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John Byrne
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As mentioned in a couple of other threads now, IDW recently asked me to do an 8 page Rocketeer story for them. Another artist, it seems, had failed to meet his commitments, and they were caught short. And who ya gonna call?Anyway, here's a little sneak peek, from the lettering guide... 
And, yes, the other pages DO have backgrounds other than SKY! Rocketeer, Popeye, STAR TREK, ANGEL... IDW has certainly expanded my horizons!
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Charles Valderrama
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WOW - nice layouts, JB!!! Looking forward to this!!!
-C!
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Victor Manuel Fernandez Patiño
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Is going to be my first Rocketeer comic!
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Eric Ladd
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AWESOME!!!!
That looks great, JB. I know it isn't something the average artist considers important, but your dependability is what makes you professional. And let's face it, you aren't the average artist by any means.
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Deane Aikins
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Interesting plane! What is it?
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Brian Hunt
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Interesting! I'm looking forward to it.
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Lars Johansson
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That is the best Rocketeer so far.
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Robert Bradley
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Looking forward to this.
I've been a Rocketeer fan since the PACIFIC PRESENTS days.
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Aaron Adam Leach
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That really looks like it is fun to work on, and I really like your panel layouts.
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Michael Arndt
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Very nice, JB.
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Tim O'Neill
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WOW!
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John Byrne
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Interesting plane! What is it?•• Ford Tri-Motor. And here's my handy reference: 
"These new Ford Tri-Motors -- safest thing in the air!" Source THAT, I dares ya!
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Matt Reed
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Do you know the title of the comic in which this appears? I don't follow the character, but would certainly pick this up for obvious reasons!
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Jeremy Boyd
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That's gorgeous. IDW sure does some cool stuff.
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John Byrne
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Do you know the title of the comic in which this appears?•• ROCKETEER ADVENTURES --- I think!
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Deane Aikins
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I thought it might be a Ford, but I didn't recognize the tri-props on the wing engines.
I love the book and look forward to seeing your story!
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Matt Hawes
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Very nice!!! It's great seeing you work on The Rocketeer, JB!
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Wilson Mui
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Looks great! i like the plane.
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Great! I'm looking forward to this.
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Tony Centofanti
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Kudos!
I really like how the Rocketeer's body is posed in those panels. Where the page "succeeds" in my eyes;
1) The sense of physics. His body moves in accordance with, or at least regard to, having a back-pack with jet propullsion.
2) Fluidity. Action poses suggest movement, and are not statue-esque. I really like Rocketeer curving his body around the bullets, in particular.
3)As always, JB's composition of shapes and angles that make up the drawings lend them themselves to clear story-telling. Passage of events, reading order, would be clear even if the balloons were not numbered.
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Vinny Valenti
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Very cool.
Walt Simonson's also been posting Rocketeer pages on Facebook, so I assume that it's for the same anthology.
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Adam Hutchinson
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Very cool. JB, I was wondering when you post little teases like this, do you have to run it by IDW (of whichever publisher) or is it just up to your discretion?
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Ryan Maxwell
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My son and I watched ROCKETEER together for the first time a little while back. I'll definitely be sharing this with him, he liked the movie a lot.
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Brad Brickley
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This looks great, nice to see some new and different stuff. It has been a great few years now with IDW, who'd have thunk?
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Peter Martin
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Really cool and really exciting!
The Rocketeer seems like a great fit for you.
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