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Future History 101 w/ Headmistress Kitty Pryde via Twitter!

Wolverine and the X-Men #4
Wolverine and the X-Men #4

Marvel has taken the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning experience to a whole new level by allowing readers to audit classes via Twitter:

Ever wondered what it would be like to be a student at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning? To learn from Kitty Pryde, pass notes with Rockslide and have Wolverine as your headmaster? Well wonder no more!
On Wednesday, January 11 at 2:00 PM EST, you can log on to Twitter and grab a seat for Future History 101, directly from the page of WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #4! Join Kid Omega, Idie, Rockslide, Anole, Broo, Kid Gladiator and in a class taught by Headmistress Kitty Pryde with special guest lecturer Deathlok!
All you have to do is sign on to Twitter and be sure to follow @JeanGreySchool, @JGSHeadmistress, @DeathlokL17, @GenesisHero, @KidGladiator1, @QQuire, @idie_okonkwo, @_Broodling_, @SANTORULES and @_Anole_. You can also keep track by tracking and using the #WXM hashtag. Then be sure you've got your pencils sharpened and ties on straight because class starts at 2:00 PM EST sharp on Wednesday, January 11!
Don't miss this opportunity to attend the prestigious Jean Grey School! And remember: Headmaster Wolverine will be watching!

I "audited" the class and decided to share the events with all of you here wrapped up into a nice blog:

