Bloodshot, Ninjak & Secret Weapons by Michael Bair

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:32 pm

Anyone ever seen this image before?
Was it published anywhere?
I think this is the first time I've ever seen the Secret Weapons look
Bad A$$!!

DAN

chuckwood · Post by **chuckwood** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:54 pm

WHOA.

Ninjak looks awesome too!

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:49 pm

Where did you find that?

Vault-Keeper · Post by **Vault-Keeper** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:23 am

I recall it from a promo ad for issue #11. It might have been in either Previews or Advance Comics (maybe both).---Steve

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:20 am

It's too bad they didn't use it as a cover, it's one of the better Secret Weapons pics.

Will · Post by **Will** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 11:37 am

Daniel Jackson wrote:It's too bad they didn't use it as a cover, it's one of the better Secret Weapons pics.

True. This is cool. Their Chaos Effect cover was one of the better ones, also.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:38 pm

I thought the last two issues of the series had pretty cool covers as well.

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:51 pm

Will wrote: True. This is cool. Their Chaos Effect cover was one of the better ones, also.

It's for sale if you are interested!

DAN

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiec ... t=0&UCat=0

Will · Post by **Will** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:56 am

sonicdan wrote:
Will wrote: True. This is cool. Their Chaos Effect cover was one of the better ones, also.
It's for sale if you are interested!
DAN

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiec ... t=0&UCat=0

Thanks, I own the inks but I stay away from color art. Too much of it has been sold as the "real deal" and ended up VE card color art (or worse). It's a beautiful piece, though

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:44 am

Will wrote: Thanks, I own the inks but I stay away from color art. Too much of it has been sold as the "real deal" and ended up VE card color art (or worse). It's a beautiful piece, though

I can understand your position esp. with all the confusion surrounding original colors etc.
Personally I love collecting them and at times find them to be more attractive & desireable than the inks.
FYI, This particular piece I have carefully compared against the printed version and can vouch for it's authenticity as the real deal.
The scan is a bit cropped due to size, but anyone looking can probably come up with the same conclusion as me.
Thanks!
DAN

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:39 am

Will wrote:Thanks, I own the inks but I stay away from color art. Too much of it has been sold as the "real deal" and ended up VE card color art (or worse). It's a beautiful piece, though

Owning a pair might be worth making an exception

I'll take the chance to list the risks I've seen so far. As "extra color art", there has been card and ad art, plus an unknown category, which might be practice or forgeries (at San Diego we were told of a find of such art, it is unknown if it ever made it to the market). For the latter, it helps to know the provenece of the art. Otherwise the most difficult is the card art. That was most of the time deliberately made to look as close to the real cover as possible, and the card artists were very skilled in making it look similar. Some small differences can usually be found, but the reproduction itself and final work in preproduction could also cause differences.

A late cover like this however, should be no risk. There wasn't any seperate card art for it and ad art usually is not as similar to the cover as card art would have been. And as Dan says, it is exactly the same in every detail.

It would be cool if you posted your ink art for everyone to see the scans together.

/Magnus