My personal X-archive

Just a german guy, collecting his favourite moments and aesthetically pleasing art from X-Men history.

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Gorgeous cover for the Uncanny X-Men Omnibus vol. 4 😍 penciled and inked by R. B. Silva, coloured by Marte Gracia

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Last appearance before vs first appearance since Dawn of X Today’s entry: Tommy on the left in Uncanny X-Men #210 (1986), written by Chris Claremont, penciled by John Romita Jr., inked by Dan Green, coloured by Glynis Oliver and lettered by Tom Orzechowski on the right in Hellions #1 (2020), written by Zeb Wells, penciled and inked by Stephen Segovia, coloured by David Curiel and lettered by Cory Petit

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Last appearance before vs first appearance since Dawn of X Today’s entry: Heather Cameron aka Lifeguard on the left in Uncanny X-Men #1 (2012), designed by Irene Y. Lee on the right in X-Force #9 (2020), penciled and inked by Joshua Cassara and coloured by Dean White

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History once again repeating itself 😎

on the left the cover for Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975), art by Gil Kane and Dave Cockrum

on the right the cover for Giant-Size X-Men: Tribute to Wein & Cockrum (2020), art by Axel Ross

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History repeating itself Jean and Emma teaming up for a psychic deep dive on the left in New X-Men #121 (2002), written by Grant Morrison, penciled and inked by Frank Quitely and coloured by Hi-Fi Design on the right in Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey and Emma Frost (2020), written by Jonathan Hickman, penciled and inked by Russell Dauterman, coloured by Matthew Wilson

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Today sees the release of Marvel’s HOUSE OF X / POWERS OF X oversized hardcover collection, and caps a project I’ve been involved with since March this year; working with Marvel and their creative teams—spearheaded by writer Jonathan Hickman—on the complete rebranding and relaunch of their X-Men franchise. The House of X and Powers of X kickstarted the franchise refresh that included a brand new “X” logo mark design and a new design language, developed with Jonathan Hickman, that runs through all the books to date.

For this collection I revisited the design of the series and designed a brand new publication package—including multiple Pantone colours on the dust jacket.

The book is available at all good comic and book stores.

Here’s a small selection of my design on the book; including the covers, book casing, and interior pages.

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The full set of my #1 Design Variant covers for Marvel’s Dawn Of X relaunch of their X-Men franchise. Collect them all at your local comic shop. 

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Two Queens at the Louvre  ;)

feat the Nike of Samothrace, a marble Hellenistic sculpture of the Greek goddess of victory

on the left Queen Bey in the music video Apeshit (2018) by the Carters

on the right the White Queen in Powers of X #5 (2019), written by Jonathan Hickman, penciled and inked by R.B. Silva, coloured by Marte Gracia and lettered by Clayton Cowles

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Cover for Hellions #1 (2020), written by Zeb Wells and art by Stephen Segovia

Is this the first time since New Mutants vol. 3 that Zeb Wells is writing an X-book? Very exciting!

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Second printing cover for MARAUDERS #2! Drawn by me, colored by Matt Wilson. ✖️🏴‍☠️

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Some of my favourite Emma and Scott covers

upper row from left to right the cover for Astonishing X-Men # 2 (2004), with art by John Cassady

the cover for Uncanny X-Men #499 (2008), with art by Billy Tan and Brian Reber

the cover for Dark X-Men: The Confession (2009), with art by Yanick Paquette, Michael Lacombe and Nathan Fairbairn

middle row from left to right the cover for Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis #3 (2010), with art by Kaare Andrews

the vampire variant cover for Uncanny X-Men #529 (2010), with art by Mike Mayhew 

lower row from left to right the cover for Uncanny X-Men #35 (2015), with art by Kris Anka

the cover for X-Men #3 (2020), with art by Leinil Francis You and Sunny Gho

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Art imitating art on the left a poster for the movie Species II (1998), directed by Peter Medak and starring Natasha Henstridge on the right Heather Cameron aka Lifeguard on the cover for X-Treme X-Men #13 (2002), with art by Salvador Larroca

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Art inspiring art

Selene on the cover for X-Men #11 (2014), art by Terry Dodson

and Selene striking the same pose while arriving on Krakoa in House of X #5 (2019), written by Jonathan Hickman, penciled and inked by Pepe Larraz, coloured by Marte Gracia, lettered by Clayton Cowles

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Life imitating art on the left Sage on the cover of X-Treme X-Men #4 (2001), with art by Salvador Larroca and Liquid! on the right Nicki Minaj on the cover of her single Anaconda (2014)

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All good things come in fives

in the upper left the Force Warriors in X-Men: Legacy #245 (2011), written by Mike Carey, penciled by Clay Mann, inked by Jay Leisten, coloured by Brian Reber and lettered by Cory Petit

in the upper right the Phoenix Five on the cover of Avengers vs. X-Men #6 (2012), art by Jim Cheung and Justin Ponsor

in the lower left the original five X-Men on the cover of All-New X-Men #1 (2013), art by Stuart Immonen, Wade von Grawbadger and Marte Gracia

in the lower right the Five in House of X #5 (2019), written by Jonathan Hickman, penciled and inked by Pepe Larraz, coloured by Marte Gracia, lettered by Clayton Cowles

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History repeating itself

Charles Xavier shot, lying on the ground, sorrounded by X-Men

on the left in X-Men #207 (2008), written by Mike Carey, penciled by Chris Bachalo, inked by Tim Townsend, Victor Olazaba, Jon Sibal and Al Vey, coloured by Brian Reber and Edgar Delgado, lettered by Cory Petit

on the right in X-Force #2 (2020), written by Benjamin Percy, penciled and inked by Joshua Cassara, coloured by Dean White, lettered by Joe Caramagna

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Art imitating art

on the left a poster for the movie The Terminator (1984), directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger

on the right Lucas Bishop on the cover for New X-Men #141 (2003), with art by Phil Jimenez