BONUS REWARD - Guardians of the CUBE #417 - FAUX COVER!
Added 2018-10-10 23:58:17 +0000 UTCRemember when MARVEL COMICS did portrait layouts like this one celebrating their 25th anniversary back in 1986? I sure do!
I'm sharing this FAUX COVER with you guys this month as a BONUS REWARD because I think it's just so damn cool... also, it has the distinction of being the ONLY cover in my up-coming BOOK OF FAUX COVERS that is completely SFW... and that's saying something!
I recreating these classic comic book cover layouts, I've literally been traveling down memory lane in ways I never expected. It's been such a great way to linger on some of my favorite childhood memories.
When I bought UNCANNY X-MEN #211 (the Marvel cover that inspired this Faux Cover) I did so at GUNDY'S NEWS in my home town. That place was incredible and for the time, their selection of comics was really IMPRESSIVE -- two massive rows of shelves and floor space were dedicated to comics, and I was in freakin' HEAVEN every Wednesday of every week, buying up all of the new issues from my favorite series.
Sadly, Gundy's is gone now. They closed down years ago and it broke my heart... I guess that's why this Faux Cover is sorta dedicated to the store and its owners who were always so supportive of their comic geek customers -- and of me personally as a budding artist! Believe it or not, they sold some of my very first "published" comics - titles like the MAGMA FORCES and even my earliest GUARDIANS of the CUBE issues (hence why I chose GOTC as the subject of this FC)!
All that to say that the store may be closed, but I still have all the comics I bought from them and the great memories of buying all those books there, shopping with my friends. I think those memories are gonna be with me forever. Color me nostalgic. This book of Faux Covers is doing that to me!
Enjoy, Guys... There's a TON of great stuff still ahead in OCTOBER!! STAY TOONED!!
LINES: Patrick Fillion
COLORS: Hernán Cabrera & Patrick Fillion
DIABLO and all other characters are © copyright & ™ 2018 PATRICK FILLION / Class Comics Inc. All rights reserved.
Comments
Awww -- thank you so much, my dear Thomas. You're too sweet!! XOXO 😘😘
Patrick Fillion
2018-10-25 03:24:34 +0000 UTCYou are SOOO good at these and I love the background story!
Thomas Polk
2018-10-18 23:22:33 +0000 UTCLOL! Yup -- as I've often said, what the comics "say" to you personally is as important as what I've written into them. It's all about personal interpretation and appreciation!! 😊
Patrick Fillion
2018-10-17 23:56:12 +0000 UTCI didn't know that about deep impact, well maybe Paul Carrigan is Dominion...lol yeah it reads kind ridiculous . Trying to salvage my headcanon of the disappearing Paul lol!
WallowinMuscle
2018-10-17 23:27:05 +0000 UTCHello, Kai!! Thank you so much for the great comment. It's so cool to know that you were one of the people who got the BG version of CUBE #2. That's AWESOME!!! XD I loved those editions!! :D Thanks also for the kind words about the layout. I really appreciated it! XOXO :D :D
Patrick Fillion
2018-10-17 23:18:08 +0000 UTCThanks so much, mon ami! this layout didn't in fact take days, but it was pretty time consuming making sure all those hunks fir together well in this montage. But in the end it was pretty worth it -- I'm very pleased with the final result. Merci encore, cher CLX!! XOXO :D :D
Patrick Fillion
2018-10-17 23:16:46 +0000 UTCSo cool that you recognized Dominion, WallowinMuscle. AS for Impact, he's actually a friend's character, but he's definitely a hottie. This crop is all strictly Class Character hunks, but I'm thrilled you enjoyed Diablo's portrait. Thank you so much!! :D :D
Patrick Fillion
2018-10-17 23:15:40 +0000 UTCHA HA HA!!! So glad you like the look of the cover, Superjustinbros! Thanks so much!! :D :D
Patrick Fillion
2018-10-17 23:13:56 +0000 UTCThank you so much, AlienCat02!!! I loved creating that detail -- it was quite a turn-on, to be honest! LOL! I'm thrilled you enjoyed it too!! XOXO
Patrick Fillion
2018-10-17 23:13:32 +0000 UTCThank you so much, my dearest David!! :D :D <3 <3
Patrick Fillion
2018-10-17 23:12:58 +0000 UTCI'm really happy you like this cover, Johnny! I was concerned that because it's completely "dick-free", people wouldn't respond to it well... but it's been quite the contrary, which is AWESOME!!! Very happy you enjoyed it! XOXO :D
Patrick Fillion
2018-10-17 23:12:43 +0000 UTCI love Diabolo and it was my first "Patrick-comic" cube 2, distributed by Bruno Gmünder in Germany 2005. Thank you and by the way: a great layout!
Kai Chaos
2018-10-13 16:00:36 +0000 UTCBeautiful hommage, I just love how the portrait is framed with so many characters, what a layout: it must have taken hours, days!! Bravo !
CLX
2018-10-12 18:49:48 +0000 UTCGot all the heroes for that era even Dominion who appeared once! It's only missing "Impact" who I always headcanon'd as Paul Carrigan from Satisfaction Guranteed #2. Sigh Bruno definitely deserves the biggest head space <3
WallowinMuscle
2018-10-12 05:07:50 +0000 UTCA bunch of hot naked men surrounding a portrait? Sign me up, baby!
Superjustinbros
2018-10-11 16:21:02 +0000 UTCThat light stubble showing on Diablo's face makes him even more a hunk of a man! Awesome details! :)
AlienCat02
2018-10-11 11:13:06 +0000 UTCAMAZING cover, my dear Patrick!!! XXX
David Cantero
2018-10-11 05:08:52 +0000 UTCI love this cover. It's so classic, so detailed, and so collectable. Plus, I'm getting a LOT of Nightcrawler out of this depiction of Diablo, and that's always a good thing in my book.
Johnny Gayzmonic
2018-10-11 00:30:01 +0000 UTCIt's really doing that for me too, Michael! I can't wait for you to see the ENTIRE BOOK -- I think it's a pretty fun collection!! 😘
Patrick Fillion
2018-10-11 00:03:29 +0000 UTCI loved those Marvel covers. You are bringing back my childhood 😃😃😃
Michael Mendez
2018-10-11 00:01:02 +0000 UTC
