Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Scans From The Seminal ART of John Byrne Book

 Thanks to the huge success of the latter 70's X-MEN stories, John Byrne became a HOT commodity in the comics world for awhile there, and at the height of the craze came a book that every fan needed to grab, THE ART OF JOHN BYRNE book released in 1980!
Oh MAN, there wasn't a kid around who didn't want a copy of this- not only for all its awesome art and insight, and all those AWESOME X-Men sketches!!!- but MOSTLY the inclusion of the mature sci-fi "Critical Error" story which featured a gorgeous Byrne Babe in ALL her natural wonder!
Scanning some illustrations for the John Byrne facebook page, I was taken back by how great these drawings still are- some consider 1980 PEAK John Byrne, and as these illos can attest, make a good case!