Active Topics | Member List | Search | Help | Register | Login
The John Byrne Forum
Byrne Robotics > The John Byrne Forum Page of 2 Next >>
Topic: Uncanny X-Men #116 Post ReplyPost New Topic
Author
Message
Abe Hoekstra
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 23 November 2015
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 10
Posted: 21 August 2018 at 9:00am | IP Logged | 1 post reply

I posted this gorgeous image from X-Men#116 in a couple of Facebook groups this afternoon. I still remember being in awe when I first read the book waaaay back in 1978. One reader asked how long it took John Byrne to draw this picture. John, do you still remember that? 
Back to Top profile | search
 
John Byrne
Avatar
Grumpy Old Guy

Joined: 11 May 2005
Posts: 132136
Posted: 21 August 2018 at 9:05am | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Half a day, probably.
Back to Top profile | search
 
Matt Clouser
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 25 September 2007
Location: United States
Posts: 178
Posted: 21 August 2018 at 9:05am | IP Logged | 3 post reply

Saw it there ... and as I mentioned, I started following the Claremont/Byrne X-Men with issue 113.  I was in college at the time (yes I am that old) and picked it up when it came out on the rack.

I distinctly remember when I first saw this issue, and this page in particular and I was absolutely blown away - I spent 35 cents and was getting THIS quality of art and story.

I was sooooooo hooked.
Back to Top profile | search
 
Matt Hawes
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 16 April 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 16407
Posted: 21 August 2018 at 10:08am | IP Logged | 4 post reply

Ah... how I love those X-Men stories of that era -- In particular, JB's artwork!

This page reminds me... there was another scene of a city or some complex that JB drew in an issue of "Uncanny X-Men" around this same period which I recall an interview in the "X-Men Companion" where JB stated he xeroxed half of the drawing and flipped it to create the drawing. I still have the book somewhere, but I will have to dig it up to find the specifics to the drawing.

Back to Top profile | search | www
 
Abe Hoekstra
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 23 November 2015
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 10
Posted: 21 August 2018 at 10:43am | IP Logged | 5 post reply

Thank you for answering John :-). X-Men #114 - 117  were my first X-Men. I have got the UK pence copies. I live in the Netherlands and sometimes we got the US copies, and sometimes the pence copies. And not every issue was available in the Netherlands. My next X-Men was #127, and I remember those were magical times. Thank you for being a part of a very happy time :-).
Back to Top profile | search
 
John Byrne
Avatar
Grumpy Old Guy

Joined: 11 May 2005
Posts: 132136
Posted: 21 August 2018 at 1:36pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply

Art Note: all the figures whose limbs are visible seem to be leading with the same side arm and leg.

A no-no!

Back to Top profile | search
 
Eric White
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 17 October 2006
Location: United States
Posts: 1066
Posted: 21 August 2018 at 2:57pm | IP Logged | 7 post reply

Erik Larsen goes over all your comics with a fine tooth comb looking for mistakes to "fix". Surprised he didn't see that one.
Back to Top profile | search
 
Dave Kopperman
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 27 December 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 3104
Posted: 21 August 2018 at 3:10pm | IP Logged | 8 post reply

 John Byrne wrote:
A no-no!

You could just say they were practicing their synchronized dance routine...?
Back to Top profile | search | www
 
John Byrne
Avatar
Grumpy Old Guy

Joined: 11 May 2005
Posts: 132136
Posted: 21 August 2018 at 3:17pm | IP Logged | 9 post reply

Erik Larsen goes over all your comics with a fine tooth comb looking for mistakes to "fix"....

•••

Every boy needs a hobby.

Back to Top profile | search
 
John Cole
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 02 March 2008
Location: United States
Posts: 504
Posted: 21 August 2018 at 10:07pm | IP Logged | 10 post reply

UXM #111 Hooked me for a few decades.
Back to Top profile | search e-mail
 
Rebecca Jansen
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 12 February 2018
Location: Canada
Posts: 4410
Posted: 21 August 2018 at 10:24pm | IP Logged | 11 post reply

The only thing about that double page scene to me is the foreground rocks could've been inked with a heavier Joe Sinnott line to add scale and depth. I guess that wasn't Austin's style though, but everything else is meticulous. I would never complain. I loved the page before that where they were climbing on the title as a snowy peak, very Will Eisner! But it wasn't done all that much yet then.

I thought I remembered some touches like people having frosty breath when they spoke, but maybe that was Hank and Jean in #113-114.
Back to Top profile | search | www
 
Adam Schulman
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 22 July 2017
Posts: 1717
Posted: 23 August 2018 at 1:28pm | IP Logged | 12 post reply

JB has always been great at drawing exotic-looking buildings, spaceships, etc. Clothing designs, too (see MAN OF STEEL #1 for proof).

Relatedly -- I remember the AVENGERS WEST COAST issue where the splash page has Vision's head, ah, disassembled. I looked at it and thought "wow, that's a lot of detail, that must've taken a lot of effort to draw."

Did it? My guess now is "no."
Back to Top profile | search
 

Page of 2 Next >>
  Post ReplyPost New Topic
Printable version Printable version

Forum Jump
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot create polls in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum

 Active Topics | Member List | Search | Help | Register | Login