1 - Posted on 11/15/2025

Wow, Willingham's line is even more developed and refined than ever before, which is somewhat surprising because he rarely draws and "when you don't use it, you lose it.", as the old saying goes. Extremely impressive and so great to see new Elementals art from him! I, too, love  see Morningstar being reflected in Chrysalis' knee. Did you notice though, that she's reflecting in costume, even though she's laying naked on the floor?

I'm all out of faith
This is how I feel
I'm cold and I am shamed
Lying naked on the floor

1 - Posted on 11/15/2025

People see what they want to see, Ruben. She clearly has her skin tight costume on, laying on the floor as evidenced by the seam of her costume going across her backside. 

1 - Posted on 11/15/2025

Rich, I know you've collected several pages from the series and maybe even read it again at some point after it was first published, but I didn't recall her costume having any seam going down the middle of her back so I took the liberty of flipping through Elementals comics starting with the Justice Machine Annual just now, looking for a shot of Morningstar from behind. There wasn't any until issue #3, only one panel, so I kept going and then saw a few more in issue #4. I then skipped ahead to issue #20 and some more back shots and I can confirm there is no seam going down the back of her costume. That's simply the shadow going down the spine.

Josh, what's really cool about this piece aside from the great line art I mentioned, is that to me it feels like Bill actually had a scene from a story in mind when he drew your commission and I haven't read the issues since they came out so I don't remember much, but do recall some costumes getting burned off at some point and partial nudity being show. Maybe this scene is based on one of the stories? It's just so cool that you asked for a single character piece and he gave you what is essentially a story within a single illustration!

1 - Posted on 11/15/2025

Wow! Amazing! One of my favorite villains from the series, after Ratman, of course! :) I wish I had known about his commission list opening. Congrats my friend!

1 - Posted on 11/15/2025

Ruben, the seam I'm referring to is on her backside (a polite way of saying her butt), not down her spine. Her costume seam does wrap around her behind. 

1 - Posted on 11/15/2025

Beautiful!

1 - Posted on 11/16/2025

These recent Willingham commissions have every collector feeling delighted by getting more than they ever hoped for!  

1 - Posted on 11/16/2025

Very cool commission

1 - Posted on 11/16/2025

Well this is a deep-cut commission you don't see everyday. Time to crack open E to G longbox.

1 - Posted on 11/16/2025

Excellent looking piece by Willingham, congrats on the great commission result after a long wait!