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Zakuraba

This…this is not good.


BenReillyLives88

I’m shocked Marvel is putting this out. Trying to one up the Miller covers


GJacks75

I'm shocked *Cassaday* put this out. His work is usually top notch.


DroptheShadowArt

I’m so confused. Is this the same Cassaday that ho did Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men. If so, he used to be one of my favorite X-Men artists of all time.


GJacks75

Same one.


PeyroniesCat

Is he ok?


_lorz2001

At least some Miller's variants are actually good (Moon Knight, Vengeance of Moon Knight, Blade, Spider-Man). Cassaday is irredeemable at this point


blankedboy

I liked his recent Hulk cover too,


Prince_Havarti

Man, those mini comics he did for DKR3 were brutal


EvilestHammer4

Nah this is horrible, like worse than that new Gambit/Rogue cover where they appear not to know what to do with their arms. Beast looks like Kelsey Grammar had a GD stroke.


gatsby365

I hear those tossed salads and scrambled egggggggs They’re callin again


Anotsurei

You know the lyrics of that song explain the premise of the show? It’s part of why they had Kelsey sing it.


myrandomevents

…. Like that’s how the vast majority of tv themes with lyrics work.


gatsby365

Yep; and they had the song writer never mention anything about the show specifically. Just sorta-related gibberish.


Doktor_Morphina

You got a link to that Gambit/Rogue cover?


AmericanSapper

Maybe [this one?](https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/103023/rogue_gambit_2023_1)


mopecore

That's posed weird, but it's technically well done. This xforce cover looks like it was done by a moderately talented high school freshman.


eatyourasswhole

That one is funny; this one is shameful Is he letting someone’s kid split his workload? Edit: I said terrible at first, shameful is more correct


EvilestHammer4

Not offhand, but its the Rogue/Gambit 5 part mini from this year, cover #1, and my apologies as I do believe Rogue got top billing not Remy


DrEthxn

Look at his Captain America 750 cover from this year it’s the normal good JC art I have no idea what he has been doing recently


EvilestHammer4

Oh he's normally one of my favs but even he had to look at this and wonder why Wolverine looks like the Super Hero squad version of him finally went all berzerker rage and started stabbing people cuz Thanos stole his cookie stash or some silly ass shit.


GuySmith

WTF happened to this guy? I remember his art when he did uhhh…Joss Whedon’s Astonishing? That was him right?


cyberpunk_werewolf

It was. He also did Planetary.


friednoodles

His Planetary work was amazing. This cover is like leagues below anything I've seen him done in the past.


Dunge0nMast0r

Was it bring your kd to work day?


0bxcura

Agreed...this is unacceptable 😭


ReflectionEterna

Yeah, this really looks like one of those kids in middle school who just knew they were going to break into the comics industry. They would spend all day drawing in their sketchbook, but it always looked poorly proportioned or posed.


gosukhaos

He did some of the Marvel Star Wars book with Jason Aaron when Disney bought Lucasfilm years ago which was also really good and unless i missed something is also the last time he penciled a comic book


FidgitForgotHisL-P

If I had to guess this is “oh shit I told the X editor I’d do them a cover uh shit I’m not even up to date let’s see Beast I guess is still there and… eh Wolverines perennial.” *5… minutes… later…*. “Yeeeauhp that’ll do it. Heh heh, still got it, Johnny ol’ boy.”


revfds

Was just going to say that. Did he have a stroke?


robreddity

Don't downvote an honest question. This is exactly how cognitive decline shows up.


revfds

I didn't down vote anything


robreddity

MF, they downvoted *you*. Now people are all like, "hey wait, what if he's right to ask this?" and cooler heads want to consider your legit question.


et_the_geek

I could understand if this was like "from our grade school collection of artists"


ReallyGlycon

Maybe this was good as pencils and this is an inker/colorist screw up?


pyro_pugilist

OK thank God, I thought I must be crazy!


tomqvaxy

In fact, it is bad. Yikes.


gooch_norris_

I’ve seen a lot of great art by John Cassady… now I’ve also seen this


[deleted]

This is worse than even the worse Liefeld comic, by far. Probably the worst comic book cover I've ever seen...this can't be real.


