, John Romita Sr., and others!
Balancing out the narratives are incisive interviews with industry pros,
including writers Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart, and Roy Thomas, and exclusive
perspectives from Silver Age artists Dick Giordano, Bob McLeod, Ernie Chan, Tony
DeZuniga, and the unparalleled great, Gene Colan! Completing the book is a
diverse sampling of breathtakingly beautiful original comic art, some lavishly
presented in full-page spreads, including pages not seen publicly for decades!
