Neal Adams

Sherlock Holmes

Neal Adams is another one of the great silver age artists.  During the 60's and 70's he revamped and revitilized both the "Batman" series and the "Green Lantern\Green Arrow" comics.  He was also very active in comic creator rights helping to form the Comics Creators Guild and lobbying to get Superman creators Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegal long overdue credit for the character.  

I contacted and arranged this great piece from him through his website.

 

Dick Ayers

 

Holmes and Watson

Dick Ayers is another one of the great silver age artists who worked at Marvel Comics and it's predecessor Atlas Comics.  He is known for his work on the early issues of the "Fantastic Four" as well as a long run on "Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos".

I contacted Mr. Ayers through his website and he did this great rendition of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson for me.  He had originally done this as a pencil drawing for another collector, but when I asked about a Sherlock piece he redrew the piece, added some background and coloured it.

Bill Keane

Sherlock Billy

Bill Keane is best known for his award winning comic strip "The Family Circus".  Debuting in 1960, the strip has become one of the most loved and widely syndicated cartoon panels in the world.

Many years ago I had written Mr. Keane and included one of his strips with a "Sherlock Holmes" theme to it.  He was nice enough to sign the strip and included this great sketch of Billy with his bubble pipe.

Dick Giordano

1) Sherlock Holmes, and 2) The Two Great Detectives

Dick Giordano was not only a great Silver Age artist, but also worked many years as an editor for both Charlton and DC Comics.  I loved his work on the Batman titles, with Neal Adams and on the DC 12-issue series "Crisis on the Infinite Earths".

The first piece I commissioned from Mr. Giordano through his website.  The second piece I purchased on eBay.  Upon emailing Mr. Giordano I found out this piece was originally done for another collector but was to be Batman chasing Dracula.

 

Tom Wilson

Sherlock Ziggy

Tom Wilson is best known as the creator of the comic strip "Ziggy".  Since the comic strip began in 1971, Ziggy has been featured on t-shirts, calendars, ornaments, greeting cards and in animated specials.

This was one of my first Sherlock drawings.  I had written Mr. Wilson to tell him how much I enjoyed the strip and mentioned my Sherlock Holmes collection and he drew this wonderful piece for me. 

Creig Flessel

Sherlock Holmes

Creig Flessel was one of the early golden age comic artists and is credited as being one of the co-creator's of the golden age Sandman.  He also drew the covers for many of the early comic books including many of the pre-Batman "Detective Comics", and the cover for the ashcan version of "Action Comics" #1.

I had written back and forth a couple of times with Mr. Flessel a number of years ago and he was kind enough to do this drawing of Holmes for my collection.  

Gene Colan

Sherlock Holmes by gaslight

Gene Colan was one of the premier artists of the Silver Age of comics.  During his career he worked for both DC and Marvel and is probably best known for his work on "Daredevil", "The Tomb of Dracula" and the Batman titles.

Back in 2006, Mr. Colan posted on his site that he would be taking a few "retirement" commssions.  I was lucky to get on his list early.  A great piece by a legend in the comic industry.