Byrne X-Men French Portfolio Pin-Up

Artists: John Byrne (Penciller) , John Byrne (Inker)

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Byrne X-Men French Portfolio Pin-Up Comic Art

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Title:	Byrne X-Men French Portfolio Pin-Up
Artist:	John Byrne (Penciller)
Artist:	John Byrne (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Pin Up
For Sale Status:	NOT FOR SALE - unless you want to pay $200,000.
Views:	4,499
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	2/4/2008
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Description

The shadow is me while taking the picture -- sorry. Yes, it's real and it's spectacular! Thanks D.

From John Byrne's 1992 X-Men French Portfolio (Deesse Edition). John fully pencilled and inked this portfolio plate featuring Storm (Ororo) as she battles Proteus. In the background, you will see NightCrawler and Wolverine. This is John's re-imagined version of his classic cover to Uncanny X-Men # 127.

Just to clear up some rumors, these published pin-ups are John's pencils and inks. There are some versions featuring inks by George Perez that have nothing to do with the published art.

John did preliminary pencils for the portfolio. When the publisher wanted to create a special limited edition version of the portfolio, John submitted the "prelims" to be printed as the extra portfolio plate. The "prelims" are not finished pencils. The "prelims" were sold to collectors/dealers. 3 of the 6 "prelims" were inked by George Perez as a commission of the owner. Dealers will often have rough pencils finished by an inker in order to sell the art at a premium. George Perez is a star artist in his own right but that art was never published.

Cheers!

N.

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	Nelson Animated Ink
Joined:	October 2005
Last Login:	May 2025
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Gerry Turnbull
Member Since 2005

Posted on 2/5/2008

spectacular!!

Danny Tran
Member Since 2006

Posted on 2/6/2008

An INCREDIBLE piece as well as a fascinating & insightful story about the preliminary drawing (i never knew).Superb pick-up & thanks for sharing.

Alex B
Member Since 2008

Posted on 10/11/2008

It's great to see another of those portfolio pages. This one is particularly breathtaking, an artist at the top of his game. If I ever win the lottery, I plan on having all the Deesse portfolio pages... if they look as good as this one ;-)

Joe Murray
Member Since 2006

Posted on 5/3/2025

Wow, that is a beaut, loved all the French portfolio plates, big congrats!

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