Uncanny X-Mas!

This Marvel Subscription ad imposed Santa hats onto Marc Silvestri's X-Men.  I'm not sure what this image was originally produced for, but I'm fairly certain it was used on a coffee mug.  The image at bottom was taken from a comic produced for Marvel's stockholders.  There's some horrible photoshopping on Rogue's head because part of her face and hair was missing in the original publication.

Merry X-Mas, mutants!

Fastball Special

We conclude our second annual John Byrne month with a classic "Fastball Special".  Have no fear, there's plenty of John Byrne X-Men left to post!  'Til next time!

Marvel Age

This image of Wolverine and Colossus fighting a Sentinel was printed in Marvel Age 16.

Colossus by Art Adams

You can just make out some of the changes from the original sketch in this inked Colossus drawing by Art Adams.  From Marvel Comics of the 1980's.

http://marvel1980s.blogspot.com/2013/09/1987-x-men-sketches-by-art-adams.html

Dolmen - Alan Davis

This Alan Davis cover for the Spanish magazine Dolmen was created from the drawing below.

The original art was auctioned by Heritage Auctions:

http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=812&lotIdNo=40017

Savage Storm & Colossus

 Spotted on Ebay:  I had to post this because I couldn't believe it really existed.  Colossus is inexplicably reimagined as a dinosaur for this X-Men: Savage Land toy set. Bid Now!
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.Xx-men+savage+land+storm+colossus.TRS0&_nkw=x-men+savage+land+storm+colossus&_sacat=0&_from=R40

El Libro Del Destino

From Spanish blog El Libro Del Destino, the story behind this Colossus commission by Rick Leonardi:

http://ellibrodeldestino.blogspot.com/2011/12/commission-by-rick-colossus-leonardi.html

What is it that disturbs you, Colossus?

We're bringing Paul Smith Week to a close with a special treat!  Paul Smith is well known for his work on both X-Men and Dr. Strange, and here's an image that combines both.  If only this could have been published as a complete story, as Dr. Strange conjures an image of Colossus's sister Magik, who was thought to be dead at the time.

Dave Cockrum Tribute

This image was done as a tribute to Dave Cockrum shortly after his death.  

Byrne Sketch

Here's a nice Colossus and Phoenix colored sketch circa 1979.

Introducing.... Commission Friday

I've been striving to get this blog on a regular schedule with new posts every week.  In addition to a new post every Tuesday, I'm going to start adding commission art and sketches on Friday.  These will be mostly images drawn for fans that were never intended for publication.  To start things off, here's a sketch of Colossus and Kitty Pryde by the very talented Paul Smith!