As my pal, shjonescrk, mentions, JB traded the piece for an original Jack Kirby page from Fantastic Four #5 (the first FF issue that JB read). What a cad JB is for forcing Jim Warden to make such an unfair deal!

Yeah! Poor Lars has suffered such torment & sadness over the incident. At least they have each other to comfort during these dark times.



Break out the torches & pitchforks!

He did? Seems like he continued to express his happiness about his purchase even after JB tried to dash his hopes & dreams on the jagged rocks below.



I wonder if Fred will win the lottery?



In the face of such insidiously damning behavior from JB, both men showed they were better persons by not stooping to the abysmal depths as displayed by the evil that is John Byrne. Kudos to them for their strength & fortitude in the face of such overwhelming odds.

Poor Jim! How dare JB rain all over Jim's parade! The audacity of JB! The utter carelessness! The unmitigated gall! Don't fret, Jim! We here at Comicon.com have your back (We are a team, right?)! Don't let JB get away with this (my homage to Omar!) crime against all that is good & holy in this world!

Hey, Troy! Where are the torches & pitchforks, man??? Time's a wastin'!

Byrne loves this inside language he's created which is loaded with phrases and terms that make sense only to himself and the JBF. He keeps talking about "red sweaters" a lot too. I have no idea what that means.

Ah! Sarcasm disguising a missed point and masking excused bad behavior.



Nah. Just put away the whitewash.

No. He continued to express his happiness IN SITE of JB's unwarranted lecturing.




Fred: "Hey Guys! I won the Lottery!!"

Byrne: "Gee! I hope the money isn't counterfeit!"

Tim O'Neil: "If I won the lottery, I'd give the money to the poor instead of being greedy and keeping it for myself!"

Lee Nail: "Couldn't we just say 'Congrats, Fred' and leave it at that?"

Byrne: "Let me tell you all why the lottery sucks and lottery winners are ruining the country...!"

Tim O'Neil: "Hey! Fred asked for it!"





More sarcasm. Bottom line here is that Byrne was rude and insensitive towards both Fred and Lars and it's a hopeless fantasy to excuse it as anything else.

Ah! Upon reading this bit of insightful satire, I now realize Byrne was indeed being the model of a polite gentlemen when after someone announced the realization of a life long dream, he shit on it.

Well done, John! Well done.

At the time I posted my dig, I didn't know it was a trade for something else. He has done these detailed drawings for him before as a commission. Looking at the piece of art he traded for, I gotta say I think Warden made out on the deal as I don't share the sentimental reasons Byrne has.

I fully realized that you jumped the gun, but I know you do this stuff with humorous intentions, so more power to you!

That said, I agree. Jim Warden made out like a bandit IMO. Of course, JB certainly doesn't feel that way, so it kind of balances things between them don't you think?