Alan Davis Fall of the Mutants poster art - Where is it?

[kbmcvay]

Hi,

 

I'm curious if anybody knows the whereabouts to the original art of this poster/ad. It isn't on CAF, so I'm curious.

[ashrael]

A link to an image would be helpful.

[kbmcvay]

Sure:

 

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/1152505.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mycomicshop.com/search?SeriesID%3D1671&h=917&w=600&sz=136&tbnid=WU3gOHGd1MwdJM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=62&zoom=1&usg=__Ww4cxPYIQa6Nw9vzHu3_gQBkY2g=&docid=W9N9Er1_7BN2rM&sa=X&ei=pLCPUq6iHYbJsQTryILIBg&sqi=2&ved=0CDwQ9QEwBA

[Bambi 1973-migration]

That is such an amazing piece of art but I've never seen the original unfortunately...

 

[Dumur]

People have been asking about that one for years (including myself). Have never heard an answer.

[kbmcvay]

Dumur,

 

Thanks. If I had to list 3 "Grail" pieces I'd love to own, this would for sure be on the list.

[rotembk]

Well, at least you can appreciate the original pencil and inks courtesy of Alan's website.

 

[F For Fake]

That one would be a dream come true, for sure. I have the original poster hanging in my comic room. I remember that my LCS had it on their wall and it made an impression on me when I was a kid. When I grew up I managed to track down a sharp, flat copy of the poster, and that is likely as close as I'll ever come to the real thing!

[Fabian Nicieza-migration]

I was responsible for that poster when I was the advertising manager at Marvel. I am pretty sure I did the basic layout and hired Alan to do it.

 

The coloring was done in blue line (back then, an acetate overlay of the inked art over blue lines which could be fully painted).

 

From a printer/production standpoint, we worked from the blue line art.

 

I know we kept the original art in the promotions department for a long time after that, which we did with ALL the art we commissioned, but I left the department to become an editor and don't know what happened to it after that.

 

I would hope it would have been returned to Alan at some point, but unfortunately, I can't vouch that it was.

 

- Fabian

 

[MagnusX]

I was responsible for that poster when I was the advertising manager at Marvel. I am pretty sure I did the basic layout and hired Alan to do it.

 

The coloring was done in blue line (back then, an acetate overlay of the inked art over blue lines which could be fully painted).

 

From a printer/production standpoint, we worked from the blue line art.

 

I know we kept the original art in the promotions department for a long time after that, which we did with ALL the art we commissioned, but I left the department to become an editor and don't know what happened to it after that.

 

I would hope it would have been returned to Alan at some point, but unfortunately, I can't vouch that it was.

 

- Fabian

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Welcome to the boards.

 

Always nice to talk with a professional of the industry.

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[kbmcvay]

I was responsible for that poster when I was the advertising manager at Marvel. I am pretty sure I did the basic layout and hired Alan to do it.

 

The coloring was done in blue line (back then, an acetate overlay of the inked art over blue lines which could be fully painted).

 

From a printer/production standpoint, we worked from the blue line art.

 

I know we kept the original art in the promotions department for a long time after that, which we did with ALL the art we commissioned, but I left the department to become an editor and don't know what happened to it after that.

 

I would hope it would have been returned to Alan at some point, but unfortunately, I can't vouch that it was.

 

- Fabian

 

Thanks Fabian! I appreciate you taking time to post to this topic.