Al Rio - Purgatori Sketch

so you asked me what is your best Purgatori piece and I am going to start here. i adore Al Rio's work. i am fourtunate to have a Purgatori page by  Al Rio but this sketch could be a cover. this page is that Good. i am unaware if it is the pencil or the paper that gives this piece its red tint but it fits the mood perfect. even the skulls on the bottom look like they were quickly done and they still look perfect. Al did you justice with this piece and I do miss Al's work. rip

now i have gone through many of your purgatori pages. this one is my favorite. if you were ever to sell. this and the smiley sketch are the ones i would hope for. well peace out Frank. i have had fun going down memory lane with these pages. thank you for being a part of caf so i know these pages are not lost to the abyss. cheers

I really appreciate it David! I updated it with a better pic, the last one sucked :D

so is the piece in Red pencil or just regular lead?

It's all done in regular pencil lead. I framed it with a crimson red mat.

it still boggles my mind how beautiful this piece is. forever thanks for sharing,

It's wild to take a over look of your gallery and see so many pieces by some of comics best talent from the past 30 years and to know this is one of your pieces framed on your wall. You have historical covers and this is a sketch. There is a reason I keep coming back to this piece. Because it's fucking beautiful. Also I liked the Red matting better. 3000