Comic Copy

Comic artists use reference material and that's fine, but they should broaden their library. [Link]

At the 4thletter blog, contributors Hoatzin and David Brothers spot something awfully familiar about Greg Land’s cover art for Uncanny X-Men #500, unveiled this weekend at Wizard World Los Angeles. Specifically, the artist appears to be reusing faces and bodies for several characters — in some cases, on the same cover.

The second link provides an animated image that illustrates, among other things, how Emma Frost’s body has previously been used by Storm and Ultimate Invisible Woman, and how Pixie played the role of Scarlet “O-Face” Witch.