3 - Posted on 8/29/2025

nice Grell pencils! A 13 year wait to share this though eh? 2012 is the same year Colorado legalized weed, so maybe that explains it!

2 - Posted on 8/29/2025

Hahaha!

Actually sold this and was able to get it back last year ;)

1 - Posted on 8/29/2025

Ahh I gotcha, so all that weed was to blame for you selling it! got it. ;-p

1 - Posted on 8/29/2025

13 years later those pencils are still silky!

1 - Posted on 8/29/2025

Dude!

2 - Posted on 8/29/2025

This if fantastic!  Love the shadow.  And that classic Grell linework of course.  Definitely cover quality, or at the very least a T-shirt.  Does Mike own the license for this?  I had a Sable sketch once.  It was inked, but nowhere near as nice as this one (and not full figure).  I believe it was from 1984, the year after the First comic came out.  Like you, I also sold mine.  But unlike you, I never got the chance to get it back.  In fact, I don't think I've ever seen it resurface.  Anyway, congrats on this beauty.  And if you ever do get it on a T, put me down for an XL.

Posted on 8/29/2025

Yes, Mike still owns the license. Would love to see a well made movie someday :)

"First Comics had a 10 year publishing license for 3 years after they last published the book. My leaving the book was a way to hasten that time period instead of having to wait until that 10 year period was over, I knew that after I left the book they'd only be able to keep it going for a short period of time. And then I would get the rights back a few years after they ceased publication." - Mike Grell  2016 interview

1 - Posted on 8/29/2025

Cool commission, nice 3D shadow work. 

1 - Posted on 8/29/2025

Pencilled in a level of quality ready for publication!  Great heroic street level screen ready look of the 80's before everyone hit the gym. 

1 - Posted on 8/29/2025

Wonderful! One of the main reasons I dislike "single character-no background" commissions is because the character inevitable appears to be floating in a void, so they never feel as if they have any weight to them. But look at what a difference just having him appear to be stepping on his own signature, makes to the overall weight of the character. And just a bit of pencil smudging in the background gives the impression that there isa solid structure behind him. No more Negative or Phantom Zone!

1 - Posted on 8/30/2025

Very cool Grell Sable, particularly how you were able to get it back while high, congrats!

1 - Posted on 9/3/2025

Stunning sketch of Jon Sable Freelance by Mike Grell! It's really nicely detailed for a convention sketch. I love all the effort Mike put into this. Lots of intricate pencilwork. The multi-layered shadow works really well to give the piece some dimension! You say you got this 13 years ago?About time you posted it! Fabulous pick-up, congrats!