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Koroush Ghazi
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Thanks JB, I'm really enjoying these pages!(Sorry, but I had to delete that image. - JB)
Edited by JohnByrne4 on 18 July 2018 at 4:09am
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Bob Freeman
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| Posted: 18 July 2018 at 3:47am | IP Logged | 2
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Showed this thread to my little brother, who will turn 48 in a couple of weeks.
His first words were, "Oh my god, there he is. That's Wolverine. I've missed him."
I responded, "I know, right?" then he added, "Best. Birthday. Ever. And it's early."
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 18 July 2018 at 4:07am | IP Logged | 3
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I really love page 9. Everything clicks for me on this page, but if I had to pick a favorite thing it would be the characters' body language. Your characters don't pose, they act.••• One of the best compliments I've ever received. Thanks!
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 18 July 2018 at 5:09am | IP Logged | 4
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This thread wins the Internet.•• I wonder how many minibrains are pelting Marvel with emails and texts of the "You can't let him do this!!!" variety!
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 18 July 2018 at 5:13am | IP Logged | 5
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…my little brother, who will turn 48 in a couple of weeks.•• There's an irony here, of course. I'm the guy who goes on and on about how comics should be for "all ages," yet here I am building a project that is aimed directly at the more geezery end of my fans. How much appeal would this have to a twelve year old? Someone who was 12 in 1980, sure. But then the math gets depressing!!
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 18 July 2018 at 5:19am | IP Logged | 6
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SIDEBAR (of sorts): One of the things that depresses me whenever I take a look at one of the X-Men movies, is how much of Chris' mythology has become canon. When I left the book, it seemed there was no longer anyone there to say "No" to him. Backstories and origins got turned inside out. Interpretation of powers became more and more wonky. The biggest insanity, of course, being Magneto transforming from a fiendish mass murdered into a "freedom fighter". Oy!This will be one of the biggest hurdles to be faced by this little exercise. Already we have seen people trying to figure out where it "fits". We can be certain, as I go on, that there will be those who will protest the further my course carries me from the established timeline. If we extend the fantasy and imagine this becoming a real series, the internet would explode.
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Ernest Degollado
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This will be one of the biggest hurdles to be faced by this little exercise. Already we have seen people trying to figure out where it "fits".
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What?! A comic story that's fun and exciting and doesn't really care how it fits in with 40 years of continuity? That's just crazy talk!
As far as I'm concerned, I couldn't care less how it "fits." I'm just enjoying these pages and THIS story unfold.
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Eric Ladd
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The care and consideration with which you approach your work shows, JB. That is what I have come to understand and appreciate as I got older. Over the years your art, story telling, story content, etc. have evolved and changed as you seem to have searched for ways to improve your work. The one thing that I have never seen change is the reverence and care with which you handle your characters. Observations like, "your characters don't pose, they act" show how little can be considered phoned in. I don't remember who claimed when you draw a desk they are even character specific, but it's stuff like that that illustrates how much thought you put into your work. Even the fact that you mention comics are for kids, but this exercise clearly appeals mostly to the 45+ crowd. I wholeheartedly thank you for sharing, allowing us to tinker and letting glimpse at what could have been. If anything is a time machine, it is this thread.
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Ted Pugliese
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| Posted: 18 July 2018 at 8:11am | IP Logged | 9
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Man, this is great! Thanks again, JB, for doing this.
Like everybody else here, I greatly appreciate and
greatly enjoy it.
But stop teasing us with Guardian. I don't think my
heart can take it.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 18 July 2018 at 9:20am | IP Logged | 10
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Finished another page this morning. Madness!I'll post it later this afternoon. I should warn you, tho. It's a SUBPLOT!
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Brennan Voboril
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I bet these new pages have created more buzz in the comics world than anything else in years.
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Sean Watson
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| Posted: 18 July 2018 at 9:34am | IP Logged | 12
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SUBPLOT!!!!!!! I can't wait!!! Yah baby!!!!
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