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Thanks, Malvin. I thought I was the last OA collector left on earth. Of course, that wouldn't be all bad.

At the risk of monopolizing the thread, take a look at what my wife gave me for our anniversary. Fred Hembeck's finest work IMHO. You can read about the cover in my CAF - http://cafurl.com?i=13843.

My eldest child, Allie, graduated from college yesterday. I knew/hoped that this day would come and I wanted to give her a gift that was special for the two of us. The first comic that I bought my girls was Betty and Veronica Double Digest#14 by Dan and Jim DeCarlo and I thought that a recreation would be a good idea. Sadly, Dan and Jim are not longer with us. By chance, I "ran into" John Sterling Lucas on eBay and we got to talking. John is the one who brought Katy Keene back to light after a long hiatus. He did it with the blessings of Bill Woggon, Katy's creator. My girls love Katy so we decided to expand the cover scene to include a picnic with Katy, Sis, and my daughter, Allie. You can see the results here: You can see the original cover, the pencils, and the inks in my CAF. As always, comments on the piece in the CAF are welcome.

Dave's been Gene's regular inker for commissions for some time. As one person commented on my CAF, Dave is one of the few who really "get" Gene's pencils. I really like what he did. Did you go look at the larger scans on my CAF gallery?

In 2005, my wife bought me a wonderful Daredevil and Black Widow commission for me by Gene Colan. He suggested that I should get it inked and colored by Dave Gutierrez, but we couldn't do it at that time. Recently, I contracted with Dave to ink (from a scan) and color (digitally) the piece. You can see all three here at full size. The description has links to each piece. Here's a thumbnail