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J.C. Alexander
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| Posted: 12 August 2006 at 10:01am | IP Logged | 1
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Very nice JB.
I love the subtle relationship nuances: Cyclops is protecting Marvel Girl, Beast has his toes wrapped around Iceman to keep him from falling, and Angel is close by, yet still distant from the rest of the team. Xavier, as always, has his own barriers up in front of the team, quite literally.
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James Henry
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| Posted: 12 August 2006 at 11:30am | IP Logged | 2
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Wow, another fantastic commission. I love the original Danger Room. It was always much more interesting to me when it was mechanical/robotic. Whirling saw blades, machine guns, flame throwers, etc. were somehow cooler than the holograms that came later. Nobody does the X-Men - new or old - as well as JB.
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Darren Taylor
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| Posted: 12 August 2006 at 11:43am | IP Logged | 3
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Nice commission. Great inking again John!
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Jason Fulton
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| Posted: 12 August 2006 at 11:48am | IP Logged | 4
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I guess I'll just have to catch the bullets, Wayne.
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Robert Cosgrove
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| Posted: 12 August 2006 at 11:56am | IP Logged | 5
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Nice. Everything works in this piece, the composition, the handling of the
characters, the rendering of the costumes.
For some reason, looking at this piece I was struck for the first time at what
a great concept the Danger Room was. It provided excitement, yet fit in with
concept of the school. It was an opportunity for Prof. X to deliver a little
lecture, emphasizing his mentor role. And it could be stuck in where
needed. Story going to require a lengthier, more placid build up than
usual--no problem, drop in a Danger Room sequence for some action and
visual pizzazz.
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Corey Johnson
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| Posted: 12 August 2006 at 2:19pm | IP Logged | 6
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From their expressions, I can almost envision Xavier telling Hank to take things a bit more seriously! Great piece JB.
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William Roberge
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| Posted: 12 August 2006 at 2:30pm | IP Logged | 7
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Shit Man!!! Uh...I think I ment to say "Very Nice"!.
Edited by William Roberge on 12 August 2006 at 2:31pm
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Gustavo C Cruz
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| Posted: 12 August 2006 at 6:21pm | IP Logged | 8
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I just wanted to add: let's not forget about those marvelous Byrne's explosions. Really, they are perfect. And Corey, what a great comment you just did, I guess every commision is a story by itself.
Edited by Gustavo C Cruz on 12 August 2006 at 6:22pm
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Sean Hollenhors
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| Posted: 12 August 2006 at 6:25pm | IP Logged | 9
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What a great picture! I love the interaction between Beast and Iceman. The
inks are beeyooteeful!
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Charles Jones
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| Posted: 12 August 2006 at 7:06pm | IP Logged | 10
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A few years back marvel did a comic that retold the original X-men stories for 99cents, it was awful it was before X-men The Hidden Years. I had remembered the covers JB did for some old reprints of the Kirby issues back in the 80's i think and the way he portrayed the original X-men, also the little scenes in UXM#138.
I always loved the retro yet current way he did the originals, I've seen many sketches here and there of them.
This one is my absolute favorite.
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Charles Jones
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| Posted: 12 August 2006 at 7:07pm | IP Logged | 11
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I also like the way Beasts costume is wrinkled there.
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Vinny Valenti
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Y'know, JB, I was a bit shocked when I saw you say in another thread that you dont care for the way you draw hair, since for the most part I liked your methods in particular (the only exception was that I thought the sharpie inks made hair look too flat). I was looking for a good example of what I liked about your free-flowing hair, and Marvel Girl in this piece is a great example of that.
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