Enrico Salvini ITALY
Member Since March 2005
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Silver Surfer

Location: MY COLLECTION - Commissions
Artist: Gene Colan (Penciller)

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Artwork Details
Location: MY COLLECTION - Commissions
Title: Silver Surfer
Artist:  Gene Colan (Penciller)
Media Type: Pencil
Art Type: Commission
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 1456
Likes on CAF: 1
Comments: 5
Added to Site: 11/27/2006

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Description
San Diego 2000.
I went to Mr.Colan's table pretty early to get on his sketch list and he was already there drawing at full steam, of course with his lovely wife Adrienne at his side taking care of the list: she asked what I would like him to draw for me and I went for Silver Surfer.
When I got back about one hour before closing time, he was still drawing like possessed, but would take a little break every once in a while to exchange some words with the fans who were at the table watching him work his pencil magic, only to be affectionately reprimanded by Mrs.Colan with a “Gene, stop talking: the line is still long”, which would get a slight roll of eyes out of him and a chuckle out of the little crowd.
It’s fun to see interaction of this kind between (with all due respect) old couples, and it totally reminded me of my grandparents on my father’s side. Goes with it, I love the Colans.

Adrienne left us in 2010. Gene just left us as I'm updating this. We're all a little poorer.

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Member Since: March 2005
Last Login: April 2026
Country: ITALY
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Uwe K. Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 11/28/2006

Great piece. Well worth waiting for!
Craig Rogers Member Since 2004
1    
Posted On 1/19/2009

Very nice! You don't see Gene draw the surfer very often!
Mike Pascale Member Since 2004
1    
Posted On 6/24/2011

Wow, Enrico, I cannot believe I never saw this before. Just gorgeous...Like most of Gene's work, you can tell there's just as much passion and thought in the background as in the main figure. With Gene it's all about the overall composition and effect, not just one detail. Thanks for your kind words about him and Adrienne. I couldn't agree more...I miss them both so much. But they live on in work like this!
Richard Martines Member Since 2004
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Posted On 6/24/2011

This is so inspired. Thanks for posting.
Andy Robbins Member Since 2003
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Posted On 7/1/2020

Whoa - great piece and a great choice amongst all the Caps, DDs, Black Widows...