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Comic Art Commissions Wish List

If you could have an artist create a picture just for you, who would you choose and what would you ask them to make? The Comic Vine staff speaks their mind!

There's dozens upon dozens of fantastic artists in the industry and we all have our favorites. Luckily for us, quite a few of them are willing to do commissions. Sure, it often comes with a fairly hefty price tag, but we're talking about a unique piece of work from one of the artists we love, so it's totally worth it, right? That said, this option may be a bit too expensive for some of us, so let's take away the price tag and have a bit of fun thinking about the possibilities. If you had the ability to select three artists and have each of them draw something for you, who would you pick and what would you ask each of them to create? Well, the Comic Vine staff has spent a good deal of time thinking about this question and we've each made our choices. Once you're done seeing what we'd love to request, go ahead and chime in with your own picks. Remember, you can only pick three artists!

Tony "G-Man" Guerrero's picks

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When I first saw Rod Reis' take on Moon Knight, I was blown away. With each piece of art he posts, I get more and more excited for his upcoming C.O.W.L. series, written by Kyle Higgins. He has a range of style and, at times, it gets raw and in your face. Exactly what I'd want to see in a Moon Knight piece.

I'd love an Alan Davis sketch of Kitty Pryde and Lockheed. When I first started reading X-Men comics, I immediately grew to love Kitty Pryde from GOD LOVES, MAN KILLS and the Dark Phoenix Saga (I read in trade). Later, Chris Claremont and Alan Davis took some of the mutants to England for EXCALIBUR. Having read a CAPTAIN BRITAIN trade with art by Davis, I was super excited over the series. It's hard to chose just one character for Davis' art but if I could only have one, it'd have to be Kitty.

I've probably mentioned it once or twice, but I'm a huge Mike Allred fan. I do actually own some original art by Allred. There's just something about the way he draws characters. They almost have an innocent quality to them and it's just so fun to look at. If I had to choose a character for Allred to draw, I wouldn't go with Madman since I already have a sketch of him. I'd be totally selfish (and maybe a little vain?) and want a sketch of myself or maybe Doctor Guerrero. I've been super-lucky to have been drawn by some different artists and it'd be pretty groovy to see me drawn in Allred style.

Mat "Inferiorego" Elfring's picks

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One person's art who I find to be fantastic is Rod Reis. Although he's primarily known for doing the coloring work on AQUAMAN, his paintings and art are fantastic, which we'll see very soon on he and Kyle Higgins' collaboration C.O.W.L. It's not a comic book character, but I'd love to get a commission from him of Charles Foster Kane from the movie Citizen Kane. He's one of my favorite characters in cinema and Reis could do an amazing job with a black and white piece like this.

My next pick is a bit of a bummer because it's something I'll never be able to get. One of my favorite creators is Jack Kirby and one my favorite creations by him is Galactus (along with all his DC 4th World characters). To me, there are few creators who have drawn Galactus that really captivate me (aside from Adi Granov's covers for HUNGER), and Kirby is a man who I loved seeing draw him. One thing I LOVED about Kirby's art was his cosmic dots/circle/bubbles, which were really a trademark of his cosmic style.

My last one is a bit of a weird one, fans will understand why, but I'd love to have some WALKING DEAD artwork from the original series artist, Tony Moore. More (no pun intended) importantly, I'd love to have a piece of my favorite character from the series, Michonne. I love the way he drew the cover of issue #19. Michonne looks so badass, and I was always a huge fan of when she had her walkers with her. Sure, I'm not very creative about this one, but I'd love something with those three characters.

Gregg "k4tz" Katzman's picks

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If you're reading Jeff Lemire's GREEN ARROW, then it's safe to say you know Andrea Sorrentino is a beyond brilliant artist. The guy has a virtually unparalleled ability to produce stunningly gorgeous and cinematic images. Seeing as he's crafted a masterpiece in just about every single issue of the series, I would absolutely love to see his version of Green Arrow and Deathstroke battling. We've seen in the recent issue that he can make people wearing an armor look seriously badass and position them in simply epic poses, so it's almost guaranteed he could make Slade Wilson look terrific. I can't imagine how he'd approach the image, but one thing is for sure, he'd make it glorious.

