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[The Ghost Man]

Don't know why this hasn't been submitted previously and I'm not versed nor aware any legality issues. I think a terrific addition to the site would be hosting images of original art from the comic artists of the Platinum and Golden-Age. For one thing there's no other site doing this and it would actually attract new interest to potentially bring in new members and viewers. Personally, I've been collecting these images (not the actual art, I wish) and would be happy to contribute from my collection to the site if this gets authorised.

I find the original art produced from the actual artists to be phenomenal as it provides insight to how they worked, the mediums and techniques they utilised, as well as the mistakes and corrections which makes them more human. I feel you get to know the artist more closely and feel the resonant spirit and life through those lines that they creatively laboured over. A huge amount of these treasures have been lost (some reportedly used as driver's floor matting during snowstorms!) or are locked away by private owners or in vaults of the comic publishers. What left is auctioned off and makes rare appearances for public view which is a downright shame. If there are no legal implications we should be curating these priceless works of art here for posterity.

[Robb_K]

Don't know why this hasn't been submitted previously and I'm not versed nor aware any legality issues. I think a terrific addition to the site would be hosting images of original art from the comic artists of the Platinum and Golden-Age. For one thing there's no other site doing this and it would actually attract new interest to potentially bring in new members and viewers. Personally, I've been collecting these images (not the actual art, I wish) and would be happy to contribute from my collection to the site if this gets authorised.

I find the original art produced from the actual artists to be phenomenal as it provides insight to how they worked, the mediums and techniques they utilised, as well as the mistakes and corrections which makes them more human. I feel you get to know the artist more closely and feel the resonant spirit and life through those lines that they creatively laboured over. A huge amount of these treasures have been lost (some reportedly used as driver's floor matting during snowstorms!) or are locked away by private owners or in vaults of the comic publishers. What left is auctioned off and makes rare appearances for public view which is a downright shame. If there are no legal implications we should be curating these priceless works of art here for posterity.

   

I wonder if part of the high price buyers of original art pay is considered partly derived from their "exclusivity" of possessing that art, and deciding who gets to see it, and when?  And, therefore, other people making images of it available lowers its value, because a percentage of the public who might otherwise purchase that property, would not, if it were available for public view and copying on a constant basis, in a well-known location.  I am a record collector, and I know that a bootlegging of substantial amount of an old, rare record substantially lowers the potential sale value of the rare original.  Might it be possible that availability of even copies of original drawings would satisfy enough marginal collectors that it would lower the potential purchase price of a given original comic book cover or inner page, storyboard page, advertisement, or conceptual drawing?  If so, it may be considered to be illegal to make copies of such drawings permanently, en masse, to the general public, because exclusivity is an inherent component of the purchase price.

[The Australian Panther]

  If so, it may be considered to be illegal to make copies of such drawings permanently, en masse, to the general public, because exclusivity is an inherent component of the purchase price.

That's not the case yet, and lets hope it never will be, that would mean you can't make an copy of the Mona Liza, Icons on Orthodox churches, and any images currently in Art Galleries, or afford to write a book on Art. And you couldn't quote a known image in any new work you were doing. eg, set a story in the Louvre and draw the actually paintings or sculptures in your work. Art schools and libraries couldn't afford to pay all the fees to show students the images they need to know for their education.   
If you've been to an Art Gallery you've seen the shops attached where they have postcards, mugs, toys and calendars and expensive prints of the images they own - they won't give up that kind of money-making easily. Also, It would make comic collecting a nightmare. If I owned an original Kirby cover, would that mean nobody could reproduce it without paying me a fee, if I choose to let them? So how could a shop advertise comics to selll? And what government agency would need to be set up to monitor all this? Never mind how ebay would work? So if you were a learning artist and you copied somebody's famous work to learn, you could get sued for it if the image was found? 
Terrible thought, lets not give anybody ideas? I think collectors primarily want to own an original. And they like people to know about it. Its only when they have acquired the original illegally that they are likely to keep it secret. Or if they are a little obsessed.

Cheers!