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4 hours ago, D2 said:

LOL

absolutely hilarious. No one bought it for the mind-blowing storyline, is so true. His art is legendary. I loved his Savage Wolverine stint, looked amazing. Mediocre storyline, epic art.

The art people posted below highlights the problems too, even Joe Mad could have made those sequences better...

They took away the laugh emoji!

 

This deserved the laugh emoji

 

re: Savage Wolverine -- this is also how I felt about Ultimates 3; I really don't enjoy Jeph Loeb's writing in general, but I have the B&W HC with Mad's pencil artwork, and it's gorgeous.

So, newbie question about this Kieth Maxx cover

I was expecting it to go higher, as I had seen a piece listedn on CAT for $8k (admittedly, that one has Maxx + Julie + Gone)

Would you say this one went for $4k because it's only Maxx on it? does the pencil vs fully-painted affect the price negatively? (I personally like the contrast between the two more than a fully-painted cover, but that's personal preference), or did he right buyer just simply didn't pop up?

1 hour ago, D2 said:

 

Here's my thing with Joe Mad, as much as it pains me to say it, because I was a huge BC fan, which was miles ahead of what his X-Men art (even though I liked that too), I just hold a bit of a grudge against him now.

He bailed on BC at issue 9, which sucked, to pursue other ventures... whatever... but then he comes back, to milk his fan base with a game, and to tease issue 10, 11, and 12 to complete the series, and bails on that too...

Have to dish out refunds to people who bought in for those issues and he couldn't deliver.

 

And now he is, yet again, going back to the same well... 

 

Issue #10 is now coming out BUUUT not with Mad art, which kind of defeats the purpose (as everyone in the comments is making sure to let him know)

Posted earlier today to his IG:

“Here’s a peek at Battle Chasers #10 with art by @ludo_lullabi Every page is 🔥🔥🔥! This will be an oversized issue with 32 pages of action-packed story, no ads. BCNW backers will receive theirs, and it will be available in shops later this year. So yes, it’s happening! Thanks so much for the continued support over the years!”

https://www.instagram.com/p/CL9kWxAg0x0/?igshid=jk22ycs68w1t

I don’t have a big issue with coming back with the game; I backed it, played it, and enjoyed it. I’m not happy about no Joe Mad in BC #10 tho... nobody bought it because of the mind-blowing storyline, it’s all love for Joe Mad art

Back in 1999, I bought a lot of Pokémon cards as they came out and haven’t thought about them for a while. 
 

Apart from the Charizard holo (which I did get in a booster! Unfortunately it’s unlimited, not shadowless), are there any other iconic / sought-after cards in that set?

Any idea about the cover to Verigo’s Midnight, Mass #1? I couldn’t afford it a few years ago when it was up for sale at The Beguling, and I haven’t seen it pop up again since then 

20 minutes ago, followtheleader said:

I wish he'd continue BC, but I have zero faith in him now.

Patrick

Yeah, I wish so too. He's my #1 top artist, and wish we could get more of his work on a regular basis. That said, it was clear even from interviews his X-Men days that video games were his true passion. Can't blame the guy for pursuing his passion.

re: BC -- there was an update from Joe on June 2019 for Kickstarter backers saying that, in order to speed up new issues, Joe would draw some pages, but they'd be getting other artists to to do most of it. They got some negative feedback about that (mostly "we're here for Joe's art, not anyone else's". No idea what they ended up doing for this issue, but I'm sure we'll hear soon

He's CEO of Airship Syndicate, which is working on the Ruined King game mentioned above

@Crops068 -- if you didn't download your copy, maybe worth emailing them. I backed the Kickstarter and got mine. I loved the game, but I love both jRPGs-style games, Joe's art AND Battle Chasers.

Mad also just posted a teaser for BC #10 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CL7AS6GAcWD/?igshid=1m0jv7jjqur3v

There's a Darrow cover up for auction at Comic Link, ending tonight: https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fbids.asp&id=1457110

Stuart is a great guy. I originally discovered his art back in 2009, and bought five 11x14 commissions from him over two years; all still hanging in my home office. When I bought the last one, he raised his prices all the way up to $200, and I remember it seemed high at the time!

He does live chat / auctions on IG too. Some great work in there.

BTW, I 100% agree with the Sienkiewicz influence. I'm pretty shocked he'd disagree