| 20 July 2008 The sketches I have posted in the latest update are not for sale but I hope to do more for offer to anyone on the Commissions list in the next few months. As I have already mentioned on Matt Platis' Forum, both my children were married this year so things have been hectic, in the nicest possible way, and I'm still contending with the backlog of work that accumulated while I've been busy celebrating. Thanks for your patience. Alan 2 September 2007 Not really news, more a clarification of facts. But first, I would like to thanks all those well- wishers who have e-mailed me at my site concerned for my health because of my tardiness in making posts to my website and my absence from Matt Platis’ Forum. As I have mentioned previously, what I euphemistically refer to as my ‘wrist problem’ has forced me to work at a slower rate and to limit the use of my right hand— less drawing, typing, using a computer mouse or anything that requires sustained dexterity (but worst of all no swimming, Badminton or anything that requires vigorous rotational movements or flicks of the wrist). My ‘wrist problem’ IS the result of a broken arm BUT the injury occurred many years ago when I was thirteen—I took a 30ft nosedive from a tree onto a tarmac playground… fortunately my head absorbed most of the impact and I escaped with a single fracture of the right ulna. My arm healed and all seemed well until, in my twenties, my wrist started to sublux (dislocate) because of a condition known as a 'Triangular fibrocartilage complex injury'. The Ulna (outside of the wrist), being without a bone to bone joint, is held in place by a web of ligaments that allow complex rotational movement and act as a cushion between the ulna carpal gap. Simplistically, the Triangular Fibrocartliage complex is a net that holds the Ulna in place and the TFCC injury is a ‘gap’ in the net so, depending on the direction of the stress applied, the Ulna can slip through the gap. The TFCC is a fairly common sporting injury and usually no more than a minor inconvenience so I never gave it much thought until, as I grew older, the frequency and severity of subluxing increased to such a degree that it began to destabilise the Radius Carpal joint—which is far more debilitating. Five or six years ago I was losing a maximum of two or three weeks a year because of the TFCC injury but last year it was over two full months. The wrist joint is extremely sophisticated and any currently available surgical intervention only offers a very limited reward but carries a high risk of impaired dexterity—and, possibly, an acceleration in the onset of an arthritic condition. I can still draw (Its silly things like stiff door-handles, stubborn pen tops and shaking hands that pose problems) and I may have continued the way I was going for a years, if I kept my hand permanently strapped up, but I decided to reduce my drawing hours and begin focused exercises in an to attempt to build up the wrist ligaments and slow the inevitable degradation— and if I’m really lucky maybe even improve the situation. Time will tell. Anyway, in the grand scheme of things my ‘wrist problem’ is extremely minor and only really significant because of its impact on my comic work. I have been able to use my time off to catch up on DIY, gardening and all those other things I usually neglect, so life is good. Thanks again to all those who expressed concern or support. Alan 16 April 2007 Please note that I had no input on the Catwoman page currently on auction at ... http://cgi.ebay.com/CATWOMAN-BY-ALAN-DAVIS-DICK-GIORDANO-SIGNED- PRINT_W0QQitemZ170102272291QQihZ007QQcategoryZ972QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I can only assume this is an inked photocopy. Alan 15 March 2007 Hi Further to the news item of 15 November 2006 (below) in regard of art forgeries I offer an amusing sample of a forgery forwarded to me by Susan Callaghan who found the drawings in the Manchester Metropolitan University copy of, "How to Draw the Marvel Way". Click on the image for a larger view. Alan 17 January 2007 Hi I have had quite a few enquiries to my website address in regard to Original art-sales and auctions. I hope to get organised enough to arrange sales or auctions within the next few months-- although regular viewers will know I have been saying that for almost a year. I have also had a number of people ask to be alerted about any auctions. I just don't have the time to e-mail so many people individually so I have set up a separate e-mail address for anyone interested in being notified about art sales or auctions. alandavis@alandavis-comicart.com Anyone who writes to this address will be added to the address book so that each auction can be preceded by a mail drop to all interested parties. I have started this early to allow plenty of time for folk to get their name on the address book. BUT, as I have said above, it may be a while before I get organised so please don't expect any sales for a little while. Alan 15 November 2006 Hi Regular visitors to the site will know that I had been updating the site on a monthly basis until July, four months ago. They may also have been aware of technical difficulties a few months ago-- when the Homepage vanished for about a week. The glitch was cause by an upgrade to the site by the host service. Most of the bugs have been sorted but there may still be a few inactive links or missing pages. Another reason for my delay is that I have already posted quite a selection of oddities and I don't want to keep posting more of the same (AND since I have been working far more slowly than usual this year I've had very little new work to add). I have added a few more examples of work-in-progress in response to requests to my site e-mail address but I don't want the site to become a 'how-to...' book-- I have resisted invitations to do one of those for years because I feel I am still in the process of figuring it all out myself. Another, more serious and unpleasant concern is in regard to images being downloaded from my site. I have had two people contact me to say they have been offered pages that they believed were taken from the site, printed on art-board, inked and presented as an authentic original. I don't think there is anyway I can stop the thieves, except by ceasing further posting or discontinuing my site altogether. The pages in question were from the 'Unpublished pencils' section. Anyone offered one of these images should know that the pencils remain un-inked unless there is a link beside the page with a scan of the inks. So, caveat emptor. Alan |
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