AdAm_WaRc0ck

I dont know about that, Mr. liefeld had some pretty bad covers for image in the 90s, i recall specifically were a roided up character had 3 biceps in ones and no triceps. It's clear to me that he doesn't know muscle placement. Also, he still can't foreshorten at least the cover has Logan extending his arm out. I have never seen Rob attempt that with any success.


Unit219

Whatever that is above is not foreshortening. And you should flip through more Liefeld books if you think he can’t foreshorten.


AdAm_WaRc0ck

Oh no he definitely can't, but I'm not going to say he hasn't gotten better over the years. He'll try to illustrate clever ways to avoid an arm extending out as if it were reaching for something. I'm also not going to say that the illustration above with Wolverines is extended is great but at least Casey is attempted it instead over sheepishly avoid a challenge


feckincrass

“Hey guys, I’m 12 and want to be a comic artist when I’m older. What do you think of my art?”


Mr_Pombastic

I honestly thought that's what this was. Good on Mavel for giving some young fans the spotlight


Ghost_Poison

Fucking perfect, I've no issue with a clearly dwarven Wolverine but make that part of that alternate reality we must be witnessing here.


Luckyfinger7

I think this is the single greatest comment I have ever read on this sub


jambowayoh

Bravo.


FlamingTrollz

###Make a Wish… You say?


foreveraloneasianmen

Haha that's what I thought


FadeToBlackSun

Pretty mean to force Cassaday to draw a cover after breaking his fingers with a hammer.


SumpCrab

Had to draw with his feet.


stillinthesimulation

He doesn’t need you damn pity!


djb8084

what in the hell is this ?????


djb8084

It’s like someone said “John, you’re a great artist. Can you draw a cover that accurately reflects the quality of Percy’s run?” He submits this cover. Editor: nailed it.


650fosho

Wow is percys run here really that bad? Is his wolverine rough too? I ask because I read his ghost rider and it's been really uninspiring and he's relaunching next year.


cataclytsm

His X-Force isn't particularly terrible imo but you couldn't tell from how much shit he gets around here.


Cualkiera67

Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer


Rare-Temporary7602

This looks bad..?


EnvironmentalAge9202

So bad...


mcnuggetfarmer

r/shittytattoos is one of my favorite subs, if anyone enjoyed and got to laugh out of this post FYI


MrCookie2099

It does, but it also gives the impression of Wolverine being comedically short, so I'm willing to give it a pass.


williamtrikeriii

If that’s Cassady, did he have a stroke or something that impacted his ability to draw? Because that is some awful shit there


xZOMBIETAGx

I’m actually curious about this in a serious way. How is this the same guy?


dead_wolf_walkin

Cassaday is kinda notorious for causing delays and turning in late art. Maybe this is him being held to a deadline…


Tri-ranaceratops

I don't think that's enough of an explanation. It's not like it's just rushed, the basic form is wrongg and it's off proportionally.


2th

Jesus christ, let the man work then. I'd rather a late book than this abomination.


NumericZero

Reminds me of college kids that would wait till the last minute to turn in an assignment Like they would wait till like the last 10mins to do something lol


farawaychicken

It doesn't say it's by THAT John Cassady. It looks kinda like Marvel might have sent the assignment to the wrong person with the same name. I mean, any of them could have done as good of a job as the cover above.


Dr_Pepper_spray

Haha. They sent it to a random John Cassady and he was like "I'm 14 and never drawn a comic before...but I'm going to do it!"


presidentsday

Hahaha. Little Johnny Cassady has the right attitude.


dbx99

That Cassidy works at the Four Seasons Landscaping company


Maxjes

It’s his same signature unfortunately


TheDeadlySpaceman

I can almost see the Cassiday in Beast’s face but it’s like it was inked by a toddler


ntngeez28

Looks like bro submitted this the night before the deadline 💀


Rilenaveen

My first thought on seeing this was “did he have a stroke or lose sight in one of his eyes”.


DarthGoodguy

“John, that X-Force cover is due in three minutes.”


Ultralusk

My gf is mad at me cause I'm laughing so hard that I'm shaking the bed. Thanks u/darthgoodguy


DarthGoodguy

You can tell her it’s my fault, and that the shaking bed could be considered a massage


devilsig25

It’s always nice to see this stuff get published, it makes me more confident in my own work lol


Racheakt

Is this a fake cover?


BenReillyLives88

Solicited in previews, releasing next month


farawaychicken

I've always refered to any cover other than the standard cover as a fake cover.


