JadeGiant

What size paper are these?

Looking for published or commissioned art?

I'd go with weight as well and see if it bothers you after a while

Congrats - that art is beautiful! Kyle has been around for a while but was pretty inactive for a spell until somewhat recently when the floodgates of opportunity opened again for him. I love his work and he is a really nice guy who does an annual show locally to me. I bought a page from his fill in issues on Immortal Hulk and have a number of commissions from him as well.

It happens more than you think. If you have key comics that are CGC it is easy to identify value so I think this would trade pretty easily if you find a collector or dealer that is willing to trade. If you start a thread, post it here as I would be interested to see how you do. Good luck!

I choose sometimes but couldn't choose always because there are a few that I haven't made the point to track down, so I am somewhere in between (skewing greatly towards always).

Awestruck by this display! Congratulations!

Oh man, I am slacking on watching his site! I would have snagged this as well ... Congrats!!!

Awesome page!

I enjoyed the ROM series when it was new but when it comes to art, Sal's Hulk art always wins out over ROM (and pretty much anything else).

Grail is a great term for this page - congrats!

I have experienced this many times ... and winning has always been pure elation. I always regret the pieces I don't get and almost never the ones I do. Great story - thanks for sharing!

Color me green with envy on your day at Joe's place! Pics of the headshots?

And I will add that the collector, Shannon, is a top notch individual (buy with confidence). Good luck on your quest!

/\ This /\ You can always view the art at the Bill Ireland > https://cartoons.osu.edu/events/exploring-calvin-and-hobbes/

Great cover - congrats!

Love the Immortal cover!

AWESOME page!

Great page! I also scored my first Kirby and first twice-up recently ... and also from Grant's collection! (stay tuned)

Congrats! That's an amazing get!

I can imagine the artist may have just messaged the same 2 statements to someone, somewhere on the interwebs While I see your point, I can see it more off-putting to many artists and the "let's hop on the phone" left turn if probably going to shut down a commission for a larger percentage of artists IMO and hardly puts them into the jerk category. Think about it, you are someone they don't know asking for their personal phone number ... Please tell me you didn't pull a George Constanza on the artist

Good thing you don't collect Hulk any more ... or you'd only get the barracuda instinct on all auctions!

As primarily a Hulk collector, I am aware of several collectors (many who are now friends) who have similar tastes (some, VERY similar tastes). Early on there was a somewhat uneasy tension going down the wire on an auction wondering who would bid, how much, etc. If you don't talk about it, it's easy as you don't know for sure if they are bidding so you throw your best bid down and see what happens. You win some, you lose some, and along the way you might make a friend pay up a little more for a piece unintentionally - that's how it goes. I have a few friends that I converse with now about auctions and we can actually talk it out and see who wants it most and how hard they will go for it and pretty much always defer to one another on an item. So, I guess you can say that some friendships made in the hobby do suppress that "barracuda instinct" ... sometimes.

Fine ... but I am sliding a piece of twice up paper of my own across the table and asking for a paid upgrade on the commission