Comic Con

June15

I’m a big fan of graphic novels.

Not comics. Graphic novels.

Comics are for nerds. Graphic novels are for nerds who don’t want to admit they are nerds.

The world of comics - sorry, graphic novels - is an excellent source for forgers and con artists.

Recently, a forger spent many hours trying to create a forgery of Lee Joong-sup’s painting, white bull. The forger was caught Lee is one of Korea’s most celebrated modernist painters.

One of these pictures is bull. Geddit?

A lot of hard work down the drain.

Now consider Mike Turner. Turner, who died in 2008 of bone cancer, is a legend in the comic community. He drew for Batman, Superman, The Flash and Soulblade. Not that I’m into that sort of stuff.

According to Bleeding Cool, ebay is full of fake Turner sketches. The listing shows a real sketch but the winning bidder gets a fake.

The comic community does not have the same resources to find forgers as the wider art community.

Not only that, it is far easier for a forger to fake a simple sketch then a complex oil painting.

Furthermore, many people outside of comics don’t even think of comics as ‘real art’.

I guess what I’m saying is…can someone forge this for me?

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One Comment to

“Comic Con”

On June 18th, 2010 at 9:56 am Ryan Says:
Sadly I have no artistic skills whatever. However I know at least two people who would have no trouble doing this one. Haha. Shoot me an email if your interested. Smirk.