My first piece was a free sketch by whilce portacio in 1998 at Wizard world Chicago but i didn't get anymore sketches until 2002 which i kick my self for not doing this earlier and those were mostly freebies i didn't know you could pay artist until 2005 to do more detailed piece
My first commission that i paid for was by Rags Morales of Solomon Grundy. Before joining sf i was over at the Geoff Johns boards and rags was a regular on the board so i set something up with him and he has been one of my favorite artist since then.
My first piece of OA was a leonard kirk JSA piece that i bought during spencer's holiday sale i think in 2007.
And my first cover was this eric powell devil dinosaur piece that bought in 2009.