Timothy Truman has long been one of my favorite comic book artists. He created one of the seminal characters of my teenage life, Grimjack. And his books were always in my collection as a youth. His work with writer John Ostrander has always been fantastic. So, when I went searching for a third wedding anniversary gift, as instructed by Denise, I had my eyes on one thing.
Then I stumbled onto Mr. Truman's Web site. And realized he does commissions at a fairly reasonable price. he's also a huge Grateful Dead fan and has been previously commissioned by the group. Very cool. For Star Wars buffs, Tim writes:
“I was also the lead writer for the STAR WARS comic produced by Dark Horse Comics and Lucasfilm. For them I did character development for the female bounty hunter Aurra Sing and a mysterious Jedi known as the Dark Woman. I also created the Tusken Jedi character A'Sharad Hett."
You wouldn't believe how excited I am at the prospect of having an original Tim Truman drawing of Grimjack in my house and framed. My recent reimmersion into comics books is really just been recollecting what I liked as a young man. Mr. Truman sat right at the forefront of those things I liked the most about comic books.
His Web site is here. Check out his stuff. It's fantastic. Hopefully, there will be one hanging in my office soon.
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When I returned home from Chilé, I discovered that Deedee had bumped into an old friend named Christian Waggoner while she was in Atlanta.
Mr Waggoner was kind enough to provide my daughter Annabelle a signed litho of some work he'd been commissioned by Lucasfilm to do. The print is a close-up of Darth Vader with Obi-Wan Kenobi reflected in his eyes, a seminal scene from "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope." I'm so excited to get this picture framed, matted and up on the wall. A sample of his work is on the right here.
If you have the opportunity, his work is fantastic. Visit his gallery online at http://www.juliettegallery.com.
Thanks so much, Christian!
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