@JeanGreySchoolATTENTION STUDENTS (both local and all over the world) FUTURE HISTORY CLASS IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!
@KidGladiator1Why does Kid Gladiator need a class to teach him about the future? I know my future. It involves punching.
@_Broodling_Gah! There's the bell. I hope the seat next to idie_okonkwo is still free.
@idie_okonkwo_Broodling_ The one behind me is.
@JGSHeadmistressGood afternoon and welcome to FUTURE HISTORY 101. A special welcome to those follwing along on Twitter. Today's class is going to be a little different than usual. But before we get into that, roll call! Anole?
@_Anole_Here, JGSHeadmistress!
@JGSHeadmistressRockslide?
@SANTOSRULESIn the flesh!
@JGSHeadmistressIdie?
@idie_okonkwoHere, JGSHeadmistress.
@JGSHeadmistressQuentin? QUENTIN!
@QQuirePresent. Against my better judgment.
@JGSHeadmistressKubark?
@KidGladiator1KID GLADIATOR IS HERE! MAY I GO NOW?
@JGSHeadmistressNo you may not, KidGladiator1. Broo?
@_Broodling_Present and eager to begin learning, Headmistress Pryde!
@SANTOSRULES_anole_ Still can't believe they let a Brood in here.
@_Anole_SANTORULES Racist.
@idie_okonkwoSANTORULES You know he follows your twitter, right?
@SANTOSRULES_Anole_ BROOD AREN'T A RACE! THEY ARE ALIENS!
@JGSHeadmistressAll right, class. Settle down.
@DeathlockL17Is it just this unit or is this a rather frightening collection of children?
@JGSHeadmistressWe have a new student with us today. Let’s all say hello to GenesisHero.
@GenesisHeroHello. You can call me Evan.
@SANTOSRULESUm… is it just me or does he totally look like Apocalypse?
@_Anole_No, it’s not just you.
@KidGladiator1Terrific. We have added a pale-faced frail looking new student to the mix. Exactly what this school needed more of.
@SANTOSRULESKidGladiator1 Maybe you two can go tanning.
@_Anole_SANTORULES KidGladiator1 I'ma tag along. No reason.
@KidGladiator1SANTORULES You look like something we would eat for breakfast on the Shi'ar homeworld.
@_Broodling_Ms Pryde, if I may, I would just like to take this opportunity to personally welcome Genesis. I hope he finds these surroundings as intellectually stimulating as I have.
@JGSHeadmistressWhy thank you, _Broodling_ .
@QQuireHmph. Knew Brood were good at eating people’s asses. Didn’t realize they were so good at kissing them, too.
@_Broodling_I recognize your attempts at good natured ribbing, friend Quentin, and may I just say, I appreciate the sentiment.
@QQuireWhen the revolution comes, you’ll be first against the wall, Sleazy.
@_Broodling_Why thank you, that sounds like a tremendous honor!
@QQuire_Broodling_ Although Kitty's looking good in that sweater...maybe you're smarter than you look.
@_Broodling_QQuire I cannot tell you how excited I am to be the recipient of your mutant humor! WXM
@JGSHeadmistressAll right, keep it down back there. And let’s open our books to chapter three
@KidGladiator1You, GenesisHero. Frail one. What are your powers?
@GenesisHeroWell, my uncle tells me I can do anything I set my mind to.
@KidGladiator1Your uncle sounds like an idiot.
@SANTOSRULESQQuire FOR REAL! Is it just me or do... parts... look bigger today?
@GenesisHeroWhat? Why would you say such a thing?
@QQuireKidGladiator1 Burn. SANTORULES I've got a chart tracking their daily status. A very detailed chart.
@SANTOSRULESKidGladiator1 SO DO I! LET'S COMPARE!! QQuire Ooops! Meant that last one to you, Q.
@KidGladiator1The standards at this school are abysmal! At a Shi'ar academy, someone this weak and puny would have never been permitted inside. Let alone allowed to consort with warriors such as myself! Instead his parents, if they were honorable, would have set him adrift on an asteroid as an infant and left him to rot among the stars!
@SANTOSRULESKidGladiator1 HEY! If the She-Ra Academy is so good, why don't you go back there? WXM
@GenesisHeroI don’t understand. Did I do something wrong?
@idie_okonkwoIt’s okay, GenesisHero. Don’t let them bother you. We’re all devils and monsters here. Same as you.
@GenesisHeroI don’t think I like this place.
@idie_okonkwoWhoops I forgot to put a smiley face. I am smiling! It's OK that I am a devil!
@JGSHeadmistressAll right. Can the chit-chat. Don’t make me turn your vocal chords intangible.
@KidGladiator1It's not too late. I could find us an asteroid real fast.
@JGSHeadmistressWe have a special guest lecturer today, a friend of our headmaster’s. So let’s all give our undivided attention to Mr…. um… Mr. DeathlokL17 .
@SANTOSRULES_Anole_ WOAH! CYBORG DUDE! Or android? What's the difference again?
@QQuireSANTORULES Cyborg, obvi.
@_Anole_idie_okonkwo Gurl, I love your weave today.
@idie_okonkwo_Anole_ I don't know what that is.
@DeathlockL17Greetings, mutant youngsters. I am Deathlok Unit L17, manufactured by Roxxon in the year 2030. I have come to talk to you today about the future. The future is a violent and terrible place. Know that at least 43.897% of you will die before reaching adulthood.
@JGSHeadmistressAll right, well…that’s an awfully specific percentage but obviously no one can predict the future so exactly
@DeathlockL17Correction. This unit is equipped with tachyon probability generators... And thus can calculate exact statistical forecasts for all possible future timelines. For example...
@JGSHeadmistressOkay, I really don’t think we should get so specific with the students
@DeathlockL17idie_okonkwo There is a 34.7% chance you will live to become leader of the X-Men. And a 39.7% chance you will die in the next six weeks at the hands of the adolescent Hellfire Club.
@idie_okonkwoCan you tell if I go to hell or not?
@JGSHeadmistressidie_okonkwo I'm sure the other 20-something percent is great! Now hold on there, DeathlokL17
@DeathlockL17QQuire 38.9% chance you are expelled within the year. 67.3% chance you first burn this entire school to the ground.
@QQuireSounds about right to me.
@JGSHeadmistressQQuire DON'T GET ANY IDEAS! DeathlokL17 I AM SERIOUS, YOU BETTER STOP!
@QQuireJGSHeadmistress DeathlokL17 I've already had them. Haven't you read my latest incident report?
@_Broodling_DeathlokL17 Would it be possible to predict the likelihood ofidie_okonkwo and myself being joined in matrimony?
@DeathlockL17KidGladiator1, Son of Gladiator, Prince of the Shi’ar. 45.4% chance you will one day fight valiantly alongside the Avengers. 46.8% chance that you will one day fight against them.
@KidGladiator1HA! I'll take it either way!
@JGSHeadmistressKidGladiator1 WATCH THAT DESK! That comes out of my salary! DeathlokL17 HEY CY-JERK!
@DeathlockL17_Broodling_, son of Brood. 22.3% chance that in the next three years you will discover a cure for cancer.
@_Broodling_Well that is rather… fascinating.
@DeathlockL1734.7% chance that during that same time, you will murder and consume at least four of your classmates.
@JGSHeadmistressDeathlokL17 That one does sound about, WAIT, KITTY REMEMBER YOU'RE A TEACHER NOW! He's wrong _Broodling_
@_Broodling_JGSHeadmistress It's all right, Ms Pryde. I'm quite confident I can suppress my biological urge to devour and impregnate my classmates.
@DeathlockL17(I can also tell you which four.)
@QQuireHa! This is great. Finally a class worth staying awake for.
@idie_okonkwo_Broodling_ That is nice for you, Broo. Perhaps people will forgive you for being a man-eating creature
@QQuireWho’s next?
@GenesisHeroJGSHeadmistress, I don't understand. Does this happen every class?
@DeathlockL17<Internal note: Lecture seems to be going quite well. Children appear to be finding it informative.>
@JGSHeadmistressOKAY, OKAY, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT ENOUGH!
@QQuireDeathlokL17 Dude, I can't believe you're friends with Wolverine! This is the best!
@DeathlockL17Next, GenesisHero...
@GenesisHeroYes?
@DeathlockL17<Tabulating possible futures... Tabulating...> <Fire in the sky... burning... this unit... disabled... dying... X-Men... bleeding...> <Conclusion: That child will kill us all.> This concludes the lecture.
@JGSHeadmistressYou got THAT, right. No more prognosticating on the death and dismemberment of the students.Thank you for coming, DeathlokL17 Don't let the door hit you...
@_Anole_Wait! Do I ever make it to BROADWAY?!!
@JGSHeadmistressI think we've had JUST about enough of class today. DISMISSED! Go to your next period, everyone!
@SANTOSRULESWHAT ABOUT MY LINE OF BODY SPRAY! I'M GOING TO BE RICH!
@KidGladiator1That was just beginning to get interesting.
@QQuireLame. Laters, suckers.
@JGSHeadmistressGet out of here, everybody. I'm off to the Headmaster's office to talk about hiring ones friends!
@JeanGreySchoolThis concludes today's LiveTweet of FUTURE HISTORY 101. Thank you all for attending!
@DeathlockL17<Internal note: remove "guest-lecturer" from official resume.>

