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Kitty and Lockheed in 'Sentinel Sillies' (2024)

Artist: Manix Abrera (Painter)

14 Comments - 514 Views - 18 Likes

Kitty and Lockheed in 'Sentinel Sillies' (2024) Comic Art

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Artwork Details

Title:	Kitty and Lockheed in 'Sentinel Sillies' (2024)
Artist:	Manix Abrera (Painter)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	514
Likes on CAF:	18 19
Comments:	14
Added to Site:	2/5/2024
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Description

At OAX 2024, I saw a fun sequential piece by Manix on the theme "Rogue and Gambit on a date," so I asked him for a story with Kitty and Lockheed. I knew he would come up with something more memorable than the standard "Kitty walks through a wall."

Manix delivered this delightful wordless story, as only he could. It's one of those where the first panel has you wondering what exactly is going on, like George Herriman used to do in Krazy Kat. Does that Sentinel have a booger? The presence of Lockheed in panel two provides a clue that Kitty may be involved. Then the rest of the page explains the mystery. Plus bonus Wolverine in the last panel!

There's a bit of trickery in the character proportions. As seen with Wolverine, Manix often makes his characters only three heads tall. But Kitty couldn't do her ghostly calisthenics if she were that cartoonish; she must have more human-like proportions. Manix hides that fact by keeping her torso carefully hidden inside the Sentinel's head, so she never looks blatantly out of sync with Wolverine's design.

Manix is known in the Phillipines for his wordless sequential works like "12" and "14." He had warned me that my scanner would not be up to the task of capturing his fluorescent paint colors, and boy was he right; check out "additional images" to see how far off it was. A photo taken on my iPhone was closer in color but fuzzy when I zoomed in. So for the main CAF image, I stitched together images of the six individual panels, posted by Manix on Instagram. It's closer to the correct colors but still substantially misses the mark on the glowing eyes of the Sentinel. This is one of those pieces that, as they say, you have to see in person to do it justice.

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James S
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 2/5/2024

really cute!

Alex Johnson
Member Since 2006
Forum Moderator

1 - Posted on 2/5/2024

That's a treat!

Kasra Ghanbari
Member Since 2004
CAF Administrator

1 - Posted on 2/5/2024

Wonderful piece and brilliant colors in person!

Robert Penn
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 2/5/2024

Genius!

M L
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 2/5/2024

Manix does it again! That first panel really cracks me up. Congrats!

Rick W
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 2/5/2024

Boogie nights ;)

Jeffrey Wedding
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 2/5/2024

Manix should get sponsor money from that paint brand. Modern imaging equipment still can't capture the magic of Manix!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 2/5/2024

Really funny like the sentinel has a runny nose in the first panel and the wacky personality 5th panel. Kitty's playfulness is awesome. This is like 6 Manix Masterworks! Manix pieces look great when photographed with natural daylight. Long Live Manix! Long Live OAX! Screw Megacon!!!

John C
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 2/5/2024

Wolverine is thinking "I need a beer"

Josh F
Member Since 2010

1 - Posted on 2/6/2024

What a great Manix piece, the moment I saw this I was jealous! So funny, so smart, so playful. I had the same issue scanning my recent Manix piece and had to rely on iPhone pics. Seeing a Manix in person is the only solution!

Tyler T
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 2/8/2024

Congrats Robert! This a really fun and unique Manix piece. He never fails to disappoint and this was a perfect idea!

Kin Wong
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 2/10/2024

Such a cute idea for a commission, and Manix really nails these sequential gags. Wish I got to see this in person at OAX (I saw a few but not all the different commissions he did at the show), but congrats on the pickup!

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 3/4/2024

This guys work is just so, so good.

thomas derrick aka #1marvelfan
Member Since 2022

1 - Posted on 5/26/2024

Love this one buddy, if you ever deckde to give it a new home, please do keep me in mind

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