Comic Books - Comic Books And Original Comic Art

Comic books have been staple for the young and even the old for a several decades. It is amazing how these static drawings are able to make comic book characters come alive. There are superhero, action, romance and even touching human interest stories that dwell in the folded pages of a comic book. Comic books are immensely popular because they are able to bridge the divide between a book and a movie, between a narration and an actualization and between reality and fantasy. And they do so with ease and much more cost effectively than any film. For a few thousand dollars an artist can produce a high quality comic book or for under an hundred dollars he or she can create an online comic.

Fans may collect comics for enjoyment for reading the comics but many also do so as an investment. Either way, collectors are sure to take care of their comic books so that they can be preserved and enjoyed for years to come. Over the years collectors accumulate more and more comic books and can often build collections containing thousands of titles. One often collects the characters in comic books of which they can identify or admire. Thanks to comic collecting and comics influence in media, they have been able to pervade our lives and become an integral part of them.

Although the printed comic book is great for keeping our favorite comic stories with us forever, you can add a great new dimension to your love by collecting original comic book art. While a comic book is a cherished possession, an original piece of art is something very exclusive and unique. While there are literally thousands of copies available for each comic book, for every page of original comic art, there is only one in existence. By owning the original, oversized pages, you can see the immense skill of the artists that are involved; holding that in your own hand allows you to appreciate it even more.

Once you own a piece of an original comic art, your insight into comic books will become greater and so too will your love for them. Many collectors display the art at home, framed, just as they would display any other artwork. It gives a cool and refreshingly different look compared to the typical art that often decorates the walls.

Original comic art is not expensive and you can buy some of it for as little as ten dollars. You can learn more about original comic art at www.sketchmaven.com.

Martin Toms has a long standing passion for original comic art. This passion is reflected in his commitment to the promotion of the art form by building a platform where lovers of comic art can meet. You can learn more about original comic art at www.sketchmaven.com

How is time important in Watchmen the comic book?

How does the passage of time, our inability to stop time, and time’s repetition affect our understnading of the comic book?

Answer
well when you read Dr. Manhattans chapter it goes through him visioning his past and future and how they are related. even though he can see the future to him it is something he cant control because to him it is already happening. to him, what he does isnt by choice but by the puppet strings of time. as he becomes less human and a more logical thinker the more he realizes this and the less he cares about humans and the earth. and it has to do with how everybodys past comes back to haunt them, sally has sex with eddie even though he tried to rape her, laurie was forced to live her mothers dream by becoming a superhero, and in the end she goes back to being a superhero. The human Jon was forced to go into to nuclear science because of his dad, btw he originally wanted him to be a watchmaker. and dans fantasies of flight and aviation as a child is what attracted him to becoming the nite owl, following the original nite owls foot steps. everyone has fallen from there glory and all the old villians are just normal people and the past keeps looking brighter and the future darker.