Friday, March 30, 2012

Avengers Assemble - Hulk

hulk, clown
The tenth of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Avengers #1, Hulk briefly joins the circus to get away from...everyone.

Bruce Banner, aka The Hulk, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: The Incredible Hulk #1, 1962
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #1, 1963
© Marvel Comics

Sketch card
January 2o12
j(ay)

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Avengers Assemble - General Thaddeus E. Thunderbolt Ross

General Thaddeus E. Thunderbolt Ross
The ninth of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

General Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: The Incredible Hulk #1, 1962
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #5, 1963
© Marvel Comics

Sketch card
January 2o12
j(ay)

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Avengers Assemble - Bruce Banner

bruce banner, hulk, avengers
The eighth of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Bruce Banner, aka The Hulk, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: The Incredible Hulk #1, 1962
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #1, 1963
© Marvel Comics

Sketch card
January 2o12
j(ay)

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Avengers Assemble - Hulk

the hulk, avengers, j(ay)
The seventh of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Poor Hulk was briefly trapped by a big iron claw-thing in Avengers #1…

Bruce Banner, aka The Hulk, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: The Incredible Hulk #1, 1962
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #1, 1963
© Marvel Comics

Sketch card
January 2o12
j(ay)

Monday, March 26, 2012

Avengers Assemble - Jinku

avengers, jinku, lava man, lava men, witch doctor
The sixth of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Jinku the witch doctor Lava Man, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Avengers #5, 1963
© Marvel Comics

Sketch card
January 2o12
j(ay)

Friday, March 23, 2012

Avengers Assemble - Baron Zemo

baron zemo, avengers, j(ay)
The fifth of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

This pose if riffed directly from Jack Kirby and the cover to Avengers #6

Doctor Heinrich Zemo, aka Baron Zemo, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Avengers #4, 1963
© Marvel Comics

Sketch card
January 2o12
j(ay)

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Avengers Assemble - Hulk

hulk, avengers, j(ay)
The fourth of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

This pose if riffed directly from Jack Kirby and the cover to Avengers #1

Bruce Banner, aka The Hulk, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: The Incredible Hulk #1, 1962
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #1, 1963
© Marvel Comics

Sketch card
January 2o12
j(ay)

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Avengers Assemble - Space Phantom

SPACE PHANTOM, MARVEL
The third of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

The lovable, ever-morphing Space Phantom from Avengers #2...

Space Phantom created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Avengers #2, 1963
© Marvel Comics

Sketch card
January 2o12
j(ay)

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Avengers Assemble - Captain America

avengers assemble, j(ay), captain america, magnets
The second of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

With Avengers #6 Cap briefly had Tony Stark designed magnets on his glove. This was short lived and only mentioned/shown once again (if memory serves)…

Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Captain America Comics #1, 1941
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #4, 1963
© Marvel Comics

Sketch card
January 2o12
j(ay)

Monday, March 19, 2012

Avengers Assemble - Loki

avengers assemble, loki, j(ay)
The first of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

A tribute to Jack Kirby and the opening (spalsh) page of Avengers #1 (with a background riffed from a different page)...

The God of Mischief, aka Loki, created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby.
First appearance: Journey to Mystery #85, 1962
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #1, 1963
© Marvel Comics

Sketch card
January 2o12
j(ay)

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Shi

shi. 5finity, j(ay)
The fourth of 6 sketch cards done for the Shi sketch card series by 5finity

This is the only card that was 'returned' to me by 5finity, it is stamped on the back "AE", Artist Exclusive.
Currently available, if interested drop me a line.


Ana Ishikawa, aka Shi created and © William Tucci in 1993

Sketch card
January 2o12
j(ay)

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Shi

Shi, j(ay)
The fifth of 6 sketch cards done for the Shi sketch card series by 5finity

Ana Ishikawa, aka Shi created and © William Tucci in 1993

Sketch card
January 2o12
j(ay)

Monday, March 12, 2012

Shi

shi, 5finity, j(ay)
The fourth of 6 sketch cards done for the Shi sketch card series by 5finity

Ana Ishikawa, aka Shi created and © William Tucci in 1993

Sketch card
January 2o12
j(ay)

Friday, March 9, 2012

Shi

j(ay), shi, 5finity
The third of 6 sketch cards done for the Shi sketch card series by 5finity

Ana Ishikawa, aka Shi created and © William Tucci in 1993

Sketch card
January 2o12
j(ay)

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Shi

shi, j(ay), 5finity
The second of 6 sketch cards done for the Shi sketch card series by 5finity

Ana Ishikawa, aka Shi created and © William Tucci in 1993

Sketch card
January 2o12
j(ay)

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Shi

shi, 5finity
The first of 6 sketch cards done for the Shi sketch card series by 5finity

Ana Ishikawa, aka Shi created and © William Tucci in 1993

Sketch card
January 2o12
j(ay)