(top left) M.C. Wyamn's pencil art (bottom left) The original cover to X-men # 101 By Dave Cockrum
This was my 5th job for Steve Pillarella and my 9th time inking over Wyman's pencil work. In this case, it was a cover recreation of X-MEN # 101, vol. 1 (1976) by Dave Cockrum with the elements of the image altered a little bit. I inked it with brush & markers and used a Hunt 102 quill for the flash & speed lines. I added line zip for Cyclops visor to match MC's lines even though the image now looks more Terry Austin inked than Cockrum with it:-) The pencil art was presumably sprayed with fixative because I could barely erase the graphite after completion so I had to use correction fluid on spots but couldn't get everything. The 11 X 17 commission was completed on 7/23/05.