Saturday, July 28, 2007
Michael Golden rips off one of his fans for $537 dollars
Doctor Strange fan Gerry Turnbull commissions comic book artist Michael Golden through his art agent Renee Witterstaetter to do a Doctor Strange piece. Instead of the month and a half that was originally promised, it took nine months and Golden even misspelled “virtue”.
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I’m assuming that the reference to “Patience is a viru” is referring to the fact that it took nine months for Turnbull to get his artwork. Patience may very well be a virtue, but professionalism is too.
Turnbull contacted Witterstaetter to complain and the art agent claimed she hadn’t seen the artwork even though her signature is on the customs form.
The story has a happy ending. When legendary comic book artist John Byrne learned of this, he instructed Turnbull to email him his mailing address and Byrne would send him something truly worth $500. Kudos to John Byrne.
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If patience is a virtue, spelling is apparently a goddamn superhuman ability…one that I promise to use only for good.
Hey, this picture is waaaaaaay better than that Bolland turd. Compared to Golden’s other work (including, most likely, pages he churned out in one day), though, it’s shit.
I like the expression on Doctor Strange’s face. It says so much about what makes him tick. Golden really nailed it.
thanks for the support Rick !
Patience is a Virue sounds like a blog name to me!
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