1 - Posted on 2/10/2022

As someone who loves the pinup-y stuff, I can't see much wrong with this piece.  Even with the lackof background, it's still a stunning piece.  Maybe even more so, as your eyes focus solely on the figure.  If you ever feel too guilty for compromising your collecting philosophy, I will be happy to take this off your hands.  

1 - Posted on 2/10/2022

Yo, Fred! Don't give me any grief, you jive turkey! You sho' 'nuff did forget muh main man, Danny Rand, aka the muther lovin' Iron Fist. Where he at? You better bring that sucka here, right quick. Dig? Anyway, this here Immonen fella can sure draw. Sweet Christmas!

1 - Posted on 2/11/2022

Could you imagine the protests you would get if you wrote like those cheesy 70s caricatures, these days? You have? Call the thought police. The politically correct, humorless brigade, are on the way. They will kick in your door and then kick you. The bodycam footage will mysteriously disappear if you press charges. Long live the land of the free.

2 - Posted on 2/11/2022

I see you are a fan of David Simon's work, Peter ;)

BUT I won't tolerate that kind of discrimination on my gallery, gents (which wouldn't have posed a problem when the Thing spoke like that under Stan Lee's pen).

So I'm a' go all cancel cultchure on y'all fools!

+ (https://bleedingcool.com/comics/greg-smallwood-marvel-changes-elektra-black-white-blood-2/)

2 - Posted on 2/11/2022

Whoo!  The updates are coming fast and furious now, as we close in on the big day!  And what a beauty this is... I had no idea you had this piece and I'm overjoyed to see it here.  Your Immonen room is one of my favorites of your amazing CAF gallery, and I'm happy to know this will be waiting for me there on the occasions I pop by for a visit. :)

And are you sitting down?  I am in complete agreement with you about the impact BMB had on the House of Ideas (no, really!) and, by extension, pop culture as a whole now.  I think this story arc of 'New Avengers' (starting with vol. 2, #1) was when the team of Bendis, Immonen, and von Grawbadger were at the peak of their not-inconsiderable powers; mainstream comics storytelling at its finest.  Gorgeous cover - Cage looks as awesome and formidable as you'd ever hope for him to be - from one of my favorite runs in mainstream comics, ever.

Knowing how fond he is for holidays, I think Cage himself would put it best by saying, "Sweet Birthday!"  HUGE congrats, Fred!

1 - Posted on 2/11/2022

A really memorable run by Bendis and Immonen. Check my gallery if you want to see the Thing cover for this issue ;)

1 - Posted on 2/11/2022

Of course you have to wait for someone who wants a rather droopy looking phallic chain. Lol. Its a really nice cover.

4 - Posted on 2/11/2022

Very nice how delicately the chain dangles until its time comes.  The smoothness of the Immonen and Von Grawbadger strokes work to expouse the tension in the figurework that could explode in any moment!  It pulsates with a furious energy, but the pose is flexible enough not to appear stiff.    

2 - Posted on 2/11/2022

(Lol, Marcus! I see what you did there) Who you callin' a beefcake, fool? Sweet Chrissmas, I'll knock your ass inta next week! Sorry, I had to get in on the fun. Man, that image is perfect. It's like when an artist draws a perfect circle, but it most certainly is not. The effort even put into that chain is really impressive. Great cover. Congrats!

1 - Posted on 2/18/2022

Oh yes, great shot of Cage.  I wondered if this art was out there. I actually had Immonen sign this variant comic at a con once.  Got the no nonsense contemporary look but with some throwback feel with the chain.  Congrats!