Giant Size X-men tribute to Len Wein and Dave Cockrum 3 3

[Unstoppablejayd]

I know most OA collectors do not keep up with modern comics (and I am well on that way too) but I wanted to share this awesome book marvel put out a couple weeks ago: as a tribute to Wein and Cockrum and the 45th anniversary of GSX coming out. They rebuilt the book from scratch having 38 different artists each recreate a page from the book ... I thought this was such a cool idea and it being my favorite comic of all time I wanted to get some art from it. In a dream world I would have bought the whole book.. but that was neither financially or physically possible. The covers , one by Granov and one by Tradd Moore sold long before I even knew this existed. The splash by Alex Ross sold for 35k which was out of my league and unfortunately 14 (confirmed -a couple I haven’t found out yet) pages of the interior were only done digitally ... that being said this was a labor of love.. I reached out to all 38 artists/reps or both to track down what was out there and see if I could get some. I wound up securing 6 pages - 4 are in hand now and a couple more shipping from over seas. Some pages I wanted the artists weren’t selling and a couple the asks were just astronomical to me. I am going to post the page of art and then the page of Cockrum that was recreated. I encourage anyone else who got some to do the same and I also ask if anyone knows of any available pages to Pm as I would like to add more if I can! 
 

here is the published comics

 

 

[Unstoppablejayd]

This from Josh Cassara and in my opinion the best Wolverine page in the book. You can see how some artists took more artistic liberties then others 

 

 

[Unstoppablejayd]

Conversely Emanuela Lupacchino stayed very close to the source material but in her fantastic style.

 

[Unstoppablejayd]

This one - while speaking to Bernard Chang- I found out each artist chose the page they wanted to do. And Bernard chose this one to keep it culturally accurate- and I Absolutley love turning the sunfire panel into a splash 

 

[Unstoppablejayd]

The Colossus origin was one I targeted from the door- I love the character and luckily it was by an artist I admire and wanted to add a piece to my collection from anyway: Aaron Kuder 

 

[Will_K]

Unstoppablejayd... he can't be stopped !!!

[Unstoppablejayd]

Just now, Will_K said:

Unstoppablejayd... he can't be stopped !!!

Hahaha- The Alex Ross and Pepe Larraz price tags stopped me.. but I was persistent on this.. finding out how to contact 38 different artists is not easy!

[gumbydarnit]

That is a pretty cool concept, I may have to track that book down! These pages are a nice addition to your collection, congrats!

[skrilla1212]

Love the Cassara page!
He’s been a stand out to me on the recent X-books, I wasn’t sure if it was digital. Did he have a rep or did you reach out to him direct?

[Unstoppablejayd]

46 minutes ago, skrilla1212 said:

Love the Cassara page!
He’s been a stand out to me on the recent X-books, I wasn’t sure if it was digital. Did he have a rep or did you reach out to him direct?

yea- I am a fan too.. was trying to buy some art from his xforce book but this worked out instead. His art is all traditional... and direct no rep

Edited October 29, 2020 by Unstoppablejayd

[AnkurJ]

Siya Oum and the original 

 

[Unstoppablejayd]

7 minutes ago, AnkurJ said:

Siya Oum and the original 

 

Very Nice! One I am sad I missed but thank you for sharing!

[dirtymartini1]

If Marvel does issue 94, they are gonna send you to the poor house!

[Unstoppablejayd]

4 minutes ago, dirtymartini1 said:

If Marvel does issue 94, they are gonna send you to the poor house!

HA!! hopefully a few years down the road...

[BuraddoRun]

Ha! Nice! I picked this book up as well, and as I flipped through it, I considered hunting down some of the artists for pages, too! But ultimately, I didn't. I applaud you on your treasure hunt, and I'm glad you were able to get some of your favorite pages from it! This really was a cool tribute comic.

[Unstoppablejayd]

8 hours ago, BuraddoRun said:

Ha! Nice! I picked this book up as well, and as I flipped through it, I considered hunting down some of the artists for pages, too! But ultimately, I didn't. I applaud you on your treasure hunt, and I'm glad you were able to get some of your favorite pages from it! This really was a cool tribute comic.

I just thought it was such a neat idea.. and the odds of me owning an original cockrum from it are slim to none.. so next best thing . 

[Jamie.Merwin]

Awesome stuff!  Thanks for sharing

[MagnusX]

This is Great, thanks for sharing..!

[Unstoppablejayd]

On 10/31/2020 at 1:30 PM, MagnusX said:

This is Great, thanks for sharing..!

 

On 10/31/2020 at 11:37 AM, Jamie.Merwin said:

Awesome stuff!  Thanks for sharing

Thanks guys! Glad your enjoying it.. a couple more in yesterday 

[Unstoppablejayd]

This one is actually a mono print (I caved) because it was done digitally .. one caveat to going for the 1/1 print was I asked for a sketch and Matteo Lolli knocked it out of the park!