Original Artefacts Ep. 7-- PAUL POPE

Examining the first four pages of original art from Paul Pope's Batman: Year 100. These pages sold together for over $70,000 on a recent Heritage Auction. Pope draws a savage and feral Batman who, despite being 100 years removed from his origins, seems to have regressed becoming more, not less animalistic. Pope's future Batman is beefy like Frank Miller's Dark Knight but more athletic and less plodding. He's also a long stride from the debonair image of Bruce Wayne.
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[@worldatlasyum3983]

That intro was so hype that I thought we were about to see a feature film. I loved seeing such in depth discussion of original art from one of my favorite artists.

[@GodLovesComics]

Great to hear. I got so few Likes compared to the number of Views that I'm wondering if people just hated the intro? I'm still going to do videos how I like, but I see smaller channels that put out the shoddiest content imaginable and still get 5-times more Likes on a video with a few hundred views than I get on one with a few thousand. Which I wouldn't care about but I think it kills me in the YT algorithm. ~sigh

[@gyytgy3330]

My favourites are Darwyn Cooke, Mike Allred and Chris Samnee.
Really cool you introduce me to Pope. Too many people just focus on writing of comics and not art which is the core

[@GodLovesComics]

Wow, I'm surprised you knew those guys but hadn't come across Pope yet. Glad to be of service. I always feel like it's the reverse, and that comics readers only care about the art.. But I do know things shifted in favor of superstar writers. Honestly as a writer, most of the comics I buy are solely because of the art. The medium absolutely needs more Alan Moores, but it will always be an artists' medium first.

[@Hobo613]

would love to see a closer look at some original art from THB or 100%

[@GodLovesComics]

Yeah, I think 100%, Heavy Liquid, and some of his early Dark Horse Presents stuff would be cool to discuss. Of course it's always dependent on what is available online.

[@Doofball3]

Given the amount of cartoonists that sell original art for $50 - $200, how does one bridge the gap in which they can sell pages for 10k+?

[@GodLovesComics]

By drawing Batman...and doing it in a way that stands out somehow from the hundreds of other artists who have done the character. It is worth noting though that Pope didn't sell those pages, they were auctioned off through Heritage likely from someone who bought them for far less. Also when Pope's original art is sold through a representative like Felix Comics Art, Pope doesn't set the price. But it is pretty rare for comics pages barely twenty years old to sell so high.