My sincerest apologies to the CGC for posting a picture involving a PGX graded comic book, and to anyone else who may take offense, but if it is any consolation, it is my intention to eventually crack it open and submit it to the CGC for grading.

This journal happens to be my third entry (hence Part III) focusing on the numerous variants published for the Aria/Angela: Heavenly Creatures mini-series, and as I stated in the prior journals, my goal to collect them all. The pair in the picture represents the Gold Edition variants in the series, with the only variable difference being gold foil logos on cardstock covers, with art provided by the main artist of the series, Jay Anacleto.

I am a big fan of comic book artists, and I come to think of myself as pretty knowledgeable about who's who in the industry. But I will admit, prior to the Aria/Angela series (which I only picked up a year ago), I had no knowledge of Jay Anacleto. Thankfully, Aria/Angela changed all that. What can I say about Jay Anacleto? I met him in 2013 and once again in 2014, both occasions at New York Comic Con. This past October the artist was gracious to sign eight (8) comics for me, one of which is the Gold Edition variant pictured on the right. At the signing, I got the opportunity to browse through a portfolio of his original art he was selling (none of which I could afford on my paltry budget). Of what I can remember, the illustrations were incredibly photo-realistic, dripping with hyper details, making many of the comic book subjects he drew, come to life with eye-popping realism. If I had the money, I would commission a work... probably an image of Angela side-by-side with Adam Warlock. I don't know why, but I keep seeing these two together... maybe it's just wishful thinking.

In the Aria/Angela mini-series, Jay Anacleto does a brilliant job of making both Aria and Angela seem vividly real... like models torn from the pages of a magazine. And Anacleto does something that no other artist has done before (save JG Jones)... he depicts Angela with blue eyes. JG Jones also did this, coincidentally in the same series, as he is one of a number of artists to provide a variant cover for issue #1. But whereas JG Jones provided just one cover and therefore a single image of Angela, Anacleto illustrates Angela throughout the entire mini-series with soft, glowing, coral blue eyes; "Angelic" would be best to describe them... as a result, it gives Angela a softer tone... perhaps a more human tone... not seen in previous renditions. I believe it's a subtle quality that suits her and would probably make her more accessible to the readership. Perhaps someone from Marvel will read this and take note.

SW3D

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