Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark Authentic Original Framed Art by Jim Mooney-READ

Description: Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark Framed Authentic Original Art signed by Jim MooneyOverall framed size is 16 1/2" x 13"Art size is 12 1/2" x 9 1/2"Business Card is for illustrative purposes only, and is not included in the sale. IN PART, FROM WIKIPEDIA: James Noel Mooney (August 13, 1919 – March 30, 2008) was an American comics artist best known for his long tenure at DC Comics and as the signature artist of Supergirl, as well as a Marvel Comics inker and Spider-Man artist, both during what comics historians and fans call the Silver Age of Comic Books and what is known as the Bronze Age of Comic Books. He sometimes inked under the pseudonym Jay Noel. Supergirl and DC Most notably, Mooney drew the backup feature "Supergirl" in Action Comics from 1959 to 1968. For much of this run on his signature character, Mooney lived in Los Angeles, managing an antiquarian book store on Hollywood Boulevard and sometimes hiring art students to work in the store and ink backgrounds on his pencilled pages. By 1968, he had moved back to New York. In the late 1960s and early 1970s Jim drew for Marvel publisher Martin Goodman's bawdy men's-adventure magazines comics feature entitled "Pussycat. The feature appeared in "Men's Annual," "Male Annual" and "Stag" magazines. A one-shot reprint of those stories appeared in 1968's "The Adventures of Pussycat". Spider-Man and Marvel Mooney first worked on Spider-Man by inking The Spectacular Spider-Man magazine's two issues. Mooney would go on to ink a run of Amazing Spider-Man (#65, 67-88; Oct. 1968, Dec. 1968 - Sept. 1970). Mooney also embellished John Buscema's pencils on many issues of The Mighty Thor. As a penciler, Mooney did several issues of Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man, as well as Spider-Man stories. Harris, Claypool and DC In 1975, Jim moved to Florida, having negotiated a 10-year contract with Marvel to supply artwork from there. When Harris Comics editor Richard Howell left to co-found Claypool Comics in 1993, Mooney produced many stories for the 166-issue run of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. He continued to work for Claypool until July 2006 when the company announced that the print end of its published line would cease. As I understand it, during his “retirement” days at least, he lived on a houseboat in Port Salerno while continuing to do freelance art of the many characters from his comic book days. A few years back I acquired a number of Jim Mooney signed comics and art from one of his clients. Some are original and some are copies. This is an original. As a freelancer, Jim would send copies to prospective buyers, who could then commission an original of the copied art. Jim certainly took liberties with the art (going back to his men’s comic days), with risqué versions of the characters. He’d also personalize famous characters for the prospective buyer. Jim Mooney died March 30, 2008, in Florida after an extended illness PLEASE NOTE: I am not a comic expert. I do not authenticate artist signatures or grade comic books. I simply try to offer an honest evaluation of the condition of the item. I know where this came from, so while I am confident this is authentic, IT HAS NOT BEEN AUTHENTICATED BY A PROFESSIONAL.We attempt to be as accurate as possible in our listings, and research each item as best we can prior to listing. Most importantly, we try not to rely on other ebay listings for product information, as they may be wrong when sellers copy and paste incorrect information from other ads, though we will look at “sold” listings to get an idea of current market values. Should you spot an error or omission in this listing, please message us to let us know. Pictures are always considered part of our description. Your positive feedback is critical to our success. Thank you for looking at our listing.

Price: 239.99 USD

Location: Parrish, Florida

End Time: 2024-09-16T19:26:55.000Z

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