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Defenders prelim, from Jonathan Mueller (yet again!)

Artist: Kevin Nowlan (Penciller)

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Defenders prelim, from Jonathan Mueller (yet again!) Comic Art

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Title:	Defenders prelim, from Jonathan Mueller (yet again!)
Artist:	Kevin Nowlan (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pencil
Art Type:	Prelim
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	926
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	7
Added to Site:	1/30/2012
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Another very generous gift from my buddy and bro Jonathan Mueller. Not enough that he’s a true and loyal friend who’s done me countless favors. He keeps giving me free art as well. Then again, I don’t know why I’m so surprised. Considering the fact that he gave me a piece on the very day we met (see the Buzz MJ/Spidey piece also in this gallery). I mean, honestly, who gives free art to a complete stranger????? If his bank account was the same size as his heart, he’d have one of the biggest art collections in the hobby!

Anyway, when I saw this prelim to my Nowlan Defenders piece on ebay, I knew I had to have it. I had already picked up two smaller roughs for the same piece directly from Kevin a couple of years ago, during which he and I had a very interesting discussion about trying to keep all prelims together with their finished counterparts. He and I really saw eye to eye on this and ever since then I’ve tried to keep true to that principle. So when this prelim popped up, that was the first thing I thought about.

Of course it had to be a paypal auction, and as I have yet to get my own account, I asked Jon to bid and just let me know what the final price was so I could reimburse him. Jon being Jon, he did as he’s usually done in the past – forget to bid on the auction, and then contact the seller afterwards to see if he could still buy it. (In this case, that turned out to be fellow CAF member Sean Wasielewski.) Sometimes that would actually work in his favor and the seller would give it to him for a lower price than the auction (which, of course, made up for him forgetting to bid, LOL). Not sure what he ended up getting this piece for, but it turned out to be a moot point as once again he refused to let me reimburse him and simply gave the piece to me as a gift. AGAIN!!!!!

Thank you my friend, you are one in a million (or maybe that should be BILLION)!

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Andrew Van Embden
Member Since 2006

Posted on 1/30/2012

Congratulations Eric, these are very nice sketches from Kevin Nowlan, courtesy of your great friend Jonathan.

Jonathan Mueller
Member Since 2005

Posted on 1/30/2012

Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas buddy! Glad I could get you something from one of your favorite artists and doubley glad that it was a prelim for which you already owned the finished piece! ;)

Ross T. L.
Member Since 2004

Posted on 1/31/2012

When art is good it's good! Amazing how much energy an artist can convey in just a prelim such as this. Cool gift too. Congrats Eric, you deserve it!!!

Mike W
Member Since 2007

Posted on 1/31/2012

An amazing piece and an even more amazing story!! Congratulations, my friend!! You deserve it!!!

T Shen
Member Since 2009

Posted on 2/2/2012

Very cool of you Jonathan and congrats Eric! I love seeing the prelims to finished art.

- Artemaria
Member Since 2007

Posted on 2/4/2012

While I like pieces like this because they give great insights into the creative process ---- and I especially like pieces like this when they are done by artists like Kevin Nowlan and you can see just how solid the foundation for his art really is ---- what I like most of all is your story. You've mentioned many times about how great a friend that Jonathan Mueller is and it is great to see wonderful friendships in this hobby. Congratulations!

E DLS
Member Since 2005

Posted on 2/5/2012

- Artemaria wrote:

This coming from a person who is turning out to be one of the nicest guys I've never met. Still looking forward to the day I can shake your hand buddy! Thanks not only for all your very kind comments on my artwork, but for your continued friendship and support.

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