The Avengers - East Coast 4.0 - in Color

My truest folly ...

As a teenager Mark Bright's two Avengers Annuals were just the coolest things ever :) Avengers Annual #17 and West Coast Avengers Annual #1 were totally rad and wicked (respectively). And, as all good comic book geeks do, I came up with my own Avengers line-ups. When I first got into the commission thing I knew that if I could ever even find Mark Bright I'd ask him if he'd be willing to draw them for me. I was and he did :) I then took the pencils to Mike Gustovich (inker of AA#17) and Geof Isherwood (inker of WCAA#1) and asked them to ink them. Heck, I even went one step further and asked and great Bob Layton if he would ink them as well (Mark and Bob are still my favorite Iron Man art team). I ended this "project" by asking CAF's own Derek Muthart if he'd color them for me. To have this set of art is nothing less than a blessing to me. My teenage years carried right and properly into middle age. I thank all - Mark, Mike, Geof, Bob and Derek for this. I am truly pleased to say these are mine.

The East Coat team of USAgent, the Guardsman, Hercules, She-Hulk, Yellowjacket and Hornet. Bob's inks in this one was my favorite (love the Hercules, Guardsman and the detail on Yellowjacket) so I asked Derek if he'd go and color it. Amazing job by Derek! You can't really see it at this resolution but he actually took the time to give Hornet's wings a membrane feel. I loved dealing with Mark, Bob and Derek on this and, truly, couldn't be happier with how it turned out. My inner geek couldn't be more satisfied. And yes, somewhere in my apartment is an old notebook filled with my chickenscratch story of how these really random folks came together ;)

Original size 11x17