Uncanny X-men 283 Cover Whilce Portacio
Artists: Whilce Portacio (Penciller) , Whilce Portacio (Inker)
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DescriptionThis is the first piece of original comic art I purchased for my own collection and it's still probably my favorite piece of original comic art I own. I had bought and sold a few pieces of art before this one, but never anything I was interested in collecting. When I bought this cover and first got it in hand that was the event that triggered my OA addiction!I was first exposed to comics as a kid when a friend of mine told me about the X-men cartoon on TV in the early 1990s. One of my favorite episodes was about Bishop, a mutant that was able to time travel from a dystopian "Days of Future Past" like future in which most of the X-men had been killed after being betrayed by one of their own. (The idea was so good I guess they tried it in the comics too!) When I started reading comics shortly after that I had to find Bishop's first appearance in order to read about the comic book's version of that story, so UXM 283 ended up being one of the first comics I ever bought and is an issue I read over and over again. Bishop is maybe my favorite X-men character to come out of the 90s. He's been at the center of so many of the great X-men storylines since then (Legion Quest, Age of Apocalypse, Onslaught, Messiah Complex) For me, this piece recaptures a piece of my childhood. And it doesn't hurt that the art itself is not bad either :) Whilce Portacio Pencils & Inks! I'm truly grateful I was given an opportunity to buy this and still can't believe I'm lucky enough to own it! Social/Sharing |
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Adam Perlman
Member Since 2014
Posted on 12/16/2018
West Stephan wrote:
Awesome piece Adam!
Thanks! I've had so much fun viewing art on other peoples' CAFs over the years I figured it was time I start sharing a few of my own.
James S 
Member Since 2017
Posted on 12/16/2018
Great cover! Thanks for choosing to share your collection on CAF!
X-Men Junkie
Member Since 2015
Posted on 12/17/2018
Gorgeous cover. I loved Portacios run on the X-Men and his pages are hard to come by let alone one of his covers. So awesome.
Carlo M
Member Since 2006
Posted on 12/18/2018
Great talent, some of the art he did for those early Uncanny issues is so impressive!
John Espinoza
Member Since 2014
1 - Posted on 12/23/2018
What a great cover! Aside for obvious reasons, this cover has always been memorable to me because it’s probably the only X-Men cover solely occupied by African Americans. How often does that happen?
Raymond Bryan
Member Since 2011
Posted on 12/29/2018
Congrats on the addition!! One of my favorite covers that he drew!! Just a great cover!
James Dornoff
Member Since 2019
Posted on 1/2/2021
Another amazing peice of comic art work, this is was the era for when I first started reading and really getting into comics. Congrats on this really fun piece for your collection.
Kirk Dilbeck (3-Wishes and Patron-of-art)
Member Since 2006
Posted on 1/4/2021
Whilice was a heck of a talent back in the day when he could handle a monthly book!
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