Lone Wolf and Cub by Larry Stroman

Sad to hear that but glad you were at least able to get this piece.

man'o'man, its so crazy and sad, why many are similar to him, in how they do business,it really is criminal, but, its great you got this one and its a sweet piece

Ugh. It's honestly hard to comment on the quality/specifics of the piece itself when there's so much baggage/stress/frustration behind the scenes going on with your (and many others') personal experience with the artist. Pretty ridiculous, but glad you were able to "claw one back" so to speak. 

Really happy you were finally able to get something from him. He has a lot of artistic talent but clearly needs to work on other areas of his life. 

I bet a lot of artists get into "Commission Debt" and then have to declare "Commission Bankruptsy". They accept money up front from numerous people, and before they know it that money's all spent, and they have to do it again and again. 

Unfortunately the time it takes to make it right runs out, since they are needing to make money now. It sucks for the buyer! 

I hope you can see the good in this piece at least. Maybe enjoy it in a special way, as it's a good reminder piece. 

Great looking piece but a soured experience will always taint it. 

Finally!

Wow!  Makes me wonder how many other artists would do that to their fans if even a stand up guy like Stroman could do this.

Glad you finally got it but geeze 10 years... and a lot of unpleasantness, I am sure it has taninted any enjoyment of this piece. That said it's a cool addition to your colletion, alwasy liked the lighting on it. 

The obvious thing to do is to hire Ogami Itto to take care of Larry Stroman for what he has done to you.  Honor demands it ... Even Daigoro must be offended.

Yuck, at least you got something for the trouble 

This really captures the feel and look of the Manga.  The inking and inkwash are impeccable.