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The original.. Very nice work. I'm enjoying these. Keep 'em coming.

Al is doing commissions. He mostly does recreations and they are wonderful.

Here's mine (there's contact info in the description). All was great to work with:

My mom sent me an article yesterday saying Joe Simon is still doing commissions. I don't have his contact information, but a Simon romance cover recreation featuring Steve Rogers with the Cap shield in the background would be very nice.

Okay, I've added the second piece to my CAF so for you Colon/Rubinstein fans (Romain, that's you!) here's my second Colon/Rubinstein piece. It was a gift from Joe; his inks over Ernie's pencils.

Oh, you don't want to click a link? Okay, here's the picture:

I hope you enjoy these two. I know that I do.

I have a new addition to the family - Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld. Ernie Colon has recreated the cover and Joe Rubinstein inked it. Not the easiest piece in the world for Ernie, but he did a great job. I'm pretty sure that I had a major crush on her back in the day.

Click here to read all about it or to comment on the piece.

You can contact Ernie on Facebook . His daughters maintain the page and are quite friendly.

Finally, for those that are link challenged (and you know who you are), here's the image:

I have another that I'll post in a couple of days - also Amethyst, Colon, and Rubinstein.

It's a really nice piece. Very dynamic and very, very true to what the next scene would be. I can see this being Cap's intended move and I really enjoyed the change in perspective. Nice one.

That is a great drawing! Keep them coming.

I kept the pencils separately. I'm going to frame them together.

You can see the pencils in the Additional Image (scroll down) on its CAF page or go directly by clicking here.

I'd love to see more Herbie art work. I hadn't though of him for years, but I really enjoyed those stories. Thanks for sharing it.

Yes, she is.

Oh, you mean the art.

Lots of fun!

I commissioned this for my eldest daughter's college graduation from John Sterling Lucas, the successor to Bill Woggon on Katy Keene at Archie.

The right hand side is a recreation of the cover of the first comic that I ever bought my girls. My eldest was about 5 at the time. We got it because the consensus was that their mom was on the cover (Veronica).

On the left side, I had John extend the scene to include a picnic featuring his Katy and Sis along with my eldest.

It's pen, ink, and watercolor. He was a little worried about the paining since he does do it often, but I think it's marvelous.

We framed it for her birthday. So enjoy. Click here for more information including preliminary work and how to contact John.

He inked over a blue-line of the pencils. I decided to have both and will probably frame them together.

Thanks, guys. I think both Joe and Mike did great work. Be sure to look at the intermediate images in the CAF. I think seeing the pencils followed by views of Joe's inks is really interesting.

It's also interesting to compare Mike's take on redoing the Adventure 247 splash vs. Al Plastino's (Al was the original artist). I just added the published image and the re-creation that Al did for me. It's fun to look at what might have been.

I just received a new commission featuring Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes by Michael Netzer and Joe Rubinstein. Michael (as Mike Nasser) and Joe had an all to brief IMO run on the LSH that I really enjoyed. When Michael decided to start doing commissions again, I jumped at the chance.

You can see it in my CAF Gallery. On the link, you'll get more of the story and some Additional Images. They include:

1) The sketch that Michael on my first idea that didn't satisfy either of us. He did a great sketch, but it felt like I wasn't leveraging his skills. He had a better idea. Clearly, I'm not qualified to be an Art Director.

2) The pencils

3) Two partial inks that illustrate Joe's work on the piece.

I think it's worth a click, however, for those that don't like clicking, I offer the following. Enjoy, I am.

Re: Okay seriously! We have the exact same taste, except you have everything and I want everything. This must stop!

I like this thread so I'll add another one - Bat Lash by Nick Cardy.

I think this is a wonderful image and its one of the pieces that my wife likes enough to hang in the den. Nick draws the prettiest women (Cardy Girls) and this scene captures the spirit of the Bat Lash comic book by Sergio Aragones, Denny O'Neil, and Nick Cardy. Sergio even plays a role in one story, you should check it out if you don't know the series.

For those that don't like links or stories, here's the image:

Here's a recent commission by Fred Hembeck. Though I own lots of comics with men and women in spandex and furry underpants, I really love funny books especially Sheldon Mayer's work.

With that in mind, I decided to approach some artists about creating the cover to Sugar and Spike #100 which was never published.

Fred was my first thought and I think he knocked it out of the park.

Please read the description in my CAF page for the piece to get an understanding of all the "Easter Eggs" in the piece. Trust me, it's worth the read because there is a lot going on.

Thanks. I think it's pretty special.

First piece of OA that I ever purchased was a Curt Swan Superman. As far as I'm concerned, this is the best Superman image by the best Superman artist; not that I'm biased or anything.

Read the full story here.

My collection is mostly commissions (Swan, Kubert, Cardy, Colan, Trimpe plus more recent folks like Hembeck and Zahler). I'll post more going forward or you can simply look in my CAF Gallery.

If you liked Speedy-D's Al Plastino commission, you might also enjoy this one by Al. It's what inspired him to commission Al. BTW, Al's great fun as you can read in my description.

Legion (LSH) by Al Plastino - Adv 247 Splash Re-creation/Update

I can't seem to link to the image directly. Sorry about that.

You can see the pencils in Michael's CAF Gallery. His collection of OMLs has to be seen. It's one of my favorite themes in both terms of the idea and the qualify of execution.

You may also know him as the owner of the sketches that went into the Hero Initiative's 3-Minute Sketchbook. There are some amazing sketches in that book; you should get a copy.

Wonderful. You are one lucky guy; that's for sure.

Nice picture of MJ; wonderful wife!