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Karate Kid vs. Colossus by Rick Leonardi & Simon Gough

Artists: Simon Gough (Colorist) , Rick Leonardi (All)

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Title:	Karate Kid vs. Colossus by Rick Leonardi & Simon Gough
Artist:	Simon Gough (Colorist)
Artist:	Rick Leonardi (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	9,206
Likes on CAF:	10 11
Comments:	14
Added to Site:	8/7/2013
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Karate Kid vs. Colossus by Rick Leonardi and Simon Gough

The first superhero comic that I can remember actually buying with my own money was The Uncanny X-Men #231, which featured Colossus and had art by Rick Leonardi. I thought that this big metal guy was just too cool and Colossus became my favorite character. And Rick is the definitive Colossus artist, in my opinion. Nowadays Colossus is still one of my favorite characters, though he seems to be treated even worse than Karate Kid by comics writers. When I first made my list of opponents and artists for my �Karate Kid vs.� commission collection, this one was right at the top, and I am extremely pleased to finally have it. I arranged this commission by donating to the Kickstarter campaign for Watson and Holmes, a really cool comic that Rick drew. And I was surprised and delighted at the commission Rick delivered! Instead of a regular battle, Rick came up with a Karate Kid vs. Colossus in a traditional brick breaking competition. And the humor he injected into the piece is just perfect. Later I sent it over to Simon Gough to add some color and man, does it look fantastic! Colossus is colored perfectly! Huge thanks to Rick and Simon for their brilliant work!

So, if instead of a brick-breaking competition, what if these two actually fought in a hand-to-hand battle? Well, I tell you, Val Armorr�s gonna have a heck of a time. If Peter connects with a good punch or gets Val in a grip, it will be all over. But if Val can use his speed and techniques to avoid Peter�s blows, he might be able to somehow immobilize him by using whatever surroundings they�re fighting in.

If you like this piece, then please do go buy some comics featuring Rick's work in physical and/or digital format.

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Cory Sprague
Member Since 2009

Posted on 8/7/2013

Great addition to the Karate Kid gallery! Congrats

aric shapiro
Member Since 2006

Posted on 8/7/2013

Leonardi is so cool!!! Huge congrats on scoring something so cool from him

Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy
Member Since 2005

Posted on 8/7/2013

This is a clever twist on the Karate Kid Vs theme...Very Cool

F M
Member Since 2005

Posted on 8/8/2013

Excellent :)

Mike W
Member Since 2007

Posted on 8/8/2013

Love it!!! Another stellar addition, my friend!!!

Kevin Moorhead
Member Since 2008

Posted on 8/8/2013

Love Colossus's face here. And the brick gag is truly funny :)

... really makes me wish Rick was taking regular requests.

[and I hate you for being young enough that 231 would have been your first issue]

Travis Ellisor
Member Since 2009

Posted on 8/8/2013

Kevin Moorhead wrote:

[and I hate you for being young enough that 231 would have been your first issue]

Ha! Well I started collecting about three years before that when my mom bought me Transformers #1, but X-Men was my gateway drug to superheroes.

Patrick Brooks
Member Since 2008

Posted on 8/8/2013

This is excellent, Travis. I really like it. Congrats!!

Dimitrios Z
Member Since 2011

Posted on 8/11/2013

I like the humor in this piece and Rick is an amazing artist. I have to get something from him.

Joshua McCoy
Member Since 2013

Posted on 8/16/2013

Awesome Travis! Always loved Leonardi's take on the X- Men.

G. Masip
Member Since 2009

Posted on 8/21/2013

Muy chulo. Gran concepto.

Jeremy Radisich
Member Since 2004

Posted on 1/4/2014

I love Leonardi doing Colossus--what a great commission!

Michael McIsaac
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 2/22/2022

I love the idea for this piece, and Leonardi did a spectacular job with it.

Some Collector
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 10/7/2023

That's funny!

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