WW Chicago and my collection

[Darrell F]

Well this was my first big con and I went in with hope of building my OA collection. Here is some of what I was able to grab.

[Darrell F]

Batman head sketch by Tommy Castillo.

 

[Darrell F]

Green Arrow head sketch by Ande Parks

 

[Darrell F]

Here are two head sketches by my favorite artist, Phil Hester. Phil did the Spider-Man for my 6 year old nephew. I give him all of my Spider-Man comics after I read them and he loves them. He does not touch the books when I am not around and everytime I come over, he grabs his short box and brings it out so we can flip through some issues.

 

 

and a Green Arrow for me.

 

[Darrell F]

I have been talking to Phil for some time now about getting a commission done and about a month ago, I decided what I wanted. I told him that I would like Nightwing fighting Deathstroke and each of them using their staff weapons. This is the end result and I am very happy with it. I got to see the pencil version before Ande Parks inked it and hope to have those pictures up tonight as well.

 

[Darrell F]

Next I stopped by the booth of some Indie artist and got a Batman and Superman sketch. These are probably my least favorite pieces but they still have a home in my collection.

 

Superman by Terry Huddleston

 

 

Batman by Chad Fuller

 

[Darrell F]

Since I am a DC fanboy and rarely buy anything from other companies, I am not all that familiar with the work of the Fraim brothers but they had some nice pre-drawn work. I grabbed two pieces and am very happy with them.

 

Batman

 

 

and Green Arrow

 

[Darrell F]

One of my favorite moments from the entire convention was watching Andy Lee paint. His work is beautiful and he paints faster than most people can draw. I think it took him less than 4 minutes to draw this piece. He did some great work this past weekend but of all i saw, this is my favorite thing he did.

 

Green Arrow by Andy Lee

 

[Darrell F]

Some of you may remember me asking for the contact info for Doug Mahnke a while back. I never got that but I did find his inker, Tom Nguyen, at Chicago and managed to get a few pieces from the Batman Under the Hood series

 

Batman 637, page 18

 

 

Batman 647, page 18

 

[Darrell F]

That is all until I get the photos of the pencilled commission up. I had a blast at the con and cannot wait for my next one.

[skinny_white_boy]

Great stuff D

[Anfield Fox]

I have been talking to Phil for some time now about getting a commission done and about a month ago, I decided what I wanted. I told him that I would like Nightwing fighting Deathstroke and each of them using their staff weapons. This is the end result and I am very happy with it. I got to see the pencil version before Ande Parks inked it and hope to have those pictures up tonight as well.

 

 

Wow thanks for pointing me to this thread. I love love love this one! Oh and the Spidey isn't bad. I went through an OA "phase" a few years ago but now im thinking

 

Great stuff!

[chrisco37]

Great start to your collection. Congrats! Love the Andy Lee GA. He's the man. I always try to pick up something from him.

[jonjesper]

I have been talking to Phil for some time now about getting a commission done and about a month ago, I decided what I wanted. I told him that I would like Nightwing fighting Deathstroke and each of them using their staff weapons. This is the end result and I am very happy with it. I got to see the pencil version before Ande Parks inked it and hope to have those pictures up tonight as well.

 

 

 

Awesome Stuff Darrell! So nice to see the Hester commission piece, I have been waiting for awhile!!!

[Durden08]

Your Andy Lee Green Arrow is the best of the bunch (although they're all very nice) Impressive haul from the convention.

[Darrell F]

I love love love this one! Oh and the Spidey isn't bad.

 

You can't compare the commission to the Spidey. The Spidey was a 2 minute sketch. I really love the commission though.

[Darrell F]

Great start to your collection. Congrats! Love the Andy Lee GA. He's the man. I always try to pick up something from him.

He is on the list for Dragon Con here in Atlanta next month and I plan to get another piece from him.

[Darrell F]

I have been talking to Phil for some time now about getting a commission done and about a month ago, I decided what I wanted. I told him that I would like Nightwing fighting Deathstroke and each of them using their staff weapons. This is the end result and I am very happy with it. I got to see the pencil version before Ande Parks inked it and hope to have those pictures up tonight as well.

 

 

 

Awesome Stuff Darrell! So nice to see the Hester commission piece, I have been waiting for awhile!!!

 

It took some time for me to decide what I wanted. You should post your Deathstroke piece.

[Anfield Fox]

I love love love this one! Oh and the Spidey isn't bad.

 

You can't compare the commission to the Spidey. The Spidey was a 2 minute sketch. I really love the commission though.

 

I said i liked the Spidey

[Darrell F]

I love love love this one! Oh and the Spidey isn't bad.

 

You can't compare the commission to the Spidey. The Spidey was a 2 minute sketch. I really love the commission though.

 

I said i liked the Spidey

Yes but I said that the Spidey wasn't in the same category as the other one. I like all of them. Well I could do without the two by the Indie artist.