The Avengers - East Coast 1.0

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.

It took a while (the first prelim that I got from Mark was 12/21/2008) but my Mark bright Avengers commissions are finally done. As a teen this was my dream East Coast line up: USAgent, She-Hulk, Hercules, a Guardsman, Hornet and Yellowjacket. Hornet's obscure, yes, only showing up in a couple of Spider-Woman issues but ~man~ did he have a great costume :) These are Mark's own inks over his pencils. Very nice :D Mark does just the best women's faces and Yellowjacket's especially nice here. And that smug look on Hercules is perfect! It was definitely worth the wait.

Original size 11x17