I'd been trying to come up with a scenario featuring Brother Voodoo alongside the Brotherhood, and didn't come up with anything I liked until I spotted this very cool piece by Lan Medina sitting in the CAF gallery of the incomparable Peter Franken:

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=326989&GSub=50981

Now, I don't know Mr. Franken personally, nor have I ever conversed with him -- but anyone with a piece of art that cool in their gallery is probably "incomparable," so I'm calling him that. Anyway, I shamelessly decided to use the layout of that piece as the template for my commission.
Thanks to both Peter Franken and Lan Medina, who have no idea who I am.

Anyway, I had to decide on an artist so I contacted Lan Medina's rep for a quote. My pockets turned out too be to shallow to afford Lan, so I had to locate someone just as talented but a bit more affordable for me. Enter, Mike Leeke!

You know that feeling you get when you discover a great restaurant where the food is great, the portions are big, and the prices are small? That's the feeling I got when I discovered Mike Leeke, with the help of fellow CAF gallery owner Michael F. Finn, the granddaddy of commissioned art. Mike's accomplishments include his work on such Valiant/Acclaim titles as HARBINGER, HARD CORPS, and ARMORINES, as well THE ELEMENTALS for Comico. And man, did he do a killer job on this piece with Brother Voodoo rockin' the dreadlocks.

Now, if you're a regular visitor to my gallery you have no excuse for not recognizing the other characters featured, but because I'm a softie I'll name them off for you one more time (clockwise starting top right): Storm, Icon, Triathlon, the Falcon, Monica Rambeau, Green Lantern (John Stewart), and of course, the Black Panther.

Mike Leeke is a great artist who does superb work with a fast turnaround time and has very affordable prices. He'll be turning up in my gallery again -- SOON. If you'd like his work to turn up in your gallery, drop me a line and I'll give you his contact info. You won't regret it.

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