· Osamu Tezuka Big X Related Splash Page 37 Original Art (Shueisha, 1963-66): The Godfather of Manga, Tezuka (creator of Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Princess Knight, and Phoenix), produced this great image from Big X, which appeared in Shōnen Book in the mid-1960s.
· François Schuiten Jules Verne Illustration art (2003) was created for a major French magazine and represents Verne, one of the novelists who was a key figure in the artist’s childhood. With an opening bid of $21,000, the image includes tributes to some of Verne’s greatest works, including Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days. Verne’s interest in scientific and technological progress, as well as the inventions developed in his novels and short stories, made him into a major source of inspiration for one of the characters of the Obscure Cities series. The image is in acrylic and pencil, with an image size of 11-1/4 inches by 17 inches.
· Carrying an opening bid of $20,000, Winsor McCay A Tale of the Jungle Imps Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 2-22-03 (Cincinnati Enquirer, 1903) is just the sixth Sunday in the series by the artist whose 1914 Gertie the Dinosaur cartoon prompted some to consider him the “father of animation.” The strip preceded McCay’s better-known Little Nemo in Slumberland by a full two years, and two other McCay strips, Little Sammy Sneezeand Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, by a year. Each series had a theme of explaining the existence of certain animals. This episode is entitled “How the Pelican Got his Pouch.”
· Hugo Pratt Corto Maltese Volume 5 “L’Ange à la Fenêtre d’Orient” – “Fables et Grand-Pères” Page 19 (Casterman, 1974) from the artist’s legendary series, has an opening bid $18,000. The author excelled in black and white, as evident in this page from the “L’Ange à la Fenêtre d’Orient” volume. Of note on this 19th page from the Fables and Grandfathers adventure is the fact that Corto is included in almost every panel. This page, in ink on board, has an image area of 13 by 17-3/4 inches.
· With an opening bid of $15,100, Enki Bilal Baby-Boom Couverture (Éditions Mazarine, 1985) is a visual goldmine. Offered here is a plash page heralded by the greatest American specialists of the medium. In ink on Bristol board, it has an image area of 9 by 11-1/2 inches.
Also included is a group of 54 lots of Disney animation art, including:
· Sleeping Beauty Dragon Concept/Color Key Painting by Eyvind Earle Original Art (Walt Disney, 1959)
· Peter Pan Mermaid Concept Painting by Mary Blair Original Art (Walt Disney, 1953)
· Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Snow White Animation Drawing (Walt Disney, 1937)
Other top lots include, but are not limited to:
· Moebius Le Garage Hermétique de Jerry Cornelius Page 125 (Métal Hurlant, 1976-78)
· Vicente Segrelles Le Mercenaire “La Evidencia” Page 3 (CIMOC #100, 1989)
· Vicente Segrelles Le Mercenaire Volume 2 “La Formule” Cover (CIMOC Magazine, 1982)
· Régis Loisel Pelisse et le Fourreux Illustration art (2018)
· Jean Giraud Blueberry Volume 9 “La piste des Sioux” Page 6 (Dargaud, 1971)