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I’m just questioning the 9.8 grade by CGC. 

I came across this comic book on Heritage. It's graded as 9.8.

I know very little about grading but that cover does not look like a 9.8 cover. Any thoughts on why it was graded so high? 

Thank you.

Bill

Not sure if you know this but there is a really nice page here.   https://www.essentialsequential.com/LeeWeeks

Lee Weeks

Ron Garney

A quick search of CAF:

https://www.comicartfans.com/Classifiedssearchresult.asp?PM=1&txtSearch=john+byrne

I see alot on ComicArtTracker as well.

I've noticed a lot of "art" being sold that is hand colored over a copy of another collectors commisioned art. It bothers me. Not sure why but it doesn't seem right. What are your thoughts?

I just came across this thread and wondered if Rudy was still taking commissions? I know it’s been some time since this was posted but thought I would ask.

8 hours ago, Ironmandrd said:

FWIW, if the price was agreeable and I liked what I saw in the 8 pages I would have taken the risk --after getting an email from the seller that the other pages were of similar quality (ie, no half finished pages etc.) and that if there are material condition issues to any of the pages that I could return them all (and I likely also would have asked for scans of any other splashes and the endpage).

8 hours ago, Ironmandrd said:

FWIW, if the price was agreeable and I liked what I saw in the 8 pages I would have taken the risk --after getting an email from the seller that the other pages were of similar quality (ie, no half finished pages etc.) and that if there are material condition issues to any of the pages that I could return them all (and I likely also would have asked for scans of any other splashes and the endpage).

I hear what you are saying but his response was rude. He wrote that the possibility of me seeing the other pages “was not going to happen.”

22 hours ago, Shemp said:

This. He thinks your a scan collector. I've seen it before. 

I agree, but that is the chance you take if you are trying to sell 7k of unseen art. 

20 hours ago, Rick2you2 said:

Cranky guy. And, a lousy businessman. Doesn’t he know a picture is worth a 1,000 words?

Unless the book was great and the price was cheap to you, or if you really had to have it, move on.

The book was unpublished. There was no way to see the art. 

33 minutes ago, namisgr said:

Don't buy from him and move on?  

Absolutely moving on. I just thought his response was unreal.

42 minutes ago, Rick2you2 said:

Was it all from a single published source? Not an excuse, but that may have been his reasoning.

It was unpublished pages of Dracula. 

SONNY TRINIDAD An unpublished, complete, 27 page story, entitled "CALL OF DRACULA

Emory Sena
P.O. Box 13720
Tucson, AZ 85732

www.emorysmemories.com

Just had a rude email exchange with someone called Emory Sena. He was selling 27 page of art but showed only 4 pages on his site. He told me the price and I asked to see the other 23 pages. I was seriously thinking about buying the set. This was his response.

Any art cons coming to Chicago?

Out of my league but I thought I would ask. How much do you think this John Byrne cover will go for?

http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FPREVIEW%2EASP%3Fcode%3D2018aug%26itemtype%3D1%23Item%5F1270155&id=1270155&itemType=1

This is an image I found (I think CAF) that is suppose to be Mick Austin. The signature look really different.

Thanks Get. 

Thank you Bird. I pretty sure you are right. The reason I'm not sure is because the images I've seen on line have a different looking signature. Not that I've found a lot of his work. I appreciate the help thought.

Does anyone know who the artist is for this piece? Pretty sure it's UK art. 

The Hulk battles the Abomination by Pablo Marcos 

After some back and forth Pablo created this incredible piece of art for me. I sent Pablo a rough made up of drawings and sketches by John Buscema (my new favorite artist) and this what he created.

On 4/3/2018 at 5:08 AM, ESeffinga said:

Just out of curiosity to the OP, are you art directing this thing, or are you letting the artist be the artist? I'm seeing terms like "commission" and "sketch" thrown around in here and I'm trying to make sure I'm on the same page as everyone else.

What Brian posted is what I would consider a finished commissioned drawing. It may not be totally polished to the level of say, publication ready work, but it could be published (I've seen worse in print), and it's had a lot of work put into it. Every artist has their own working methods (search here for some recent conversation about Chaykin commissions for instance ) I have no firsthand knowledge of how Marcos works.

But it's not uncommon for an artist to do rough sketches for approval, before committing the time to do the final drawn commission. It really is up to the commissioner to discuss with the artist exactly what the scope of work will be and what the price is, reflective of that.

Some artists might charge you $500 for a full figure drawing of the character of your choice, and allow no more input from the customer than that. For that $500, some guys will give you full rendered work, and some won't. The level of detail and polish applied is usually reflected in that artist's prices, which are generally as much as it typically commands. Guys that ask "too much" typically don't do many commissions, and guys that ask "too little" are often swamped and way behind on getting their commissions done (this is separate from inconsiderate artists who also are way behind on commissions, but for different reasons).

Some artists like to provide the commissioner a few options of possible rough compositions to choose from before they start working on that final drawing that's going to take them hours to complete. Some don't, and you get what you get.

Some collectors are very "hands on". They want a variety of options in the rough stages, and then don't liek those and demand more roughs be done. Some like to micromanage as the work progesses and want the artist to move an arm, change the hair, add detial here or there, etc. These hands on people are what artists would call something-I-can't-post-here-without-it-being-censored-by-the-site.

Some folks trust the artists they commission to do "their" work. i.e. they love an artists' version of Batman, and that artist has always drawn Batman without the fan's input before, so they leave him to do what he does best, he does his version of Batman. Sometimes the results are good. Sometimes they are outstanding. Sometimes a guy will get a commission and maybe feel let down. It is a bit of a gamble, asking someone to create a piece of work without knowing exactly what you'll get back.

For the folks that are very "hands on", riding the artist over details and compositional choices, they may get back exactly what they want in their commission, but A) many artists will tell you these are NOT representative of thier best work, and B) word gets around about the person commissioning certain types of pieces being a huge pain in the Batman to work with. It's not uncommon for folks to turn down doing commissions for these individuals.

So that all said, is it possible Marcos is just sending you roughs because he is trying to pin you down on what you are asking for before he puts in a ton of work on the drawing?

-e.

 

 

 

Thanks ESeffinga. I appreciate the detailed response. I'm pretty experienced working with creatives. I'm still working with Pablo. Once it's finished I'll post the roughs (sketches) tight pencils and then the final art. 

Attached are his rates.

Thank you Brian. I appreciate the response. I’m following him on Facebook and he has done some amazing art. We’ve gone back and forth on a few sketches so far and I havent received a sketch that reflects the art you posted. I requested a hulk and abomination commission and his fee is on the high end. I thought it would be a slam dunk. We’ll see how it turns out.

Has anyone recently asked Pablo Marcos to do a commission for them? If so, can you tell me how your experience was? He's incredibly talented and I love his art. I've asked him to create something for me and he sent a very rough sketch. It makes me a little nervous after seeing the sketch. I mean to say this with as much respect as possible, I know he's older but I wonder what type of work he is creating now?