Monday, March 10, 2008

Veteran Artist Bids Farewell to Marvel Comics

According to Marvel Comic's official site, Mark Bagley is moving on.  For those of you who aren't familiar with Bagley, he is one of the most well respected artists in the business. He started his career with Marvel Comics, when he won a try-out contest and has done extensive work for them since then. He is not only a Marvel Icon, but truly a legendary artist when it comes to graphic novels. Bagley has worked on titles like The Amazing Spider-Man, Thunderbolts, New Warriors and Ultimate Spider-Man. I'm sure after 20 years of penciling, that everyone reading this has seen at least some of his work.

Now that his time with Marvel is up, Bagley is heading over to DC Comics. I can't wait to see what he'll do next! I'm no expert, but I bet that this shake up might affect the worth of comics that Bagley has worked on. Especially his final project at Marvel,  Mighty Avengers #11. I know a few comic book collectors who are going to want to get their hands on that book no matter what the cost. If you have an extensive collection of Bagley comics it may be time to go visit some comics appraisers. Let me know how it turns out!