Hey Joe
Have fun on your vacation!

Posted by Bearpod91 on 2006-07-05 13:10:28
Have fun!!
Enjoy your vacation, you deserve it! And the cover looks amazing. Luv, luv it.

Posted by TwilghtDragon on 2006-07-05 13:47:29
Beautiful
The cover is pretty darn cool. It's original and vaguely reminiscent of the days before covers became iconic-shots-only of single characters. I would love to see the original artwork for that.
And enjoy yourself! You work hard and manage to still interact with fans. I agree with TwilghtDragon: you do deserve it.

Posted by Undergirl on 2006-07-05 19:14:18
Great series
I really enjoyed this "Cover from Hell" series. I haven't done a lot of illustration since I was a kid, but I'm a web designer for my day job (and an actor for the love of it and the dream of one day...) and this kind of series shows me, more than anything, that it is crucial to the creative process to have a drawn-out conceptual phase. I constantly have business folks poking at me, wondering "what is taking so long?" They don't get that 1) initial concepts often aren't the most workable as final versions and that 2) all of those un-used concepts still hold value in shaking out the final version AND as reference and resources for future work. It's difficult for suits to place value on anything that can't be put to press, and they're loathe to pay for my time spent creating those discarded concepts. Anyway, for me this series was a validation that even the best of the best go through significant conceptual iteration. Maybe I'll use this as an example during future confrontations ... ;-)
Enjoy the vacation. And then get the heck back to work.
--David
Clark Schpiell Productions

Posted by troilus1 on 2006-07-05 19:24:44
huh!??!?!?
vacation!??!??!?!?!??!??!?!?!??!?!? NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wat now i can't do anything now

Posted by tarhaun on 2006-07-05 21:07:04
love the inks
i'd love to see the alternate cover art would be cool beans

Posted by riceman8 on 2006-07-12 15:43:59
Wow that it cool!
Would it be pssible to get a higher res file of the inking. I would like to see the detail in Omega Red's tendrils!

Posted by yourwarlock on 2006-07-19 10:07:59
Sweet cover!
Joe you'd be perfect for an Wolverine ongoing! Those covers have me craving an regular gig for you as artist.

Posted by Revolver Dark on 2006-07-19 17:12:36