Marvel Studios founder unveils new NFT collection from Mythos Studios
Marvel Studios founder David Maisel has announced the launch of a 1-of-1 digital art collection from his entertainment company, Mythos Studios.
The NFT collection includes artwork from Mythos Studios, Michael Turner, Peter Steigerwald and Maisel. The collection includes “1/1 published colored art as well as new 1/1 pieces inspired by a variety of influences, including classic Marvel comics and movies, the Pop Art movement, Marvel’s iconic black light posters from the 70s, the neon lights of Broadway, and the art and energy of web3”, according to the press release.
Turner was an American comic book artist who worked on both Marvel and DC comics. He died in 2008 at the age of 37. Steigerwald worked closely with Turner and also worked as a colorist on DC and Marvel comics.
Mythos Studios is an intellectual property entertainment studio Maisel created with Scooter Braun. It has a 50% stake in Aspen Comics.
The deposit period before the auction opened on April 24, and collectors can choose to pay 10 ETH to qualify for a bonus NFT from Eko’s Genesis Art Portraits, which is a separate collection of 100 works of art. The team indicated that 995 Eko’s Genesis Art works will be made available for an 88-minute Dutch-style auction, scheduled to take place on May 2.
“Web3 provides more direct interaction with the community, the fan base, and also a sense of psychological and actual ownership,” Maisel told Blockworks.
A Dutch-style auction is where the project developers set a specific value – usually the ceiling price, or highest price – and then gradually lower the price at regular intervals by a fixed amount.
“I knew I loved Michael Turner’s artwork, it’s legendary. I love comics and that’s basically why the Marvel Cinematic Universe exists. He created some of the most beautiful art. He died in 2008 and I started collecting his pencil drawings,” Maisel told Blockworks.
He continued, “But James Cameron also loved Michael Turner, and he had the rights to Michael’s properties, including Fathom, which was the number one comic of the year in 1998. So I got a call in 2018 that the rights had expired, because Cameron was busy with Avatar, and I recorded them.”
The fundraising announcement comes as NFT trading volumes rebound, with Alchemy’s Web3 Development Report showing a 126% year-over-year increase in NFT trading volume.
This is not the first NFT release from Mythos – it previously sold two artworks by Michael Turner in May 2021 to a collector for $100,000.
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