Daim duab Iconic Batman Tsuas yog muag rau $ 2.4 lab. Leej Twg Tsim Nws?

Lub npog rau thawj qhov teeb meem ntawm lub cim 1986 comic series Tsaus Txoj Hmoo Rov muag los ntawm Heritage Auctions lub lim tiam dhau los rau $ 2.4 lab, ib zaug ib lub qhov muag-dej tus nqi rau ib daim ntawm thawj phau ntawv comic kos duab, thiab tseem vaguely poob siab piv rau pre-auction kwv yees bandied txog kev sau lub voj voog. Txawm li cas los xij, kev muag khoom yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum koj delve rau hauv cov ntsiab lus ntawm daim. Nws hloov tawm hais tias tus nqi siab tshaj plaws thawj American superhero comic artwork hloov txhais tes nyob rau hauv pej xeem mus rau hnub tim yog nyob rau hauv feem ntau cov hauj lwm ntawm ib tug poj niam creator, xim artist Lynn Varley, executing tus tsim ntawm Frank Miller.

Tsuas yog kom paub meej, tsis muaj teeb meem ntawm kev nyiag nyiaj lossis kev tsis txaus ntseeg. Txawm hais tias Miller tau pom dav dav tias yog lub zeem muag tseem ceeb tom qab Tus Tsaus Knight rov qab los, Cov cuab yeej cuab tam Auctions teev cov khoom hauv qab cov npe ntawm Miller thiab Varley, thiab nws tau pib los ntawm ob qho tib si. Varley, Miller tus khub muaj tswv yim thiab tus txij nkawm ib zaug, tau lees paub dav rau nws cov txuj ci thiab tau txais ntau yam khoom plig hauv kev lag luam thaum nws ua haujlwm hauv comics. Tab sis thaum ib daim duab kos tau muag rau ntau dua $ 2 lab, thiab yog kev sib koom tes ntawm ib tus kws kos duab uas nws cov duab kos tau muag rau ib nrab-rau daim duab thiab lwm tus uas nws cov hauj lwm muag tau tsawg dua, nws tsim nyog siv sij hawm ib pliag kom nthuav tawm raws nraim leej twg ua tus art, txawm tias nws paub meej tias leej twg thiab dab tsi ua rau kos duab nto moo.

Ua ntej qee qhov ntsiab lus. Tsaus Txoj Hmoo Rov yog ib tug mini-series luam tawm los ntawm DC Comics nyob rau hauv 1986, Ameslikas raws li plaub deluxe ib tug neeg cov teeb meem, thiab tom qab ntawd raws li ib tug duab tshiab uas yog ib tug perennial zoo-muag rau peb thiab ib nrab xyoo caum dhau los. Nyob rau hauv cov yeeb yaj kiab, kws sau ntawv / kws kos duab Frank Miller rov xav txog Batman ua ib tus neeg tsis txaus ntseeg, nruab nrab-hnub ua pauj kua zaub ntsuab muab kev ncaj ncees rau kev ncaj ncees nyob rau hauv qhov chaw tom qab apocalyptic toj roob hauv pes tswj hwm los ntawm cov neeg phem phem thiab blanketed hauv vacuous media.

Lub suab ntawm zaj dab neeg tau tsaus ntuj heev los ntawm cov qauv ntawm tus neeg zoo tib yam superhero fare, thiab nws galvanized cov neeg nyeem tshaib plab rau qhov hnyav dua thiab ntau heev ntawm cov cim lawv loj hlob nyeem ntawv. Nws tsis tsuas yog revolutionized American comics kev lag luam thiab reinvigorated tus cwj pwm ntawm Batman, nws nteg lub hauv paus rau Tim Burton lub gothic. Batman yeeb yaj kiab hauv xyoo 1989 thiab cov ntawv xov xwm tom ntej ntawm ntau lwm tus superheroes. Qhov no yog dab tsi ua rau kev thov rau artwork, thiab tus nqi, thiaj li siab.

