PURCHASING CHOPPING BLOCK ORIGINALS!

If by any chance you might be interested in purchasing an original CB comic panel, well then I'm certainly interested in selling it to you. Some fine day I intend to compile a list here so you can quickly reference which ones are still available, but I'd advise you to watch the weather forecast for Hell while you're waiting for that to happen. Just because I'm notoriously bad at getting around to these kinds of things.

WHAT EXACTLY WOULD I BE BUYING?
What we're talking about here is the actual piece of art that appeared on this website as a given day's comic. The originals are done in black calligrapher's ink on smooth white Bristol. They're 7" wide by 8.5" tall, and there's about a half inch white border around the actual illustration, usually. Captions are NOT attached to the original pieces. I print them out on a separate piece of paper in the appropriate font and size, and include them with the illustration. In addition, on some of the older comics I added things after scanning in Photoshop. This means there can be odd-looking empty spaces in the original illustration. If this is the case for one that you're interested in, I'll tell you to see if you still want it.

WHAT'S IT GONNA COST ME?
I'm selling them for $50 (US) each. I prefer to be paid through PayPal, but I can accept a check or money order, as long as you don't mind waiting for the check to clear before I'll mail the artwork to you. I can offer you volume discounts, if that's your bag. One guy bought five at one time, so I gave him the fifth one free. Unfortunately, it's going to cost you $60 if you live outside of North America. I recently sold one to someone in Norway, and it cost me over $11 to mail it, so I have to charge a little extra to cover the shipping costs.

SO HOW DO WE GO ABOUT THIS?
The easiest thing to do is to find the one (or ones) you're interested in in my archives and give me the date that it (they) ran on the site. A brief description can also be helpful, such as "The one where Butch kills someone". If you can give me a list of several you'd be interested in (in order of preference), it can cut down on back-and-forthing to figure out which ones I still have.

WHAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ONLY ONE THAT I WANT?
Well obviously, if I don't have it I don't have it. If it will really crush you not to have it though, and you don't mind not having the actual authentic one that appears on the website, I can replicate it for you. This simply means that you can commission me to create a duplicate of that illustration. It will still be an actual original piece, sponged and inked by hand, by me. It's just that it won't be the true original. It will be dated with the date I make it, to avoid confusion with the original piece. The same $50 fee ($60 for overseas) applies.

And while we're talking about commissions, I'm certainly open to creating a new piece of artwork at your request. Maybe you want to give your mother a picture of Butch murdering her. Contact me, and we can discuss what you want, and how much it will cost you. My fee for this is negotiable, but it will cost at least the same $50 as any other original.

ARE THERE ANY ORIGINALS THAT YOU WON'T SELL ME?
I will sell you any original that I still have in my possession, EXCEPT for the August 15, 2000 "*NSYNC circle jerk" comic. This is by far the most cited CB when people mention their favorites, and I get the most inquiries for it. Due to its popularity, I'm not going to sell it for a mere $50. I may not be willing to sell it at all. But who knows... If you're a billionaire who can afford to part with a million or so, I can be swayed. (Just kidding. I'd sell it for a thousand, easy.) I will, however, replicate it for you. But the original, for now, is not for sale.

WILL YOU SIGN IT? or DON'T SIGN IT!
If you'd like me to sign the original "To Jimbo, please die." or something equally as witty, just tell me, keeping in mind that there's only about a half inch margin around the illustration in which I can write. I don't, as a rule, sign the originals unless I'm asked to, so don't worry if you're concerned with the collectibility value of the piece. If you want it autographed, you'll have to tell me.

I PAID YOU $50 BUT I NEVER GOT MY ARTWORK, YOU #@%$*!
This has never happened. I purchase insurance on everything I mail out, and I email you the day it's mailed (usually immediately the day after you pay me) so you know that it's on its way. It'd be great if you could just drop me a note when you get it, so I know it arrived safely.