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X-Force #9 COVER by Mike Choi (ft Domino, Wolverine)

Artist: Mike Choi (Penciller)

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X-Force #9 COVER by Mike Choi (ft Domino, Wolverine) Comic Art
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Artwork Details

Title: X-Force #9 COVER by Mike Choi (ft Domino, Wolverine)
Artist: Mike Choi (Penciller)
Media Type: Pencil
Art Type: Cover
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 2,622
Likes on CAF:
Favorited on CAF: 3
Comments: 18
Added to Site: 8/22/2017
Comic Art Archive: X-Force
Issue: 9   Page: cover

Description

Excited to be posting this piece I just picked up from fellow CAFer Kimberly Smith!

This is my favorite image done by Mike Choi and Sonia Oback and has been for a long while. I don’t buy pencil only published art all that often, particularly without rendering – I usually feel I’m getting more bang for my buck with pencils and inks, particularly with covers. But Choi outdid himself here.

Just an awesome image here via very tight pencils. Love the poses and expressions on both characters…kind of playful and definitely sexy without being overt. Which, to me, is the best type of sexy, especially when it comes to comic art. The 4 X-Force posters in the background work well to frame the central characters.

Oback’s colors should be equally credited. She adds the three-dimensionality to the piece and the blacks/darks and red hues greatly add to the overall effectiveness of the image, truly completing the cover. That’s not just how I see it – I know there are a number of folks out there that recognize, know, and ultimately really dig the final image. On its way to becoming a contemporary classic, I think.

Thanks, Kim, for allowing me to be the next owner of this piece and thanks, all, for looking!

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Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan 
Member Since 2013

2 - Posted on 8/23/2017

Looks outstanding! Hard to believe that's pencil and not inks. Such a tight drawing. Congrats.

Ryan A 
Member Since 2014

2 - Posted on 8/23/2017

I always loved this cover. Very nice!

Dean Abraham 
Member Since 2008

2 - Posted on 8/23/2017

such a lovely piece

Paul P Spiderversity 
Member Since 2011

2 - Posted on 8/23/2017

Really beautiful piece! You're right, it's sensual/sexy without being overt. And a bit dangerous too, with the claws out. Definitely the prelude to something very naughty haha! And yes, the colors on the published cover are outstanding!

Mark Scot-Quinn 
Member Since 2009

2 - Posted on 8/23/2017

One of my favourite covers from the last 10 years. Terrific score.

K Gearon 
Member Since 2011

1 - Posted on 8/23/2017

Mark Scot-Quinn wrote:

One of my favourite covers from the last 10 years. Terrific score.

Right there with ya, Mark. Thank for the comments, fellas!

JN 80 
Member Since 2016

2 - Posted on 9/5/2017

Awesome pick up. Love this cover

Gal Schwartz 
Member Since 2005

2 - Posted on 9/14/2017

Stunning piece !!!

Xavier  . 
Member Since 2010

2 - Posted on 9/21/2017

That's a great and memorable cover, instant classic. I too don't like the use of only pencils for the new art and tend to not purchase many pieces, but this is a piece for which the rules were made to be broken. Awesome image! Congrats on the addition K!

K Gearon 
Member Since 2011

1 - Posted on 9/21/2017

Xavier . wrote:

That's a great and memorable cover, instant classic. I too don't like the use of only pencils for the new art and tend to not purchase many pieces, but this is a piece for which the rules were made to be broken. Awesome image! Congrats on the addition K!

Nice comment, X...and my thoughts exactly! Thanks!

Jimmy Cawley 
Member Since 2015

2 - Posted on 4/13/2018

wow score. i rem taking notice of this great cover back when i was buying this run off the rack. bravo.

Joe F. 
Member Since 2011

2 - Posted on 5/12/2018

Killer piece! Very iconic!

J Ledger 
Member Since 2009

2 - Posted on 3/23/2019

Love it! 

James Dornoff 
Member Since 2019

2 - Posted on 1/7/2021

An amazing cover to have in your collection. 

Brian G 
Member Since 2020

2 - Posted on 10/12/2021

Always liked this cover too, dug that the claws went through Domino's costume.  Very cool piece.

 

George H 
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 1/7/2023

Congrats on another great cover my friend! This was such a memorable cover from this run. Love the extra art you get with the posters in the background too.

K Gearon 
Member Since 2011

1 - Posted on 1/7/2023

George H wrote:

Congrats on another great cover my friend! This was such a memorable cover from this run. Love the extra art you get with the posters in the background too.

To this day, a fave in the collection.  I remember the published cover knocking me for a loop when I first saw it, and when I got the chance to get the OA?!  DONE!  Thanks, man!

JN 80 
Member Since 2016

1 - Posted on 12/26/2023

Just doing my annual visit of this piece before the year's end. One of Choi's best. Meticulous pencils

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