Benedict Judas Hel

2 hours ago, Blastaar said:

Whatever came of the Arthur Suydam commission? Did you get an apology from him or an “I owe U”?

No, I only got an apology from his agent, Renee, who was the only person I ever had any communications with.

35 minutes ago, BuraddoRun said:

I guess I should try and scan my OA and get it up on CAF soon as well. I don't have a big enough scanner! But thankfully, I live close to a FedEx copy center.

I just use my iPhone to take my CAF pics.  Nothing fancy but it suffices.

Thanks for the heads up, Will!  I’ll definitely be taking a look around.

1 hour ago, BuraddoRun said:

Oh, NICE!!!

Thanks again!  Feel free to peruse my CAF Vega gallery for my commission collection to date:

https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=203318

I got in an 11” x 17” Vega commission by Andy Smith today:

14 hours ago, BuraddoRun said:

Nice! Vega is my favorite Street Fighter character! Here's a 3.5" x 2.5" commissioned trading card in the vein of a Garbage Pail Kids card, by Brent Engstrom.

 

Thanks!  Vega is also my favorite Street Fighter character and my go to choice in the arcades (when they existed) in the 80's and 90's.

That's a very cool commission you got yourself!  I'd love to get a Garbage Pail Kids commission from the original artist of the series someday (as well as my other favorite commission subject, The Baroness).

I have no “grail” to speak of in original comic art.  While I’d love a Ditko Spider villain page, or a John Romita Sr. one or a Todd McFarlane, I can easily live without them (and the price to acquire them).

Thankfully, I also set up some strict rules for myself when it comes to purchasing comic art (content, price, panel size) so I don’t feel the need to impulse buy certain pieces that become available and can save my available funds when a piece that fits my criteria becomes available.

I have no interest in unpublished comic pages or prelim pages.  They are nice to look at and can be interesting, but they are not something I seek for my personal collection.

And the commissions keep rolling in!  I got in this 11” x 14” Baroness commission by Greg Petre (a.k.a. Greg + Fake) today:

I got in an 8 1/2” x 11” Baroness commission by Derek Laufman:

I got in an 8” x 10” Vega commission by Jeff Victor:

I’ve graduated from D-list Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe villains to a C-list one with the addition of The Asp to my collection:

As she appears in issue #1 page 37:

1 hour ago, Nuttzo said:

It was my first toy I can remember specifically asking for as a kid. I was hunting for the toy, but then decided on getting the commission done instead.

Hey, you can’t go wrong with the toy or that commission.  Congratulations!

8 minutes ago, AndyFish said:

That is gorgeous-- it's a shame it was damaged, would framing it help?

It definitely looks awesome.  I love horror art and combined with my 2 favorite commission subjects, it was bound to shoot up to the top of my favorites list.

I sure hope that framing will help.  I will leave it to the professionals to do the best they can.  I sure as hell know I don’t trust myself to attempt anything!

2 hours ago, Nuttzo said:

Tone Rodriguez commission 

Warduke 11x17

Now, that looks awesome!  I loved Warduke and he was one of my favorite childhood toys.  So much so that I reacquired another toy for my collection...

Good luck on the sale!  Had a great purchasing experience with you before and wish you the best...

7 minutes ago, Unstoppablejayd said:

This sucks... I would be livid and opening a paypal case immediately. I am sorry this happened. 

Thanks.  I told Renee other collectors would not be as forgiving as I was if they received a commissioned piece in this condition.

It does suck that the piece arrived with this gigantic crease and I am disappointed but I’m hoping that when I get around to framing this piece, my framer will be able to minimize the crease or possible even eliminate it.

1 hour ago, AnkurJ said:

I am guessing its his rep who shipped it. She should know better as well. Its sad how often we see this happen. 

I don’t think she shipped it.  I never had any contact with Arthur, only her (Renee).  When I e-mailed her about it and suggested to her that Arthur may want to package any future art better, she said she would pass it on to him.  She went on to offer me advice on “steaming” the piece to possibly minimize the crease.  Below is how the crease looked when it arrived:

1 hour ago, PhilipB2k17 said:

No “pencils only” art, huh? This is the only way you can buy “Lady Mechanika” published story pages by Joe Benitez:

Then I guess it is fortunate for me that I don’t collect Lady Mechanika published story pages.  They look cool though!

1) Excessive damage to the art

2) Signatures within the artwork (no problem outside the panel borders but I dislike them inside the actual artwork itself)

3) Pencil only pieces (I’m an inked pieces only collector)

4) DC Comic Art (no knock on DC artists/art but I grew up reading Marvel Comics only so that is the only art I am interested in collecting)

I got in a 7” x 10” Baroness commission by Jeremy Treece:

Congratulations on getting what you wanted.

I look for large art and overall appeal.  I don’t have disposable income for premiere pieces so I have to usually choose interior pages with large “splashy” panels over official splash pages and covers.

That being said, I would choose the DD splash page over the interior page.  The Pin up would be last.  Personally, I love text, speech bubbles, trade titles on original art.  It makes it sink in to me that it is “official” comic art.  I adore the marriage of large art and text on a comic page.

I just picked up my framed Masters of Evil cover art from the framers today: