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Mark McKay
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JB, will we learn why this Jean was becoming intangible?
Also, I am making an assumption that your original pages from Fantastic Four 286 (that were rewritten before publication) still hold true?
Just doing some sleuthing here.
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John Byrne
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Careful! "Sleuthing" = speculation = potential spoilers.
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Steven Queen
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Does the forestry fall into the category of "argle-bargle"? (Great word!)
Also, beautiful page today. Your Cyclops/Scott is the only one that looks right any more, and every glimpse of Jean-as-Phoenix is a visual treat too. Clean, simple lines, yet so expressive. My eyes soak it up so fast, I almost can't "see it" at first look.
While not evident today, had you considered that when you "whiten" certain elements post-scan (for effect), you are venturing into the field of digital painting? Padding your resume? :)
Edited by Steven Queen on 28 July 2020 at 7:44am
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 28 July 2020 at 7:48am | IP Logged | 4
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Does the forestry fall into the category of "argle-bargle"? Mostly. Another instance where I kind of zone out, and when I come back someone has drawn the backgrounds for me. ++++ While not evident today, had you considered that when you "whiten" certain elements post-scan (for effect), you are venturing into the field of digital painting? Padding your resume? :) Already bin there! ANGEL - BLOOD AND TRENCHES was a black and white book with color, specifically snow and blood. And I did that on the scans.
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Luke Smyth
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This year has not been kind to all of us on many levels. Personally Ive
suffered a number of losses that sent me to a very dark place. I can
honestly say that this series has been a consistent source of relief
throughout it all.
Heartfelt thanks for doing this and for the constant high quality of
entertainment over 40 plus years. Respect.
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Mark McKay
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Careful! "Sleuthing" = speculation = potential spoilers.
Fair enough! I'll try to keep it in my own head.
(Sometimes I can't help myself, especially seeing a page a day).
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Richard Stevens
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That big shot of Scott with the Phoenix is such a great figure. Scott looks lean, but strong and flexible the kind of guy who could survive a drop from a massive height with nothing but eye beams to slow him down.
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Michael Genitempo
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Fair enough! I'll try to keep it in my own head.
(Sometimes I can't help myself, especially seeing a page a day).
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I feel you Mark. Very hard to hold back sometimes, especially when I *think* I know where JB is going... And of course, I'm almost always wrong... Damn that Byrne and his twists...
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John Byrne
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..nothing but eye beams... Only in comics could eye beams become a "nothing but"!
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Re: ANGEL - BLOOD AND TRENCHES.
I've been out-of-comics for a long while. That looks awesome! In the sneek-peek on Amazon, there's a quality to the art that has in some ways has a very different style. I wouldn't guess it was yours in many of the panels (others definitively, yes). More shading perhaps because of a pencils-only format?
I always treasured your Baron Blood vampire run in Captain America as well.
Exciting!
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BLOOD AND TRENCHES was pencils only, but, unlike ELSEWHEN, it was pencils that were not intended to be inked. So, a whole tonal "experience".(I sometimes wonder if there are A-B&T pages I have sold that have ended up in the tender loving care of someone who felt they would be improved by inking. And, sadly, I know some inkers who would do it without hesitation.)
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I have been trying to resist being a simulationist/RPG/nit-picker...but since y'all brought it up...
I really liked how Cyclops once used his pulsed optic-blasts to slow down Wolerine's fall at the end of the Proteus saga (perhaps my all-time favorite story-line in the X-men). That application totally works for me.
But...if Cyclops' beam "push back at him" via Newton's-Law to slow him down when falling, then aren't they also pushing him horizontally every time he uses them?
Sorry, I've got an engineer's brain that won't shut up.
EDIT: Maybe that's why he often "leans into them"...
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