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Rocket Raccoon by Brad Walker

Artist: Brad Walker (All)

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Title:	Rocket Raccoon by Brad Walker
Artist:	Brad Walker (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	435
Likes on CAF:	6 7
Comments:	7
Added to Site:	6/15/2023
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Description

About a week ago Brad Walker(who's worked in the industry for quite some time now and who I first became familiar with for his work on one of my favorite villains Sinestro) began making original art pieces and posting them on his website for sale, no commissions just pieces he was doing for fun. I saw that he'd made a Batman, Captain America, and Spider-Man, but then the next one he made was... Rocket Raccoon.

And I simply couldn't resist. This is a depiction like no other in my collection currently, aggressive, in your face, meticulously rendered with great forced perspective and featuring a brilliant nod to a well known gag associated with the character at this point. I feverishly anticipated its drop and bought it from his site so fast that it didn't seem fair.

Its striking in person, the lines are clean, detailed and you feel like you're being threatened by the projectile packing procyon himself. No regrets.

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About the Owner

	Joshua Matthews-Sims
Joined:	January 2022
Last Login:	January 2026
Ebay Id:	jossim_66
Website:	https://joshuamatthewssims.com/
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Ian Saint
Member Since 2021

1 - Posted on 6/16/2023

No regrets indeed. That is a wonderful piece with an awesome upgrade. I am a total fan of his artwork and gald it made it into your Rocket collection.

Joshua Matthews-Sims
Member Since 2022

1 - Posted on 6/16/2023

Ian Saint wrote:

No regrets indeed. That is a wonderful piece with an awesome upgrade. I am a total fan of his artwork and gald it made it into your Rocket collection.

Many thanks! I didnt know he's drawn an early issue of guardians of the modern era and I'd always wondered what his take would look like. It did not disappoint, couldn't believe it when he revealed it.

Ian Saint
Member Since 2021

1 - Posted on 6/16/2023

Joshua Matthews-Sims wrote:

So for the Modern Era Pencillers as best I can find for Rocket Raccoon and Groot it goes Timothy Green II, Tom Raney, Paul Pelletier, then Brad Walker. He took over the GotG Vol. 2 run right after Paul and interchanged then with Wes Craig as the main pencilers for the run. I just put my main collection in order and if you look at it now, it is in order of release dates and thus is the early history for modern GotG as best I can find. 69 pages (soon to be 70 pages when I post) that cover their runs through the main titles they were in and connected with. I started it back in Annihilation as Star-lord met Gamora and Drax on those titles with Andrea Di Vito, then a prologue with Mike Perkins that connects, but Annihilation Star-Lord was where Groot and Rocket Raccoon joined. Modern GotG all first meet in Annihilation: Conquest in issue 6. I was able to grab some of the early pieces from a few titles as tracked when they were meeting Star-lord, which seemed to be their entry point into Modern Era. The way I see it is the era begins with the authors Keith Giffen, or Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning as that is when the stories seem to intertwine. Either way, I have collected more of Brad's pieces than any other as they were still available and I totally love his artwork. Thus, I really enjoy your piece. I hope to some day get a commission if ever the time is right.

Joshua Matthews-Sims
Member Since 2022

Posted on 6/16/2023

Ian Saint wrote:

So for the Modern Era Pencillers�as best I can find for Rocket Raccoon and Groot it goes Timothy Green II, Tom Raney, Paul Pelletier, then Brad Walker. He took over the GotG Vol. 2 run�right after Paul and interchanged then with Wes Craig as the main pencilers for the run. I just put my main collection in order and if you look at it now, it is in order of release dates and thus is the early history for modern GotG as best I can find. 69 pages (soon to be�70 pages when I post) that cover their runs through the main titles�they were in and connected with. I started it back in Annihilation as Star-lord met Gamora and Drax on those titles with Andrea Di Vito, then a prologue with Mike Perkins that connects, but Annihilation Star-Lord�was where Groot and Rocket Raccoon joined. Modern GotG all first meet in Annihilation: Conquest in issue 6. I was able to grab some of the early pieces from a few titles as tracked when they were meeting Star-lord, which seemed�to be their entry point into Modern Era. The way I see it is the era begins�with the authors�Keith Giffen, or Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning as that is when the stories seem to intertwine. Either way, I have collected more of Brad's pieces than any other as they were still available and I totally love his artwork. Thus, I�really enjoy your piece. I hope to some day get a commission if ever the time is right.

That is awesome. Yeah it seems to be rare for him but here's to hoping its soon!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 6/16/2023

That's Bucky's arm that Nebula gave him in the Christmas special

Joshua Matthews-Sims
Member Since 2022

1 - Posted on 6/16/2023

Marcus Wai wrote:

That's Bucky's arm that Nebula gave him in the�Christmas special

And it seems he's putting it to good use XD

Peter Marino
Member Since 2010

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

this is an awesome image, great pickup.

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