nathanlogan

For sure, and I don't think the wait so far has been too bad based on other stories, and he is at the very top of my all-time favorite list - but alas, three e-mails now have gone unanswered since June. Trying to keep the faith though.

This is a really good point and makes a lot of sense to me. Absolutely logical reason for him to ask for the payment in advance in my case. Really just a matter of the amount of time and lack of communication on it I'd say, but I also don't know his life and things have been pretty strange since February.

Anything can happen at any time and there are a lot of things that are bigger and much important than a commissioned piece of art. That I absolutely get and is more than understandable.

7 years and 10 years is a long time. A lot can happen in that amount of time. That's way too long. Wondering, did you pre-pay for your commission? Why I posted this was to get feedback and am happy to get it. I would not care about the 10 month wait or even longer if that's what was said in the beginning. If an artist told me it would be 10 years at the time the commission was arranged that would be fine, I'd agree or not agree and go forward or not. But when a timeframe is stated and then it goes well beyond that it then runs into a question of reliability and honesty, and it seems to me that good communication and updates are really helpful when it goes well beyond whatever timeframe was originally given - even if it seems like a small amount of time compared to some other people's experiences. Can I ask what you did while waiting 7 years? Did you inquire with the artist or have any exchanges? Did you ever worry about not receiving the commission at all? Was a timeframe given to you when you first arranged the commission? Thanks for the post and reply, am really appreciating everyone's feedback and thoughts.

Thanks for the feedback - I hope you're right, it does make sense and I absolutely want to take what he says to heart and read the writing on the wall and be patient. And I'd be fine with three months, even a year or longer, if he had said that from the get go. The fact he said 7-9 weeks and now it's 10 months is what has me worried honestly. Not sure about naming the artist just yet as I'm a really big fan of his and don't want to be on his sh*t list. But if I hit the one-year mark since paying and nothing than I suppose I should put it out there. Especially if I don't get a response from him after multiple e-mails. I e-mailed him again today, I feel like a nice one, just letting him know I was getting concerned and would love a reply. I don't think after what I paid it is too much to ask. In the mean time I'd love to hear more stories from people on their commission experiences from established artists, positive and negative.

I know this theme has been posted before but I didn’t see anything recent so wanted to post something new and get some advice. I’ve only commissioned a few art pieces in my life from lesser known artists and have been happy and received the work without a super long wait. Last November I commissioned a very well known established artist for the first time. It was for a character I created and he said for a piece like that he would need the money up front and the time frame would be 7-9 weeks. He’s one of my all time favorite artists and well established so I trusted and went for it because I knew he would hit it out of the park and I’d appreciate the piece for years. Now it is 10 months and I’m still waiting. We traded emails back in February and he apologized and explained that he is slow on commissions, especially on original characters as he wants to get it just right, and it wouldn’t be much longer. He was very nice and we had a good exchange. I also bought a piece he had posted on CAF and that eventually did get sent to me along with some signed posters (which were just added as a bonus). However I emailed him again a month ago just to check the status of the commission and no reply. Reading threads about commissioning artists it seems clear now I should not have paid up front, but based on his status in the industry I figured there was absolutely nothing to worry about. And I don’t mind the wait, I am a bit concerned though that he wasn’t honest about the wait time when I first arranged the commission. I’d love to hear people’s comments on similar situations, and how to move forward. It was not a small amount of money (which I think makes me more anxious - I don’t want to feel someone has stolen from me, especially someone I’ve looked up to for years) - but honestly it’s the piece I really want, and maybe some communication. Thanks for anyone’s comments and stories...

Still down from it looks like, same issue here, all tracking gone suddenly.

Thanks Hal. Yeah I’ve reached out to him on Facebook a few times, one response many years ago about commission work but no follow up email and no response since after a couple more attempts. Hopefully something will be on the wind at some point and I can get out my net ??

I'm thinking it ended up in France after a conversation with Mike and the fact I found a page from 282 (the owner won't let go of though) in France... man, hope I come across it, would pay what it would ask for sure. Still hope someone can let me know of the other Nomad stuff or if anyone knows of a way to get in touch with Hawbaker.

Would love to know where the cover to Cap 282 is, or Nomad (regular series) #1 or #21...

After many years of hunting and building a fairly solid collection of art and comics and statues etc... I'm reaching out with an attempt to find any original art collectors out there that may have any Nomad original art in their collection that they might be willing to part ways with. Covers top priority. I have a few key pieces and am constantly looking to grow the collection Nomad being Jack Monroe who had a 4-issue mini-series followed by a 25-issue run. He also appeared in a bunch of issues of Cap and Marvel Comics Presents. Any leads would be helpful - I'm constantly watching ebay and comiclink and HA, and been lucky a few times there. And of course have been on CAS and CAF. James Fry, Pat Olliffe, Rick Mays and the hardest to track down - Samuel Clarke Hawbaker. Zeck did him early in Cap 281 and 282, and a few other artists have worked on him (appearances in Punisher, Daredevil and the short lived Secret Defenders). Even if you have a piece in your collection but don't want to let it go, I'd love to trade info. Thanks all! n8