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Abe Hoekstra
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I posted this gorgeous image from X-Men#116 in a couple of Facebook groups this afternoon. I still remember being in awe when I first read the book waaaay back in 1978. One reader asked how long it took John Byrne to draw this picture. John, do you still remember that? 
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John Byrne
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Half a day, probably.
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Matt Clouser
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Saw it there ... and as I mentioned, I started following the Claremont/Byrne X-Men with issue 113. I was in college at the time (yes I am that old) and picked it up when it came out on the rack.
I distinctly remember when I first saw this issue, and this page in particular and I was absolutely blown away - I spent 35 cents and was getting THIS quality of art and story.
I was sooooooo hooked.
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Ah... how I love those X-Men stories of that era -- In particular, JB's artwork!
This page reminds me... there was another scene of a city or some complex that JB drew in an issue of "Uncanny X-Men" around this same period which I recall an interview in the "X-Men Companion" where JB stated he xeroxed half of the drawing and flipped it to create the drawing. I still have the book somewhere, but I will have to dig it up to find the specifics to the drawing.
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Abe Hoekstra
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Thank you for answering John :-). X-Men #114 - 117 were my first X-Men. I have got the UK pence copies. I live in the Netherlands and sometimes we got the US copies, and sometimes the pence copies. And not every issue was available in the Netherlands. My next X-Men was #127, and I remember those were magical times. Thank you for being a part of a very happy time :-).
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John Byrne
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Art Note: all the figures whose limbs are visible seem to be leading with the same side arm and leg. A no-no!
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Erik Larsen goes over all your comics with a fine tooth comb looking for mistakes to "fix". Surprised he didn't see that one.
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You could just say they were practicing their synchronized dance routine...?
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John Byrne
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Erik Larsen goes over all your comics with a fine tooth comb looking for mistakes to "fix"....••• Every boy needs a hobby.
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UXM #111 Hooked me for a few decades.
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The only thing about that double page scene to me is the foreground rocks could've been inked with a heavier Joe Sinnott line to add scale and depth. I guess that wasn't Austin's style though, but everything else is meticulous. I would never complain. I loved the page before that where they were climbing on the title as a snowy peak, very Will Eisner! But it wasn't done all that much yet then.
I thought I remembered some touches like people having frosty breath when they spoke, but maybe that was Hank and Jean in #113-114.
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JB has always been great at drawing exotic-looking buildings, spaceships, etc. Clothing designs, too (see MAN OF STEEL #1 for proof).
Relatedly -- I remember the AVENGERS WEST COAST issue where the splash page has Vision's head, ah, disassembled. I looked at it and thought "wow, that's a lot of detail, that must've taken a lot of effort to draw."
Did it? My guess now is "no."
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