New Avengers (2010) #1, p. 24 (& 2nd Printing Cover)
Artists: Stuart Immonen (Penciller) , Wade von Grawbadger (Inker) , Brian Michael Bendis (Writer)
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DescriptionStuart Immonen makes this funny face when he draws sometimes... No, no - I mean he draws one on his characters sometimes. It is a scrunched kind of “intense character focus” face - and it is very effective - but due to the fact that the first time it really made an impact on me was in Nextwave (with Aaron Stack's hilariously disapprovingly snooty judgment of 'fleshbags') I have a hard time connecting it to a more dramatic situation or setting (such as Iron Fist's concentration and focus on display here). But connect it I shall!I may have loved the volume 2 Bendis/Immonen/von Grawbadger ‘New Avengers’ run even more than their volume 1 work - which is saying something. Story-wise, it was the perfectly constructed vehicle for that particular roster, and art-wise it allowed Mssrs. Immonen and von Grawbadger to really push the boundaries of their impeccable style and storytelling technique (and, y’know, our mystical plane’s dimensional integrity as well :) ). The Eye of Agamotto was the McGuffin in the storyline, and every drawn representation was exquisite; it looks three-dimensional and you just sort of fall into it - especially in the black and white original art I’ve seen on CAF. I really liked that approach to this mystical object - as though by rendering it in super-definition, it was given more “multi-dimensionality” than the other two-dimensional characters on the page... As though if you were to look directly at it, it would haze out or shift like you were witnessing a sort of magical/dimensional “phase change", continually shifting from solid to aether and back every moment; your eyes couldn't really focus on it as The Eye is simultaneously tethered to more than one plane of reality... See? Crazy talk. That’s what great art can do to you. For you. To you and for you. And I’m pleased beyond words to have a beautiful team shot with the Eye, from one of my favorite runs, by one of my favorite creative teams in comics. Thank you, Jason at Essential Sequential, for absolutely everything (even the crazy talk). Social/Sharing |
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J H 
Member Since 2019
2 - Posted on 12/24/2020
Yeah, don't muck around with the Eye of Agamotto, it's Serious Business, as Cage is learning. What a cast of characters Immonen fit on that cover, and I love the overall energy. The pencils and inks are so crisp and clean. A beautiful cover. Congrats!
Magnus X
Member Since 2014
2 - Posted on 12/24/2020
Wow Ben Grimm is in serious pereilous..!
Congratulations...
Paul P Spiderversity
Member Since 2011
2 - Posted on 12/24/2020
What a fantastic team shot, with so much energy and a great sense of peril. You're right, Immonen does often draw a very unque kind of 'scrunched/intense' look on his characters' faces. It must be frustrating for him not to be able to do that with Spidey, lol. Really great piece!
A K
Member Since 2017
2 - Posted on 12/29/2020
A gorgeous team shot of the Avengers that shows the amazing artistic skills of this team. No wonder it became a cover for the second printing! Congratulations, my friend!
K Gearon
Member Since 2011
2 - Posted on 12/29/2020
Ahh, big congrats, Jason! Your excitement is clear in your description, in fact, bordering on crazy ;) It's great you've got essentially the whole cast here - and Immonen can really do those expressions, can't he?! Luke's seen better days. And I like how he functions as the background, with him, then the eye, then the other team members adding an overall real depth. Way to cap off a book and set up the next. And not hard to see why it was used as a cover!
Kit Walker
Member Since 2015
2 - Posted on 12/31/2020
Wow. You weren't kidding when you said you are excited about that immonen page. This is stupendous. Immonen does expressions like no one else and you have the whole cast here ! What a truly spectacular addition to your fine collection. Congrats man !!
Chris Snorek
Member Since 2009
2 - Posted on 2/11/2022
These Immonen facial expressions cannot be topped. What an awesome cover!
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