Got back from the Boston Comic Con where I was able to get some great contributions to the huge jam piece I'm currently working on. 31 of my favorite villains.
The layouts where done by Anthony Castrillo which was set up by Jerry Livengood at Serendipity Art Sales.
From left to right:
Green Goblin Deathstroke by David Finch Harley Quinn Joker by Mark Texeria Maestro Juggernaut Doomsday Cyborg Superman by Ivan Reis Dr. Doom by Jim Cheung Dark Phoenix Thanos Galactus Mystique Spiral Solomon Grundy by Tim Sale Bane by Jim Calafiore Darkseid Venom Bizarro Clayface Evil Ernie by Joe Prado Carnage by Clayton Crain Nimrod Taskmaster Trigon by Keu Cha Sabretooth by Tom Raney Deadpool Red Skull by Steve Epting Judge Death by Simon Bisley Magneto by Clay Mann Ultron by Sean Chen
Yeah ... so ... really tempted now to fly to NY and have a chat with AC. This sort of pisses me off ... $1000+ into it: number of books received: ZERO.
Has anyone that's owed money considered going the PL route? These are board transactions. And even if a sketch opp might be a grey area (I personally don't see why they shouldn't be included as PL-worthy transactions), buying pre-sketched comics sounds like the kinda stuff that happens in the sales threads pretty regularly. I don't see why it wouldn't be PL worthy. And that PL discussion thread seems often to have the magic ability to fix screwed up transactions pretty quickly.
"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased." - Alexander Hamilton
#5651409 - 05/04/1206:51 AMRe: OFFICIAL 4th Anthony Castrillo blank sketch cover opportunity!
[Re: Speedy-D]
MattPMattP
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Originally Posted By: Speedy-D
Originally Posted By: MattP
Yeah ... so ... really tempted now to fly to NY and have a chat with AC. This sort of pisses me off ... $1000+ into it: number of books received: ZERO.
Has anyone that's owed money considered going the PL route? These are board transactions. And even if a sketch opp might be a grey area (I personally don't see why they shouldn't be included as PL-worthy transactions), buying pre-sketched comics sounds like the kinda stuff that happens in the sales threads pretty regularly. I don't see why it wouldn't be PL worthy. And that PL discussion thread seems often to have the magic ability to fix screwed up transactions pretty quickly.
Absolutely right! trust me i would not fly to NY ... at all. Odds are i'm just going to write this off as a loss and move on. Damn shame though; really sad that this has happened to many of us on these boards...
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Wine + Comics ... is costing me a lot of money.
Want List:not in any particular order - *Buying* ROM CGC 9.8; 9.9 gets extra $$ -Tec 31 < we all need dreams.
Yeah ... so ... really tempted now to fly to NY and have a chat with AC. This sort of pisses me off ... $1000+ into it: number of books received: ZERO.
Has anyone that's owed money considered going the PL route? These are board transactions. And even if a sketch opp might be a grey area (I personally don't see why they shouldn't be included as PL-worthy transactions), buying pre-sketched comics sounds like the kinda stuff that happens in the sales threads pretty regularly. I don't see why it wouldn't be PL worthy. And that PL discussion thread seems often to have the magic ability to fix screwed up transactions pretty quickly.
Absolutely right! trust me i would not fly to NY ... at all. Odds are i'm just going to write this off as a loss and move on. Damn shame though; really sad that this has happened to many of us on these boards...
Hey now, that sounds like an implied diss of my adoptive home town!! Don't make me fly out to Northern California and learn ya!
"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased." - Alexander Hamilton
Yeah ... so ... really tempted now to fly to NY and have a chat with AC. This sort of pisses me off ... $1000+ into it: number of books received: ZERO.
Has anyone that's owed money considered going the PL route? These are board transactions. And even if a sketch opp might be a grey area (I personally don't see why they shouldn't be included as PL-worthy transactions), buying pre-sketched comics sounds like the kinda stuff that happens in the sales threads pretty regularly. I don't see why it wouldn't be PL worthy. And that PL discussion thread seems often to have the magic ability to fix screwed up transactions pretty quickly.
Yeah ... so ... really tempted now to fly to NY and have a chat with AC. This sort of pisses me off ... $1000+ into it: number of books received: ZERO.
Has anyone that's owed money considered going the PL route? These are board transactions. And even if a sketch opp might be a grey area (I personally don't see why they shouldn't be included as PL-worthy transactions), buying pre-sketched comics sounds like the kinda stuff that happens in the sales threads pretty regularly. I don't see why it wouldn't be PL worthy. And that PL discussion thread seems often to have the magic ability to fix screwed up transactions pretty quickly.
