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1989 MUTANTS Poster- Chris Claremont & Bob McLeod Remarques + X-Creator Signatures

Owner: Nick Warmack
Artists: Arthur Adams (All) , Walter Simonson (Writer) , Adam Hughes (Writer) , Chris Claremont (Writer)

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Title:	1989 MUTANTS Poster- Chris Claremont & Bob McLeod Remarques + X-Creator Signatures
Artist:	Arthur Adams (All)
Artist:	Walter Simonson (Writer)
Artist:	Adam Hughes (Writer)
Artist:	Chris Claremont (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Convention Sketch
Views:	722
Likes on CAF:	7 8
Added to Site:	11/9/2023

Description

I started reading comics in the early 80s, but exclusively GI Joe and Transformers. That was until a classmate lent me a copy of the Claremont/Miller Wolverine trade and I was immediately obsessed with finding out as much about Wolvie as possible. The Hasbro books fell to the wayside and I was hooked on X. Uncanny X-Men at a convience store, Classic X-Men 21 & X-Factor 31 at the grocery store, and so-on until Uncanny Annual 12. Holy hell, that book melted my brain and cemented my lifelong Arthur Adams fandom. And over the years, I procured Claremont's entire run (after reading them first in Classic, natch), as well as anything tangentially related.

I bought my first copy of the MUTANTS poster in 1989 and it hung on my various bedroom walls until it was destroyed at a party in 1998. So from age 12 to 21, I looked at it almost every single night (I can't count the number of times I "drew" those Rogue and Wolverine poses). I memorized every line, but when it was gone, I figured it was GONE ('98 was pre-geteverythingyouwant internet after all).

Fast forward 20 years and my comic collecting has drastically slowed, I no longer collect any X-books since post-Claremont just never felt the same, and most of disposable income went to original art... that was until my son was born. I still picked up the odd piece here and there, but the budget just wasn't there for most OA. However, the cheaper thrill of backissue hunting returned. And that led me to filling in spots in my Adams collection, which got me thinking about the MUTANTS poster. I checked ebay periodically, but the copies listed were in the $3-400 range and that just wasn't going to happen. Luckily (for me), a shop was going out of business and listed a bunch of new-old-stock, including 5 MUTANTS posters. I was able to get one for $60 and into a frame & up on the wall it went, with hopes my son would one day enjoy it as much as I do (aside: he does love Art Adams, but thanks to Spider-Man instead).

2020-2021: meh.

Come 2022, I was jonesing to go to a convention after a 5 year withdrawal and it just so happened that my two favorite artists (Adams and Mike Mignola) were going to be at a small OA show in San Francisco. Great, except for me living in San Antonio. I debated, made some flimsy justifications, got my wife's blessing, and with some now replenished disposable income, I set out for a 2 day trip, deframed and tubed MUTANTS poster in hand. The plan was to buy some art from Mike, pray to get on Arthur's commission list, and ask him to sign the poster as obnoxiously big as he felt comfortable. And all 3 tasks were accomplished plus the chance to connect with old and new friends. Overall, just a great experience. The plan for the poster was for it to go back on the wall and that'd be that (note that Mike was sitting right next to Arthur).

Then Taylor Hawkins died (I was/am a HUGE FF fan), & a couple of months later George Perez was gone. Combined with a few other factors, I made the decision to stop just THINKING about all the shows I'd always wanted to go to attend. Baltimore was high on my list and the 2022 guestlist just happened to include multiple 80/90s X-creators. An idea started to percolate about maybe the poster didn't just need Arthur's signature. Although the trip wasn't in the cards, a friend on the East Coast was insanely gracious enough to agree to try to get it signed at the show. Sure enough, she got 5 to sign (thanks Heather!) and started my new quest: to get as many of "my" (i.e. Claremont era) X-creators to sign as possible with some sense of urgency since none of them are getting younger. The most satisfying part of this experience has been the conversations and the discovery that the creators whose work greatly influenced my childhood are generally all kind, generous, fantastic people.

SF Art Show 22:
Arthur Adams
Balt. 22:
Walter Simonson
Rick Leonardi (bottom left)
Bob McLeod (Dani remarque at Heroes 25)
Alan Davis
Ann Nocenti
Heroes 23:
Chris Claremont (plus dialog and Lockheed)
Al Milgrom
Joe Rubenstein
Tom DeFalco
Steve Oliff
Balt. 23:
Louise Simonson
Bob Wiacek (under Walter)
Klaus Janson
Jon Bogdanove
Adam Hughes
SDCC 24:
Bill Sienkiewicz
Marc Silvestri (Storm's cape)
Michael Golden (Rogue's hip)
Heroes 25:
Carl Potts (above Bob)
June Brigman
Roy Richardson
Steve Leialoha
Kevin Nowlan
John Romita Jr
Hoping:
John Byrne
Terry Austin
Paul Smith
Mike Mignola (recall the note)
Jim Shooter
Glynis Oliver

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About the Owner

	Nick Warmack
Joined:	February 2006
Last Login:	September 2025
Ebay Id:	hackwilson
Website:	http://www.artaddicts.us
Country:	UNITED STATES
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