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Sketchbook Roundup
One of the trends of comicon over the last decade has been the emergance of limited edition ashcan sketchbooks self-published by the artists themselves. Originally concieved as Kinkos-stlyle pamphlets consisting of xeroxed pages and a cover xeroxed onto colored paper, certain artists have been taking steps to raise the bar over the last couple of years. These generally scarce publications have become hot collectors items over the years, and some in this year’s batch have more than quadrupled in value almost instantly. Here’s a sampling of Comicon 2005's offerings:
AND YET ANOTHER ARTHUR ADAMS SAMPLER
48 pages squarebound (8 1/2 x 11)
Con price:$20 Week1 eBay high:$76
Notes: Much better reproduction quality than Adams’ past sketchooks in which line quality frequently looked jagged (as though printed from a low-resolution jpg) however it still feels like a manual photocopied from Kinkos when compared with the Schultz or Cho books of similar size and price.
Grade: B
J. SCOTT CAMPBELL’S TIME EXPOSURE SKETCHBOOK
32 page pamphlet (5 1/2 x 8 1/2)
Con price:$20 Week1 eBay high:$102.50
Notes: Full color throughout. Far and away the best designed of the sampled books, it features a filmstrip motif used as a background to integrate the various Cambell artwork into what feels like a very unified package.
Grade: A
FRANK CHO: SKETCHES & SCRIBBLES Vol. 2
80 pages squarebound (8 1/2 x 11)
Con price:$20 Week1 eBay high:$100
Notes: Great printing and binding job and selection of prelims, pencil drawings, and finished illustrations. 2003’s similar Vol. 1 was the first to really raise the bar for production quality in con sketchbooks.
Grade: A
HOW TO DRAW BOOBS: YET MORE CRAP FROM ADAM HUGHES
24 page pamphlet (5 ½ x 8 1/2)
Con price:$10 Week1 eBay high:$46
Notes: Sketchbook from Adam Hughes in the traditional ashcan style.
Grade: C+
JASON PEARSON HACK & SLASH
24 page pamphlet (5 1/2 x 8 1/2)
Con price:$20 Week1 eBay high:$26
Notes: Color centerfold doesnt save this one from feeling drastically overpriced.
Grade: C-
ERIC POWELL: DRAWINGS, SKETCHES & SUCH
48 pages squarebound (5 1/2 x 8 1/2)
Con price:$10 Week1 eBay high:$28
Notes: Double the average pamphlet page count combined with a nice binding and printing job make this one the clear-cut winner among the $10 books at the show.
Grade: B+
MARK SCHULTZ: VARIOUS DRAWINGS
48 pages squarebound (8 1/2 x 11)
Con price:$20 Week1 eBay high:no auctions completed
Notes: Prelims and pencils published alongside finished works complete with brief notes from the artist on each make this one a great insight into Schultz’s process. Excellent printing and binding along with a foldout centerfold make this book more an art book you’d find at Borders than a con sketchbook.
Grade: A
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