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        | Steve Gumm Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          WOW!!! This page is crackling with energy, this issue is going to be awesome!
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        | Larry Gil Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Wow is right!!! Glad the mini break is over .
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        | Wallace Sellars Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          That's a power-packed page!
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        | David Allen Perrin Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          The line work.  The varying line thicknesses and the varying textures all coming together in wonderful detail.  The hatching.  The shading.  The composition.
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        | Peter Hicks Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Page 1 = Neal Adams X Gil Kane = Awesome!!
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        | Jeffrey Rice Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          I think I know who are in those suits. Great splash!!
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        | John Byrne 
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          The line work.  The varying line thicknesses and the varying textures all coming together in wonderful detail.  The hatching.  The shading.  The composition.
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 |  •• It's always gratifying when readers take note of this kind of stuff.  Over the years--okay, decades--of my career, I have come to the sad realization that many do not appreciate what goes into the production of the simplest of panels.  Even a character floating in empty space has to be drawn--lines on the page, decisions made about pose and weight, angles and so on.  Sure, pretty  much all second nature by now, but still going on.
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        | Paul Go Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          The X-Men are in a haploid of trouble.  Excellent start!
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        | Tony Frye Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Amazing page.
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 Back when you were working on the book, did Shooter have a problem with splash pages? I seem to remember reading that somewhere — that he didn't like stories opening or closing with splash pages. I could be wrong.  | 
       
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        | Scott Barnett Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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 |  | It's always gratifying when readers take note of this kind of stuff. Over the years--okay, decades--of my career, I have come to the sad realization that many do not appreciate what goes into the production of the simplest of panels. Even a character floating in empty space has to be drawn--lines on the page, decisions made about pose and weight, angles and so on. Sure, pretty much all second nature by now, but still going on.***
 
 As an artist myself, I had always appreciated the careful consideration of such factors, but I really started to notice your attention to them when you introduced JBNM.
 
 And I have yet a NEW level of appreciation since studying THIS project!
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        | Stéphane Garrelie Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          So far, so good.
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        | Tony Moretti Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          As a slightly less accomplished comic and figure artist, I gotta say JB, the foreshortening on Colussus' lower half is on point. How ever long it would take me to do a similar pose, I no doubt would spend two-thirds of my time on that left leg alone. Inspiring work. Thanks for sharing.
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