CFA-APA 72 Modern Good Girl Art

In this issue we get to discuss one of my all-time favorite topics - Good Girl Art! I also ruminate about the current prices of comic art, and report on the 2007 San Diego Comicon convention. Plus, I do an interview with Good Girl artist Franchesco! You can read my submission by clicking on the image.

CFA-APA 71 International Artists

The CFA-APA organization had once again plotted to make me look bad by choosing another topic I don't know much about; international artists. I am a big fan of a lot of the erotic artists from around the world, especially Horacio Altuna and Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri (in fact I used to own a beautiful Druuna page by Serpieri), but chose instead to write about an American artist that I've long been a fan of; Neal Adams. There was already an issue of the CFA-APA dedicated to Adams but since I wasn't a member at the time, I thought I'd take a crack at writing about him in this issue. You can read my submission by clicking on the image.

CFA-APA 70 Alex Toth

I don't think I've ever read a single comic book illustrated by Alex Toth, but I have seen enough of his work to understand how brilliant he was. One of the perks of being a member of the CFA-APA is being able to learn from other members, many of whom are experts on certain subjects or creators. Since I'm not a Toth expert by any means, I published the Part II of my interview with inker Scott Williams (see CFA-APA 63 for Part I). You can read my submission by clicking on the image.

CFA-APA 69 Frank Miller

Another exiting topic for me - one of my favorite comic creators, Frank Miller!! You can read my submission by clicking on the image.

CFA-APA 68 Gene Colan

I have always liked Gene Colan's work. I think he's an amazing penciler, and guess what? At age 81 he's still producing great art! Check out his website if you're interested in a commission (or if you just want to see the nice work he's been doing) http://www.genecolan.com As with Eisner, I have a tremendous respect for the man, but once again, didn't feel knowledgeable enough to do an entire article on him. Instead, I talked about my change in collecting habits (namely, reducing the size of my collection!) You can read my submission by clicking on the image.

CFA-APA 67 Recreations: Threat or Menace?

In this issue of the CFA-APA we go into details about the evils of recreations...! You can read my submission by clicking on the image.

CFA-APA 66 Artists of the Fantastic Four

If there was ever a CFA-APA topic perfect for me, it's got to be this one (unfortunately, it was not my best article). The reason I got into the comic art hobby was that I wanted one nice example from John Byrne's run on Fantastic Four. In my very first APA article (CFA-APA 62), I wrote extensively about my obsession for this artwork. In this article, I go into greater detail about why I like Byrne's work on the series so much. You can read my submission by clicking on the image.

CFA-APA 65 Will Eisner

While I knew enough about Will Eisner's work to understand why he was one of the most important comic creators to have worked in the industry, I didn't know enough to write an entire article about him. Instead, I chose to write about my small comic strip art collection. Shortly after entering the original art hobby, I discovered comic strip art, and especially, the photo-realistic strips of the 1950's and 1960's. Sadly, I no longer own most of the strips featured in the article as I felt the need to whittle my collection down to the bare essentials (as highlighted in my article for CFA-APA 68). You can read my submission by clicking on the image.

CFA-APA 64 Still Going Strong

This issue of the CFA-APA is dedicated to artists that have been working for 20 years or more. I chose Art Adams because he was an early favorite of mine, and his stuff today is better than ever. You can read my submission by clicking on the image.

CFA-APA 63 Humor Artists

Since I have no particular insight into humor art, I opted to write "off-topic" this issue, and published an interview I did with superstar inker Scott Williams. Though the interview is complete as presented, I used some of the extra material later on in CFA-APA 70 as a part two of the interview. You can read my submission by clicking on the image.

CFA-APA 62 - The Chase

My first article for the CFA-APA was published in issue 62. You can read my submission by clicking on the image.

The CFA-APA

The Comic and Fantasy Art Amateur Press Association (CFA-APA) was founded in 1985 by Roger Hill. Its membership consists of knowledgeable fans, creators, and collectors of comic and fantasy art who write about various subjects related to those genres. The group self-publishes approximately three times a year and each issue has a theme relating to a specific creator or subject. Currently, membership is limited to 40 persons at any one time and circulation is limited to 55 issues, making the publication itself highly collectible.

I joined the group in March of 2004 with issue 62 and have made contributions to eleven consecutive issues to date. Since each article is copyrighted by their respective author, I cannot reproduce them here. I will however, be uploading my contribution for each issue shortly so that you can see why the word amateur is in the organization's title.

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