An ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: The brilliant TV show debuted Sept. 5, 1992… The all-time classic Batman: The Animated series premiered 34 years ago, on Sept. 5, 1992 — and, if you have the means, there’s a pretty groovy way to celebrate. The New Jersey-based Choice Fine Art has a large collection of original BTAS animation cels and sketches, most of them signed by the show’s creatives. They ain’t cheap, but they are really swank, and we’ve picked out a gallery of 13 at which to gaze. Not just that, Choice Fine Arts’ California outpost is hosting a Batman Expo in Burbank on Sept. 19 and 20, featuring Eric Radomski, Kevin Altieri, Dan Riba, Stan Berkowitz and Robert Skir. Click here for more info. Meantime, dig these 13 ANIMATION CELS, along with their prices. (Some are marked down for Labor Day Weekend.) Rad. — Batman, $1,200 MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Original Background IMAGE SIZE: 10.5″ x 9″ PRODUCTION: Batman The Animated Series, Heart Of Ice — Batman and Robin, $675 MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 10.5″ x 9″ PRODUCTION: Batman The Animated Series, Harlequinade SIGNED: Kevin Altieri, Dan Riba, Stan Berkowitz, Robert Skir — Bruce Wayne, $250 MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 12.5″ x 10.5″ PRODUCTION: Batman The Animated Series, Two-Face Part II — Batgirl and Robin, $625 MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 10.5″ x 9″ PRODUCTION: Batman The Animated Series, Shadow of the Bat – Part 2 — The Joker, $650 MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 12.5″ x 10.5″ PRODUCTION: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, 1993 SIGNED: Kevin Altieri, Dan Riba, Stan Berkowitz, Robert Skir — The Penguin, $525 MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 12.5″ x 10.5″ (Cel); 7.75″ x 7.75″ (Display Area) PRODUCTION: Batman The Animated Series, The Mechanic — The Riddler, $725 MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Printed Background with Matching Drawing IMAGE SIZE: 10.5″ x 12.5″ PRODUCTION: Batman The Animated Series, Riddler’s Reform — Batman, Catwoman, $1,250 MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Original Background IMAGE SIZE: 12.5″ x 10.5″ PRODUCTION: Batman The Animated Series, Catwalk — Commissioner Gordon, $1,195 MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Original Background IMAGE SIZE: 12 1/2″ x 10 1/2″ PRODUCTION: Batman The Animated Series, The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne — Bruce...
The Golden Age stalwart was born 113 years ago… By PETER BOSCH The late Syd Shores gained a reputation as a great inker during the 1960s and 1970s at Marvel, especially on the fantastic pencil work of Jack Kirby. However, so much of his own art, especially from the previous decades, has often gone unnoticed. In the 1940s and 1950s, he was drawing many of the mainstay heroes of Timely and Atlas, including Captain America, the Human Torch, and the Sub-Mariner. This being his birthday — he was born Sydney Schwartz in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on September 4, 1913 — it’s the perfect time to again pay tribute to that amazing period of his career. Here are 13 COVERS — each with added zest, thanks to the seductive sirens Shores would include. Enjoy! (Note: All covers pencilled and inked by Shores unless noted.) — — MORE — 13 COVERS AND SPLASH PAGES: A BLONDE PHANTOM Salute to SYD SHORES. Click here. — THE DARLING OF COMICS: A BLACK CAT Birthday Salute to LEE ELIAS. Click here. — 13th Dimension contributor-at-large PETER BOSCH’s first book, American TV Comic Books: 1940s-1980s – From the Small Screen to the Printed Page, was published by TwoMorrows. (You can buy it here.) A sequel, American Movie Comic Books: 1930s-1970s — From the Silver Screen to the Printed Page, is out now. (Buy it here.) Peter has written articles and conducted celebrity interviews for various magazines and newspapers. He lives in...
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