I’ve saved the best for last for my art acquisitions from the 2011 ComiCON.  This was completed in 2010 by Michael Cho and I saw it at Fan Expo and immediately committed to owning it, even though it was a little out of my budget.  Cho didn’t want to sell it until it was published: it was supposed to be the cover to DC’s Green Lantern Omnibus Volume 1 but they went instead with an old Gil Kane image.  Hopefully it will make it onto a future volume.  This piece is stunning in person and has instantly become a favourite.

My last purchase from Fan Expo 2010 in Toronto this past weekend.  Chris had a giant stack of pages at his table that he was selling for $40 each: I flipped through and spotted this one featuring Tom Strong.

Much to my dismay Darwyn Cooke was not sketching at this year’s Fan Expo; luckily he did bring along some finished pieces.  He had an amazing full colour Superman that I would have loved to own but it would have taken my entire show budget so it was a no go.  The next best piece was purchased by the person just ahead of me: it was a great full colour torso shot of Powergirl.

I flipped through the art portfolio and spotted this beauty; while I’m not a huge Powergirl fan the single colour work grabbed my attention.  A welcome addition to my collection.