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Savage Sword of Conan #17, February 1977, pin-up by John Buscema

…and here is John Buscema’s prelim sketch for the pinup.

Well, speflo-blog, that’s assuming he drew on the same paper. Maybe the prelim was just a concept. I’m not even particularly certain of the date of either drawing, so maybe the unfinished version was a reconsideration after the fact. But the rough version is clearly tied to the published pinup, so my guess is that what started as a doodle by big John became a concept that he worked into a finished pinup.

He was known for constantly drawing. Backs of art boards, napkins, scraps of paper, any piece of paper he found, he drew on it. He probably drew this and put it down, saw it again and decided to actually go for it. And then Roy Thomas saw it, and it was published as a pinup. The end.

“Conan the Portfolio”, by John Buscema. 

Drawn by John, and Published by S.Q. Productions in 1980.

a Batgirl PinUp from Who’s Who in the DC Universe, by Rick Leonardi and Karl Kesel.

an X-Factor pinup by Joe Quesada, with Inks by Joe Rubinstein. this was published in one of the mid-’90s poster books that Marvel produced.

part of the artwork was used for a housead that announced Joe’s tenure as the penciler on X-Factor.

Vampirella, by Adam Hughes

His original pencils

His own version of the Inks and Colors.

Inks by Juan Torres @ Inhuman00.deviantart.com

Inks by Gary Martin.

Inks and Colors by Walden Wong.

a Homage/ReCreation by Neal Adams, after this next one in particular…

…which was Inked by Frank Cho!

…and then Frank Vaculin colored it and posted it to his deviantart.

Superman Vs. Brainiac, by Walt Simonson.