Tom Smith responds to removal of The Shroud from the Avengers Anniversary Poster
posted Feb 16, 2011 11:44 AM by vu sleeper
From Tom Smith, via
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Regarding: Comic Book Legends Revealed: George Perez accidentally drew a non-Avenger into his Avengers 30th Anniversary Poster
I do not know were they got their info about the Avengers poster, but it's not from me.
Let me just respond to their claims to me taking it on myself
to remove the Shroud from the poster: it never happened. It was George
[Perez], who asked me to remove him, he is the artist, and only he
could make that call, not me. Also, George never draws anything
accidentally. He wanted the Shroud in there the first time and wanted
him removed 11 years later. I cannot remember the reason why, George
will have to tell you that himself.
Once again, I never talked to these guys ever about this poster so I do
not know where they got their info from, and quite frankly, I'm a
little annoyed that they would quote me on something I never said.
Best..
Tom Smith
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From goodcomics.comicbookresources.com
 Comic Book Legends Revealed #300 – Part 2
February 12, 2011 @ 12:00 PM
Welcome to the three hundredth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of the previous two hundred and ninety-nine.
COMIC LEGEND: George Perez accidentally drew a non-Avenger into his Avengers 30th Anniversary Poster, then edited him out years later.
STATUS: True
George Perez was #4 on the Top 50 Comic Book Artists countdown.
(excerpt)
As you can tell, Shroud is intentionally put to the side, to show his
connection to the team without showing him as an actual MEMBER of the
team (by the way, anyone have a color jpeg of this poster?).
However, as you might imagine, this was kind of confusing. It’s a
poster of the Avengers and he’s on there. So perhaps due to this (or
whatever other reasons) a list was made up of members of the Avengers
and it was given to George Perez to draw for his awesome 30th
Anniversary Poster in 1993 (with Tom Smith on colors).
It’s an amazing piece, even if so many of the characters are wearing
their 1993 look, which is pretty awful in a lot of their cases (like
Namor and Scarlet Witch, for two).
But, naturally, the Shroud is on there.
Little mistake, not a big deal, but what amuses me is that 11 years
later, Marvel decides to begin to collect Kurt Busiek and George Perez’s
Avengers comics into a series of hardcovers called Avengers Assemble.
To celebrate the first one, they asked Smith to re-color the poster
for inclusion in the hardcover using computer color. Smith decide to fix
an 11-year old mistake and actually used some computer wizardry to
REMOVE the Shroud from the poster!
Check it out (Dynamic Forces put out a lithograph of the revised poster, using the humorous “41st Anniversary” tagline)…
Thanks to Tom Smith for the lowdown on the change!
UPDATE 02/16/11: Tom Smith responds to removal of The Shroud from the Avengers Anniversary Poster
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From Dynamic Forces
AVENGERS ALMIGHTY ANNIVERSARY GEORGE PEREZ LITHOGRAPH
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AVENGERS ALMIGHTY ANNIVERSARY GEORGE PEREZ LITHOGRAPH! - SIGNED BY GEORGE PEREZ AND COLORIST TOM SMITH
Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:40:31 PM
PRICE:
$19.99 (Unsigned)
PRICE:
$69.99 (Signed)
There is one artist whose name is most
often associated with Earth's Mightiest Heroes and that artist is
George Perez and those heroes are Marvel's Avengers!
Now Dynamic Forces presents the most
incredible Avengers Lithograph ever produced - featuring every Avenger
ever (up until the 30th Anniversary when the piece was originally
created but not seen again until now)! Surrounding the inset of the
Original Avengers Team and with a border featuring the many costumes
for the Wasp even Jarvis takes center stage on this incredible piece of
art!
Artist George Perez and colorist Tom
smith present this landmark piece of art a must-have for any comics
fan! Measuring 18" x 24" and printed on high-quality archival paper
this is a piece that will be treasured for years to come!
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May 20, 2004 12:03 am | Avengers 30th Anniversary Recolored |
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From Avengers Comicboard
Avengers 41 Th. anniversary image by Perez /Smith
Posted by Tom Smith on Wednesday, May 19 2004 at 18:41:37 GMT
1000 × 656
A 30 th ann poster.jpg (184 kb)
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Hi guys..
Check this out.
After 11 years Marvel asked me to re-color this monster using computer color.
It will be used as a 2-page-spread in the Avengers Assemble HC which is on
sale in July and in the July Marvel Previews catalog.
I changed a few things ... can anyone pick them out?
Enjoy..
Tom Smith "Ex-ACAL!"
| January 7, 2004 | Marvel Limited |
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From David Burcham
(email)
AVENGERS 30TH ANNIVERSARY POSTER: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION
(1994)
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INCREDIBLE HULK: FUTURE IMPERFECT HC
(1992)
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Avengers Poster For Sale
Thread started on: 01/06/04 at 3:57pm
Avengers 30th Anniversary poster signed by George Perez and Tom Smith (Marvel Limited, 1994)
The poster is still in the original shipping tube and has only been taken out once a year (just to show it off ).
E-mail me and we'll haggle over it, but ONLY if you are serious!!!
ollybygollly[a]yahoo.com
(email)
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01/07/04 at 02:54am
It came already signed, but not
numbered. The label on the tube reads "The Avengers signed limited
edition poster by George Perez". I guess I should have made that clear
(this is the first time I have tried to sell anything on the 'net, be
gentle ). This was one of those "Marvel Limited" projects that they did
in the early 90's. It came out about the same year as the HULK:FUTURE
IMPERFECT hardcover, if I recall correctly (I got them both around the
same time). It was signed with what apears to be a black marker. The
man who got it for me ordered it from Diamond.
In fact, I don't remember if Marvel ever
did any other projects under the name of "Marvel Limited". If I am
wrong on this, somebody let me know of any other projects done under
the "Marvel Limited" banner...for curiosity's sake.
And before anyone asks, the FUTURE
IMPERFECT hardcover is NOT for sale. That baby WAS signed to me
personally by Peter David. However, I'll have some other cool stuff on
here in the next week or three. I needs me sum edjication munny...and I
would rather try and sell it here than Ech-Bay so the REAL Perez fans
will have first chance at it.
| September 24, 2003 | Avengers 30th Anniversary Poster |
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From Vu
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AVENGERS 30TH ANNIVERSARY POSTER (1993)
art by George Pérez, colors by Tom Smith
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Someone asked me about this poster. This is a great poster, by the way.
I remember buying the poster at Neil's Comics & Cards in Fresno,
California.
The poster feature every Avengers members (including honorary status) as of that year, with the exception of Moria Brandon.
The best part of poster is all of the Wasp's costumes made the border
of the poster, George obviously did a lot of research (or had someone
did it for him).
In an interview with George Perez, WIZARD: THE COMICS MAGAZINE #35 also published this poster in their magazine.
The poster was published by (the now defunct?) Marvel Press, and is poster #148.
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