Makes me wish I could draw! This is so awesome!
Two years ago, former Marvel Comics bullpen member Steve Bunche posted a comics try-out page submitted to Marvel in the 1990s by an unknown hopeful. The page, while lacking in polish and technique, nevertheless had very clear storytelling, and, as Bunche notes in his blog post: “While this guy would never have gotten work in a professional comic as a penciller, I have to admire his talent for creating an instant classic of a non sequitor:”
artist unknown
You are not imagining this. Wolverine stalks through the wilderness, searching for we know not what, and finds the late Freddie Mercury, frontman of the band Queen.
The page has since been rattling around on the Internet, occasionally reposted and retweeted, chuckled over and admired by people like my studiomate Jeff Parker, which is how I originally became aware of it. And it just kind of got stuck in my head. For TWO YEARS.
The story as presented raises a number of questions. What is Wolverine looking for? Agents of AIM? Peace and solitude? Or, as my other studiomate Memorial artist Rich Ellis suggested: is he looking to find Somebody To Love?
And how and why does Freddie Mercury appear at the end of his search? Was his tragically fatal illness miraculously cured, perhaps by an alien symbiote? Has he just returned from sailing the Seven Seas of Rhye? Or more simply and perhaps most logically, has Logan found himself in the presence of the wordly manifestation of a literal God of Rock?
And so, I have decided to explore these mysteries by recreating the original story, correcting some of the technical blunders on the way. I invite other artists to do the same, by which exercise we may one day come close to the fictional Truth of the matter.
I am reblogging both to further signal boost this brilliant piece by my studiomate, Colleen Coover, and also make sure you don’t miss that final line at the end of her commentary:
I invite other artists to do the same, by which exercise we may one day come close to the fictional Truth of the matter.
You guys, Colleen fricking Coover is inviting you all to re-draw that original page of Wolverine discovering Freddie Mercury by an unknown artist.
She is starting a movement.
Will you answer her call?
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Today March 8, is the 101st International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is “Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures”. Once again Google is celebrating the page with a custom doodle:
Frankly, I can’t think of a more recent year where I have felt concern about women in my country. The…
OHMYGOD OHMYGOD OHMYGOD
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These are all amazing. And I want all of these clothes.
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Yay!
The Very Hungry Cthulhupillar by Ben Mund
On Cthulhu Cthursday, the Very Hungry Cthulhupillar ate through the minds and fragile psyches of every human being on earth. That night he had a tummyache! The end.
This one’s for @gwenners
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Well, International Women’s Day
I wore a skirt today. I made displays of women’s biographies and girl-power folk tales (so much Jane Yolen you guys) at work. I paid a bill, made dinner, did laundry, and watched so much Buffy with my lovely lady roommates in our lovely Lady House while drinking wine and eating cheese and crackers. In short, I was super accomplished at being a functional person but did so in a way that also allowed me to celebrate ladyness. Hooray!
