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Posted by Barry Kitson on :
 
Hi Guys
Well here's the scans for the real cover to #11.
It went through a lot of changes as we'd originally hoped to make the image ambiguous enough not to give away what happened in #10...hope you like the various versions!











Clicking on the thumbnail of the inked version will take you to a larger image.

Thanks as always to Nightcrawler for hosting the images!

[EDIT: Thanks Barry! I thumbnailed all of the images as I under estimated how big they were. Sorry.]

[ October 07, 2005, 03:11 AM: Message edited by: Nightcrawler ]
 

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Posted by Nightcrawler on :
 
Poor Dreamy! Poor Brainy! These images are heartbreaking!

But beautiful! Thanks for sharing these with us!
 

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Posted by Jorg-EM on :
 
Cool. Is Brainy bald?

Reminds of that old story about Kara's death...LOSH v3 #16.
 

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Posted by legionadventureman on :
 
If Brainy is the one that goes bald - maybe in the current timeline he will be Pulsar Stargrave, too...
 

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Posted by Lad Boy on :
 
beautiful work.
 

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Posted by Lightning Lad on :
 
Gorgeous as always Barry. Thanks for sharing!
 

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Posted by Querl Dox on :
 
Really beautiful. Thanks Barry. I like little something like that.
 

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Posted by Barry Kitson on :
 
Thank you guys!
 

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Posted by Faraway Lad on :
 
I love to see how these ideas develope and change over time.

I think I might have actually enjoyed the tease if you had gone with the original image with the face turned away from the viewer, especially if the cover had stayed black and white so we would get no clues from the colour of the hair.

But then I always did have a little evil streak.


 

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Posted by Arachne on :
 
[sigh] If I wasn't in favour of a relationship between Brainy and Dreamy before, I am now. Can't poor Brainy have a love life in any reality? :7
 

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Posted by superboymddjr on :
 
poor Dream Girl... rest in peace.
 

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Posted by legionadventureman on :
 

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Originally posted by superboymddjr:
poor Dream Girl... rest in peace.

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Relax, dude, it has to be another red herring on Barry's part - remember his grin when he said in an earlier message "I think i will miss Dream Girl the most." The poor woman looks as if she is sleeping in somebody's arms - but it doesnt look like Brainy's...
 

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Posted by superboymddjr on :
 
Wait and see...maybe Barry is using grin as his red herring making us think oh yeah dream girl is alive?
 

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Posted by legionadventureman on :
 
I dunno....The real culprit has to be Mark Waid...
 

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Posted by Igee The Mighty on :
 
Just re-read #10 and I haveta say 2 things:

1. It's great seeing Barry's pencils again. The fill-ins were enjoyable insofar as good artists have stepped in, but there's nothing like Barry's pencils to bring it back to what it's supposed to be--a kick-ass book

2. Dream Girl's apparent demise. With all the foreshadowing about cosmic-scale annihalation, Dreamy's lack of a prophetic vision seemed to make sense. It didn't occur to me that one reason for her not being able to have visions was her own death. Perhaps it's the one thing Naltorians can't see?

re: #11's cover

It's heart-rending to see. I agree that on some level, Dream Girl & Brainiac 5 would've (past tense? really?) made a good case of opposites attract. Then again, it's too early to tell if she's really gone. A great cover nonetheless!
 

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Posted by Barry Kitson on :
 
Thanks Igee!
 

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Posted by Healex on :
 
Barry... I just have to say that I've read the Legion for about 30 yrs now...and between you and Mark Waid, you've made me very excited about the Legion like I haven't been in years.
Your artwork is fantastic, and the thought you put into it shows. I hope you stick with us for a long time. I'm just gonna sit back and enjoy the show and see when and how some of my old favorites show up and new ones come along.
Thanks again Barry!
 

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Posted by Barry Kitson on :
 
Thanks Healex
I really appreciate the kind words!
I'll besticking with the book for as long as I possibly can - you can be sure of that!
 

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Posted by Yellow Kid on :
 
Me too Healix! I love it when a team introduces new people to the world of the future.

One of the things that Legion creator teams seem to always do is try to introduce characters with lasting impact on the mythos. I think Barry and Mark have definitely done that already. We've seen several new faces that are probably going to be expanded on and used by the creative teams to follow them for many years to come.

I'm dying to see the the WaK Bizarro Legionnaires eventually show up in a real story, the kids on the planet where we first met Elysion's team were great! "I'm really fast" girl deserves another shot with the team someday, we've seen Teena several times and I'll bet she has some kind of important role to play in an upcoming story (but I can't begin to guess what it'll be), then there is Lyle's father and Sun Boy's parents and If I were to keep going I'm sure I could pick out several more.

Some people complain about the enormous cast of characters in the Legionverse but I've always thought that it was one of the strengths of the book. Something for everybody!
 

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