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Matt Wagner - Mage: The Hero Discovered #1, p. 9 grey-line

Artist: Matt Wagner (All)

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Matt Wagner - Mage: The Hero Discovered #1, p. 9 grey-line Comic Art
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Title: Matt Wagner - Mage: The Hero Discovered #1, p. 9 grey-line
Artist: Matt Wagner (All)
Media Type: Mixed Media
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 398
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Comments: 6
Added to Site: 7/1/2023
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A delicious page from Matt Wagner's Mage: The Hero Discovered #1, page 9.

The grey-line consists of an acetate overlay of the pencil and ink page and a separate board containing a grey-line reproduction of the original page; Matt Wagner hand-colored the grey-line himself using watercolors and airbrush, the two techniques he used in this book, and has signed the piece. The original grey-line is done on a board that measures approx. 8" x 11 /12" with an image area that is approx. that of the published comic book.

Thanks very much to Jim Warden at DOA Original Comic Art for making this available on Comic Art LIVE!

I've included an additional pic of the hand-colored artwork as well to show off the detailed work. As I examined the paint, it looks like Matt used a different, bolder colored paint for these earlier issues (#1 and #3). Update: Turns out in the CAF interview Matt mentioned it was different paper.

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Rick W 
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 7/2/2023

Krakalakin!

1 - Posted on 7/2/2023

Beautiful Josh!  Congrats!

ilia georgiev 
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 7/2/2023

These are great to see in person. Congrats. 

Josh F 
Member Since 2010

Posted on 7/4/2023

ilia georgiev wrote:

These are great to see in person. Congrats. 

Thanks everyone! I was beyond stoked to add these to my collection!

Some Collector 
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 7/2/2023

Super amazing!

Ralph J 
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 3/15/2024

This is the original color artwork for Chapter 1 of the Mage graphic novel published by Donning (see where it says "Donning").  Matt Wagner recolored issue #1 of Mage for the Donning/Starblaze edition. The Mage #1 comic book has different (more muted) colors.  I think this is the better version, as it has the distinctive airbrush look that the series became known for.

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