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James Henry
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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 | 2
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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 | 3
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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 | 4
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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 | 5
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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 | 6
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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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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 | 8
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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 | 9
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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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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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John Byrne
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| Posted: 12 August 2006 at 8:11pm | IP Logged | 12
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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. **** This piece was inked almost entirely with the PITT Pens I have been using of late. Basically, Sharpies with India Ink.
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