Lub cover to issue #1 set the tone for the series. Daim duab no yooj yim heev. Nws qhia tau hais tias Miller lub chunky, ragged-saib Batman silhouetted tiv thaiv lub ntuj hmo ntuj, illuminated los ntawm ib tug txaus ntshai flash ntawm xob laim. Lub ntuj yog qhov tob, cobalt xiav, feem ntau yog xim ntawm Batman lub cape. Lub teeb ci ntsa iab ci ntsa iab thiab jags npau taws rau ntawm nplooj ntawv, ua rau daim duab thiab ua yeeb yam thiab coj mus rau qhov chaw.

Todd Hignite, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj ntawm Heritage Auctions hais tias "Qhov no yog ib qho kev kos duab zoo nkauj, ntawm keeb kwm comic," hais tias. “Txawm tias tus kiv cua comic feem ntau txheeb xyuas qhov kev kos duab tam sim ntawd; Nws yog ib qho ntawm cov duab pom zoo tshaj plaws ntawm ib qho ntawm cov neeg nyiam tshaj plaws superheroes puas tau tsim. "

Cov qhab nia rau qhov kev hloov pauv no ntawm Batman tag nrho mus rau Miller, uas twb yog lub hnub qub nce hauv comics txog thaum ntxov 1980s, tab sis pom nws lub koob npe nrov nce mus rau stratosphere nrog. TDKR. Miller tau sau cov ntawv sau, kos cov nplooj ntawv hauv cwj mem, pioneer cov txheej txheem piav qhia qhov muag pom uas ua rau kev nyeem ntawv comic xws li kev zoo siab rau cov kiv cua, thiab xav txog tus cwj pwm txawv. Nws yog, nyob rau hauv yuav luag txhua qhov kev nkag siab, tus sau lub luag haujlwm rau kev ua haujlwm thiab nws qhov kev qhuas.

Tab sis nyob rau hauv comics, qhov teeb meem ntawm artistic attribution yog me ntsis nyuab dua. Tus thawj artwork tsis tas yuav tsum tau muab muag raws li ib tug standalone piece; nws yog ib feem ntawm cov txheej txheem tsim khoom ntawm cov khoom lag luam (phau ntawv nws tus kheej) thiab feem ntau yog qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev sib koom tes ntawm ob peb tus neeg uas nws ua haujlwm tag nrho ua rau cov khoom kawg. Piv txwv li, feem ntau ntawm cov nplooj ntawv sab hauv ntawm TDKR tau ua tiav hauv tus cwj mem ncaj qha hla Miller cov cwj mem los ntawm Klaus Janson, thiab pleev xim rau ntawm ib qho kev sib cais hu ua "xim qhia," los ntawm Varley. Janson thiab Varley qhov kev koom tes tuaj yeem pom tau meej tshaj plaws hauv cov khoom kim heev Gallery Edition tua los ntawm thawj daim duab kos duab, luam tawm xyoo 2016 los ntawm Graphitti Designs thiab DC. Qhov ntim ntawd rov tsim cov duab qub qub ntawm lub npog ntawm TXK #1 uas nyuam qhuav muag, featuring Miller's tes-drawn ntxhib thiab tiav xim kos duab.

Ib zaug ntxiv, cov lus nug ntawm kev coj ua kos duab tsis yog tsis ntseeg. Lub tswv yim silhouette yog Miller's, thiab yog lub cim lag luam ntawm nws cov style. "Yog tias koj xav ua tiav, ua cov duab kos duab, kuv tsis yog koj tus txiv neej vim tias kuv tsis zoo rau nws," Miller tau hais hauv cov yeeb yaj kiab tshaj tawm los ntawm Heritage ua ntej ntawm kev sib tw, "tab sis kuv tuaj yeem ua lub ntsej muag kickass."