Mike Deodato Jr. is another artist I respect a great deal. During his time on numerous Marvel books, the artist has created so many impactful, dark and imposing images with some of my favorite characters. However, I'm pretty certain the guy has never tackled the Ninja Turtles before. Given his style, this could make for a seriously cool and absorbing image. If I had the option, I'd either request for him to do his version of the iconic TMNT #1 cover or maybe even the team fighting Shredder -- another character who he'd bring to life in a deliciously intimidating manner.

It was tough to narrow down the options for my third pick, but in the end, Jason Fabok has just blown me away with his work on Batman. With exceptional detail and oozing with grittiness, I just can't resist thinking about what Fabok could do with other characters I adore. Moon Knight is too obvious of a choice, so instead I'll go for another character I love: Boba Fett. We all know how awesome Batman is, but Fabok makes him appear immensely awesome. I can only image what he'd do with the infamous bounty hunter and that is most certainly something I'd pay to see.

Corey "Undeadpool" Schroeder's picks

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I've always wanted Stefano Caselli to draw a World War II-era Green Goblin. I mean with a leather flight cap, a patchwork bomber jacket, and a diesel-powered Goblin Glider. I want something that looks like it'd be barely working, a real gas guzzling smoke spewer. And his pumpkin bombs would be, likewise, very slapdash, looking like they're made from spare bits of metal and, naturally, they'd explode into horrific shrapnel and untested chemical gasses. I think, as an agent of chaos, he'd be just as likely to bomb the Allies as well as the Axis.

I'm going to combine these two entries into one because they're cut from the same cloth. I want Saga's Fiona Staples to interpret the playable party cast of Chrono Trigger. Locked in battle, sitting around from some of that Jurassic Skullsmash, WHATEVER, I just want to see her sketchy, jagged take on some of my favorite characters with some of my favorite designs.

The other would be Chew's own Rob Guillory interpreting what is the, objectively, factually greatest game of all time: Earthbound. Again: core party and beyond that I do NOT care because based on all I've read of Chew, any other restrictions are just going to get in the way. I think those two styles complement each other to a tee.

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I want the dude who does JL8 to do a Crime Syndicate Commission

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Kind of funny coming back to this article, knowing Tony and Mat went out and got commissions from Rod Reis!

For me my dream commission would be Phil Noto - Vampire Jubilee&X-23. His run with Kathryn Immonen on post Curse of the Mutants Jubilee is in the running for my favorite comic of all time. His artwork is so beautiful and time consuming that he probably can't do commissions at cons but its a lovely dream.

Another pick would be Sara Pichelli, she draws my favorite incarnation of Rocket Raccoon. Would prob ask for something weird like Rocket eating a sammich since I love that panel from Gotg so much.

Recently met Philip Tan at SDCC, I had no idea he was going to be there otherwise I would have commissioned him on preview night. I love his Tigra but I feel bad asking him to repeat a character he had done so recently.

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These are a few commissions I'd love to see:

Daniel Acuña - A group pic of all of Batman's villains or of Darkseid and the New Gods

Sean Murphy - A battle scene of the JLA against Despero

Andrea Sorrentino - The Fantastic Four vs. Dr. Doom

Rafael Albuquerque - Spider-Man with Mary Jane

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Ryan Ottley – Invincible bloody and beaten clenching Superman’s cape torn and tattered in one fist, the other holding Aquaman’s trident (with batman’s head impaled on it) with Flash and Green Lantern’s rings on, both cracked, and Wonder Woman’s lasso wrapped around his torso like a championship belt, with the quote “MORE! I want MORE!”

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One of my favorite artists is Sean Murphy, I would love to see him draw Green Arrow.

