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Post by godless on May 28, 2008 16:40:44 GMT -5
Grips Portfolio #s 1- 3(Do any of these even EXIST anymore?!)
Dragonquest portfolio
Nightmaster Portfolio
If anyone has any of the above and is willing to sell them then let me know how much.
I am becoming an annoying 'completist'. Sue me.
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Post by bastard on May 28, 2008 19:54:18 GMT -5
try glen hammonds (raw comics) or anthony (underworld).
the grips portfolios pop up on ebay now & then too.
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Post by godless on May 28, 2008 22:26:58 GMT -5
try glen hammonds (raw comics) or anthony (underworld). the grips portfolios pop up on ebay now & then too. I asked Underworld about the two that he had but I think he said something about selling them to Glen maybe. Could not get him to say anything more. The only Grips portfolios that ever pop up on ebay are #s 5(Which I have two of) and #6(which I also have two of and were not actual portfolios. Just enlarged panels/pages/covers from the books). I also have one of #4. Maybe I will ask Glenn the next time I put an order in for some books. |
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Post by glenhammo on May 29, 2008 1:17:10 GMT -5
Grips Portfolios
Silverwolf / Greater Mercury 1989-91
# 1 Grips Portfolio
♦Portfolio Art: This portfolio has Tim Vigil art. 5 plates on 20 lb. beige paper, 8.5hx 11h. These portfolios were signed by Tim Vigil and #fd of 100. Liberty 86 is printed in the art. This portfolio did not come in a printed envelope.
Note: Unsigned sets have also been seen.
# 1 Grips Portfolio Reprint
♦Portfolio Art: This is a reprint of the above portfolio on blue gray paper. Source unknown.
# 2 Grips Portfolio
♦Portfolio Art: This portfolio has Tim Vigil art. 5 plates on 20 lb. beige paper, 8.5hx 11h. Liberty II 86 is printed on the plates. These portfolios were signed by Tim Vigil and #fd of 100. This portfolio did not come in a printed envelope.
Note: Unsigned and numbered sets have also been seen.
# 2 Grips Portfolio Reprint
♦Portfolio Art: This is a reprint of the above portfolio on blue gray paper. Source unknown.
# 3 Grips Portfolio
♦Portfolio Art: This portfolio has Tim Vigil art. 5 plates on 20 lb. beige paper, 8.5hx 11h. Liberty 87 is printed on the plates. These portfolios were signed by Tim Vigil and #fd of 100. This portfolio did not come in a printed envelope. This portfolio seems to be the most difficult to locate.
# 4 Grips Portfolio
♦Portfolio Art: This portfolio has Tim Vigil art. 5 plates on 20 lb. beige paper, 8.5hx 11h. This portfolio came in a printed envelope with Grips art. Liberty 87 is printed on the plates. These portfolios were signed by Tim Vigil and #fd of 1000.
# 5 Grips Portfolio
♦Portfolio Art: This portfolio has Tim Vigil art. 5 plates on 20 lb. beige paper, 8.5hx 11h. This portfolio came in a printed envelope with Grips art. Liberty 87 is printed on the plates. These portfolios were signed by Tim Vigil and #fd of 1000. Note: Unsigned have also been seen.
# 6 Grips Portfolio
♦Portfolio: This portfolio has possible Tim Vigil art. Most likely redone from rough sketches. 5 plates on 20lb. beige paper, 8.5hx 11h, #fd of 1000. This portfolio did not come in an envelope.
¨ Note: The Silverwolf Index lists the Grips Portfolios but seems to have mixed up # 2 and 3?
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Post by glenhammo on May 29, 2008 1:30:12 GMT -5
I have a couple of different versions of the Dragonquest and Nightmaster portfolios.
All have unconfirmed origins.
one set of both are in white envelopes with white prints.
the other 2 are on biege paper similiar to the 1st grips portfolios.
I know i wasn't able to get either of these from Kris Silver way back when, about 1992 or so.
Just starting to work on the art for the Faust vs. Calavera book vol 2. reserve your now.
Sar-na.. hav esome great news pieces from Tim and Jason Crager.
Did Joe fall off the planet? or just into his own private Black Hole called:
My Space???
Also coming soon:
Dark Kingdom signed Comic Shop new with Frazetta cover.
Dark Kingdom signed book marks.
Faust vs. Calavera Limited Sets of 33.
jason Crager books for San Diego Comicon.
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Post by godless on May 30, 2008 2:20:06 GMT -5
Grips Portfolio #6 definitely has Tim Vigil art on each of the 5 plates and shipped in a clear plastic envelope. The plates themselves are on the typical Silverwolf beige stock but, unlike the other 5 Grips portfolios these were not original artwork by Tim. They were instead select pages(a splash page from Grips #1 of Grips' head and hands as well as an enlarged panel from Grips #4 of him sitting in a chair, sans lettering/balloons and other scenery & characters and finally another panel from Grips #4(I think. Might be mis-remembering the source here) with Grips sort of half-crouching on a wall/rooftop with bloody blades extended and horribly rushed looking inks(finishes may have been done by someone else like Palmer or Martin), covers(the cover of Grips #1 in B&W, sans the dead drug dealer and scenery and with full view of Grips' left foot, as well as the b&W/penciled and inked cover of Grips #3(no color of course)).
Many copies of Grips portfolios # 4 and 5 were inexplicably sent out in SEALED envelopes that you had to rip open if you wanted to look at the plates or even just confirm the plates were in there. My own copies were sent in such a way when I ordered them back in '89 or so which is why the envelopes for them are beat to shit and raggedy looking.
Any portfolios that were NOT printed on beige stock are likely forgeries/illegitimate/photocopied versions, IMO. Possibly by Kris Silver (for fans who did not get a chance to purchase the originals which are almost impossible to find now, aside form #'s 5 and 6). It is possible however that Kris Silver simply 'extended' the print run a bit and for whatever reason was forced to use a different stock of paper.
EDIT: Just rememberd that Greater Mercury released some portfolios on blue/gray stock paper such as the David Hays colored "Silverwolf Portfolio").
And like I said, if you are wanting to part with any of the beige stock copies listed above(the DragonQuest and Nightmaster for example, though if you have any of the first three Grips portfolios that would be keen!) then shoot me a price quote!
As for the Silverwolf Index mixing them up...this is easily confirmed by looking in the back of Grips #1 where the entire sets of 1 & 2 are displayed in thumbnail. Plates from Grips Portfolio #3, Nightmaster and Dragonquest portfolios are shown in the "Coming soon" ads in the backs of Silverwolf books as if to suggest these would be the cover art for later issues of Grips/Nightmaster/Dragonquest(which were of course never printed).
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