I am open for Art Commissions starting… NOW!

Your Own Private Art Commission:

If you want your very own original illustration of any of my characters (or other characters as well), carefully rendered in pen & ink on 11 x 17 Strathmore bristol, this is your chance. These are not quick con sketches in pencil, these are highly rendered cover illustrations (see examples below) that take me 1-3 days each. Which is why we had to wait until now to do this. I just finished Echo 27 a week early and have the time to do this (since I'm not traveling either). I'm just sitting in the studio, pen in hand, wishing I could draw that dream picture you've always wanted. Please pass the word for me. Your combined reach is much greater than mine.

Just a few Do's and Don'ts:

1. No color. I'm just not a color guy, in case you didn't notice over the last 15 years.

2. Only one or two characters, please. Not the JLA, or the Bat family, or the entire cast of SiP playing shuffle board on a crowded cruise ship. Have mercy on me, please! I'm hoping you will ask for things like Francine & Katchoo doing something fun or sexy, or Wonder Woman & Archie mud wrestling, or Julie/Annie trying to get through a metal detector. You know, whatever floats your boat, just not dozens of people doing it.

3. I feel a little sheepish saying this but, No, I will not draw you or your loved one or your pets. I'm not the caricaturist at Six Flags (I say with a loving smile). I've done it in the past, but the stress was too much for me because I take the responsibility to please you seriously. There's no way to know if you will like the way an artist sees you, so let's just don't go there. I mean, I've never been punched out by an insulted patron but, still, the stress is too much.

4. Yes, I will do risque, sexy versions. In fact, I'm probably going to unless you instruct me otherwise. It's my default. No sex/porn though. I'm R-rated, not X.

5. I really hate drawing buildings and large control rooms and the like. I'm all about the people. So if you ask for a flying Spider-Man holding Gwen Stacy, I will try to be clever about the background without drawing the entire Upper East Side. Expect a water tower, or an Aunt May Viagra billboard ("Now my boyfriend stands up straighter than Calvin Coolidge!") filling the background. Just letting you know ahead of time… I don't do windows.

Okay, the price for one of these rare birds is: $1,000 plus shipping (Fed Ex only) per commission. Same price it's always been for the last 10 years. Inflation be damned.

We can coordinate with you to ship this, via Fed Ex, as late as Dec. 23rd and still get your commission to you for Christmas. It's the best way to say I Love You to that special person in your life. If you don't need this by Christmas, tell me, and I'll add a little something to the art as a thank you for your patience.

If you would like to inquire about a commission, email sipnet@strangersinparadise.com

It's that easy. I will limit the list when I think I have as many as I can handle before having to start the next issue of Echo.

Here are a few examples of past commissions. (These are from 2007. Was that the last time I did this? Wow! I'm supposed to do it every December.)

To see these commissions and more in full screen mode, go to my Facebook page photo albums.

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Art Sale is still on at the SiPstore. These are original pages from the comics themselves, so every page is unique and different. If the private commission thing is out of your budget, select a page of original story art used in Strangers in Paradise or Echo.  An 11 x 16 page of original story art is $425.

Also, I still have a good selection of artwork I've done for other comics over the years, like Batgirl, Spider-Man, Willow & Tara, Alan Moore Songbook, Wolf & Red, Mouse Guard, Thor, and more. So if something caught your eye, just ask. I may still have it and these pages are less expensive than pages from my own books.

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All orders signed in December: Speaking of comics, just a reminder that I will autograph all orders placed through the SiPstore in December.

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Echo #27, the newest book, is at the printer as I type, morphing from wild idea to paper product. Considering the time between my hand to yours, I hope to see this in stores before the end of the month/year, because it says December 2010 on the cover.

FYI: Echo 27 needs a cheat list of terms that I will post when we get closer to shipping date. The story makes reference to several government agencies by initials only, so you might like a cheat list to know what they are referring to.

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Facebook: was getting too complicated for me, running two pages, so I eliminated my personal page and now there is only one, new, public page labeled Terry Moore. Hook up with me there for daily notices, a convention calendar for 2011, and photo albums of con sketches, fan art, tattoos and my life behind the scenes. The nice thing about Facebook is all these things stay in one place for you to check daily, as opposed to this blog which moves older posts out of sight and out of mind. There are a TON of cool images in this blog, but you have to go searching for them through the blog history, and who does that? That's one of the reasons I have maintained a Facebook page. And now I'm easy to find, I'm the only Terry Moore – artist that shows up in the people search. Let's hope it stays that way.