Bobby Drake: Iceman Appreciation 2018

[Heroine Addict]

... I am not team transparency.

Kinda makes him look like an apparition, in the pic reference shown. Reminds me of how astral plane forms have been depicted at times, actually.

[Confuzzled]

Transparency makes sense, especially now that he is being even more transparent and accepting of himself. But my concern is he may look too similar to Silver Surfer. The blue cloudiness kind of looks cool (no pun intended).

A middle ground with blue-tinged "clearness" maybe? We know that's popular.

[yogaflame]

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Just make him look like ice.

[Paleo_Rage]

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Just make him look like ice.

Bobby , Northstar, Colossus, Kurt, Bishop,Roberto, Warpath and Shatterstar should always be drawn with lots of booty...

[Havok83]

Transparency makes sense, especially now that he is being even more transparent and accepting of himself. But my concern is he may look too similar to Silver Surfer. The blue cloudiness kind of looks cool (no pun intended).

A middle ground with blue-tinged "clearness" maybe? We know that's popular.

He's always looked similar to Silver Surfer since he first turned to ice in the 60s. Considering though that they dont occupy the same space, what does it matter? Its not like anybody is reading X-men books and confused about which character this is intended to be

[Crimz]

I think a mixture of opaque and clear in his iceform will be the best look.

[Gambit, King of Thieves]

So I'm trying to find an issue for unrelated reasons, but the only part I can really remember is that Bobby is somewhat evil (he snows in all of New York, I think), and all of his girlfriends show up because they think he was texting them. Anybody remember?

[Heroine Addict]

[Gambit, King of Thieves]

Thanks. 10char

[Heroine Addict]

Thanks. 10char

You're welcome, it was a 4-issue arc from 2013 I think, #'s 62-65. It was written by Marjorie Liu, with art by Gabriel Hernandez Walta, and covers by Phil Noto. Here's some scans that are relevant, and pretty funny:

[Gambit, King of Thieves]

You're welcome, it was a 4-issue arc from 2013 I think, #'s 62-65. It was written by Marjorie Liu, with art by Gabriel Hernandez Walta, and covers by Phil Noto. Here's some scans that are relevant, and pretty funny:

Yeah, 62's the one I was looking for; specifically, the first appearance of Gambit's kittens.

[NewMutant]

That Astonishing X-Men arc is essentially Iceman reading.

[Anduinel]

That Astonishing X-Men arc is essentially Iceman reading.

Agreed. Probably the best work anyone had done with Bobby since Lobdell was on the X-Books (honorable mention to Carey, though).

[NewMutant]

Agreed. Probably the best work anyone had done with Bobby since Lobdell was on the X-Books (honorable mention to Carey, though).

That arc was really the best of the series though. It would have been interesting to see how she would have handle it if he was out or outed him.

I’d add Jason Aaron and Sina Grace to that list.

[Anduinel]

I’d add Jason Aaron and Sina Grace to that list.

I meant up to that point. I've really enjoyed what Grace has done with Bobby. Aaron, not so much - I deduct a lot of points from his take just for the Kitty and Warbird stuff.