Ron Gilbert writes that someone just purchased Steve Purcell's painting of the back cover of the Monkey Island 2 box art for $4,550 last night on eBay.

I can only hope it was purchased by some wealthy aristocrat who is also a hue Monkey Island fan and their next step is to contact me about financing my RPG/Adventure project. I'll hang by the phone for the rest of the day...just in case.

Poor Gilbert, someone really needs to throw wads of cash at him. Brian Crecente