Justice Society of America Jam - X-Men #1 Tribute
Artists: Adi Granov (Inker) , Ken Lashley (Inker) , Kenneth Rocafort (Inker) , Nick Bradshaw (Inker) , Stephane Roux (Inker) , Marcus To (Inker) , Emmanuela Lupacchino (Inker) , Ed McGuinness (Inker) , Francis Manapul (Inker) , Andy Kubert (Inker) , Lee Weeks (Inker) , Tom Grummett (Inker) , Steve Epting (Inker) , Anthony Castrillo (Layouts) , Tom Grummett (Finisher)
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DescriptionSo happy to have this piece finished! Started in 2014 and completed in February of 2018. This piece was done almost entirely at conventions with the exception of the Alan Scott, Jay Garrick and backgrounds.When I decided I wanted a Jam piece, I wanted something that represented my collection. I've been a fan of the Justice Society from my early days as a collector. They had to be the subject here. X-Men #1 by Jim Lee was the first Marvel comic I picked up and his art in that book changed my view of comic art at the time. It made sense then, as an art collector to blend these two together. I decided I was going to go all out on this. To do it, I figured I wanted to go greytones across the entire piece. I also wanted to include artists that have had an impact on me personally in my collection or my love of comic art. The task was then to decide who would be included that had such an impact and could also achieve the greytone look I wanted. I have other artwork from most of the contributors here, with few exceptions this being their first piece in my collection. I am also humbled to say that over the years of collecting, some of these wonderful people I have come to call friend. Lastly, the task was to select the characters. Ultra-Humanite was a given for a villan, though I did consider Per Degaton. I wanted to swap out the X-Men on a power for power type basis where possible - Cyclops for Green Lantern, Dr. Fate for Jean Grey, Colossus for Hourman, etc. In the end, I couldn't be happier with how this came out. I plan on having this digitally colored at some point, though still deciding by whom. Layouts by Anthony Castrillo Dr. Fate by Adi Granov Spectre by Ken Lashley Starman by Kenneth Rocafort Hawkman by Nick Bradshaw Wildcat by Stephane Roux Hourman by Marcus To Black Canary by Emanuela Lupacchino Sandman by Ed McGuinness Dr. Mid-Nite by Francis Manapul The Atom by Lee Weeks Green Lantern by Andy Kubert The Flash by Tom Grummett Ultra-Humanite by Steve Epting The background finishes were also completed by Tom Grummett I was also pleased to be able to have Jim Lee see and sign this piece for me as the inspiration for the piece, at Fan Expo 2017. At that point, the piece was complete except for the Flash and the background finishing work. While my time with Jim was brief, it was so much fun seeing him take it in and have him ask a little about it. Social/Sharing |
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John Joshua
Member Since 2015
Posted on 3/23/2018
That is an absolute masterpiece. Serious envy on my part!
Richard Guion
Member Since 2005
Posted on 3/23/2018
Absolutely wonderful! Love the inclusion of Ultra Humanite. Hey I just realized this is a take on X-Men 1 by Jim Lee! :-)
F M 
Member Since 2005
Posted on 3/24/2018
Not often a fan of jam for various reasons but this looks spectacular. Huge congrats!
John Milewski
Member Since 2003
Posted on 3/24/2018
Absolutley fantastic! Congratulations and thanks for sharing.
Josh B
Member Since 2011
Posted on 3/24/2018
This came out great! I am glad you got it completed. Congrats.
Travis Ellisor
Member Since 2009
Posted on 3/24/2018
Now that's a fantastic jam! Great choices on all of the characters!
Phil H
Member Since 2010
Posted on 3/26/2018
Byron,
You should be immensely proud of this. It's unbelievable.
Don't know how you got Epting and Kubert, but i'm speechless!
Ken Martin
Member Since 2005
Posted on 3/31/2018
Byron this is unbelieveable!!! You've taken artist jams to a completely different level with this. Congrats!!!
Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy
Member Since 2005
Posted on 3/22/2019
This is inspired as an idea and spectacular in it's excecution
Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy
Member Since 2005
Posted on 8/14/2019
How much fun is this....the journey putting a "jam" together is as much fun as the final destination
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