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John Byrne
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John, what ethnicity do you consider the good Doctor?•• Doctor Stephen Strange is Caucasian, but I take my cue from Ditko… 
And, as noted, tend to "cast" this guy… 
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Aric Shapiro
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| Posted: 15 August 2007 at 8:11am | IP Logged | 2
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Bring back the spotted globes. They look groovy
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Ed Deans
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This is a very interesting piece. I've never been interested in Doctor Strange
or that type of book and yet there's something about the central figure
which makes me want to learn more. I also want to point out his hands
look particularly expressive.
This is not the Doctor Strange I saw in a panel here or there in a JB comic. It
reminds me more of the images I've seen from Steve Ditko. Its the face.
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John Peter Britton
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| Posted: 15 August 2007 at 8:19am | IP Logged | 4
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Is that a picture of Richard Boone Mr Byrne , nice piece of Doctor Strange art by the way.
Edited by John Peter Britton on 15 August 2007 at 9:41am
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 15 August 2007 at 8:21am | IP Logged | 5
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This is not the Doctor Strange I saw in a panel here or there in a JB comic.••• As I like to point out from time to time -- thanks for an excuse! -- despite my reputation to the contrary I "play by the rules", and as much as I might not like the way a character is being portrayed in the comics, if I happen to find myself in a situation where I am using that character, I drawn him/her as in the other titles. Keep the character "on model", in other words. In commission pieces, tho, I feel I can get closer to what I think are the defining versions of the characters, in this case Ditko's original drawings of Doctor Strange (even tho Ditko himself drifted away from that image, and the good Doctor, like Peter Parker, got better looking as time went by). It has been a motif of my whole career to get "back to the basics" whenever I can.
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Joe Hollon
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Namor and Human Torch definitely seem to be conspicuously absent from the character pose list. I would rather see Namor without the shark skin suit personally...
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Jeremy Boyd
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| Posted: 15 August 2007 at 8:49am | IP Logged | 7
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I notice JB keeps drawing Namor with the Sharkskin costume -- is this a
request or just JB's decision? I don't recall Namor wearing the costume that
often during his time in the Defenders but I know he DID wear it
sometimes...
just curious...
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Greg Reeves
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| Posted: 15 August 2007 at 8:50am | IP Logged | 8
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Super-sizing a commission truly is a Virue. Wait a second- I seem to recall the excuse for super-sizing this one is because of the good Doctor's cape, not for all of the delicious montage goodness!! Instead of cape wrinkles or misspelled smoke words, you get Eternity, Namor, Baron Mordo, Dormammu, Clea and the Hulk among others?! Sneaky Byrne!
Edited by Greg Reeves on 15 August 2007 at 8:52am
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Aric Shapiro
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| Posted: 15 August 2007 at 8:58am | IP Logged | 9
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"Namor and Human Torch definitely seem to be conspicuously absent from the character pose list. I would rather see Namor without the shark skin suit personally..."
JB has an open invitation from me to do either or both. Any time, any place.
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Brian Hunt
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| Posted: 15 August 2007 at 8:59am | IP Logged | 10
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IMHO, this is the best of the montages. Excellent!
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Aric Shapiro
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It is nice to see another 11 x 17 montage. Just a reminder that while the 20 x 30 are incredible, the 11 x 17 montages are impressive in their own right
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Brad Teschner
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| Posted: 15 August 2007 at 9:05am | IP Logged | 12
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this kicks a little bit of ass!
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