Self-portrait – Rick Geary

To celebrate Rick Geary, one of my favourite comic artists, reaching a landmark anniversary today I am uploading a selection of artwork – published pages and commissions – I have bought directly from him, with the help of his business associate Mark Rosenbohm (an accomplished artist in his own right), although there is one exception.

I commissioned and received this self-portrait from Mr Geary back in 2017 but I am positive I did not acknowledge and thank him at the time (for reasons I will not go into again; yes, it did go on for that long) so I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank Mr Geary and Mr Rosenbohm for this terrific drawing, and apologise for taking so long to do so. Sorry! When I requested this subject Mr Rosenbohm replied to me to check if he had got it right what I had asked for; I assume because it was such an unusual request and the only instruction I gave was that it was to be a self-portrait. I especially like the way that in the portrait Mr Geary has averted his gaze. That happened a couple of times during my con-going days when I asked to photograph comic creators – they would look anywhere but directly into my camera.

Happy birthday to Mr Rick Geary!