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Jerome Opena - Uncanny X force Wolverine or Psylock

Jim Lee - Superman

Sean Phillips - Joesphine

Jack Kirby- Anything

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@shallbecomeabattoo: http://www.gotsuperpowers.com/commissions.asp

Mike Allred commissions

- Pen & Ink

- 11" by 17"

- Background included

- Cover/pin-up quality

Option 1: single character

$1,000

Option 2: up to 4 characters

$1,500

The usual turn around time is 2-3 months, but this can be longer due to other commitments.

Payment -

Options are PayPal, personal check/Money order in US dollars. Pricing is negotiable on multiple page purchases.

Shipping -

Shipping within the US will typically be $20.00 for secure packing, tracking and insurance. Items over $400 and larger pieces will be higher. European/Non-US buyers, please ask for shipping to your country.

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Sam Kieth: She-Hulk

Amanda Conner: Harley Quinn and Deadpool as a couple.

Frank Cho - Katchoo and Francine from Strangers in Paradise

Skottie Young - Lobo

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Okay, here's my top 3:

Jae Lee - Spawn

Jim Lee - Punisher (Loved his War Journal stuff, but I want his 2014 take)

Jeff Smith - Daredevil

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Jim Lee - Walking Dead (zombie) , Aquaman, Red Tornado, Constantine, Animal Man or Swamp Thing

Jae Lee - Aquaman, Shazam

Andrea Sorrentino - Green Arrow, Batman or Superman

Art Baltazar - Constantine

Aaron Kuder - Batman

Francais Manpaul (with Brian's colours) - Animal Man/Swamp Thing with the Red/Green behind them

Greg Capullo - Batman

Dustin Nguyen - Lil Constantine

Cliff Chaing - Batman

Declan Shavley - Batman

Sean Murphy - Justice League

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Adi Granov - Nova

Jim Lee - Wolverine or Psylocke or Magneto

Todd McFarlane - Spider-Man

Oliver Coipel - Thor

Mike Allred - Doop or Mad Man or Darla

Walt Simonson - Thor and Beta Ray Bill (I have quick sketches but would love a full body of both or either one characters)

John Romita SR or JR - Spider-Man

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I got this done at NYCC but delivered to my house. By far my favorite piece from my collection done by Esad Ribic

If anyone wants to check out my comicartfans page I do have art from Chris Bachalo, Kevin Eastman, Marc Silvestri, Paolo Rivera, Frank Cho, George Perez, Sara Pichelli, etc.

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Dustin Nguyen: Aquaman

Francesco Francavilla: Gotham City Sirens and also do The Question

Francis Manapul: Etrigian the Demon and Bigby Wolf from Fables

Paul Pope: Wonder Woman and Doom Patrol

Alex Ross: Anything and everything!!

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Deathstroke by Marco Checchetto

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@lifeboy: 1. They are my two favorite superheroes not named Batman and 2. Why not? Seems to work for Supes and Wonder Woman.

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Phil Noto - Brody Dalle from The Distillers.......

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Nice topic @k4tzm4n !

If $$$ isn't an object, I'd want:

Francesco Francavilla - double page spread of Batman '72 cast in full color

Mike & Laura Allred - double page spread of Bentley-23 pulling an elaborate prank on all the kids of FF

Steve Epting - splash page of Velvet Templeton

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Stjepan Sejic.

Anyone of marvel's red head's.

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Andrea Sorrentino - Vibe & Flash team up vs Captain Cold

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Stjepan Šejić - Red Hood and the Outlaws

Greg Capullo - Batman (duh)

Frank Cho - X-23

Sara Pichelli - Witchblade

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Jonathan Lau-Any Superhero, but ShadowHawk would be cool.

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I'd love to have some sort of Chris Burnham Batman piece. Either a picture of the whole pre-New 52 Bat-family, or one of Bruce and Dick shaking each other's hand while in their Bat-suits.

