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There are a bunch of different questions here. I'll try to capture them with my answer: Is the image a racist stereotype - yes. Is the dialog a racist stereotype - yes. Was Jack Kirby a racist when drawing them? I don't know. I doubt that we will ever know. Was Jack Kirby a racist all/most of his life? Again, I don't know and doubt that we will ever know, but I think he out grew it. His portrayal of the Black Panther and the Black Racer certainly violated the racist stereotype.

Per my CAF Dashboard, I have: 30.9% con sketches 29.9% commissions Of my true commissions, only one was less than I hoped and I take full credit for that. I should have let the artist do his thing. Sigh... That said, it's very nice and I have no urge to hide it or sell it. For the rest, I've been very lucky. Yes, I agree. Commissions lose 50% of their value when you receive them. Some might gain value, but most won't. However, I don't mind. I like the images and the interaction with the artist. I also limit my spend to my "play money," e.g., from selling my comics, so my risk tolerance is high. Here are a few that I've commissioned (L->R, T->B: Various, Cardy, Colan, Heath, Kubert, Fradon, Swan):

I updated my standard answer above with Alexandra vonHawk's shipping address and with Amanda H. Malkin - https://www.paperlovesconservation.com

I'm sending four pieces to Alexandra vonHawk for quotation and (most likely) restoration. I also finally fixed Gordon's snail mail address above.

Commission by mail - the artist will supply the paper. Sketch at a con - the artist may supply the paper, but always bring some. If you want to start a sketchbook, you should read the hidden text in the first post on this thread: Paper weight as shown on the covers of these pads refers to the weight of 500 sheets (a ream) of this paper. Heavier is generally better, but it can also waste money. It depends on the art. For watercolors, heavier reduces bleed through.

Everything I know about pricing comic art is in the hidden text of the first post on the Pricing Comic Art thread.

I really liked Linda's Castle Waiting and own a few pages and the associated prelims and thumbnails, but I'd completely forgotten the Bone tie-in. Thanks to your friend for sharing.

I'm always looking for suggested improvements so feel free to make some.

Rick is right. Something that I find valuable, e.g., my faux Sugar and Spike 100 covers, would be worth less than nothing to most people. The demand seems tied to published artist/character/story combinations for the high prices.

Was my link above of use?

I disagree. Answering his question, "How do you come up with a target price?" does not require pictures of his art. For that, the responder would only need to describe how they approach the problem and the OP doesn't need to post art. His approach avoids PMs with lowball offers. If he asked, "What is this worth?" and didn't include pictures, I'd agree with you.

You will find everything I know on the thread called Pricing Comic Art - 2023 Edition. Read the Spoiler Text, i.e., click on Reveal hidden contents in the first post of the thread.

For some reason, my illustrations did not "stick." I've fixed that.

Chris Sprouse and Mon-El from GalaxyCon - Austin this past weekend. Click for a bigger image.

Chris Sprouse and Mon-El from GalaxyCon - Austin this past weekend. Click for a bigger image.

I did and I had a great time.

Not this year. Too many conflicts.

I thought I'd start a new thread on Sketchbook Advice. Just things that I've learned are important when attending a con with the intent of getting sketches. As usual, I've put my advice in spoiler text and will keep it in this post. I hope that others will offer comments and suggest as comments on the thread. I will update it in the spoiler text here.

Back in 2018, he was doing commissions as a Kickstarter perk for Swords of the Swashbucklers. I opted for one and requested Simon and Emma from Crossgen's Ruse (I still miss that publisher). About the same time, he asked people on FB what their favorite Ruse cover was. I voted for number one. Which I show here: He replied to me, "Well, you are going to like your commission." I think you can see why I agree with him. Click either image to embiggen.

FWIW, I did offer the write-up to Heritage Auction so that they could correctly document what they are selling. They didn't reply; make of that what you will. (Note: I think I sent a link to the thread though I also have an MS Word file with it.)

Going for the friends is a big part of it.

Thanks for the kind words. Regarding my collection, I have a dozen or so framed, but more that I want to see. Kathy and I know a cabinet maker and he made a book stand to hold a portfolio so I pull one out and flip the page until it runs out and repeat that each day. It helps. Front View (Simonson and Aragones on S&S) Side view (Ken Penders on S&S)

My wife bought me a page from the first comic that I ever read. I still can't believe that it's on my wall and if she hadn't bought it back in 2009, there's no way we would buy it now based on the last Heritage Auctions contains pages from that issue.

What really stood out to me was the way the step sons lied to her. She seemed to love them, but the reverse was not true. Sad. Of course, the stolen Nazi art is an even larger problem. I suspect that they have a pile and I hope it is brought to light.

Interesting article in the New York Times on how the value of art and the taxes due on the sale are hidden in the fine art market. Could our OA market do something similar?