Wolvie vs Hellfire Club Goons

one of the first collected trades i ever read as a kid was the Uncanny X-Men: Phoenix Saga. Claremont & Byrne in their prime! the classic new x-men kicking ass and being kicked AND Wolverine tearing dudes up while covered in sewer-muck. this was back when Wolvie wasnt totally overexposed and played out, so it was extra special and brutal.

i'm trying to draw more super heroes and comic booky stuff these days and the image of Wolverine decimating a squad of goons was first and foremost. i also have a classic X-Men group portrait in the pipeline, but this sucker had to come first. drawing this stuff compelled me to seek out my old boxes of comics, stuff i havent looked at in over a decade AT LEAST. i pulled out all these old comics, among them were: GI JOE, UNCANNY X-MEN, KITTY PRYDE & WOLVERINE, PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL, and way too much crap from IMAGE (gawd, i wasted alot of $$ back then!)i wonder how many more times i'll look at 'em after i put 'em away again? will they just sit and collect dust?

anyways, this pic is the spotted blacks, so its ready to be inked and finished. i'm quite happy with it. i chose to depict Wolvie in his BROWN 80's costume, even tho the time period calls for his Yellow 70's get up. ah well maybe i'll do an alternate version.

thanks fer lookin'...