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Ok, attempt number 3. I had fun inking Nightcrawler in this one. I have a question though about the character. When I was looking up reference material on him  I came across the Dave Cockrum model sheet and I was wondering about the blue skin. Is it actual blue skin like they portrayed it in the films or is it very fine dark blue fur?


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That's too bad.  I've always thought the splash page for 138 was a brilliant piece of art on your part.  You can see Scott's lingering concern and Jean's relief (either as someone relieved of her powers or someone with the mind of a 5 year old).  The contrast of this single page and the drama of the issues that proceed it is so striking and so skillfully and simply accomplished by you

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Nice work Tony
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Richard, I suggest you peruse the rules of Forum Decorum.

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Mr. Byrne, 

On the topic of scripting, were you ever given an opportunity by Claremont to review his word balloons or narrative boxes before the book went to press? 

I believe you've discussed in the past how he would script situations differently than you had intended in your plots, and that was one of the reasons you were unhappy on the book. 

I ask this because I noticed a big difference in Claremont's scripting after you left — and I don't mean story direction, but how characters talked, acted, etc. 

This led me to think you may have had more influence over what went into those word balloons, than I originally thought. 
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Tony M, perhaps his nickname of Fuzzy Elf partly answers your question. 


I think it’s both. 
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Toward the end, Shooter offered me script approval, but honestly that didn't seem like part of my job.
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I vote for captions and thought balloons. I miss them. 
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Tried a few pages. So very odd, having spent all these years teaching myself to avoid narrative captions and thought balloons. It will come more easily with time.

Number one thing to avoid, an unintended parody of Chris!

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Mr.Byrne,

So what do think about "Untold Story" plus revised X-Men #138 (maybe updating #138 with a recap of the Hidden Years) as a possible X-Men Elsewhen #0 and of course, with a new cover (with a hidden #137-138 à la Hidden Years)? And then, going with your story in #1.

Then you can fill the gaps between #0 and #1 later in an Annual or similar (an "alternate" story to X-Men Annual #4).


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