{"id":976,"date":"2009-09-02T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colleencoover.net\/?p=976"},"modified":"2009-09-02T11:22:06","modified_gmt":"2009-09-02T18:22:06","slug":"brotherhood-of-evil-sketches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colleencoover.net\/?p=976","title":{"rendered":"Brotherhood Of Evil Sketches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first Comic strip I did for Marvel was a half-page written by Jeff Parker starring <strong>Magneto!<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/magneto1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-987\" title=\"Layouts for Magneto in: &quot;The Key&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/magneto1.jpg?resize=640%2C496\" alt=\"magneto\" width=\"640\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/magneto1.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/magneto1.jpg?resize=150%2C116&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/magneto1.jpg?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And in the next strip, also by Parker, men feared <strong>the Blob!<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/blob.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-988\" title=\"Layouts for &quot;Men Fear The Blob!&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/blob.jpg?resize=640%2C512\" alt=\"blob\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/blob.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/blob.jpg?resize=150%2C120&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/blob.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/toad01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-977\" title=\"The Toad\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/toad01.jpg?resize=288%2C202\" alt=\"toad01\" width=\"288\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/toad01.jpg?w=288&amp;ssl=1 288w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/toad01.jpg?resize=150%2C105&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Apparently there was a day sometime in the past when I thought I was going to need to draw <strong>the Toad.<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/toad02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-978\" title=\"The Toad\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/toad02.jpg?resize=360%2C241\" alt=\"toad02\" width=\"360\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/toad02.jpg?w=360&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/toad02.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/toad02.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> (I never did.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/toad03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-979 alignright\" title=\"The Toad\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/toad03.jpg?resize=432%2C261\" alt=\"toad03\" width=\"432\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/toad03.jpg?w=432&amp;ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/toad03.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.colleencoover.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/toad03.jpg?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>UPDATE: The final versions of both the above strips were printed in<strong> X-Men First Class Special #1<\/strong>, and reprinted in <strong> X-Men First Class: Mutant Mayhem.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Comic strip I did for Marvel was a half-page written by Jeff Parker starring Magneto! And in the next strip, also by Parker, men feared the Blob! 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