Blastaar

Very nice. Will you be framing? 

Keith Giffen does an outstanding job. 

1 hour ago, vodou said:

 

So in the case of the TMNT piece you have 3 artist signing off on it (Kirby, Eastman, Thibodeaux). Would be hard to imagine that he didn't work on it...right?

1 hour ago, vodou said:

According to some, Jack very best work was the same week he passed. YMMV

I'm not in the know....whatchutalkin about?

On 2/13/2020 at 8:57 AM, Turtle said:

Jack Kirby's work is the link that prompted the Eastman/Laird partnership which ultimately led to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  I'd have considered asking him for a Ninja Turtle, but I'm a very lucky individual.

Since that box is checked, I'd have to go with Thing fighting Dr. Doom.

This is Fantastic! I was under the impression that his work began to suffer in the late 80's, but this being 92' shows that he was as impressive as ever. 

On 2/7/2020 at 8:37 PM, delekkerste said:

 

Just as there is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, allow me to present...

                            

So, now you know!

 

7 minutes ago, NC101 said:

Anyone know what the resulting Byrne piece was?

The Thing sitting on a toilet with a sign hanging on the wall that said "Patience is a Virtue Mr Grimm". 

On 10/10/2019 at 1:10 PM, davidtere said:

 

A DPS from DC Comics 1st issue Special # 5. From the same chap that Mr. GlendGold doesn't recall his name (that was my morning chuckle...thanks Glen)

So much Kirby! When people doubt his place on the top artist of all time it's images like this that I pull up. Just in a class by himself. 

3 hours ago, thethedew said:

I have an excellent example of that, happened just last year.  Will probably be posting about it soon.

You can’t just post that and leave us hanging....

I would love to see some of the Tim Vigil commissions from the 90s where he would “add on” to any character he was tired of drawing. 

12 hours ago, Michael (OML)1 said:

Been awhile but I'm back with a brand new One Minute Later -- 15+ years of my OML theme and still going strong...art by Ransom Getty

 

 

Can you provide a link to your OML gallery

Fantastic page! Congrats! 

2 hours ago, tth2 said:

Sorry, didn't mean to give the impression I was coming down on one side or the other, not knowing the story from both sides.  I just thought the resulting piece was funny.

I changed the last sentence of my post to "Anyways, there's a long history in fine art of artists building insults into pieces they created for patrons they perceived to be difficult", so as not to indicate that I believed you were being difficult.

What was interesting about this situation was the supposed “Big Bad Byrne” heard about this and offered up a commission at no charge.  

3 hours ago, alxjhnsn said:

The relisting can be seen here. The original "sale" here. The seller is the same in both cases.

Is Rom collected in an Omnibus or TPB?

This thread is beating a dead horse so I will close it out with this. I’m glad and grateful for this community. It has really helped me navigate this new passion and hobby. Learn something every week and this week was no different.  Nice to hear different prospectives.  And the main reason I didn’t provide his name was because I wasn’t sure if I was in the right or wrong. My concern was not being able to move pass the interaction and still appreciate his work. That’s just silly, Pearl Jam is my favorite band and they really don’t understand how politics work. I guess I can look pass this interaction and learn from it. 

30 minutes ago, JadeGiant said:

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 

 

He called me high maintenance and was curt with me. I have feelings, I’m not a vending machine. That was my main issue. Not the refusal to jump on the phone. And to be clear my exact words were would it be ok to jump on a call?  

And no I didn’t say that....I went straight for the “Well I slept with your wife!”. 

Neal 

Grell

Marat

Hoffman

Nord

Saviuk 

Lieber

Lopresti

Johhny Desjardins

Stroman

Freddie Williams

Byrne

Have all been solid dudes that I enjoy interacting with. 

2 minutes ago, dichotomy said:

If you had fun doing it and it coincides with something I like then this would be an epic win - vs the complete uncertainty of a commission and whether it even gets done or not at the con. 

As mentioned earlier Stroman does this now and he seems to be doing well with it. I think commissions were piling up on him for a time and he needed to try a different approach. 

The thing is his art is not "Great", he just has a way with pencils that's unique to him. Plus he is a great guy who loves his fans! Here is a simple Ghost Rider I just got. 

4 minutes ago, comix4fun said:

If you'd like a palette cleanser to restart your commission engine I suggest working with Kevin Nowlan. 

He'll treat you like an Editor and Chief from the Big Two, and make sure you're both on the same page and happy. 

He's polite, professional, and overly concerned with making sure the commissioner is happy and gets exactly what they want. He was so much so like this with me that several times I kept telling him he knew far more than I did about what makes a commission special and well done. 

He was also the clearest communicator of anyone I've ever worked with. 

While we are throwing out plugs Cary Nord is taking commissions for the next week and he is a STUD. 

1 minute ago, stinkininkin said:

I don't think the OP went too far, as I indicated in my post. Its just not how I want to handle commissions at this point. Taking it further, I'm considering starting out the convention season by not taking commissions per se, but rather just doing cool drawings when I have spare time and offering them up when on a first come first serve basis when I hit shows.  Would anyone be up for that, or does the personal customization aspect of commissions trump getting a good representative example of an artists work?

I'll give you call. 

1 minute ago, Unstoppablejayd said:

This... and I would also note @stinkininkin is one of the nicest easy to deal with guys I have some across... whether buying or meeting .. so MAYBE OP went a bit to far..

You son of a gun I thought we were bros! That's the last 5% discount I give you! 

1 minute ago, stinkininkin said:

Gotta admit, if I'm asked to take a phone call for art direction on a commission, I'd probably bail. Not saying your request is unreasonable, but I really just need commissions to be as easy as humanly possible.

 

I get that...but if I'm handing over $700 and the participant is not fully understanding what I am looking for i'd rather clear it up before he gets started. It was one of his covers and I was asking for several modifications that would make it special to me....without those changes it would not be what I was going for. Again...probably a blessing for both of us but a quick phone call and he would have money in his pocket. 

1 minute ago, seanfingh said:

You are trying to engage his services. He felt like you were too high maintenance, probably causing his spider-sense to tingle as a result of wanting to talk about a commission on the phone. painters, plumbers, lawyers and professionals from all walks of life respond similarly every day. There are lots of people who want to be left alone to do their work and there are lots of people who want to be involved from start to finish when they are paying for something.  When those two get together, aborting before it gets off the ground is beautiful for both parties.  I support this type of communication - it avoids unrealized expectations. It may have been brusque, but it was likely a blessing for you both. 

Let's chat more about this. I'll give you a quick call.