100% Chapter 6 page 16

First of all, the page is fantastic! Coupled with the shipping story and the mental ability to annihilate the CAF character limit, the adventure only makes it that much greater. Love that you took a picture of the other box. That's not a flat rectangle! Glad this page arrived safely though and curious as to if it ordered brisket or ribs. 

Crazy story! Shipping is always the most nerve-wracking part! This page is amazing. 100% is truly a masterwork of the medium. Daisy's anger and emotion expressed so perfectly here. Wow!

What a stpry man!!!!!! Overhelmed! That first panel worths anything!

So the main takeaways I'm getting from this full extended story (I encourage TLDR readers to cancel any planned meetings and carve out the time!) is Slurpees and Jizz. Pretty accurate? ;-p - damn dude, that is some crazy shipping ordeal, glad it finally worked out for you - that's a lot of work after doing the hard part of making the art deal and paying for it (well, usually the hard part). It is an incredible 100% page, joining your many others! congrats.

WOW! Glad this excelent Pope piece made it to you.

I think is a very nice pope art

Nice work! But damn, you talk too much. You should be more like me, a man of few words.

What a headache. It is enough to make you throw your arms up in despair and say, “that is it with me and original comic art; I am done; it is not worth all that aggravation”. And then a little down the line out of the woodwork appears that “must have” item you have always hoped would become available. I have been there, although it has usually been contesting dubious authenticity of works and it has never been as time- and energy-consuming as your debacle which seems can be laid squarely at the feet of FedEx for issuing duplicate identical reg numbers. Who could believe such a well-organised multi-national company could make such a basic mistake … Last week FedEx sent me an invoice for an overdue three-figure customs payment and threatened legal action if I did not settle it in seven days. They used to send items out before customs payments were remitted but have not done so for years (probable after being burned too many times) and they did not bank on accusing someone who hardly ever deletes any emails. I could pull up the email I sent to them back in January with evidence I had paid the charge and also their reply in which they acknowledge receipt and will release the item for delivery. I sent this info off to FedEx and within a few hours they state that the invoice has now been cancelled. No apology, no admission of error. They must think I am some big-shot lawyer (I am not) who if I caught them saying “we’re sorry” would hit them with a million-dollar lawsuit for the initial harassment. If companies like that behave the way they do is it any wonder that when you make what you think is an innocuous ironic comment, then someone misunderstands it and proceeds to abuse you on a public forum before you politely respond that they have misunderstood and then they go silent and delete all the offending public messages. When did this abandonment of basic civilised behaviour start? It is getting worse and worse. FedEx are probably going to read this and get Ace Ventura (see the intro of the first Ace Ventura movie) to deliver my next FedEx package. Sorry for what happened and I hope you think the artwork was worth all the hassle.

I have bought and probably read all of Paul Pope’s mini-series for DC/Vertigo and although I enjoyed them I would not call myself a “Popehead” (I am quite proud of that neologism I made up and which I have not seen anyone else use before) and have never felt the urge to own any artwork from them, which is just as well as they are out of my price range. That’s a great page with frenetic energy and it makes me want to dig out my copies of 100% and remind myself of why you might be so fanatical about it. I give special credit to Paul Pope because in a live Felix Comic Art chat he was a surprise guest and when I brought up the subject of Richard Corben (this was before he passed away) Paul said, “Corben is a god of comics and has a seat at the table of the true masters” which is enough for me to give Paul a permanent hall pass. Thanks for taking the time to type up that full account of your troubles.

Thanks for sharing. It was Fedex this time for me. Next time it could be UPS or Canada Post. Big corporations. Within the corporations there are people that care and do their job properly and there are those that don't and mistakes happen.  In the grand scheme of things like life and health. These are not really important problems so I try not to get upset about them. It is part of every collectors journey.  I am waiting for them to bill me the brokerage fees for doing nothing. 

Thank you for your reply. That is a good philosophy to live by but nothing less than I would expect from one of the voices of reason and experience on CAF. When the few spoil it for the many it is easy to lose sight of the fact that the majority of people act respectfully and work conscientiously. I hope Felix will forgive me for constantly bringing him up again but when someone keeps drawing a blank at his heavily-contested drops it is easy to get discouraged, but when that same person finally lands a page or pages that speak directly to them then all those disappointments fade away, so if you feel towards the Paul Pope page the way I feel about the Seth Fisher pages I acquired from Felix (and you will know why I refer to them specifically) then I have no problem understanding how you would willingly (if not happily) undergo what you did to get it and consider it part of the process/journey. Thank you.

A picture is worth a thousand words, so you could of saved time by cutting the piece in half and posting. 

I wonder if the first page contained 44 pounds of art. Hmmmm....

I think you need to put together the whole book.

What a remarkably special Paul Pope piece, Jeff...as always for you. The energy explodes off that top panel - Pope clearly loved what he was doing in this story and put everything he had into it. A world-class addition to your collection!

Great page, but your 'additional image' scan of the tracking journey may be among the most entertaining thing to look at in all of ComicArtFans

I blame the sender of course. Imagine if he did this for a living! ??

Great page and I'm glad this story had a happy ending, Jeff.

Energetic composition and gotta love those uniquely wispy Pope brush strokes!  Congrats!