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X-Men Vs. Krakoa by John Byrne (2011)
X-Men Vs. Krakoa by John Byrne (2011)
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DescriptionAfter a three-year hiatus from John Byrne commissions, I decided to jump back into the pool with both feet at the end of 2011. Departing from my formula of team + headquarters + vehicle for previous Byrne commissions, I decided on one of my favorite scenes from Giant-Size X-Men #1. While Dave Cockrum rendered the scene perfectly in that issue and indelibly etched it in my mind, I always felt that the Battle Royale with all 13 new and old members of the X-Men vs. Krakoa deserved more than a single panel.Byrne is the artist who I associate with the X-Men more than any other. From his definitive run alongside Chris Claremont from 1977-1980 to X-Men: The Hidden Years a decade later and his many other returns to the team over the years, Byrne’s influence on the X-Men is tough to match. Byrne has done a number of great pieces for me in the past, and he’d already drawn the battle in flashback scenes that appeared in Uncanny X-Men #138 and Alpha Flight #17, so I knew that he would definitely do an amazing job with the commission. My input to Byrne’s rep Jim Warden was as follows. “I’d like to do a recreation of the X-Men’s battle with Krakoa from Giant-Size X-Men #1. In terms of orientation, I had it portrait in my mind, but I would defer to JB on the best way to do it. For character placement, I would make a few comments: I really like the way JB did this scene in Uncanny X-Men #138 as compared to Cockrum’s original in Giant-Size X-Men #1 with the flyers in the foreground, but maybe with Sunfire less prominent to allow room for the other characters.” “A couple of touches that would be nice: (1) Wolverine in mid-air having been thrown by Colossus as a Fastball Special. (2) A couple of Bamfs for Nightcrawler. (3) A sonic scream signature for Banshee that has rings instead of a straight beam. I think that’s how it’s supposed to be, right? (4) It would be nice to see Marvel Girl’s face.” It turns out that I was wrong on Banshee’s sonic scream signature, but he certainly delivered on all the other requests. Wow! I could not be happier with the end result! Thanks JB! Social/Sharing |
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Mark Paten
Member Since 2004
Posted on 1/8/2012
Nice looking commission, bet your very,very happy with it.
Michael Mikulovsky
Member Since 2009
Posted on 1/8/2012
Very cool! The only thing I'd had added was Thunderbird. Beautiful drawing. Congrads!
James Henry 
Member Since 2005
Posted on 1/8/2012
Michael Mikulovsky wrote:
Very cool! The only thing I'd had added was Thunderbird. Beautiful drawing. Congrads!Thanks, Michael. Thunderbird is actually in there, but it's hard to see in the small-size scan. I have a link to a much larger scan on my blog if you follow this shortened link: http://bit.ly/ApMjMm
Michael Mikulovsky
Member Since 2009
Posted on 1/8/2012
James Henry wrote:
Thanks, Michael. Thunderbird is actually in there, but it's hard to see in the small-size scan. I have a link to a much larger scan on my blog if you follow this shortened link: http://bit.ly/ApMjMmDOH! LOL Ok cool I see him now on the upper right hand corner. Very Cool! He was my favorite New-X-Men. Closely followed by Colossus & Night Crawler. To be honest back then. I'd rather they kept Thunderbird & had killed off Wolverine myself.
James Henry
Member Since 2005
Posted on 1/8/2012
Michael Mikulovsky wrote:
DOH! LOL Ok cool I see him now on the upper right hand corner. Very Cool! He was my favorite New-X-Men. Closely followed by Colossus & Night Crawler. To be honest back then. I'd rather they kept Thunderbird & had killed off Wolverine myself.It's funny, I actually had an "Oh $hit" moment when you made that comment about Thunderbird because he was supposed to be in the piece but I couldn't see him in the small scan either! The scale of these 20" x 30" pieces is really amazing and the scans definitely don't do them justice.
Fred Bronaugh
Member Since 2005
Posted on 1/8/2012
Wow. THis is an AMAZING piece!!! Congrats on this!!! I wish I had the money to buy something this amazing.
Gerry Turnbull
Member Since 2005
Posted on 1/9/2012
like it alot ! especially Colossus.Wouldnt be out of place in Bizarre Adventures or Marvel Preview !
Alex B
Member Since 2008
Posted on 1/9/2012
Stunning piece ! This scene definitely deserved a HUGE piece. Congrats !
Scott Gaulke
Member Since 2005
Posted on 1/9/2012
You sure did jump back in with both feet! Stunning!
aric shapiro
Member Since 2006
Posted on 1/25/2012
INCREDIBLLE amount of detail here....this must really be something to behold in person
Thomas V
Member Since 2008
Posted on 1/28/2012
Wow! To me, this proves Byrne is as good as he's ever been. He really turned this one up a notch or ten! Congrats!
James Henry
Member Since 2005
Posted on 1/29/2012
Thomas V wrote:
Wow! To me, this proves Byrne is as good as he's ever been. He really turned this one up a notch or ten! Congrats!Thanks for the feedback, Tom! This piece is my favorite of my John Byrne commissions and proof-positive that he's as good as he's ever been. Happy Collecting! James
Tyler T
Member Since 2020
Posted on 9/6/2022
Truly stunning grail level commission! Sincere congrats!
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