Hahaha! I hope you guys enjoyed this as much as I did... (Note: How I understand it, all of this ties into Wolverine and the X-Men #4)

-- Geo (sora_thekey) 24/7 geek! -- Follow me on Twitter: @sora_thekey

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Recent Drawings: Batgirl: "Un-Killing the Joke"

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DC Comics' New 52 brought a lot changes but one that had a huge impact was bringing Barbara Gordon back to the super hero field.. Any Barbara Gordon fan has to agree that the her best stories were told wen she was Oracle but by making her Batgirl this might seem like a step back to a lot of people. Right now it might be too early to tell if her new status quo will bring stories as good as when she was Oracle but for now lets accept the fact that Babs is back under the cowl.

In the New 52 universe Babs was once tied down to a wheelchair but she is now free to use her legs and fight Gotham's crime once again. Gail Simone has showcased this new Batgirl as somewhat careless in her delicate state, but who wouldn't run, jump and more the moment you regain use of your legs?

There is a satisfaction to not be tied down anymore and it shows. I wanted to show that satisfaction in my drawing and I tried to convey that. Let me know how I did:

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PS. This was originally made for Artist Show-Off Showdown #81 but I didn't have a scanner 'till now.

-- Geo (sora_thekey) 24/7 geek! -- Follow me on Twitter: @sora_thekey

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Recent Drawings: Chibi Spider-Man & Chibi Deadpool's Photo Opp

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I love drawing chibis!

Chibi (According to UrbanDictionary.com): Smaller form of any existing character, meant to look cute. Usually has irregular proportions, with a big head and tiny limbs.

What is there to say about this drawing? Well, I wanted to draw a chibi Deadpool and came up with the idea of hanging him upside down to take a picture with Spider-Man. If the image seems familiar it might be because it is similar to a cover made by Skottie Young

Of course, I would like to clarify that the cover to Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man #59 was not the influence to my drawing. I thought of it all on my own and noticed the cover later on.

I guess great minds think alike!

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-- Geo (sora_thekey) 24/7 geek! -- Follow me on Twitter: @sora_thekey

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Recent Drawings: Jean Grey: Emma Frost's Dismay

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Usually when the two leading ladies of the X-Men, Emma Frost and Jean Grey, are pitted against each other, the White Queen is quickly labeled as the villain. It's understandable since she was once a villain and she did terrible stuff against the team of mutants she now calls home. Still, people forget that although Jean was once the sweet and innocent Marvel Girl, the first X-Woman has done her share of damage to the X-Men as Phoenix.

