The Dark Knight

After posting 5 consecutive Steve Mannion pieces over the past several days, some of you are probably getting a little sick and tired of me going on and on about how great of an artist this guy is. Well, after 4 tries, I think I’ve finally found a piece that can speak for itself – a truly stunning Batman portrait rendered entirely in pencil. This is the final piece of Mannion art that I picked up from SuperCon 2008, but this one didn’t come from Steve. Well, not directly anyway. Actually, it was courtesy of another Steve.

I just happened to be sitting at Steve’s table when Steve Morger came by to pick up his submissions for the SuperCon Art Auction. Now I thought I had already gone through all of Steve’s stuff and grabbed the pick of the liter, so imagine my surprise when he handed Morger this small stash of art for the auction. I watched intently as Steve (Morger) flipped through each piece one at a time and when he got to this Batman piece, I casually reached out my hand and very politely asked Steve if I could take a quick look at it. Of course as calm as I may have appeared on the outside, on the inside I was screaming HOLY @#$%!!!!!

While I desperately wanted to add this piece to the stack that Steve (Mannion) was already holding for me, I knew he had done it especially for the auction, so there was really only one way that I was ever going to get my hands on this. Unfortunately, the auction was being held on Sunday and I was only going to be there Saturday. Luckily my buddy Jonathan reminded me that I would probably be able to place a proxy bid with Morger in my absence. Luckier still, the bid that I did end up placing actually held up.

So, my sincere thanks to Steve and Steve! Err, I mean Steve M. and Steve M. (waitaminute, that doesn’t work either). Okay, here we go, thanks to Steve MANNION and Steve MORGER! Whew! And of course my buddy Jonathan for reminding me that there WAS a way! Thanks pal, what would I do without ‘cha?