The commision looks fantastic to me - they always do.  JB, do you draw a picture like the one here differently than you would if you knew it was going to be colored?  I always wonder about that, not being an artist myself.  I've always avioded the Essentials line of reprints because I think that the artists would have drawn the work differently if they thought it was going to be read in black and white, but I don't know if that has any basis in reality.

I've enjoyed many comics that were meant to be in black and white, like Sin City, Lone Wolf and Cub, and Eagle but the b&w reprint books always look so drab to me.

Even though I agree with the sentiment behind Wayne's post - it's not cool to make critical remarks in about someone's commision when you're lucky to see it at all, and I hope this doesn't get me on the @#$% list, this:

QUOTE: Out of all the threads on the forum - you can't just keep quiet here out of courtesy and respect? That's all it is - just a little courtesy in just one thread.

...c'mon, you have to admit that's funny.

Dan, thanks!

all you need is every comic youve bought in the last 39 years, and a scanner!

On the other hand, tho, in black&white the artist does not have to give any thought at all to overlapping colors -- red on red, blue on blue, etc -- so the job is made a little bit easier.

Thanks to Scott to have asked you to finish the other version.

Its another nice work.