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Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 5:55 pm

You buy a lot of art so I was wondering something: What is an appropriate amount of time to wait after emailing an artist about buying art before you email them again asking a second time?

Terry Dodson has art for sale on his website but no direct way (that I could find) to buy it so I emailed him just around a week ago. I haven't heard back yet, and while I'm aware he could be busy between shows/work, I also don't want those pages to be bought out from under me. At the same time, there are pages of another series of like to get from another artist which are cheaper and easily available to purchase, but I'd prefer the Dodson ones. So I'm holding off on those until I hear from Dodson, but I'm afraid I'll miss out on those as well.

Any suggestions? How long would you suggest I wait before emailing him again? Or should I just wait it out?

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 8:50 pm

Give it 2-4 weeks. Since he is selling his own art, it should be fairly quick. It's also his wife that handles his sales, not him, I think.

I've heard of artists taking upwards of a year to respond, they are horribly unreliable.

That said, I emailed him once and he got back in about 3-4 weeks.

I have bought and paid for sketches that I am waiting for that have been 6 months a a year I am now waiting on, let alone replies. A lot of artists never even respond to the e-mails on their sites.

If you know for sure you want to buy it, e-mail him again and tell him you have the cash and would like to purchase it, and ask for payment detials, etc. It may get a quicker reply.

In cases like this, it's always a risk the others may be gone, you just kind of need to decide whether to wait it out.

I've missed stuff because I was waiting to hear on someone, it sucks, but it happens.

That said, links for what you want to buy! I'd like to see it.

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 2:57 pm

Funny enough, I just heard back from him an hour ago! Which is good as I was kind of thinking I'd just go ahead and get the Angel & Faith pages. It was pretty short and he said he'd check on the pages this weekend to be sure they hadn't been purchased already, claimed, or anything else.

I have a few friends who've bought sketches and waited a number of months to hear from the artist about it, so I knew it was a possibility. But I'm glad I heard back so soon. Now to make sure I hear back soon again.

They're both pages from Uncanny X-Men 535, the first arc of his and Gillen's Breaking Point arc. Pages 4 & 19.

http://terrydodsonart.com/store/original-comic-art.php?id=uncxmen535

I wanted a different page than page 4 (I think it was 1 or 2), that was up a few months ago, as it had Kitty and Peter sitting down for a picnic, but I hesitated and did the whole "eh do I want to buy art or not" thing and now it's long gone. So I'd like the other one with them and Namor. Page 19 has almost all of my favorite X-Men from Fraction/Gillen's run: Magneto, Cyclops, Emma, Colossus, Wolverine, Kitty. It's only missing Namor, and he's on the other page. It's more expensive, but I'm getting more characters.

Plus everything is inked by Rachel, so it'll look nice as it's finished.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 5:43 pm

Ha! I was looking at buying some of those pages a while back.

There nice, Dodson's art is nice too.

From my understanding it holds it value pretty well, too.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 5:44 pm

Very nice pages, and Dodson is a great way to start. Art takes up way less room, too, and displays better!

I hope he has it in stock!

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 4:15 pm

Well it looks like the full group page is already sold, yet the other is still available. I really wanted them as a set and if I could only get one, I was hoping for the one that is sold.

I'm also finally getting around to seriously looking at buying a new car. So I'm trying to convince myself why I really need the art when I could put that money back for a car payment instead.

So I guess there's that.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:39 pm

Well, if you want to keep looking for Dodsons art I can point you to some secondary sellers if you want.

Who needs to pay car paymentsÂ¿

Comicartfans.com is a good place to look.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:19 am

This is last mimute bit
Montreal comic con.com today if anyone wants anything signed!

May be having dinner with oliver coipel tonight.

Mr Wallstreet · Post by **Mr Wallstreet** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:12 pm

Have fun

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 8:17 am

Let us know if he is a dick or not!!

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 9:29 pm

Ah that's right, isn't he the one who Arn had some issues with?

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 5:40 am

Just once. He can't be anywhere near Maleev-level of dickishness.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 6:48 am

No dinner, but I got to hamg out with him. Super nice guy.

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:57 am

So it was Arn who was the dick back then? No surprise.

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:49 pm

We French people don't get along with each other.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:44 pm

Another batch of Craig Yeung covers, and 3 Montreal Comic Con sketches just because!

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 8:15 pm

Who did the Iron Fist? It looks great! I'll also take that Kitty Pryde off your hands if you don't have a place for it

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 8:31 pm

Mikh Rooth did the Iron FIst for me.

And that Kitty Pryde is a set of 10, that will be a set of 16 X-Men for my wall!

Mr Wallstreet · Post by **Mr Wallstreet** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:04 pm

XIII wrote:Just once. He can't be anywhere near Maleev-level of dickishness.

Maleev isn't a dick. He just has a supremely high opinion of himself.

Also, my iPad auto corrected "Maleev" to "malevolent. So maybe he is a dick...

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:35 pm

That's fine, I'll accept all 16 X-Men if need be.