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Danton Lopes
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Best Wolverine... EVER!
Absolutely perfect! Always loved this cover.
JB, as you were recreating this cover, did you feel the need to change anything in it? Is there anything that you don't like in it?
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John Byrne
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Danton --- I have a bit of George Lucas in me. I'd change ALL my old
drawings, if I could!
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Brandon Carter
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Ryan, this one isn't for me. It just so happened that I asked Jim Warden about a recreation of this last week, but he said someone else had already asked for it.
*sob*
*sob*
*sob*
*******
Vinny, you could ask for a reimagining of the cover.
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Idea: Let's all take a minute to dream that JB was offered and accepted work on that title right now, and given free reign to avoid all current crossover storylines and do what he wanted with Wolverine.
momentary sigh of wistful thinking...
This piece is excellent.
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Looks like somebody wants that last piece of cake!
Awesome work, Chief!
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This is one of my favorite covers because it is the book the drew me back into comics after I quit reading them as a teen. This recreation is easily one of my favorite pieces this year.
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Mike Baswell
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I wish art and books today had the kind of solid black shading used for definition or muscles and shadows that this piece showcases. I vigorously dislike the flat outline art these days that depends on the computer colorist to do all the shading. I admit I've even been a little disappointed that some of the art in FX didn't have more in the way of blacks and more defined shadows and textures.
Give me high contrast and a basic color palette any day.
Edited by Mike Baswell on 15 July 2008 at 1:41pm
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Anthony Frail
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A perfect Wolverine. Superb.
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Vinny Valenti
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"Vinny, you could ask for a reimagining of the cover."
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I know, and I've thought about that, trust me. But I have this fear that maybe I won't like it as much as the original. That's not a statement against JB's current abilities by any means, just that the nostalgia factor is at play here - I was practically knocked off of my feet when I first saw this drawing in an issue of Comics Interview, before #17 actually came out. I was not yet 16 then. One thing I love the most about it is the texturing on it.
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Michael Penn
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Excellent!
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One thing I love the most about it is the texturing on it.
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Ditto.
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Ted Pugliese
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John Byrne is the best Wolverine artist ever!
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Brutal, snarling, excellent.
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John Byrne
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John Byrne is the best Wolverine artist ever!
••
If John Buscema had never drawn the character, I might let my ego out of the
box long enough to agree with you. Maybe. If JRjr had broken his hand that
day.
But since John Buscema DID draw the character. . . .
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Ted Pugliese
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The Big JB is great, no doubt, but I like your Wolverine better.
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Ted Pugliese
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And you know how I feel about JRJr, but Wolverine is yours.
He can have Daredevil ;-)
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Vinny Valenti
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Yeah, I'm with Ted. Sorry, JB. You just have to deal with being the best Wolverine (and Batman!) artist in my mind.
Edited by Vinny Valenti on 15 July 2008 at 2:18pm
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John Byrne
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In your mind(s) I can deal with. As a general statement of fact, not so much!
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Bryan White
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Someone upstream said "Ditto" and I read Ditko ..... that was a strange juxtaposition of images in my feeble little mind.
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Ted Pugliese
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Puny human!
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William Roberge
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Fantastic!
And come on, let that ego out, you ARE quite good at this!
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Bryan White
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JB: not being a fan of Wolverine, I have no idea if your image is the best ever, but it sure is a great image, could you accept definitive?
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My first reply to a commission piece. Always love the commission thread.
John, how do you do your recreate your covers? Do you get out the originals, transfer the pencil work and re-ink them? After seeing this one I checked on an FF cover you did and it's also pretty spot on to the original.
If not, I applaud you, because in photoshop these two on top of each other are almost identical!
Amazing!
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Joe Franklin
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Awesome re-imaging!
I loved this all-too-brief run. I didn't think I'd like the Byrne/Janson collaboration, but I was pleasantly surprised. Classic work.
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JB, were you offered the regular Wolverine series when it began? And if so, why didn't you take it?
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