In this episode of In Love with the Process, filmmaker Mike Pecci sits down with Chuck Costas, VP of Business Development at Propstore, to explore the world of film props, movie memorabilia, and high end collecting.

Chuck shares his journey collecting original comic art since the mid 1980s, curating major exhibits, and working with collectors across the country. The conversation centers around one of the biggest auction headliners, a hand painted original by Frank Frazetta, the “Captive Princess” cover art from The People That Time Forgot, estimated between $500,000 and $1,000,000.

Mike and Chuck break down what makes film props and original artwork so valuable, from rarity and provenance to cultural impact. They also dive into why seeing props in real life changes how you experience movies, how collectors think, and what it feels like inside a live auction when the bidding starts to climb.

This episode is for filmmakers, collectors, and anyone passionate about cinema history, practical filmmaking, and the power of tangible art.

Topics include film props, Propstore auctions, Frank Frazetta artwork, comic art collecting, movie memorabilia, filmmaking, and cinema history.

Mike is joined by John Amor, Eisner nominated artist and creator of Urban Animal. John is known for drawing iconic characters at an epic scale and distilling them down to their most essential shapes and gestures. His work proves that storytelling lives in posture, weight, and intent.

The two break down why comics remain one of the most powerful storytelling tools ever created, how artists guide emotion between frames, and why filmmakers have so much to learn from the medium. This episode is a love letter to visual language, composition, and the art of saying more with less.

Were you like us as a kid, getting up early every Saturday to catch the new episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Did you know that the turtles story started as a comic book? Originally created by Kevin Eastman & ‎Peter Laird, the TMNT books were drastically different from the Saturday morning TV series. Each beautifully drawn page was loaded with blood, violence, cursing and adult themes. Fast forward, past multiple TV series, a string of highly successful blockbuster films and hundreds of comics, the Turtles have come full circle with an idea conceived by Eastman & Laird back in the beginning of it all. THE LAST RONIN! One of the most exciting comics being published these days, loaded with nostalgia, vengeance fueled violence and lots and lots of death. On today's episode, we talk with one of the artists of the new series, Ben Bishop, and oh boy, do we get nerdy about comic books. We draw the parallels between telling stories in panels and telling stories on screen. We talk about how Ben first approached Marvel with illustrations at 11 years old, and what it's been like working for the artists that inspired him as a kid. As the IN LOVE WITH THE PROCESS PODCAST starts to wrap up an amazing year of podcast episodes, this one will be known as one of the best of 2021! Don't miss this epic conversation between Mike Pecci & Ben Bishop!