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Hey Michael,
I am very sorry to hear about your step dad. As you know, there is no training for loss in school. We think we are prepared for most of us have gone through life and lost someone close in the past, but we are usually misguided. I have found that when we lose someone we truly love, it is like we have lost part of ourselves. I know it won't help today or tomorrow, but time really does help with most wounds. Give yourself time.
Predates one of the most memorable modern Marvel covers ever, Silver Surfer #50! Great memories of that time period!
Same with this piece. Hoping for it to become visible sooner rather than later.
Hey Robert,
I hope you get these back. I know that I kind of lost "something" more than just the actual pieces of art when I went thru something similar. The good thing is, they are one-of-a-kind and if they ever become visible, you have a better than average chance of getting them back.
Thanks Rob! And it was the very first piece of art I ever purchased.
No, I was not at a convention. They were inside a black portfolio that was big enough to house twice-up pages. 29 pages in all with 21 so far recovered almost 19 years later.
Hey Chuck, great commission! Sadly, I used to own the original page that sequenced this martian landscape scene with the ship...I belive I used to own the interior page that also was the cover iange with the footprint in the martian terrain. Brings back memories. Tremendous collaborative piece!
Tremendous interior!
Love to hear the background stories! Greatly miss the Friday lunch times when the local shop (about 500 feet south of Lake Ontario's shoreline) and 2 miles north of Kodak Park) would get new books in. I would make it through a Burger King drive thru on the way over & treat the owner & talk comics for about 45 mins. That's all I needed to get through the work weeks. That one lunch hour at the end of the week. This is even extra special when someone has left you a work of art for all the memorable times you shared in the comic shop telling stories.
Very memorable piece for the time I came back into the hobby after graduating from college and buying the first house. I visited the local comic book shop (they advertised in those 1970's comics out of Rochester, NY - Empire Comics). This was one of the 1st new books I saw come in that month. Very nice!
One of the nicest interior splash pages of this era and any era!
Just viewing this piece, transports me back in time. Tremendous work!
That was her very first shot at the hoop (and believe it or not) it went in! Thanks so much for bringing me over here Pete as I just saw the email and came over to see. I probably haven't taken the time to come visit on my own enough lately. Hope all is well for you and yours!
Mark
Hi Eric, thank you so much for your kind thoughts. They mean so much to hear. Even though you never had a chance to meet, I'm hoping through the written words or just the simple images, those with the same lack of experience still feel that they knew of her in some small way. And maybe that can lend to an extra appreciation and thankfulness for those that are still with us.
Take care,
Mark
I do not think I have ever left any feedback on CAF. But, love this Schomburg so much, I had to!
Mark, give me a shout back sometime at journey2@mindspringdotcom and I might be of some assistance.
Very very cool article Len! I never was fortunate enough to have met Jack. In some way, we have all crossed over a path he once walked by owning a piece of artwork he created. But, way cooler than that, over the last decade or so, I have had the chance to meet him for the first time again through stories like yours. Thank you.
Thanks so much for listening Rick. I am sure Jezebel loves you very much. It is such a great feeling - unconditional love.
Ken, thank you for the kind words. I have gained strength through the words of everyone who has left a comment. I actually have gone back and reread the comments as the weeks have turned into a couple of months. They all mean a great deal to me and each of you has my gratitude.
Thank you Bill. I just returned from a trip tonight and all I thought of when I returned to my empty house was how much energy she brought to the place. Here I returned tonight and feel the loss of her in waves. Each day is brighter, but the nights are still somewhat difficult. I am sure even the nights will get better. For now - this is the time of each day that I most think of her.
Phil, thank you for the kind words here as well as on the phone. I really appreciate your concern and it has made a difference to me. Thanks again.
Thank you John for you thoughts. If she was anything, she was always understanding. Always there to make me feel better on those bad days. I will miss her greatly. Take care and thank you again.
Thank you so much Steve. The 12 years were indeed filled with magical moments . Even the off-days, those days where I was tired and in a not the best of moods, from the long days at work to the general grind of the job, she would always put a smile back on my face. One could not help but feel the love from her. Even total strangers would feel that once they were observed by her to be accepted into our home. That was her defining character trait. Even though she looked truly dangerous, she really was such a loving and caring being. And I miss her so.
Max, it's amazing how most of us who have never met or even done an art deal together can make someone like myself feel so much better by sharing their losses and heartfelt sympathies. Thank you so much for your kind words.
Thank you Icon. I am 44 years old and had never heard this Will Rogers saying. It rings so true. Thank you again.
The best phone call was with the original breeder. He told me he remembered me from all those years ago as I stuck out as the Motherly Hen type that was so worried for their little bundle of joy. He is the top German Shepherd breeder in the world and sells his dogs to celebrities and high ranking world leaders. For him to forgive me her death and for him to tell me these other things that I was not aware of, he lifted a small part of the burden. But, it really really is harder than I ever imagined as we were inseparable for the 12+ years as we moved from state to state. Just the two of us. Leaving girlfriends and others behind. Thank you again. I can only imagine where I would be mentally if I had no one to talk to or write to.
Thanks so much Len. I feel an overwhelming sense of anxiety and sadness that affords me about 2-3 hours of sleep since this past Sunday. I was able to pick her up from the crematory this afternoon as I was fully involved in that process the whole day and it seemed to remove a certain amount of grief/guilt with the fact that I had her finally with me as we started the 125 mile return journey home.
Thank you Fred and John. I think we all hurt a lot more than we share with others and I really really appreciate folks like yourselves sharing your thoughts and pain with me. I just returned from driving the 250 or so miles to actually see her one last time just before I had her cremated. And then, only a few hours ago I started the 125 mile journey back home with my baby.
Guenter, Andrew and Joe Jusko thank you so much for your kind words and well wishes. I feel the weight of the world for having not been here for Hache and I think that is what will be the hardest. To forgive myself because she was always there for me as we moved from one part of the US to the next. She was always there when I came home to make me feel better about myself. To make me feel fortunate that she was my companion.
