Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

---

Howdy everyone! It's a pleasure to be back with this 3rd episode focused on the "commissioned art" portion of the hobby. I'm very happy to have my friends Mikail Lotia, Rich Cirillo and Hart Rickhof joining me in the studio to discuss and opine on a variety topics related to commissioning comic art, as all three of these gents have loads of experience with this side of the original art hobby.

Tonight's show will be capped at 3 hours, so please try to arrive at the start so you don't miss anything. But if you do miss anything, be sure to catch what you missed later on rewind! To all of you who always catch my shows on rewind, thanks as always. Please enjoy this episode!


CHAPTERS/TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Intro - Chatting with The Live Chat Crew
19:50 - Personal Collector Journeys - Mikail shares a Tim Sale commission
01:00:04 - The Mindset of Commissioning
01:22:22 - Commission Etiquette & Strategy - Rich shares a HUGE Byrne Avengers commission
01:40:31 - The Thrill of the Reveal
02:01:11 - The Waiting Game - Mikail shares a Lord of the Rings painting by Arantza Sestayo
02:37:45 - Commission Red Flags
02:57:52 - Showing a few of Mikail & Rich's commissions
03:42:13 - Closing out the show

LINKS:

Mikail Lotia

comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=108264


Rich Cirillo

comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=2684


Rubén DaCollector:

comicbookartgallery.com/artdropnewsletter.asp

comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=30114

facebook.com/ruben.dacollector

instagram.com/rubendacollector