UK Artist Accidentally Turns Avengers #1 Into Papier-Mâché

[Vausch]

Cool, he just made my copy more valuable!

 

[A Weakgeek]

That's what an artist has to say about destroying a work of art? "Brilliant"?

A massproduced comic book is about as much "art" as one of those postcards with mona lisa that you can buy from a museum souvenir shop. Sure, if it was the original piece the artist made which was used to make the prints Id understand the reaction, but thats not the case here.

Just because a massproduced copy of something becomes rare, doesn't mean it gains artistic merit.

It was mass-produced, but most copies were destroyed or left in a bad condition. Very few copies in mint condition exist. I don't know which sort of art form you personally value, so take this generic response:

I hope that [insert a masterpiece of favorite art-form here] gets destroyed in order to make [product that can be made by using the material said masterpiece is mostly made from].

I get that you like comics, as a guy who likes to draw them, I totally get that.

But how is a copy of avengers #1 printed in the 80s/90s more valuable (not counting money/collectors sense) than a reprint today? The artist had exactly as much to do with the creation of both. (That is to say, he made the original, sent it to the publisher and they made thousands upon thousands of copies)

Not counting money/collector's sense? Why not? Other than that, there's the sentimental value which many would have for it. It could've given one more person a chance to get his hand on a mint condition copy.

Well because, if you're not a collector yourself, and don't care about not getting money from selling it, theres really no point in it. Sentimental value I KIND OF get, but Id imagine that was more towards ones own old copy, not some ebay auction that you order from the other side of the world. If you had a friend or something who really wanted a copy for old times sake, then yeah, scrapping yours would be assholish. But to go all that way for some stranger? I dont know, seems a bit much.

 

[Strazdas]

Yay for destroing a valuable to create a paper manequin. as long as there are idiots who do not look up the value of stuff this will happen. he coudl ahve sold it, bought himself more comics for it and build a whole Terracotta Army from some shitty comics. but no, this happened....

Now, the person doing the throwing away, OTOH...

Wait...

I used to own a copy when I was a kid. Got it with a bunch of others in a box of hand-me-down toys. Wasn't in mint condition or anything, but it was in one piece. Got thrown out years ago.

Unless it was a reprint or something. Fuck me, I hope it was a reprint.

and we got a winner....