Baltimore 2022 — Back To The Future (Part 2 Of 3)
October 28-30, 2022
More photos from a stellar event!
Tag: Mike McKone
Baltimore 2022 — Back To The Future (Part 1 Of 3)
October 28-30, 2022
Big thanks and congrats to all the folks who made this past weekend’s Baltimore Comic Con just as perfect an event could be.
It’s easily one of my favorite conventions — an absolute delight to attend. I exhausted myself catching up with old friends and colleagues, making some new acquaintance, and trying (ultimately not quite succeeding) to see all the great comics-related material in the room.
I miss all of you already.
Reilly Brown — Trouble Always Follows
Star Wars Special: C-3PO #1, June 2016
Where he goes, trouble follows.
Many great variant covers exist for this Star Wars C-3PO one-shot, including this beautifully detailed version by Reilly Brown. But one of my other favorites — and, unfortunately, I don’t have a scan — never made it to print.
The cover came from the imagination of my pal Mike McKone. Marvel commissioned it as an exclusive variant, paid Mike for it, had it approved by Lucasfilm and then… in the ongoing game of musical chairs cover variants (at all the publishers), it became the odd man out.
Mike and I both tried tracking a published version down for years, as Marvel told him it actually was published, but ultimately that turned out to be an inadvertent red (golden?) herring.
If he still has it when I see him again, I will photograph it and add it to the blog later. It’s fun, and I would own it if it had actually been published.
Mike McKone — Spider-Man: The Hunt Becomes Grim
Wizard Magazine #223, April 2010
Today we wrap up our month-long celebration of Spider-Man’s upcoming 60th anniversary.
Mike McKone brings his own take to Spidey rising from the grave — with Kraven’s daughter seeking revenge for what happened to dear departed dad. (It’s a bit more complicated than that, but you get the idea.) This Wizard story previews “The Gauntlet” and “Grim Hunt” which are also essentially sequels to Kraven’s Last Hunt.
Mike Zeck spoke about the original cover image in Back Issue #35, from 2009:
“If an issue has a scene with the title hero rising from his own grave, it’s like receiving the number-one gift on your Christmas list! Anyone spending even one second mulling over a cover idea for that issue would have been in the wrong business.”
