Ultimate X-Men #23

STORY BY Brian Wood
ART BY Carlo Barberi, Don Ho
COLORS BY Jesus Aburtov
LETTERS BYVC - Joe Sabino
COVER BY Greg Land, Frank Martin
RELEASE DATE Wed, February 27th, 2013

NATURAL RESOURCES BEGINS!
• The start of an All-New Arc!
• How much is a super power worth?
• The Mutant Nation has a new enemy! Itself!!!

Finally, let’s talk about the overall look of your arc. What can you tell us about the approach you’re taking with “Ultimate Comics X-Men?”

Asrar: The past year I’ve been rendering my work with markers and inking my own art. That meant I had a huge amount of control on the final look of my work. For this story, I’ll only be pencilling my work which is, in a way, liberating. It lets me focus on different things about my art and helps me solve some drawing problems with different approaches. I like the switch up — it helps me grow as an artist.

When solely pencilling, I automatically and subconsciously do different things. Visually, I don’t think this story will be a complete departure from what I’ve been doing recently, except for the change in tone and setting. It’s interesting how much diversity this alteration can bring to the look of my work.

Plus, I’ll have an awesome team of artistic collaborators in Juan Vlasco and Jordie Bellaire. While Juan adds character to my work, Jordie brings a unique feel and tone to the book.

Mahmud Asrar and Mark Paniccia about Asrar’s edition to Ultimate X-Men. 

[ an image of the Ultimate X-Men team standing around in front of a sunset, looking like badasses. ]

thewayilikecomix:

Ultimate X-Men, by Adam Kubert.

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[ a sketch of Ultimate Jean Grey holding up a little Logan with a dog tail. she has a smug expression on her face. behind her, Colossus, Cyclops, Iceman, and Beast marvel in surprise, and Storm is laughing. ]

— Ricken

[ an image of Storm flying upwards with arms raised around her. there’s lightning crashing behind her and she shouts: “No”.]

No more lies.

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Ultimate Comics X-Men #10
Nick Spencer (W) Paco Medina (A)
Cover By Kaare Andrews
• It’s Storm Makes A Desperate Last Stand Against Impossible Odds. 
• The Battle Of Camp Angel Comes To A Brutal Climax.
• From The Rubble, A Nation Is Changed Forever.
32 Pgs./Rated T+ …$3.99

[ a sketch portrait of Ultimate Storm. she’s looking upwards, expression haunting with her hair flowing around her face. ]

— Tom Raney

[ a sketch of Ultimate Storm. she looks fierce as fuck, approaching the viewer with one hand raised and pointed, the other clenched at her side. there’s mist curling behind her. ]

— Bernard Chang