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Hi All Sorry for the missed postings - life's been incredibly hectic of late and I took my eye off the ball!  Anyway, here's a whole bunch of scans to catch us up....    I really enjoyed this one!
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Originally posted by Barry Kitson: Anyone know what's the official record for consecutive Legion covers by one artist? Chad tells me I'm getting close to it Interesting! I think I'll to research that one if someone else doesn't beat me to it. Thanks Barry! As I've said...No other artist is this generous with his fans. Beautiful work! This is my favorite moment after the solicitations and I can't believe I've been too busy to notice we missed a couple of months.
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I also want to say how much I like Barry's color for #29. I hope they use his version for the printed version.
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Thanks Nightcrawler!
The color version of #29 WILL be the one used for the printed cover, but I can't take any credit for it, the amazing job is entirely Nathan's!
The versions you see for solicitation are usually quick renditions purely for that purpose. Nathan usually does a much finer version for the actual print run. This is one of my favorite's of all the cover coloring he's done so far!
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Wow, I *really* like the artwork for 30 - very powerful!
Hmm. In the alternate thumbnail, it looks like they're all glaring at Vi. I wonder why...
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This is what I came up with for a “Consecutive Run” on the Legion. *Not including interrupting mini series, and of course the Swan numbers are for everything Legion from April of 1958 - January of 1968! 80 in a row for Curt Swan From Adventure #247 – Adventure #364. Ended by Neal Adams. 31 in a row for Mike Grell (35 of 40 total) – Superboy #207-#237. End by Jim Starlin. 30 in a row for Barry Kitson – LSH (2004) #1-#30 AND counting. 27 & 23 in a row for Alan Davis. Issues – LSH #68-#90 & #92–#118 – 50 of 51 covers. Ended by Jeff Moy who did issue #91 to to split the run. 2 More Barry for the "Modern Day" Record. Personally Barry, I would Love to see you pass Curt's record as well! LLLater! Chad
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I'd settle for matching Mike's right now!
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Originally posted by Ultra Boy:
Personally Barry, I would Love to see you pass Curt's record as well! I agree, anything short of 80 is just number two. : )
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Here is an amazing stat about Curt Swan. During the time he drew the Legion - April 58 - January 68, he did 606 covers. Averaging over 5 covers per month on various titles. April 58 - August 68, he did 361 interiors. Averaging almost 3 interiors a month. WOW! Comments Barry? LLLater! 
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That is totally phenomenal! Just one of the reasons he's a comics legend!
I wonder how that tally would compare to Jack Kirby in the same period - they'd be pretty close I'd imagine....
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Pretty close is right Barry! In the same period that Curt did 606 covers, Jack Kirby did 662! An additonal 6 covers per year. WOW! Now to work on the interiors comparison. Were they machines? How is this even possible! LLLater!
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Barry, how much (if anything) do you sketch out on paper, and how much do you do with a computer tablet?
The childhood friend Exnihil never had.
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Man love all the covers. Gotta say I love the pencilled versions the best except #29. I love the colors for all three especially 29(and 30). I really hope to see Barry's pencils not inked in a comic in that new process. I think it would look amazing. Just for one issue?! A annual or something? A secret files?! Who do I have to beg?
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Hi Kent
I do pretty much all my drawing and inking (even for the roughs) on paper, but do scan each stage into the computer and then make changes or add whites (as in the cover to #29) using a Wacom tablet. I don't think I could ever get used to doing everything in the PC the way Brain Bolland does, but it is a really handy tool especially during the design stages.
Thanks Jorge
I'll admit I'm quite keen to try using that process one day too - I think it would be a fun experiment!
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Maybe Color Kid could go wild and remove all the color in the world for an issue? 
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