FOR YEARS, COMIC PUBLISHERS HAD ROUTINELY DESTROYED ORIGINAL ARTWORK AFTER IT HAD BEEN PRINTED. VERY FEW PIECES ESCAPED THE SHREDDER AND THOSE THAT DID SIT IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT  THE WORLD. SADLY, AS AN ASSISTANT EDITOR AT THAT TIME IN THE EARLY 1960'S, I WATCHED THE WORKS OF  STEVE DITKO, DICK GIORDANO, AL WILLIAMSON AND ALL THE OTHER CHARLTON ARTISTS  GET SHREDDED TO PIECES.   THE PUBLISHERS MAY HAVE HELD THE WORK IN LOW REGARD BUT COMIC FANS AND COLLECTORS KNEW BETTER. SURVIVING ARTWORK QUICKLY ROSE IN VALUE , SOME INTO THE MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, OUT OF THE REACH OF THE AVERAGE COLLECTOR.   I DECIDED TO RE-CREATE MY MOST FAVORITE PIECES IN THE FORM OF 'TRIBUTES' , DOING MY VERY BEST TO ACCURATELY REMAIN TRUE TO THE ORIGINALS . SOME OF THESE YOU SEE HERE TODAY.

RECENT GAINS IN TECHNOLOGY [ I-PADS AND OTHER HAND-HELD DEVICES ] NOW THREATEN PUBLISHING IN PRINT. SALES OF PRINTED MATERIAL ARE DOWN ACROSS THE BOARD CAUSING MANY NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS. WE MAY VERY WELL BE WITNESSING THE END OF PUBLISHING AS WE KNOW IT.   HOPEFULLY, RE-CREATED ART [ BY  PROFESSIONAL COMIC ARTISTS ] CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF COLLECTORS . THE PIECES YOU SEE FOR SALE HERE TODAY ARE PRICED REASONABLY  AND AIMED AT FANS AND COLLECTORS WHO CAN ILL-AFFORD WHATEVER ORIGINAL ART IS AVAILABLE  AT MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.   ALL PIECES HERE ARE RENDERED IN BRUSH AND PELIKAN TYPE A INDIA INK.