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John Byrne
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One thing I noticed about Dave Cockrum's cover and Dave's original art. The chandalier is different in the final product. Who would have been responsible for erasing Dave's original chandalier and drawing a new one?•• In those days before Photoshop, it would likely have been done on a stat, not by erasing anything on the original (as we can see since the original still exists!). As to why…
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John Peter Britton
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| Posted: 04 August 2009 at 8:55am | IP Logged | 2
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That's a nice cover by Dave Cockrum but John Byrne's is a far better version!
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Michael Andrew Gonoude
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Sorry, Jason, I didn't read back far enough; my reply should have been directed to Tshombe's post, not yours.
You're right about today's covers; they're only good (barely) for telling you whose goddamn book it is -- no hint of story that might actually make you want to buy the feckin' thing (no "WTF?!?" moment, as it were, unless WTF stands for "Why The F*ck should I spend $4 on this?").
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Ed Deans
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Terrific terrified Storm!
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Arc Carlton
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| Posted: 04 August 2009 at 6:23pm | IP Logged | 5
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Storm should be scared, that Juggernaut is scary.
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Joe Hollon
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Awesome! This is just perfect! And yes, this is mine.
For the curious:
This didn't start out as a reimagining of X-Men 102. Colossus is probably my favorite X-Man and Juggernaut my favorite X-Villain. Byrne is the best Colossus artist so this battle was a natural for me to have JB cook up in a commission. Anyway, as I contemplated the piece I decided I wanted to add another character to the mix thinking this might be my only X-Men themed piece. I tossed around ideas with Jim Warden and it was he who suggested this cover for a reimagining. His suggestion was perfect for what I was looking for! I'm so pleased that Wolverine got thrown in there! That helps me with my next commission request.
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William Roberge
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| Posted: 06 August 2009 at 4:26am | IP Logged | 7
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Congrats Joe, This is a fantastic commission.
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Jason Mark Hickok
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Congrats Joe! JB outdid himself again. You were wise to throw ideas at Jim. He is a master at these commissions things!
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Tim O Neill
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Very cool, Joe. I really like hearing how people arrived at the decision for
their commissions. I hope you guys can tell us more about why you choose
what you choose.
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Joe Hollon
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" I hope you guys can tell us more about why you choose
what you choose."
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I'll add a little more to that about myself. I started out with a reimagining of the most comic cover with the most sentimental value to me (Marvel Team-Up 68). When I decided to go for another commission, I went with another cover reimagining (JK4W #17). At the time I thought this might be my "theme". I got so into the New Gods characters that I diverged and got a whole series of those! Once I scratched that itch I decided to try to cover all the major characters JB is associated with. This piece covers the X-Men for me. Up next......? To be continued....
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Al Burr
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That's the best looking Nightcrawler I've seen in years! Dave would be proud. :)
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Joe Hollon
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| Posted: 10 August 2009 at 12:57pm | IP Logged | 12
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In honor of my latest commission, I read the first appearance of Juggernaut this afternoon from X-MEN #12.
X-Men 12 Spoiler warning:
What a great debut! I can't think of another villain that got as good a build up in their first appearance (maybe Galactus....been awhile since I read that one). The whole issue is Professor X telling the story of how his half-brother became the unstoppable Juggernaut while this (mostly) unseen force makes its way towards the X-mansion right through all their defenses. Finally Juggernaut gets there, dispatches of all the X-Men with a single swipe of his arms and is left face-to-face with a seemingly defenseless Professor X. To be continued! Great comic!
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