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Dark Phoenix (X-Men: The Manga) by Miyako Cojima

Artists: Miyako Kojima (Penciller) , Miyako Cojima (All)

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Dark Phoenix (X-Men: The Manga) by Miyako Cojima Comic Art

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X-Men tankobon from the 1990s containing Ms. Cojima's art

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Title:	Dark Phoenix (X-Men: The Manga) by Miyako Cojima
Artist:	Miyako Kojima (Penciller)
Artist:	Miyako Cojima (All)
Media Type:	Marker
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	442
Likes on CAF:	8 9
Comments:	8
Added to Site:	5/3/2024
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Description

Thanks to a friend, I got on Miyako Cojima's commission list. Ms. Cojima is best known in Japan for being a horror manga specialist, but in the West, she's best known for her work on X-Men: The Manga.

According to Wiki, X-Men: The Manga, published simply as X-Men (エックスーメン) in Japan, was a manga adaptation of the 1992 X-Men animated series. It was published directly in tankobon format by Takeshobo in 1994 under their Bamboo Comics imprint to promote the Japanese airing of the show. As I was living in Japan then, I saw the first six volumes in a local bookstore and could not resist picking them up.

Ms. Cojima worked on the story "Enter Magneto", the 2nd volume of the tankobon series and issue 6 of the English version. She also did a manga adaptation of an X-Men video game, but I don't have that.

I chose Dark Phoenix for my commission because I thought this was the character that best blended the X-Men with her love of horror. Done on a Japanese shikishi board, the bright colors pop against the black wash she used for the background. I think the pose, with the classic foreshortening of the hand, works quite nicely.

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Last Login:	January 2026
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Comic Art Channel
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 5/3/2024

Wow! Love the vibrant colors and foreshortening. A jewel.

Rick W
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 5/3/2024

Gorgeous work!

K Gearon
Member Since 2011

1 - Posted on 5/3/2024

Man, you just gotta love all the hues of red/orange/yellow throughout...and that face. Congrats!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 5/3/2024

Smoking hot! It looks like the Dave Cockrum costume now changed to red without getting rid of the black part around the insignia.

James S
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 5/3/2024

So good!

Duke Fleed
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 5/3/2024

Great interpretation! Congrats!

Bill J
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 7/12/2024

Stunning commission of Dark Phoenix by Miyako Cojima! I love the pose with Phoenix gesturing out towards us as if to grab the viewer. I love the bright colors Miyako used, which really pop against the dark background. And I love the look in her eyes,m which says, "Be careful, I can be very dangerous!" Fantastic commission, congrats!

CJ Design
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 3/16/2025

Striking and beautiful

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