I was cleaning up last night and came across a big stack of comic books and I thought I’d post these. These are four alternate covers from Astonishing X-men, and I absolutely love them. The artwork is by John Cassaday, whom I’ve already ooo’ed and aww’ed over, but these covers are like comic book pop art. It would be so cool if Marvel made prints of these, I would certainly buy them.

Bobby

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1. I second that! Even though it will probably never happen. >sigh<

   Comment by Jamil — December 20, 2007 #

2. Awesome. i love how bold and graphic they are. On another comic note, in a totally different style, do you know frank frazetta? he’s my favorite fantasy/ comic illustrator! Here’s one illo: http://tonova.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/frank_frazetta_1.jpg

   Comment by samantha hahn — December 22, 2007 #

3. Why is Paul McCartney in the X-Men?

   Comment by P-Man — December 22, 2007 #

4. i found a very old Marvel comic “Junge Giganten” at the flea market for about 10cent. It’s such an amazing piece of work. The colors just drive me insane! Love it!

   Comment by horst — December 23, 2007 #

5. I contribute the pop art effect to the colorist, Laura Martin. I’m a part of the Dollar Bin, a comic book podcast, and we interviewed her at Heroes Con 2007. We asked her about those covers and she gave a little insight about them. In particular, I think she mentions the Beast cover.

   Kris

   Comment by Kris Black — December 27, 2007 #

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