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Micronauts : The New Voyages 18 - PRELIM & PUBLISHED COVERS - Keith Pollard

Artists: Keith Pollard (Penciller) , Mark McKenna (Inker)

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Micronauts : The New Voyages 18 - PRELIM & PUBLISHED COVERS - Keith Pollard Comic Art

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Published Cover - Black Plate & Red Color Hold

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Title:	Micronauts : The New Voyages 18 - PRELIM & PUBLISHED COVERS - Keith Pollard
Artist:	Keith Pollard (Penciller)
Artist:	Mark McKenna (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	2,152
Likes on CAF:	2 3
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	1/8/2014
Comic Art Archive:	Micronauts Issue: 18 Page: cover View

Description

A recent auction win, followed by a quick call to a dealer.

I happened to know from a comment from Pollard himself that he had been asked to do this cover twice, as Editorial didn't like the Heavy Black Border around the figures on the initial version.

(In his defense, I'm guessing the Black Borders were his solution to getting the figures in the cover to 'pop' from the busy background; while Editorial must have decided it would be better to reduce the busy-ness of the composition with 'color holds.' I have to agree with Editorial.)

I'm unsure whether or not Pollard actually penciled the 2nd (the published version) himself, as there are additional credits present - perhaps it was lightboxed from the original by staff inkers at the Bullpen.

2022 Edit to Add: Inker MARK MCKENNA weighed in with this comment:
"The Micronauts cover was pencil lightboxed in-house from Pollard's inked version and I asked to ink it when I was on staff. It was my first ever cover inks."

While it likely devalues both of them, (the two paired would never sell for what I paid for them separately), I'm still happy to have them together.

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Joshua McCoy
Member Since 2013

Posted on 1/8/2014

Congrats on the new additions, Andrew! Nice to see both pieces together!

David K
Member Since 2008

Posted on 1/8/2014

Very interesting background story on these. Glad they are together and they couldn't have found a better home!

Michael One Minute Later
Member Since 2005

Posted on 1/31/2014

fabulous

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