Bachalo/Townsend New X-men 0

[awayne83]

Apologies if this didn't deserve its own thread. Browsing CLink auctions and to my shock i came across this particular cover I loved from my formative years (lol). Been collecting some OA for ~2 years, and this his is the first time I've seen a piece like that at auction (seen plenty in others' collections) so excuse my excitement. My question is, I was a little taken back the original differs pretty significantly from the published image:

Original

http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FALLSUB.ASP%3FFocused%3D1%26id%3D1398%26pg%3D1%26x%3D44%26y%3D9%23Item_1233877&id=1233877&itemType=1

Published

http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/New_X-Men_Vol_1_143

In this case, who would be responsible for the changes? Did the colorist just take it upon himself? Or did the artist know in advance the effect he wanted and just sort of wing the bottom half as a result? Seems weird to draw and ink it if that was the case. Does this happen a lot?

Edited February 19, 2018 by awayne83

[exitmusicblue]

On 2/19/2018 at 4:53 AM, awayne83 said:

Apologies if this didn't deserve its own thread. Browsing CLink auctions and to my shock i came across this particular cover I loved from my formative years (lol). Been collecting some OA for ~2 years, and this his is the first time I've seen a piece like that at auction (seen plenty in others' collections) so excuse my excitement. My question is, I was a little taken back the original differs pretty significantly from the published image:

Original

http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FALLSUB.ASP%3FFocused%3D1%26id%3D1398%26pg%3D1%26x%3D44%26y%3D9%23Item_1233877&id=1233877&itemType=1

Published

http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/New_X-Men_Vol_1_143

In this case, who would be responsible for the changes? Did the colorist just take it upon himself? Or did the artist know in advance the effect he wanted and just sort of wing the bottom half as a result? Seems weird to draw and ink it if that was the case. Does this happen a lot?

The wonders of digital effects.  NYX 3 OA vs. published cover is an even bigger departure.

[F For Fake]

That's very interesting. I vastly prefer the bold zig-zag of the original to the washed out digital  fog of the printed version.