Both ladies have been on both sides of the battle field and both ladies seem to hold a rivalry that will hold for a very long time. Even now that one of them is "gone" the other still fights for trust and attention. Cyclops and Wolverine have both put their trust on Emma like they once did on Jean and the rest of the X-Men have allowed to be led by this queen, even if they are not too keen on her presence. Anyways, it always seems like between Emma and Jean, Jean is always the victim but what about Emma? I know I shouldn't be defending the cold woman since I was one of the many people who "boo-ed her off the stage" when she and Scott began dating. Yet she has been able to grow on me.

If we think about it, Emma is the one who suffers more hardship because she lives under the shadow of a great woman. Which is why I came up with the drawing below:

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Tell me what you think! Is it strange to see Emma be the vulnerable one while Jean takes the credit for the villain?

-- Geo (sora_thekey) 24/7 geek! -- Follow me on Twitter: @sora_thekey

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Recent Drawings: Scarlet Witch: "Alas, poor Vision! I knew him"

Hamlet
Hamlet

Okay, I sometimes become a literature-nut... Just a warning.

I like to read, I guess we all do otherwise why would we spend time on comic books, and while my Shakespearean knowledge is limited I do know of some Hamlet. Of course, one of the most famous quotes from this play is the following:

First Clown: A pestilence on him for a mad rogue! 'a pour'd a flagon of Rhenish on my head once. This same skull, sir, was, sir, Yorick's skull, the King's jester.
Hamlet: This? [Takes the skull]
First Clown: E'en that.
Hamlet: Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath bore me on his back a thousand times, and now how abhorr'd in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it.

This scene in the play focuses on what starts to be a series of jokes against clowns. That is until the skull of the king's court jester is dug up bringing Prince Hamlet to the sour conclusion that all living things die. Making the morbid jokes cease and philosophical aspect of decay surround the scene. This is where the famous line: "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio" (sometimes misquoted: "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him well") comes from.

After this Shakespeare lesson I would like to present you to my parody of this scene. I mentioned before that most of the time, when I don't know what or who to draw I resort to drawing Gwen Stacy, Disney’s Ariel (The Little Mermaid) or the Scarlet Witch. Once again in this case I drew Scarlet Witch:

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It's not my best work, I know but I do hope you guys liked my little parody of the scene with one of the best couples in comics that is presently separated by death (or Stature if she counts).

PS. Drew this back in April but I forgot I had which is why I'm just now posting it.

-- Geo (sora_thekey) 24/7 geek! -- Follow me on Twitter: @sora_thekey

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Recent Drawings: New 52 - Harley Quinn

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When the New 52 announcement came about I was pretty excited. It's always been hard for me to get into reading DC Comics but now I can jump right in no problem.

While there are some things I still don't understand, I am enjoying a lot of the new series. One of the negative things that the New 52 brought though were some of the costumes changes. I can't really say I am liking most of them, especially Poison Ivy's.

Some, on the other hand, are growing on me. Like Harely's! (Right) To be honest the first time I saw it I hated it but after seeing Harley in a jumpsuit for so long you kind of find it weird for her to be wearing so little. Then again, it worked for Arkham Asylum.

Anyways I decided to try out the costume into a drawing and I must say I had fun drawing this... so I guess here new look isn't that bad (Just get rid of the Red/Blue combo and put her back in Red/Black).

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-- Geo (sora_thekey) 24/7 geek! -- Follow me on Twitter: @sora_thekey

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Recent Drawings: Loki the Scarlet Witch

Loki/Scarlet Witch
Loki/Scarlet Witch
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Loki/Scarlet Witcch

Some time ago, when Osborn's Dark Reign was still happening, I drew what I though would be a fun piece showing Loki's two female sides.

Back then Thor's half-brother was a man trapped in a woman's body, Sif's body to be exact, and he took advantage of his lady-like looks to fool the Mighty Avengers. Staring on issue #21 the Mighty Avengers were newly formed by who they all thought was the Scarlet Witch. It wasn't a few issues later when it was revealed that behind the ruby exterior was in fact female Loki (Left) with an ulterior motive.

