John Cassaday - Astonishing X-Men Issue 14 page 4

If only for a page, things went back to the way they used to be!  Very haunting as Cassaday shows us how fleeting these moments can be.

Agree. This page is so incredible. It's so simple but powerful. The published page is so emotional and was one of the only times John had Scott and Jean together ever. There's not an errant mark on it. It's flawlessly effortless and solid. It's like John drew it exactly as it is. So heartfelt and emotional. It speaks to who Cyclops is as a person and how he's situated within the entire run. 

Great page. Did John do a bad page on this run??? The whole run is fantastic. Enlighten me on this bit of your description. Additional info required.  What are they? " Without knowing, he flipped to my favorite page in his run and talked about how much he tried to portray Cyclops' raw power. My OA grails are the two pages he was giving me the rundown on there and then."

John never did a bad page throughout the whole run. Every panel, page, cover, and issue is simply phenomenal! It's as everyone can guess, issue 8, pages 18 and 19, wherein Cyclops annihilates the sentinel on the lawn of the mansion (why Scott is still in charge!). John must have had telepathy because he went to those pages without knowing anything about me.

I used to own those pages and know who has them but the guy, who I thought was a friend, turned out to be a gigantic ratbag so will leave it at that.

Great story about a great talent. Was the "raw power" page the one where Cyclops removes his visor and wipes the Sentinel off the side of the mansion?

Exactly, "I want this thing off my lawn."

Great one for your first interior page! Cassaday killed it on this book. congrats!

A beautiful tribute to John and Cyclops, sounds like a really great encounter and way to celebrate the person and our hobby that we really enjoy. Cheers to this beautiful page and memory. 

I'll admit I tear up just thinking about it. 

Cassaday greatness on this sweet piece...Godspeed John