Allen, Andrew :: Micronauts (1983 MARVEL) - Issue 54-56 GUICE w/ Jones

Micronauts 56 pg 33 'ASSISTANT EDITOR'S MONTH' GAG PAGE

Artist: Butch Guice (All)

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Micronauts 56 pg 33 'ASSISTANT EDITOR'S MONTH' GAG PAGE Comic Art

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Title:	Micronauts 56 pg 33 'ASSISTANT EDITOR'S MONTH' GAG PAGE
Artist:	Butch Guice (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	Permanent Collection
Views:	417
Likes on CAF:	7 8
Comments:	5
Added to Site:	8/11/2023
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Do y'all remember 'Assistant Editor's Month' back in 1983? The not-a-crossover company-wide event where, supposedly, all the MARVEL books were 'taken over' by the Assistant Editors for one month only, resulting in a gaggle of MAD-Magazine-like gag pages spread across the entire company output. An interesting experiment.

Kelley Jones has informed me that Guice inked himself on this page, though it does still smack of Kelley's work. Note the multiple changes in dialogue (as well as the slight >ahem< modification to the dog in the lower panel) to the published version. The dialogue changes are substantial enough to make me wonder if Guice lettered this himself as a sort of 'first draft.' It certainly doesn't sound like the kind of stuff Bill would have written.

The final versions of the dialogue copy, as well as the non-urinating canine, would have apparently been executed on a Stat Copy, leaving this original unaltered.

A fascinating artifact of the time.

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 8/11/2023

1983-1984 are my favorite years of Guice art with Micronauts, X-Men and the Micronauts, and his Marvel Fanfare portfolio. Approached with cartoony style for sure, but it had a great eye appeal to the kids reading his works.

Jeffrey Wedding
Member Since 2009

Posted on 8/11/2023

Assistant Editor Month has a number of classics, but Hembeck's art for Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #86 cemented my love of swirly knees.

John C
Member Since 2014

Posted on 8/11/2023

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

Andrew Allen
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 8/14/2023

John C wrote:

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

R.I.P. Nanotron.

Gal Schwartz
Member Since 2005

Posted on 8/14/2023

Very cool gem ! Love Guice's style of that era !

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