I came up with the idea of showing She-Loki transform into the Scarlet Witch, a sort of half-and-half image. Of course, what I came up with back in 2010 was not flattering at all (Right)! Recently I revisited my old gallery of drawings searching for something to break the artist block I was having. That's when I saw the drawing. I thought that I might give the drawing another attempt and came up with this:

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I do think it's better than the one I came up with before but I can't help but think something is off. At least the split between the two women is a lot more seamless. Either way hopefully you liked it.

-- Geo (sora_thekey) 24/7 geek! -- Follow me on Twitter: @sora_thekey

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Recent Drawings: Ultimate Spider-Woman's Nightmare

Earth-1610 Ultimate
Earth-1610 Ultimate

Remember my first ever "Recent Drawings" post? It showcased what I think would creep into Ultimate Gwen Stacy's nightmares. The same way I think that the Carnage/Venom creature that appeared in Ultimate Spider-Man #128 must haunt Gwen, I figured that Doc Ock would haunt Jessica Drew.

I think it was issue #103 where Otto Octavius was revealed as the man responsible for the Clone Saga in the Ultimate Universe. There Jessica Drew learned about herself and the reality behind her birth. Now Jessica is the only part of Peter Parker that is left in this universe and even though the eight-legged doctor was killed by the Green Goblin I believe that he would still haunt her nightmares.

So I guess that explains the purpose of the drawing. Sadly I don't color or ink so the full scope can not be seen. The idea is for Spider-Woman to be in the dark as the tentacles and the glasses only creep out from behind... Of course if anyone wants to tackle this with some awesome colors I wouldn't mind! :)

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Let me know what you think!

-- Geo (sora_thekey) 24/7 geek! -- Follow me on Twitter: @sora_thekey

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Recent Drawings: Avengers: Earth Mightiest Heroes - Wasp

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I have a tendency to re-image costumes, usually costumes I might not like or think that need a fix. For example, around a year ago I attempted to re-do Kitty Pryde's Wolverine and the X-Men costume. This time I tried Avengers: Earth Mightiest Heroes's Wasp. While the television show is amazing, I think that Janet's Wasp outfit is probably the most unrealistic and unflattering in the show.

After taking a good look at it (Right) I thought that the costume didn't need big changes just some simple tailor fixes that will make Janet look sexier while still having that innocent Tinker Bell look. All I did was make her skirt less flourish and more skin tight and also having her antennae be smaller.

Hopefully I achieved what I was attempting. Let me know what you think:

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UPDATE: My friend Azzel Haruno colored this for me.

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-- Geo (sora_thekey) 24/7 geek! -- Follow me on Twitter: @sora_thekey

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The Amazing Spider-Man Film That Could Have Been by David Fincher

The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man

Before Marc Webb took on the "simple" task of directing The Amazing Spider-Man film, David Fincher, director of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, was in the Spider-Man film director shortlist in 1999 and then again for the reboot. In a recent interview with io9, Fincher explains how he would have originally handled the movie's title sequence:

My impression what Spider-Man could be is very different from what Sam [Raimi] did or what Sam wanted to do. I think the reason he directed that movie was because he wanted to do the Marvel comic superhero. I was never interested in the genesis story. I couldn't get past a guy getting bit by a red and blue spider. It was just a problem… It was not something that I felt I could do straight-faced. I wanted to start with Gwen Stacy and the Green Goblin, and I wanted to kill Gwen Stacy.

The title sequence of the movie that I was going to do was going to be a ten minute — basically a music video, an opera, which was going to be the one shot that took you through the entire Peter Parker [backstory]. Bit by a radio active spider, the death of Uncle Ben, the loss of Mary Jane, and [then the movie] was going to begin with Peter meeting Gwen Stacy. It was a very different thing, it wasn't the teenager story. It was much more of the guy who's settled into being a freak.

It seems like Fincher was going in the correct route by telling Spidey's origin story in just the title sequence the same way that Banner's origin was showcased in The Incredible Hulk. Although, I'm not sure that killing Gwen Stacy in her first movie would allow the audience to really care for the character's passing. Plus, Captain Stacy should die before her daughter does just like in the comics, something that, from what we can see in some set images, might be happening in Webb's film.

We have been teased to what Webb's Spider-Man interpretation will be, but, based on what you read above, do you think that Fincher might have made a better film?

-- Geo (sora_thekey) 24/7 geek! -- Follow me on Twitter: @sora_thekey

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