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David Philpott
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Posted: 29 September 2012 at 12:04pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply
Great cover ! I wish you would have followed Golden on the book.
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John Byrne
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Posted: 29 September 2012 at 12:06pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply
Great cover ! I wish you would have followed Golden on the book.

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If I had, it wouldn't have looked like this!

Michael was SO far ahead of me in those days. When MICRONAUTS blew X-MEN out of the water in various fan awards, during its first year, I had no problem with it at all. The book WAS that good!

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Stuart Somershoe
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Posted: 29 September 2012 at 12:06pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

This one is mine!

I'm mostly a lurker on this board but I had to post about how pleased I am with this commission...and my  other "imaginary cover" commissions (Invaders, Avengers, Defenders, Marvel Team Up, and Champions).

My "comic age" was the late 70's into the early 80's, and John Byrne was my favorite artist.  I cannot describe how incredible it is to own original artwork by him.  Thank you, John, for the many years of entertainment and art.  It might sound silly...but your comics did a lot to shape me into the adult I became.  The comics of my youth taught me a great deal about trying to do the right thing and heroism.  Thank you again.

(And thanks to Jim Warden for making this and my other commissions possible.  He is wonderfully easy to work with.)

Now I'm going back to staring at my commission.  Wow....
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Martin Arlt
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Posted: 29 September 2012 at 12:34pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply
Love this. MICRONAUTS was the title that hooked me on comics for life. As opposed to casually reading whatever I came across, this was the first title I actively sought out, and the first title I bought back issues for. And I always thought if I could scrape up the cash for a JB commission, it would be of the Micronauts!
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Thad Studebaker
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Posted: 29 September 2012 at 12:38pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply
What a cool piece!  The Micronauts debuted shortly after I got back into comics and quickly became one of my favorite titles.  I really wish they had made the comic book a limited series and ended it after the defeat of Baron Karza because it went down a path it really suffered from.  The first year though is some great storytelling.  This commission really grasps the sense of awe I used to get when reading those issues way back when.
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Thomas Moudry
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Posted: 29 September 2012 at 12:39pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply
Man, I loved the first 12 issues of MICRONAUTS, and that cover re-do is
awesome!
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Clint Ludwick
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Posted: 29 September 2012 at 12:48pm | IP Logged | 7 post reply
Love it!
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Eric Ladd
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Posted: 29 September 2012 at 12:58pm | IP Logged | 8 post reply
NICE!!! I have started appreciating the "imaginary" or "make believe" covers that JB has been doing. I think every single one of them makes me wish the actual comic book existed with interior art by the Chief.

I agree with the Michael Golden comments. I love his Micronauts work and there is a GI Joe Annual he did back then that is top notch as well. I can't remember the issue.
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Bill Catellier
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Posted: 29 September 2012 at 1:01pm | IP Logged | 9 post reply
Incredible!  Once I read the description, I hoped you'd pick Psyclop.  Great piece.  Acroyear was my favorite in that book.
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Chad Carter
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Posted: 29 September 2012 at 1:43pm | IP Logged | 10 post reply

Wonderful! A strong hook team-up and a great visual villain and one of the best logos in comics history. And extra points for an original JB Baron Karza figure nstead of just transferring one of the old logo's cornerbox figures. That's like a cool little "extra."
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Wallace Sellars
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Posted: 29 September 2012 at 1:44pm | IP Logged | 11 post reply
Congrats, Stuart! That's a sweet piece of art you've got there!

I remember reading (and enjoying) THE MICRONAUTS as a kid, but can't tell
you anything about them except that they're small!
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Dana Smith
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Posted: 29 September 2012 at 1:49pm | IP Logged | 12 post reply
I adore the Micronauts and this commission...Its really beautiful, JB.
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