Screw it! I’m leaking the HUGE San Diego Comic-Con Marvel Fanfare Panel Surprise

Plus: Membership Has Its Privileges, Especially For Subscribers of Joe Quesada's Drawing The Line Somewhere

I’m often asked if there are any perks that come with being a longtime subscriber of Joe Quesada’s Drawing The Line Somewhere. Do you mean outside of knowing you subscribe to the hottest newsletter on the planet and you’re an upstanding member of the coolest and most enlightened community on “the socials?”

Of course there are! What kind of schlock operation do you think I’m running here?

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Just Between Us

Even though I’ve only been gone for 16 months, today, Saturday, right here at San Diego Comic-Con, I’m doing my first “official” Marvel panel in several years.

But that’s no secret; it’s listed in the program. However, because we’ve become so close these last few weeks, I'll tell you something that is.

But…

There’s Always a But

You have to promise to keep this to yourself because I could get in a lot of trouble, and it’d be disastrous if Rich Johnston leaked it.

Anyone attending the Marvel Fanfare panel today at 4:15 pm PT, in room 6DE, will get a FREE Captain America #750 variant cover.

This cover is so exclusive that I don’t even have a copy, and Editor in Chief, C.B. Cebulski refuses to tell me where they’re storing them. Curses, Cebulski, you know me too well! It’s not for sale, nor will it be available anywhere outside the panel. If you want it, you have to be here.

Okay, sure, maybe this isn’t the best perk if you’re not already in San Diego.

But Wait, There’s More!

Marvel is providing me with a few personal copies, and I’ll figure out some sort of contest to give at least two of them away to a couple of lucky subscribers. Who knows, that may be you.

How’s that for a perk?

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Last week I started to dig through my digital files and discovered a ton of never-before or rarely-seen stuff, so this seems like the perfect time to introduce a little segment called…

Get it? ARTchives, not Archives. See, this is the kind of magic that got me promoted to Chief Creative Officer.

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I know. I can’t figure out why, either.

The Story Behind The Cover

A few months ago, C.B. invited me to join him on the SDCC Marvel Fanfare panel (thanks, Chester!). He also asked if I had any unused art suitable for an exclusive variant cover. I sent over several pieces, and Marvel chose a Captain America sketch I did for a fan who purchased one of the Joe Quesada Ultimate Experiences (not a tribute band) at FanExpo’s Orlando MegaCon. I didn’t have a scan of the final pencils, but since I always lay out my Ultimate Fan Experience sketches digitally, this bad boy was sitting in my files.

While I felt the piece was okay for a cover, I asked Ceebs to give me until the morning to spice it up. I hope you dig the final results.

The best part of this is that at some point, the person who commissioned this Cap sketch, who may be a subscriber, will find out that it just went up in value.

See. I’m never not perking.

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Thanks for reading.

You’re Amazing!

JQ

By the way, I created that Artchives quickie graphic over at Kittl using some of their fun typefaces. Click the button below if you want to check them out.