Daim duab ntawm cov kos duab tiav raws nraim raws li cov tes kos ntxhib. Tab sis tag nrho lwm cov ntsiab lus ntawm cov khoom tiav nrog rau qhov tseeb delineation ntawm daim duab, lub teeb pom kev zoo thiab cov xim zoo nkauj yog cov haujlwm ntawm Varley. Qhov kev faib ua haujlwm no puas tseem ceeb? Puas yog nws txoj kev koom tes yog qhov tseem ceeb hauv lub cim zoo ntawm daim ntawv raws li Miller's, thiab dab tsi yog cov cim ntawm daim ntawv Varley txoj haujlwm ntau dua li Miller's?

Cov kws tshaj lij yuav qhia rau koj tias nws nyuaj, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog vim nws txhawj xeeb txog tus nqi ntawm kev ua haujlwm. Ntawm cov comic kos duab sau, cov kab dub thiab dawb-kos duab, feem ntau xaum ua tiav hauv tus cwj mem, suav tias yog "thawj." Cov xim overlays, uas tau ua los ntawm tes (feem ntau los ntawm cov poj niam) kom txog rau thaum lub sij hawm lub sij hawm ntawm lub computer coloring nyob rau hauv thaum ntxov 90s, yog tsis txaus, txawm hais tias lawv kuj yog ib tug ntawm-ib-zoo, handmade artifacts ntawm cov txheej txheem ntau lawm.

Varley tus thawj xim qhia rau TDKR Muaj qee zaus tuaj muag thiab nqa tus nqi hauv ntau txhiab daus las, twv yuav raug hu rau qhov siab kawg rau hom kev kos duab no, tab sis tus duab ntxoov ntxoo ntawm tus nqi pom tau hais tias cov neeg sau khoom xav txog "tsim qub" - uas yog, tus cwj mem-thiab. - duab kos duab.

Yog li ntawd yog cov khoom no, uas pom tau tias yog muag yam tsis muaj qhov cuam tshuam nrog ua tiav hauv Miller tus kheej txhais tes (Cov cuab yeej cuab tam Auctions tsis teb rau qhov kev thov kom meej txog qhov no), nruj me ntsis hais lus, "Frank Miller thawj?" Tus kws sau TV / tus tsim tawm David Mandel, uas tau sau cov duab kos duab qub nrog rau cov neeg sau ntau tshaj plaws ntawm TDKR nplooj ntawv, hnyav rau ntawm qhov teeb meem no ntawm a podcast nrog tus muag khoom kos duab Felix Lu nyuam qhuav pib lub lim tiam no.

"Kuv tsis xav tias nws yog xim qhia," nws hais nrog qee qhov tsis kam lees. "Kuv tsis paub tias lub npog yog dab tsi, thiab kuv tsis paub tias tus neeg yuav khoom puas paub lossis mob siab rau. Kuv paub tias nws tsis yog cwj mem-thiab-tus cwj mem Frank Miller, uas yog li cas kuv txhais kuv tus Frank Miller. "

Mandel tau piav qhia txog qhov xwm txheej zoo ib yam li cov kev tsim khoom siv los ntawm Andy Warhol hauv nws lub npe nrov "Lub Hoobkas," qhov twg lwm tus kws txawj ua haujlwm tau ua cov ntawv luam tawm thiab kev tsim kho ntawm nws cov haujlwm - cov ntsiab lus suav tias tsis muaj feem cuam tshuam rau leej twg siv ntau lab ntawm Warhol " thawj" uas dais nws txoj kev sib txawv thiab nws kos npe.

Thaum kawg ntawm lub hnub, lub zog ntawm cov khoom yog ntau dua li cov sum ntawm nws cov khoom. $ 2.4 lab daus las tau yuav ib qho kev sib koom tes zoo tshaj plaws ntawm tus kws kos duab tes thiab tus kws kos duab lub npe, thiab txhais cov duab ntawm lub cim thoob ntiaj teb.