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Dustin Weaver: John Stewart and Barry Allen

Joe Quesada: Daredevil, Power Man, and Iron Fist

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Frank Quitely - Dick and Damian as Batman and Robin and/or Damian as Future Batman

I would LOVE anything by Frank Quitely and I would kill for a piece of the original art from his 3 issues on Batman and Robin or the covers he did for the series. Its what got me into reading comics on a weekly basis

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Skottie Young : Darkseid vs Superman

Ryan Ottley: Ant-Man vs Black Bolt

Chris Samnee: Deathsroke vs Daredevil

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Jim Lee- Iron Fist killing Hitler.

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David Aja : group picture of Iron Fist, Daredevil , and Moon Knight together

Mateus Santolouco:,Raphael and Casey jones together ( two favorite TMNT characters)

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@artisticneedham: Wow! Allred is totally worth it! It really is your own cover! How do i get something like this? Where can I contact him?

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@grey56 said:

Goodness, first of all, @k4tzm4n - great idea for a post. Truly. Now, if I may add to the discussion;

1) Chris Bachalo : Cable

2) Sam Kieth : Colossus

3) Art Adams : Thanos or Lady Death

Hey, that's a really kind thing to say. Thank you.

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Pat Gleason & Mick Gray - Original Teen Titans

Jae Lee - Aquaman

Jim Lee - Walking Dead

@k4tzm4n imagine a Deathstroke series by Lemire and Sorrentino...

My mind... why would you detonate it like that?!

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I don't have enough of a reverence for certain artists to say for sure. Maybe David Finch or Jim Lee doing a West Coast Avengers splash page? Either of them could also try some Blade of the immortal characters I guess. Again I feel like I could be picking better fits but they escape me at the moment.

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Pat Gleason & Mick Gray - Original Teen Titans

Jae Lee - Aquaman

Jim Lee - Walking Dead

@k4tzm4n imagine a Deathstroke series by Lemire and Sorrentino...

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I would kill for anything by Adi Granov, although Jean Grey and Emma Frost would be cool.

Also, I'd be really interested to see Kenneth Rocafort (a familiar name on this thread it seems) do Nightwing.

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Already got mine. Frank Cho Poison Ivy. But if I could get anything else i would get Mignola Hellboy Cover.

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My dream Commission List now is:

Ed McGuinness ($500 for a pencil sketch)

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A guy's original character versus Madman.

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There is more but for now...

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@outside_85: that would be so awesome visually to see raven fighting trigon! :)

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@iaconpoint: what makes powergirl and thor a good couple?

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@irishx said:

@wolverine08 said:

@k4tzm4n: Props for giving Mike Deodato Jr. respect man! He's my favorite comic artist.

I've been in contact with Deodato's manager/agency about getting a commission done. We talked slightly about prices and time but I told him I was looking for something similar to the cover of Wolverine Orgins 28. Hopefully I'll hear back soon about it.

I plan on getting a commission done by Adam Kubert later this year and the impossible commission's that I'll never be able to get done because I don't think they do them are.... Jae Lee & Mike Mignola.

Now that's just awesome art all around man!

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Frank Quitely - Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman next to each other

Patrick Gleason - Bruce Wayne Batman and Damian looking badass

Jerome Opena - Batman beating the snot out of Deathstroke

Jock - Batman and Daredevil gliding through the cityscape.

Oh and everything again by Frank Quitely. Best comic book artist of all time.

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A team picture with each character drawn by a different artist. Justice League: Batman by Norm Breyfogle, Wonder Woman by Frank Cho, Superman by Ed Benes, Flash by Art Adams and Aquaman by Bart Sears.

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@k4tzm4n: Props for giving Mike Deodato Jr. respect man! He's my favorite comic artist.

I've been in contact with Deodato's manager/agency about getting a commission done. We talked slightly about prices and time but I told him I was looking for something similar to the cover of Wolverine Orgins 28. Hopefully I'll hear back soon about it.

I plan on getting a commission done by Adam Kubert later this year and the impossible commission's that I'll never be able to get done because I don't think they do them are.... Jae Lee & Mike Mignola.

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