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Veitch Adam Strange

Artist: Rick Veitch (All)

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Title:	Veitch Adam Strange
Artist:	Rick Veitch (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	508
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	5/6/2013
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Description

So, 12 years ago, I purchased a commission of Adam Strange from the great Rick Veitch, who drew the character in my favorite of his Swamp Thing collaborations with Alan Moore. Unfortunately, it was stolen, along with a few other pieces of my art, my entire comics collection (which was subsequently recovered) and lots of other stuff. A few months ago, a page from that Swamp Thing story became available for sale from an original art dealer, so I wrote to inquire about it, asking if the dealer would consider a particular page from my collection to defray part of the cost of purchase. I got a short reply asking what I thought the page I was offering was worth, to which I responded...and I never heard from the dealer again. Subsequent e-mails were never returned. I don't know if I insulted the dealer so horribly that a response couldn't even be dignified or what, but I would've thought at least the face that I'd expressed interest in making a purchase would've merited some kind of counter e-mail or something...But no. Anyway, after feeling foiled for a few days, I decided to skip the middle-man and go right to the source, so I contacted Mr. Veitch again, and asked for a re-creation of my favorite panel from the page. And I could not be happier with what I received than if I had the original itself. I love it. (By the way, as I write this, the original page is still listed for sale on the dealer's website. We coulda worked something out, but oh well...)

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	Adam Beechen
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Last Login:	May 2025
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F M
Member Since 2005

Posted on 5/6/2013

Glad you could find some deserved satisfaction out of a displeasing situation. Sadly being polite does not seem to be mandatory in our hobby, too often quite the opposite ;)

Adam Beechen
Member Since 2008

Posted on 5/6/2013

F M wrote:

Glad you could find some deserved satisfaction out of a displeasing situation. Sadly being polite does not seem to be mandatory in our hobby, too often quite the opposite ;)

One of the beauties of our times us that we have much more direct access to some of the creators of our favorite works than ever before, so commissions such as these can be obtained. If you're the type of collector whose idea of "value" goes beyond monetary worth to personal enjoyment, and you're okay with a commission instead of an original, the hobby can still be a blast. For me, having the occasional chance to interact with the artist is amazing. I had a great time chatting with Michael Netzer while he was working on a commission I'd ordered from him, for example!

Mario B.
Member Since 2004

Posted on 7/8/2013

wooooooooooooooow,..damned good artwork....

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