Thanks Peter. I was pretty fortunate to get the Hulk piece direct from Josh before he passed. He was working on another commission for me, but it never got finished.
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I've got a similar story. We last met up at the Cincinnati Comic Expo last year. I had dropped off 3 blank sketchcovers for him to do: Wolverine, Hawkeye, and the Hulk. He got started on the Wolverine piece and wanted to put more time into them and asked if he could take them home and mail them to me. I agreed. Unfortunately, he passed a few months later.
At Gem City Comic Con this last year, I met up with his wife and she gave me my two blanks back along with the unfinished Wolverine piece. She told me it was the "second to last piece of art he ever worked on". It was definitely a sad meeting. She had a stamp made of his signature and she stamped it for me. CGC got the dates wrong on it, but I don't really care. I really loved Josh's art and he's sorely missed. RIP.
Nice story Peter. That is a book you'll cherish forever for sure! Sean Forney was actually trying to get me in touch with Charlotte to try and get the unfinished piece back. I then wanted him to finish it up since they were such good friends. That would have made a very nice conversational piece, but to no avail. I'll still get a pinup done by Sean at some point. He's been doing some exciting things of late.
Josh was truly an amazing artist and will be missed!