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John Byrne
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20" x 30" imaginary cover commission of Dark Phoenix vs. Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four; the details are: - please include the Fantastic Four logo and "World's Greatest Comics Magazine" circa Fantastic Four # 249
- no price or issue number, but do include the character heads/images in the upper left of the cover based on the one used in Fantastic Four # 249
- background of Dr. Doom's castle with lots of rubble
- focus on confident Dr. Doom w/some cosmic weapon and Dark Phoenix with Sue and Ben also featured prominently
- please draw Dark Phoenix with a full/menacing Phoenix effect with inked detail in effect similar to the following:
LINK - smooth cloak on Dr. Doom
- Sue's hairstyle as shown in Fantastic Four # 255
- please include a hidden Barney Rubble
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James Johnson
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| Posted: 13 April 2013 at 4:18am | IP Logged | 2
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Wow! Great Stuff!
Makes me wonder how much of a threat Doom could be to Dark Phoenix
Edited by James Johnson on 13 April 2013 at 4:20am
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 13 April 2013 at 4:22am | IP Logged | 3
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"Realistically", there's not too many this side of Galactus who would really be a threat to Dark Phoenix -- but then, "realism" doesn't usually make for very exciting superhero stories!
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Robbie Parry
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| Posted: 13 April 2013 at 4:30am | IP Logged | 4
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An interesting request and a great commission. What more can I say?!
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Flavio Sapha
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| Posted: 13 April 2013 at 4:41am | IP Logged | 5
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Oh, man! I wish I was seeing this in a newsstand!
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William Roberge
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| Posted: 13 April 2013 at 4:50am | IP Logged | 6
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At 20 x 30 you would need one hell of a big newsstand!
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 13 April 2013 at 4:55am | IP Logged | 7
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Well, you know, older comics used to be bigger. . . .
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Wow, the full-size version must be staggeringly impressive. That is a brilliant Doom (with uber-gadgets to boot). You've never drawn the Thing better than you do today and I love Dark Phoenix's face -- perfect. I wish I could see more of Doom's castle. It really would be a thrill to see this as the cover of a new comic.
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Jason Mark Hickok
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| Posted: 13 April 2013 at 5:11am | IP Logged | 9
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I love Doom's weapons. This is one amazing commission. Well done,
JB!
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 13 April 2013 at 5:17am | IP Logged | 10
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I wish I could see more of Doom's castle.•• Reading the customer's request, I was confronted with a lot of hard choices. Well, maybe not so hard. But since I was asked to show Doom's castle, AND a lot of rubble, AND the Phoenix Effect, AND have the focus on Doom and his weapons, AND Sue and Ben and Phoenix. . . Well, I figured the characters were more important than the architecture! (I've had a number of requests over the years for images with detailed backgrounds AND figures that fill a lot of space -- big wings or capes, or flares like the Phoenix Effect. They take me back to my old line about why Hawkman always has to stand at the back!)
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Joe Hollon
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| Posted: 13 April 2013 at 5:58am | IP Logged | 11
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Phoenix looks great! Love the usage of space given all the specifics in the request! Well done!
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| Posted: 13 April 2013 at 6:07am | IP Logged | 12
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Where Dr Doom is involved in a story, you have to make room for the possibility of his success! He's a villain that commands respect and not to be underestimated. Most of his encounters are of his own mechanitions and foreplanned!*
So, I see this fantastic image and I'm wondering what it is that Doom has up his sleave (So-to-speak) and not, "Oh dear he's horribly out gunned!".
Great illo John.
-D
* In fact, Galactus could turn up in this scene and I still wouldn't rulle Doom out!
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