I never thought I would get a Joe Sinnott sketch. I had met him on several occasions at conventions, but I just never had the opportunity to get anything by him. When he announced his retirement in early 2019, I figured that was it.

This past June my girlfriend Michele had a table at IncrediCon in Middletown NY. I stayed home because our cat Squeaky wasn't feeling well. Michele took along my Avengers sketchbook because a friend of hers who was going to the show wanted to see it, and just in case she met anyone there who might want to do a sketch. Joe Sinnott was going to be a guest. Michele said she could see is he was drawing, and that if he was she would try to get me a sketch for my birthday. I shrugged and replied "He's 92 years old and he retired a few months ago. I doubt he's going to be sketching. But if you want you can ask him." Michele asked me what character I would want and I said something like "Thor or anyone from the Fantastic Four."

A few hours later I get a text from Michele: "You're getting a Thor sketch." My jaw hit the floor. I honestly did not expect that Sinnott would be drawing. Then she sent me a photo of the sketch. I was seriously in awe. At 92 years old Sinnott was still an incredible artist.