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First Jim Calafiore VEI cover (unseen till now)

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Walking over to Jim Calafiore at SDCC he is always in the same place on the floor with Mike McKone so I headed over and he said "Hey Brian, I got something for you to check out. Just finished this and yes it's for sale"

After I picked my jaw off the floor I said "it's not for sale anymore". So I now have this VEI Cover in my Valiant collection. My first original art from the New Valiant.

I cleared showing this with Dinesh even though it hasn't been seen before.

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That is pretty sweet dude. A new cover from the signature series I presume. Congrats :thumb:
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Crow331 wrote:That is pretty sweet dude. A new cover from the signature series I presume. Congrats :thumb:
Yes from the signature series.

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Awesome, awesome drawing. :clap:

Calafiore was my favourite XO penciller back in the day, this is truly cool to see his work gracing a VEI XO cover. Very cool that you snapped up the original, Brian - and nice of Dino to allow you to share it here early! :thumb:
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So awesome, dude!
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grendeljd wrote:Awesome, awesome drawing. :clap:

Calafiore was my favourite XO penciller back in the day, this is truly cool to see his work gracing a VEI XO cover. Very cool that you snapped up the original, Brian - and nice of Dino to allow you to share it here early! :thumb:
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That's great!
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Nice get! :thumb:
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That is very cool. What is He working on as a regular artist?? Would love to see him actually doing pencils for valiant again. His work on Armorines Vol. 2 was some of the best work i've ever seen.
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Amazing pic! And terrific score for you! :thumb:
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:o :clap:
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That is a great drawing!
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I know I'm repeating myself but: Mmm, Calafiore. :drool:
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Great buy and thanks for sharing! :thumb:
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What's the "signature series?"
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Very nice :thumb:
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Heath wrote:What's the "signature series?"
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Nice score, Brian.
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nice. Now get Quesada to do a Ninjak!
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erwinrafael wrote:nice. Now get Quesada to do a Ninjak!
Yeah but Ninjak needs his own title before that can happen :wink:

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betterthanezra wrote:
erwinrafael wrote:nice. Now get Quesada to do a Ninjak!
Yeah but Ninjak needs his own title before that can happen :wink:

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Hmm, not the electro sword.... :hm:

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Great score! It's the best signature series piece so far.
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