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Sal Buscema - New Mutants #8, p. 3 (Marvel, 1983)

Location: Buscema, Sal
Artists: Sal Buscema (Penciller) ,  Bob McLeod (Inker)

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Artwork Details
Location: Buscema, Sal
Title: Sal Buscema - New Mutants #8, p. 3 (Marvel, 1983)
Artist:  Sal Buscema (Penciller) ,  Bob McLeod (Inker)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 436
Likes on CAF: 12
Comments: 11
Added to Site: 6/27/2023

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Description
New Mutants co-creator Bob McLeod provided the pencils for the first three issues of the junior X-team's series, but, found it difficult to maintain a high level of artistic quality while keeping up with the book's monthly schedule. As such, he prompted veteran artist Sal Buscema to provide the breakdowns starting with issue #4, while McLeod fleshed out the art and meticulously inked issues #4-5 and 7-8 as well as drawing a number of the early covers before leaving the series.

While McLeod would later describe his time on the New Mutants as "one of the most frustrating experiences" of his career, what he did contribute artistically (in addition to co-creating the series with writer Chris Claremont) is impressive. IMO, McLeod was one of the best inkers of that era in comics, and I present this page as Exhibit A.

Sal is credited as the penciler for the issue, but it's mentioned online that he actually provided the breakdowns (rough pencils), which makes more sense to me as you don't see a lot of his hand in this page - it's an inking masterclass from McLeod, really clean & tight with great detail and excellent use of shadow. This is a page I can stare at for a long time - I just have so much appreciation for McLeod's work here.

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Will K Member Since 2006
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Posted On 6/27/2023

I think Sal Buscema's style evolved over the years but this definitely has Bob McLeod's polish.  Awsome looking page !!

Ron S Member Since 2007
1    
Posted On 6/27/2023

McLeod's inks are just great.

André . Member Since 2015
1    
Posted On 6/27/2023

Great early page. Congrats!

Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 6/27/2023

Beautiful inks with nice control and soft touch.   He kept the youthful look of these characters which is tough to do with the amount of details McLeod adds to the page. 

Rick W Member Since 2017
1    
Posted On 6/27/2023

Wonderfully nostalgic, early NM page! McLeod is the man!

Peter Sullivan Member Since 2006
1    
Posted On 6/27/2023

Beautiful page. Very little of Sals work evident left here after Bob ' McLeod' it.

Stephen F Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 6/27/2023

A super sharp page with great McLeod inks!   Congrats!

F M Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 6/28/2023

You can certainly see some of Sal's body language and positions but yes, it's more of a (nice) McLeod page.

frank x townsondecker Member Since 2006
1    
Posted On 6/28/2023

Nice!

Bill J Member Since 2009
1    
Posted On 6/29/2023

Very nice New Mutants page by Sal Buscema and Bob McLeod! I always throught McLeod was a fabulous inker and this page is a stellar example.Great pick-up!

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Posted On 6/30/2023

Gorgeous Gene!  Congrats!

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