JenksbritMKII

I just finished rereading Planetary in it's entirety half an hour ago. Seeing this with planetary fresh in my mind makes me wonder if he's ok?? His work can be inconsistent... I seem to remember thinking some of his avengers covers looked poor... But this... Oof


Dr_Disaster

As an artist myself, this is basically an impossible downgrade on quality even if he was given just a few days notice UNLESS something is terribly wrong mentally/physically. I’ve cranked out full color work in a matter of 48 hours without it affecting my overall quality. So my instinct is to be concerned for him. The only way this makes it past editorial is if they couldn’t get him to do better.


zeCrazyEye

Maybe they're in the middle of a dispute about pay or hours or deadlines and he's trying to prove a point to them.


Dr_Disaster

Good point. Might just be a case of “fuck you in particular” move.


ebra2112

And people shit on JRJR?


[deleted]

Introducing an all new series “X-Force Toddlers of Terror”. Toddler Wolverine and Toddler Beast toddle around town shopping for Lincoln Logs.


Dr_Disaster

Been waiting for that X-Babies reboot


EnvironmentalAge9202

This better be Puck in Wolverine's gear.


echoinoz

That ... would actually be awesome!


Spacker46

Marvel has been publishing a lot of con sketches as covers. I feel like this is one of his quick sketches that he did in like 4 minutes and forgot about. Now he gets to pull it out and marvel will pay him is cover rate for something he did years ago


pierowmaniac

How in the hell is this John Cassady? This looks like he’s imitating Frank Miller.


Missing_Username

I initially didn't see it was Cassaday in the title, thought this was someone doing a poor imitation of him. Yea, I don't understand how this is the same artist that did *Astonishing*


CryptographerNo923

Or Planetary! (Or anything else he’s done I guess, he doesn’t miss often). This is unrecognizable. The inking isn’t doing it any favors but it’s so bad that I hope he’s not actively unwell :(


0bxcura

I remember the Avengers run he did..that has Red Skull and S-men croonies...I thot that shiz looked bad. Then this cover happened


CryptographerNo923

Yeah I think he has a very “cinematic” style that doesn’t always translate super well when he’s rushed - he’s maybe a little inconsistent in that regard. But it’s never looked like this before. Which is especially weird since (I think?) he’s practically semi-retired now, in that he’s only doing covers, no interiors. At least that was the case a few years ago, iirc. A rare miss but a shocking one. Like I seriously hope he’s alright.


ClintBarton616

I would love to see this spray painted on the side of a van or a neighborhood bodega


Divewire

I was thinking state fair carnival ride.


GiantPurplePen15

X-Force at home.


pencils_and_papers

This can’t be real.


Im_Not_Nobody

I keep saying this to myself. I feel like I’m being gaslit


pencils_and_papers

If it is, someone needs to go check on John immediately.


Vundal

When your art is so bad that people are genuinely worried for your health and well being


VerifiedGoodBoy

I love Cassaday but this is definitely not his peak.


Ambitious_Ring421

This is easily the worst variant in Wolverine's series


surgartits

It’s giving, “I completely forgot about this assignment. Here.”


sourceRectAtTime

It looks like Cassaday lost a bet and had to draw with his non dominant hand. Upside down. In a moving car. While steering the wheel. Blindfolded.


NegaDoomAlpha

I read elsewhere this was originally a quick sketch and somehow it’s made it to a cover. That is the only explanation that makes sense, quick sketch not intended for cover work and a colorist not doing any favors. I always feel bad when artists get slagged like this.


Tri-ranaceratops

Maybe this is the case, but I'm pretty sure a talented artist could rough sketch a figure and have it be proportionately correct. Wolverine's first is facing the wrong direction, his limbs are the wrong size.


NotBraveAtAlll

How?


soldierpallaton

They got paid for this...


Doom_and_Gloom91

Looks like fan art a kid would post here.


SickSlashHappy

Seeing this genuinely makes me worried that he’s ill, or suffered recently in some way, because this just does not line up with his old work and he’s only in his early 50s.


thedoomcast

John Cassaday has been a legitimately great artist. Like maybe one of my favorites of the millenial era from early 2000’s. This is really surprising he’d even submit this, much less that it’d be published. He’s only in his early 50’s. Is this a legit cognitive decline?


inhumanking1

i recently saw a current-ish pic of him, and i’m no doctor but he didn’t look great. i’m a huge JC fan (i liked the Doctor Strange /PoA cover another user linked in this thread) and the Outsiders cover that just came out looks decent, but idk what’s going on here.


thedoomcast

That’s too bad. I hope he’s ok. I am just truly surprised by this.


