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Not sure who is Larry Stroman's rep currently. But a while back, on ComicArtLive, Bill did an interview with Ken Carson (4C Comics). I think this is the one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LrKSej6pK8 I think he said he was trying to clean up Stroman's backlog of commissions. One explanation given for the backlog was that Stroman didn't drive and therefore couldn't make it to the US Post Office to send out commissions. And here's an older Stroman topic:

I've never used it but Camscanner is a commonly used phone app. You can search these forums for various opinions.

Here's a great 2 page fight sequence from Detective Comics 454 (Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez / Ernie Chan). It's not a DPS, you'd have to turn the page of the comic to see the 2nd page. But I posted them on CAF as a DPS. The memory is vague but I think I got them from Garcia-Lopez at the same time.

I follow some people (including DC Man) that post very infrequently. And when they do post, it is worth the wait. DC Man may not be responsive to e-mail in general. The gallery where that PS piece resides is a little bit of a mish-mash, it's titled "Art Sale" but includes his want list pieces, for trade pieces, for sale pieces and NFS pieces. And in general, it's a great DC and JLA collection. My guess is if you e-mail him politely once a year or so, he'll get back to you if he ever feels like parting with the PS piece. Otherwise, you're always on the hunt for PS anyway.

I think this topic surfaces every once in a while. Congrats to people who are able to achieve their desires of assembling a story or book. Condolences to people who were not able to achieve their goal. Good luck to those who are still trying to achieve this feat. I have a few complete stories that I bought intact. But my 8 page Senorita Rio story from Fight Comics 52 (Oct 1947) was assembled from separate pages over multiple transactions. My recollection is it took 5 transactions over roughly 10 years (sometimes multiple pages). And the page 1 splash was the last page acquired to complete the story. I didn't set a goal for assembling the story. Rather it was my obsessive desire to acquire as much Nick Cardy art as I can. It's just dumb luck that the pages were still moving around in the market after so long. https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=45919

I guess that would've been a different kind of ending.

The Nobody Wins story credits Tony DeZuniga as the inker. And that splash looks like DeZuniga inks, mainly in the figures. They have that Tom Palmer "scratchiness" look. But the backgrounds are pretty "blah". But I really don't see DeZuniga in that original art. I mean, maaaaybe. But I don't. And I'm not really a John Buscema fan but I think he would've come up with a more interesting layout for the last page of a story.

The USPS has the Postal Inspectors which is their law enforcement division. Maybe file a report with them. https://www.uspis.gov/ However, I'm sure they're more concerned about things like stolen retirement checks or smuggling than comic book art. But a police report is certainly useful for filing insurance claims or if the art does turn up.

Comes across as someone trying to justify their record breaking bid. Congrats !!!

The only thing that comes to mind is... if you watch Dueling Dealers with any regularity, you'll see some pieces (usually depicting Spider-Man) with a brick wall or similar in the background. Usually someone in the chat will exclaim "Bricks !!" Because I guess some people think it takes some extra work / talent to rule the lines for the bricks. It could also be the stones of a castle or whatever. Cobblestones will do if you're in a pinch. You get the idea. This is my favorite depiction of a brick wall, which I think is exceptional.

Those boards look like they came after Nestor Redondo passed. I mean Canson didn't start making comic art size paper with blue lines until 20 years ago or so. Also, I think those other art boards with blue line text at the bottom margin came after Redondo passed. The art is fully inked with no lettering so that's something that would've been generally rare in Redondo's time. It's super detailed lush art, definitely a labor of love. But I don't even think it's Nestor Redondo's style.

Years ago, I asked HA to stop sending catalogs to me. At the time, I couldn't find an opt-out, not sure if they even have one on HA.com. The catalogs take up so much room and weigh a ton. So much easier to just do a search and research on HA.com. MyTrackedLots is so much better to keep track of interests.

I can imagine the artist not wanting to do that. It would feel like doing the drawing a second time. Filling in the blacks is kind of "mindless" and I imagine the artist is basically doing the blacks as a courtesy.

I've mentioned this wish before and I don't think there's any money in this but... I hope that one day there will be some kind of process where you could re-pigmentize faded ink with some precision to restore the art without human intervention. Like with the precision of how a laser printer gets toner on paper. Although it's possible that the "restored" inks may not appear as good one would like.

These days, even if an artist totally inks a piece, they might tweak it digitally for publication any way. So there's not much of a difference any way. It's a chicken or egg thing. Not quite the same thing but there's the argument that says inks over blue lines (the published image) are better than the original pencils. There's all kinds of ways to justify to yourself that you're getting what you pay for.

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Maybe ask the inker.

Interesting point, "rid" maybe a poor word choice but OP is clearly a fan, otherwise he wouldn't be asking. It's kind of hard to separate a comic artist's work from the title/character that the artist worked on. At the other end of the spectrum, only commission a topic that the artist has never worked on ?

The sign reads: Will work for steel nibs

OP starts off referencing the convention that the artist will be attending. So networking, signing books, doing panels, etc. I assume the artist won't be doing any sketching at that event or selling art that was drawn at home. The artist has already explained that art tools (nibs) and materials (paper) are hard to replace. Totally understandable. I like a certain kind of keyboard for my PC (the classic Model M) and I have an extra one in "mint condition" for just in case.

If an artist doesn't want (or like) taking on commissions. I'm OK with that. But it seems like the artist took offense to being asked to take on a commission. That's different.

OP said "a commission is like the next best thing". A commission. Not the "artist" in question. And OP explained why a commission is like the next best thing. Because the artists no longer have pages. As someone mentioned above, "bullet dodged". Move on and don't look back.

A weird example of "forced perspective" if I ever saw one.

I'm waiting for AI + AutoCAD drawings on ebay.

ebay seller is nostalgicollectibles. Is that the same as Nostalgic Investments ? Their locations don't seem to line up, either.