AKA: Merry Christmas from Aria and Angela!

On Monday and Tuesday, two boxes arrived from the CGC filled with yellow labeled goodies.

I purposely waited until this morning to open each box, like an anxious little boy waking-up on Christmas morning and discovering a boatload of presents left by Santa underneath the spruce tree.

This beauty was signed by Jay Anacleto on October 11th at the NYComicCon. I got the opportunity to meet the Filipino artist, whose incredible photorealistic illustrations are lush and dripping with detail. If you do not know this man's work, please do yourself a favor an Google image Jay Anacleto and see for yourself. Dear Lord the man is gifted!

I picked this image to share with you, because of its unique cover. It is one of the few comic book covers I've seen where Jesus appears. If you look at the image, you'll notice Angela is standing on the left, Aria's to the right, and above them, as part of the stain-glass decor of the church, is an image of Jesus Christ. Jay Anacleto's hyper-detailed work give this cover an extra dose of religious and righteous power!

Many may misinterpret what the sneering red-eyed wolf between Angela and Aria symbolically represents. One could come up with a number of hypotetical meanings with such symbolism... the Warrior spirit?... Satan?... A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing?... it's actually neither. There's a nobleman and magical being (whose name escapes me), who is a Lycanthrope and a good friend of Aria. I'm sure he is the wolf.

As it stands today, this copy is only 1 of 2 copies graded by the CGC. It is also the highest graded of the two and both are signature series yellow labels. I also happen to own both copies... Obviously!... I'm the only Angela nut who even cares to collect them. If there are any more Angela fans out there... do tell.

Anyways... wishing you all a Merry Christmas!

SW3D

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