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We will be talking to the legendary Sean Chen tomorrow. Stop by, leave a like, live or on the rewind. Starts 3/29/25 at 12 PM Central

https://youtube.com/live/sfvlhuKnx64
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SouthernComicGeek wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 10:13 pm We will be talking to the legendary Sean Chen tomorrow. Stop by, leave a like, live or on the rewind. Starts 3/29/25 at 12 PM Central
Another great guest. Looking forward to it.

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Going to have to check this one out.

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Watching this now. The piece of art discussed at 27:00 is a promotional piece that was used in advertising, and it was used on a poster. I never knew it was based on a BWS layout. I have the original inked art to this one, bought probably around 13-14 years ago. It's framed and I just shipped it to my new house. There is a paste-up of the Eternal Warrior. It is one of my favorite pieces.

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I see Jason found it a few minutes later. I was just so excited to share!

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I have the full interior pages to Rai 11 (not the cover), and always thought it would be cool to see a "IDW Artist's Edition" rendition of this issue. Love Chen's work.

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Really liked this one. I met Chen once at ECCC. Super nice guy, super smart and very humble in talking about his experience.

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nycjadie wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 1:15 pm Really liked this one. I met Chen once at ECCC. Super nice guy, super smart and very humble in talking about his experience.
Thanks for watching.

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nycjadie wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 1:15 pmReally liked this one.
Agree. And it was fun to see my shelf with penguins on the screen :)

About the discussion of the apparent sex of the Malev emperor - he took over the body that Grandmother and 1-A had created for their combined consciousness.
I met Chen once at ECCC. Super nice guy, super smart and very humble in talking about his experience.
From the one time I had the pleasure of meeting him, and from emails, I totally agree. He is so nice.
(not the cover)
8-)

/Magnus

PS, now I gotta check out the Rading Rainbow video. Always nice to see the production process. Funny to see the lettering of Timewalker 4 (which btw credits Bethanne Niedz) for a page that I have in my collection (the colors, with copy of the lettering).

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magnusr wrote: Fri Apr 04, 2025 6:40 am
nycjadie wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 1:15 pmReally liked this one.
Agree. And it was fun to see my shelf with penguins on the screen :)

About the discussion of the apparent sex of the Malev emperor - he took over the body that Grandmother and 1-A had created for their combined consciousness.
I met Chen once at ECCC. Super nice guy, super smart and very humble in talking about his experience.
From the one time I had the pleasure of meeting him, and from emails, I totally agree. He is so nice.
(not the cover)
8-)

/Magnus

PS, now I gotta check out the Rading Rainbow video. Always nice to see the production process. Funny to see the lettering of Timewalker 4 (which btw credits Bethanne Niedz) for a page that I have in my collection (the colors, with copy of the lettering).
Thanks for watching. And flexing :)

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Saw a new one with Kevin vanHook. Has it been posted here yet? Amazing how well he remembered everything. A good watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8859_bG8gHE

/Magnus

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magnusr wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 9:23 am Saw a new one with Kevin vanHook. Has it been posted here yet? Amazing how well he remembered everything. A good watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8859_bG8gHE

/Magnus
Thanks for watching.


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