If Capcom’s gonna retcon 1998 Claire to show shoulders and cleavage, they may as well make a 1978 version where Claire’s wearing a bikini that shows her ass crack too.
I’m pleased to finally present the big project I’ve been dying to reveal: the cover for a Polaris 50th anniversary minicomic!
I’ve commissioned Mlad for what will be multiple pages of what I think captures her history and core nature. The minicomic will be released as each page is completed over the course of the next several months.
I hope you all enjoy this and what’s to come as much as I have and will!
It’s been a couple days, so just to cheat and give a reason to show this great cover off again, I’m gonna talk about some of the elements!
The second to bottom layer, the green waves are based on one of the panels from Giant-Size X-Men where she’s been charged up by Storm.
The layer of yellow with red Xs is based on one of the more noteworthy parts of her time in the 90s: her “scandalous” red and gold costume.
I felt the costume was important because it actually had a character-oriented reason for being and provided her with some development. She was self-conscious about her body, especially after brief power changes had radically changed her physically, and the costume was presented as her way of showing pride in her body. It’s even more meaningful when you consider that before she met the X-Men, Lorna had been dyeing her hair brown to avoid drawing attention to her natural (via mutation) green hair.
I’d never want Lorna to go back to that costume, mind. Aside from maybe a story arc or something. But of the various costumes she’s had, there was an actual point to it that served her character.
The presents represent the characters Lorna has a meaningful foundation with that I think Lorna deserves a hell of a lot more time with. Marvel gets no say in this, and in fact this wouldn’t even be happening if Marvel gave her the use and respect she deserves. Since we’re doing what Marvel won’t, we can do whatever we want with it. 🙂
In retrospect, I might’ve considered Gambit and maybe a few others for presents, but these were the characters that immediately came to mind.
What a lovely piece! I’m loving all the little details!
Thanks! My very original, early idea for an anniversary piece was just Lorna surrounded by random birthday stuff. Once I started thinking more about the cake, I realized it would be absolutely perfect to use the cake to get across how much history she really has.
I’m pleased to finally present the big project I’ve been dying to reveal: the cover for a Polaris 50th anniversary minicomic!
I’ve commissioned Mlad for what will be multiple pages of what I think captures her history and core nature. The minicomic will be released as each page is completed over the course of the next several months.
I hope you all enjoy this and what’s to come as much as I have and will!
It’s been a couple days, so just to cheat and give a reason to show this great cover off again, I’m gonna talk about some of the elements!
The second to bottom layer, the green waves are based on one of the panels from Giant-Size X-Men where she’s been charged up by Storm.
The layer of yellow with red Xs is based on one of the more noteworthy parts of her time in the 90s: her “scandalous” red and gold costume.
I felt the costume was important because it actually had a character-oriented reason for being and provided her with some development. She was self-conscious about her body, especially after brief power changes had radically changed her physically, and the costume was presented as her way of showing pride in her body. It’s even more meaningful when you consider that before she met the X-Men, Lorna had been dyeing her hair brown to avoid drawing attention to her natural (via mutation) green hair.
I’d never want Lorna to go back to that costume, mind. Aside from maybe a story arc or something. But of the various costumes she’s had, there was an actual point to it that served her character.
The presents represent the characters Lorna has a meaningful foundation with that I think Lorna deserves a hell of a lot more time with. Marvel gets no say in this, and in fact this wouldn’t even be happening if Marvel gave her the use and respect she deserves. Since we’re doing what Marvel won’t, we can do whatever we want with it. 🙂
In retrospect, I might’ve considered Gambit and maybe a few others for presents, but these were the characters that immediately came to mind.
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