X-MEN #21 is out today!! ❌ Here’s the first page I have in the issue (I drew the election section) — rough, inks, and finished art with Matt Wilson’s colors.
Written by Jonathan Hickman, part of the Hellfire Gala. Hope you enjoy it!
I’m drawing a series of covers for the new X-MEN series, inspired by Jim Lee’s ’92 trading cards! ❌ Here’s the X-MEN #1 variant, colored by Matt Wilson!
Very excited — especially thrilled to draw the headshots on the back!
I’m starting a podcast called Baffling Cyclops! It’sme and my wife Pepper Proxy discussing whatever I’m obsessed with that week.
It’s intended to be a fun, funny conversation about weird stuff. Future episodes will cover crow funerals, cults, clowns, creativity, and Dandan noodles.
The first episode is an expansion of the story I wrote about serving Mick Jagger in a toy store. I cherry-picked details for the essay I wrote and this goes into more detail about Mick and the store where I worked. Not only that, but you get to hear about the time Pepper got fired from her job as a Christmas elf.
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Cribs can originate from anywhere…even Kaneko’s own designs! Here’s a handful of examples of preceding designs influencing subsequent ones, whether in full or just certain elements. It’s exactly this kind of internal continuity that makes Kaneko so missed!
NANDI/DEMI-NANDI:Shiva’s cheerful mount may not seem to have much in common with his mass-produced counterpart from Shin Megami Tensei II, but a closer look reveals a behavior passed on by the divine genes: A predilection for blowing raspberries.
CYCLOPS/MAMEDANUKI:Shin Megami Tensei′s Cyclops is about as forgotten as they come, but his head was to find greater fame as the shape-shifting display of Mamedanuki’s magic scrotum.
LAKSHMI: Kaneko often gave his SFC-era designs new palettes and shading in the Saturn era, but Lakshmi here is one of the few to be completely redrawn with a new pose, using the exact same wardrobe and likeness from her SMTI original. It’s especially apparent with the nigh-identical Devil Summoner version colors.
T-93/JUNK:This little guy’s a trooper, having apparently weathered the turbulent interval between SMTI and II in one piece, albeit acquiring the unfortunate moniker of “Junk” and an appearance to match in the process.
Marvel HeroClix: Marvel Hellfire Gala Premium Collection, a new premium figure set, for release in November 2022.
Emma Frost is hosting a Hellfire Gala on the evening of the Summer Solstice, and the who’s who of mutantkind will be in attendance. This set features fan favorite X-Men like Cyclops, Jean Grey, Emma Frost, Wolverine, Synch, Sunfire, Polaris, and Rogue with brand-new sculpts for the Gala.
Shaking off some of that weekend rust with some fanart. Emma Frost and Scott Summers. Haven’t kept up with X-Men in forever so I drew something casual.
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