Bristol Comic Expo Magnus cover by Walt Simonson

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Sat May 24, 2008 3:05:57 pm

When I first heard Walt Simonson was doing this cover I e-mailed the guy running the con and asked him if he would save one of them, and after the show I'd buy it from him. The guy said sure.

So I get my mail in today and see a package from the UK. I open it up and the con book is inside. The guy mailed it to me from the UK for nothing. What a super nice guy!

Anyway, here's the cover to it. As you can tell, it's an homage to Magnus #0:

<img src="http://www.monkeylord.net/avalon/cgi-bi ... 20Walt.jpg">

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Sat May 24, 2008 3:08:57 pm

OMG OMG

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Sat May 24, 2008 3:18:26 pm

Wow thats Freaking

Just WOW

-Brian

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Sat May 24, 2008 3:40:51 pm

Jay Tomio wrote:Awesome thanks for sharing!

I have never had the pleasure of meeting the man but everything I hear about him from fans say he is the most generous guy at cons especially considering his stature in the field.

Walt is a SUPER nice guy. I've never met him in person, but he frequents another message board and he's always polite and answers every question that is posted for him. Everybody over there affectionately calls him "Uncle Walt"

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sat May 24, 2008 4:26:04 pm

Very cool, LS.

Chuck · Post by **Chuck** » Sat May 24, 2008 4:26:13 pm

Dude!

IanAlexavier · Post by **IanAlexavier** » Sat May 24, 2008 4:52:14 pm

Thats a VERY cool cover!

Dino, hook this guy up!!!!

greg · Post by **greg** » Sat May 24, 2008 5:10:51 pm

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Sat May 24, 2008 5:13:12 pm

magnusr wrote:OMG OMG

That is a beautiful piece of art!

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Sat May 24, 2008 5:27:20 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:Very cool, LS.

Thanks guys

dellamorte · Post by **dellamorte** » Sat May 24, 2008 5:39:24 pm

Hot damn. That is one of the coolest Magnus pieces I've ever seen.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Sat May 24, 2008 6:42:18 pm

Thanks for the Pic LS, way cool book.

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Sat May 24, 2008 6:49:05 pm

Elveen wrote:Thanks for the Pic LS, way cool book.

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Sat May 24, 2008 7:29:46 pm

Lightning Strike wrote:When I first heard Walt Simonson was doing this cover I e-mailed the guy running the con and asked him if he would save one of them, and after the show I'd buy it from him. The guy said sure.

So I get my mail in today and see a package from the UK. I open it up and the con book is inside. The guy mailed it to me from the UK for nothing. What a super nice guy!

Anyway, here's the cover to it. As you can tell, it's an homage to Magnus #0:

Looks really cool. I would say it is more of a homage to the Gold Key Magnus books than Magnus 0 though.

Vault-Keeper · Post by **Vault-Keeper** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:28:14 pm

Very nice. I'm sure MagnusR would be thrilled to add one to his collection. Any more left?

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:40:32 pm

Vault-Keeper wrote:Very nice. I'm sure MagnusR would be thrilled to add one to his collection. Any more left?

Probably not, but you might try checking on the net or Ebay to see if you can find one.

DarqueArcher · Post by **DarqueArcher** » Sat May 24, 2008 9:44:55 pm

That is very very nice.

cinlach@aol.com · Post by **cinlach@aol.com** » Sat May 24, 2008 10:33:38 pm

Walt Simonson is da bomb.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Sat May 24, 2008 10:59:56 pm

x-omatic wrote:Looks really cool. I would say it is more of a homage to the Gold Key Magnus books than Magnus 0 though.

I’d agree. The pink line alongside the black rectangle is especially reminiscent of the Gold Key logo block.

So what is it anyway? Is it a convention guide, a convention exclusive comic, or what? Whatever it is—really cool!

JustCallMeAric · Post by **JustCallMeAric** » Sat May 24, 2008 11:12:55 pm

Cool book

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Sun May 25, 2008 4:14:16 am

Whats incredible about it is how Walt can still pull that amazing stuff out of the bag so many years later and still Wow us, when others who were stars at a similar time just dont have it anymore.

Unblessed · Post by **Unblessed** » Sun May 25, 2008 5:24:32 am

SUPER COOL!

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Sun May 25, 2008 8:57:01 am

nice

geocarr · Post by **geocarr** » Sun May 25, 2008 8:58:11 am

That's a sweet cover!! The completist in me screams. Checked EBay and didn't find anything... Anybody else have any luck?

Zool · Post by **Zool** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:31:31 am

Being British I was able to attend the Bristol Con this year, and have in front of me the booklet in question (no spares though, unfortunately)

It's a small (UK size A5, about two thirds the size of a regular comic), 38 page 'Souvenir Booklet' which mostly just contains the 'guest list' and a lot of adverts. Although there is an interview with Jim Shooter in it (who was the guest of honour, but he pulled out at the last minute), others with Walt Simonson and Jim Starlin.

It was a great con, I met Jock, had a pint with Barry Kitson and caught up with a lot of friends from the UK comics scene.

Anyone else from the UK attend?

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