"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased." - Alexander Hamilton
#5652476 - 05/04/1202:42 PMRe: OFFICIAL 4th Anthony Castrillo blank sketch cover opportunity!
[Re: Speedy-D]
SpiderJunkieSpiderJunkie
Bid more or post more... tough one...
Registered: 01/15/11
Posts: 966
Here's my history:
My PM to Anthony from 03/20/12 remains unread to this day, this is getting really frustrating. When I got on the boards I was thrilled to see the great comic book community especially The Signature Room with all the great sketch covers and opps. I spent entire week going through all 80+ pages of Anthony thread gazing at his art, I finally decided to drop him a PM regarding some sketch cover commissions. We exchanged a bunch of very friendly PMs, I asked whether he'd be willing to do 3 full color 'wraparounds'. I was thrilled when he responded and I quote "Sure,i dont see why i couldnt. " I sent him money right away - $920. IT WAS MY 1ST COMMISSION HERE! So I commissioned (and paid for) my 3 pieces on 10th of FEBRUARY 2011, I was patiently waiting for updates from Anthony but after 2 moths I asked him what the progress was. He answered he'd have prelims for me shortly... on 05/13 I still haven't seen the prelims but Anthony offered me a sketch he have finished, I liked it so I decided to grab it as well - $150. Another month after that, same story I bought another finished piece - (need to dig up how much it was). On 05/25/11 I got a message: "Started pencils on your blanks. Thanks for being patient. Ill post issues 2-4 cover homages next week." I didn't get any pics so on 10/12/11 (5 moths later) I started asked him for updates, on 11/14/11 he wrote "Ill start scanning and posting.:)" nothing till this day... If it wasn't for other great people here who handle their opps terrific and the turn around time is at least reasonable I'd definitely lose interest in this sketch cover hobby! SUMMING UP: - This was my 1st commission which I commissioned and paid for on 10th of FEBRUARY 2011, 1 year and 3 months ago! - Although Anthony promised to show his progress he never did. - Durring the time he was doing the pieces I bought 2 more already done sketches (never got them, they haven't been sent to CGC I suppose) - 1 year 3 month, down $1100+, no info on the books whatsoever. It's hard NOT to complain after such a long time and no info on about what's going on with your books and your money!
I understand that he had a tragedy in his family and it's hard to imagine what kind of hell he had to go through, it's only right he took some extra time to deal with it. Nonetheless I think it's time to get back to the people who invested a lot of money and give them at least an update about what the hell is going on.
I personally DO NOT want a refund I want the sketches I waited 1 year and 3 months for, in the quality that resembles taking so much time to finish them, not a rushed piece.
#5652524 - 05/04/1203:10 PMRe: OFFICIAL 4th Anthony Castrillo blank sketch cover opportunity!
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MattPMattP
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Registered: 03/07/11
Posts: 1023
Loc: Northern California
Originally Posted By: Speedy-D
Originally Posted By: MattP
Originally Posted By: Speedy-D
Originally Posted By: MattP
Yeah ... so ... really tempted now to fly to NY and have a chat with AC. This sort of pisses me off ... $1000+ into it: number of books received: ZERO.
Has anyone that's owed money considered going the PL route? These are board transactions. And even if a sketch opp might be a grey area (I personally don't see why they shouldn't be included as PL-worthy transactions), buying pre-sketched comics sounds like the kinda stuff that happens in the sales threads pretty regularly. I don't see why it wouldn't be PL worthy. And that PL discussion thread seems often to have the magic ability to fix screwed up transactions pretty quickly.
Absolutely right! trust me i would not fly to NY ... at all. Odds are i'm just going to write this off as a loss and move on. Damn shame though; really sad that this has happened to many of us on these boards...
Hey now, that sounds like an implied diss of my adoptive home town!! Don't make me fly out to Northern California and learn ya!
EDIT: Carp, now I did it!!
_________________________
Wine + Comics ... is costing me a lot of money.
Want List:not in any particular order - *Buying* ROM CGC 9.8; 9.9 gets extra $$ -Tec 31 < we all need dreams.
#5652599 - 05/04/1203:42 PMRe: OFFICIAL 4th Anthony Castrillo blank sketch cover opportunity!
[Re: MattP]
TeddieMercedeTeddieMercede
If you have a dream about out-posting me, you better wake up and apologize.
Registered: 05/21/05
Posts: 2758
Loc: Memorial Stadium, Norman OK
Maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to get a full tally of who is owed what from Anthony, seems to be a lot worse then I imagined (though I probably shouldn't be surprised).
VIVA INFANTINO 
Don't make me fly out to Northern California and learn ya!