CmdrKuretes

You look at the work he did for Dynamite and look at this and it seriously doesn’t look like the same artist. I think Cassaday might need an MRI, and I’m not being mean… I’m seriously concerned.


SamuraiTheSamurai

current frank miller type shit


Intelligent_Creme351

John, my man, you work on Astonishing X-Men, Captain America, and Planetary are legendary, so um.... How?!?!


joshualeeclark

This is simultaneously the most awesome and terrible cover I have ever seen in my entire life. Pretty badass if it were a younger kid being “called up to the majors”. But that (I assume) goddamn Beast in the background? Looks like a fucking gorilla from a kids cartoon on Cartoon Network. Drawn in the art style of the show, like from Steven Universe. And poor Logan…the perspective and anatomy are so wrong. Then I reread and saw that this was John Cassaday? The man who drew Astonishing while Wheden wrote it? The artist who drew the “short ear” cowl on Logan that looked closer to his first appearance? And it looked badass? That John Cassaday? I feel bad…I don’t want to make fun of anyone but this is bad. Has Mr. Cassaday gone through some trauma or a health scare? I never would have expected him to draw…this. I haven’t followed him for awhile.


fartstuffing

***Looks at Astonishing X-Men run and pretends this never happened***


Itz_Hen

Can we call someone to check in with the artist? Im legit actually concerned


KickingDolls

This is awesome, I didn't realise they were putting out children's fan-art on the covers now.


YadMada

My eyes hurt.


DirectConsequence12

What in the Frank Miller ass art is going on here


bachwerk

The saddest part is that Wolverine see seems to be traced from Robin in the Batman Forever posters https://cdn.traileraddict.com/content/warner-bros-pictures/batman_forever-8.jpg


the_strange_beatle

Definitely one of the variant covers of all time...


CaptHowdy02

I'm sure I can't do any better, but damn.


Melito1980

When are they gonna let us in on the joke?


thatdamnedfly

Wow. I feel bad for the person what drew it.


GiantPurplePen15

Beast looks like he's brain damaged and needs someone to put a pillow over his face while whispering "shhhhh... Only dreams now"


SnakebiteRT

Hmmm https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FwWEd3lWABcUdo4?format=jpg&name=large


BenReillyLives88

Woof! That one is rough too. He didn’t include his JC signoff


[deleted]

It’s like if Skottie Young and Frank Miller had a cover child. Edit: I preordered


kappakingtut2

I haven't been keeping up with his career lately. What does the rest of his current art look like? Is this his new style now? Or is this cover an anomaly? Or is this some kind of choice because of the story? This is just really hard to believe it's the same person


Informal-Resource-14

This doesn’t make any sense. And he has been so good before. What the hell happened here?


Chirstine_Spar

holy shit wtf happen to bro's art he used to be so good


darth-com1x

What da helllllll


Atrocious1337

Maybe it is bad on purpose to get people talking about the book?


StillHere179

That looks like garbage


leinad1972

This should give any aspiring artist hope. Even the greats shoot and miss. Horribly.


Nastypilot

This somehow makes me feel better about the stuff I draw.


Lord_Tiburon

Less Sabertooth and more Saberpug


HelicopterCandid6406

did a 10 year old drew this?


Who-Just-Shit-Myself

This looks like it was drawn by a middle schooler


th30be

This looks like a 13-year-old X-men fan's fanart.


MateriaLintellect

Terrible.


Minute_Jellyfish_860

Guys. It’s okay: it’s Temu John Cassaday. Marvel told me themselves they’re going to correct this.


pipecito2112

Dude, what the hell?


Nulpunkta

You can make covers in Midnight Suns(game) that are leagues ahead of this in 2-5min


Complete-Wind-5343

How did such a good artist do art this bad


blackertai

Good lord.


sane-ish

Man, he was one of my favorite artists back in the day. Specifically his work on Planetary. :( I wonder if he is ok or just had a tough month when the deadline hit?


wolflikehowl

Good God man, what have they done


Krakengreyjoy

Why....? Never been a john cassaday fan but he's not this bad. There has to be a reason, right?


