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Ryan Maxwell
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Many thanks to Gentleman Jim Warden for the scans and the permission to use them for the Reading Club. Lucky guy owns the complete interiors to Alpha Flight 14, and I thought I’d do something a little different this week since all this gorgeous original art was available to me (just please excuse my feeble attempts to produce a B&W cover). Do yourself a favor and stop by his CAF gallery to see the rest.
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryRoom.asp?Order=Date&P age=1&GSub=40456
This was only the second AF issue I owned, getting 12 and finally 13 many months later. I met Heather Hudson back in issue 11 when she was leaving Canada to join Mac in New York. Reading this the first time, it was a complete shock to find out he was dead; she had gone back up North with this short guy; and the girl from the pin-up at the end of 11, who I was so confident would be the one to die, was still alive and swimming. As much as issue 11 did to hook me, this one reeled me in and I didn’t miss another issue of the run.
And I had no adolescent fantasies about Heather in her bra or a naked Aurora, no sir…
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Aric Shapiro
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To own an entire comic.....Wow. I am floored! Incredible story on this one and the art is superb
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Jay Famous
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Awesome. It's interesting to note how much spooky and unsettling imagery was present in JB's Alpha Flight run. I remember this story in particular being a little disturbing with the Plodex alien assuming the face of a carnivorous infant, and of course, the damage that Puck inflicts on the Master later on. JB, was the level of violence and horror-influenced imagery a concious effort on your part at the time? It definitely sets this book apart from say, FF or X-Men.
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Juan Jose Colin Arciniega
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Wow...interestinf change in the reading club. I liked the idea. As for this issue, i loved the scene with Aurora in the mirror, and the new clothes for Marrina!
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Vinny Valenti
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I detect a slight shift in inking style with this issue, which hit the stands around the same time as the Terminus storyline in the FF. Looks great to me here, though oddly I didn't like it as much on those FF issues.
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Brad Teschner
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JB: Were there alterations made to Aurora's breast blocking hand on page 12?
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Brian Hunt
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Dramatic change of pace issue that still had a lot of action. JB is the best at layering in sub plots. I can remember being really worried about Snowbird. It was a huge shock to later find out what the problem was and then reread the issues and find all of the hints that had been given along the way.
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John Byrne
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Were there alterations made to Aurora's breast blocking hand on page 12?
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Nope. What you're seeing there is the ghost of the pencils. Back in the
letterpress days, pencils didn't need to be so thoroughly erased. Anything
below a certain percentage of gray (40% as I recall) dropped out.
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John Byrne
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…I had no adolescent fantasies about Heather in her bra…
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I did. And I was, like, 34. . .
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Paulo Pereira
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Nice one, Ryan.
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John Byrne
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JB is the best at layering in sub plots.
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I so miss that. As was RAMMED home while I was working on BLOOD OF THE DEMON,
there's no point in working stuff out one or two years in advance, as I did on ALPHA or
FF. Not when an editorial whim can rip the guts out of your story at any time for a
crossover stunt.
I've been discussing a new series (series of miniseries, really) with the good folk at IDW.
If it happens, one of the best things about it will be that, like NEXT MEN, I can start
layering again.
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Andrew Hess
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JB said: ". . . one of the best things about it will be that, like NEXT MEN, I can
start layering again."
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One of the things sorely missed in today's comics, and one of the reasons I
look forward to your non-Big2 work.
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