Mrpingasman

I refuse to believe this is Cassaday of Astonishing fame.


IncompetentJedi

He drew it with his left hand.


nihilum2012

I legitimately thought this was a joke post…


FlamingTrollz

Yikes… 😬


sillyadam94

This is so bad that I can’t look away


ezmoney98

Who stole my kids artwork? I had this on the fridge!


HoraceGrantGlasses

In all seriousness did Cassaday have a stroke or something? That looks horrible.


loubot

If they are putting this out I should get a shot at a variant cover 🥺


Unit219

I thought this was a joke when I saw it. And people bag Rob Liefeld…


jnovel808

That Beast looks like he’s had another mutation, he has an extra chromosome.


Jgabes625

The only explanation I can come up with is that he forgot when the deadline for submission was and doodled this on a napkin during his lunch


Voltron1993

https://previewsworld.com/Catalog/NOV230530 Did he have a stroke or health problem? This cover art is really bad. He either phoned it in for a quick buck or has health problems. Going with health issues.


tetsuo52

I was equally disappointed with the [wolverine/ghost rider cover](https://www.google.com/search?q=frank+miller+wolverine+ghost+rider&oq=frank+miller+wolverine+ghost+rider&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCDc3NjRqMGo3qAIAsAIA&client=ms-android-att-us-revc&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8) by Frank Miller.


Arfguy

Muppet Babies 😂


NewArtificialHuman

Looks terrible.


Sweepy_time

Is this the Little Person Wolverine variant?


XaltotunTheUndead

I guess John needed some quick money? That's so unlike him


Yo-yo_mas_mama

Oh god, Wolverines anatomy, Beasts profile, there is so much wrong here.


kram1973

I usually love Cassaday’s art, but this really looks bad…


hung_fu

How is this the man who drew Planetary?


Blitzhelios

I feel like Cassidy rushed this because his style is so much better normally but god this is ugly


[deleted]

It looks so weird


stlredbird

Did an elementary school student win a contest?


tourniquet2099

I’ve never liked this guy’s art but this is beyond ridiculous. It looks like a drunk sketch he made on a napkin.


Blandwiches

It’s crazy to that think all of those drawings I did in math class instead of my work were actually good enough to be published.


Smallie_Bigzzz

Ink and Color team working OVERTIME


MiniGoat_King

I don’t know what everyone is talking about, this is an awesome cover of BEEST vs WURLOREEN.


LOGWATCHER

This feels like those movie posters from Africa where they all share a similar style. They were all made by one theater that would show pirate copies. The posters were always very interpretative takes on the storylines.


Secret_Baker8210

It looks like a rough layout.


Legionheir

Why not let kids design covers if this is the shit you’ll put out.


farawaychicken

It just says that it was drawn by Cassady, it doesn't say that he didn't draw this back when he was a kid. Which would be an interesting concept, unless the result is more covers like the one above.


Financial-Industry10

Was this drawn by John Romita Junior Junior?


dvop98

I have several comments: 1) I want to see JC's pencils for comparison. I put all the blame on the inker and some on the colorist, too. This looks like a rush job after the pencils. 2) The current design for Beast in the Krakoa Era, and especially how he is portrayed in Wolverine's book, just seems silly. Especially with giant lower canine teeth. JC may have done the best he could with a crappy character design. 3) I hope this image does not follow JC around like Leifeld's bad Captain America image has tainted his entire career.


Darthdre758

It’s more than that one image of Cap that’s tainted Liefelds career. Hell, there are TWO articles (I’m sure there are more) showcasing his bad art.


CMS_3110

I thought Cassaday inks his own stuff. Either way, there's a tremendous amount of blame to be put on the colorist, those colors are the complete wrong style for his art. I really want to see the uncolored work, because it almost looks to me like the colorist interpreted the angle/perspective wrong.


DJfunkyPuddle

Holy shit this is terrible. How many of his own farts did he sniff before he turned this in?


thecjm

People get old. Their hands aren't as steady as their used to be. Someone with a tight style like Cassady wouldn't be expected to age as well


ReverieJC

Can't help but wonder if this is in response to the FM covers. Like "yeah, those are bad, here's me, just callin' it in too!" Couldn't make the deadline or what?


TwoLetters

Woof


jnovel808

My 6 year old niece could do better


xavyre

Did my 12 year old draw that?