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Illustration from the X-Men.

Rémy LeBeau (Gambit) was abandoned in Antarctica by the X-Men. He would have died had he not found the source of energy that kept him alive. This source of energy is Mary Purcell, a mutant who wishes to be joined with Rémy to procreate a child, thus finding a reason to her existence.

Inspired by No Doubt's song, Ex-girlfriend.

Gambit is one of my favorite X-Men. And not only because he is charming and gorgeous. I also loved the stories about I read about him when I was a teenager.

I also loved his entire first regular series (by Fabián Nicieza). Back then, his series had a reason to be read (unlike more recent ones, that are all style but offer nothing more than an over-stretched simple thief adventure with little repercussions). Unfortunately, the "fandom" had already switched to the instant gratification mode that, in my opinion, ruined some comics.

Fabián was great to let us see glimpses of his grand plan while also giving us very good, smaller "episodes" filled with movie-like adventure (the first issue, pencilled by Steve Skroce is a beauty to read). By the time the main arc reached its conclusion (in issue #24, and the real end of the series, notwithstanding issue #25), I cared about all the cast members, some of whom had their own changes and developments.

One of them was inherited from the parent X-Men book. That was the mysterious green energy that saved Rémy's life, but that also threatened to kill anyone who got too close to him. She ended up being a sad person who had "died" because of her mutant powers and could not find a reason to why this had happened to her. Until she met Gambit and prepared the act that would make her death matter, while she and Rémy transcended their existence and created an entirely new form of life.

This picture is a tribute to the work of Mr. Nicieza on that series.

It is also a good excuse to draw a shirtless Gambit. Enjoy.

The X-Men, Gambit and Mary Purcell are trademarked, copyrighted and/ or registered by Marvel Comics.

Ex-girlfriend.

I kinda always knew I'd end up your ex-girlfriend.

I kinda always knew I'd end up your ex-girlfriend.
I hope I hold a special place with the rest of them.
And you know it makes me sick to be on that list
but I should have thought of that before we kissed.

You say you're gonna burn before you mellow;
I will be the one to burn you.
Why'd you have to go and pick me
when you knew that we were different, completely?

I'm another ex-girlfriend on your list
but I should have thought of that before we kissed.

Your wildness scares me,
so does your freedom.
You say you can't stand the restrictions.
I find myself trying to change you;
if you were meant to be my lover I wouldn't have to.

And I feel so mean, I feel in between
'cause I'm about to give you away
for someone else to take.
Am I making a mistake?
All the time that we spent
I kinda always knew I'd end up your ex-girl, friend.

We keep repeating mistakes for souvenirs
and we've been in between the days for years
and I know that when I see you I'm going to die.
I know I'm going to want you and you know why,
it's going to kill me to see you with the next girl
'cause I'm the most gorgeously jealous kind of ex-girl.

But I should have thought of that before we kissed.

Download for full size!

Check this at my blog and Tumblr.

Coming soon!

From the X-Men, the Phoenix! Way before Avengers vs. X-Men, one of the first encounters between the Phoenix and another ancient and immortal entity.

Description

Illustration from the X-Men.

Rémy LeBeau (Gambit) was abandoned in Antarctica by the X-Men. He would have died had he not found the source of energy that kept him alive. This source of energy is Mary Purcell, a mutant who wishes to be joined with Rémy to procreate a child, thus finding a reason to her existence.

Inspired by No Doubt's song, Ex-girlfriend.

Gambit is one of my favorite X-Men. And not only because he is charming and gorgeous. I also loved the stories about I read about him when I was a teenager.

I also loved his entire first regular series (by Fabián Nicieza). Back then, his series had a reason to be read (unlike more recent ones, that are all style but offer nothing more than an over-stretched simple thief adventure with little repercussions). Unfortunately, the "fandom" had already switched to the instant gratification mode that, in my opinion, ruined some comics.

Fabián was great to let us see glimpses of his grand plan while also giving us very good, smaller "episodes" filled with movie-like adventure (the first issue, pencilled by Steve Skroce is a beauty to read). By the time the main arc reached its conclusion (in issue #24, and the real end of the series, notwithstanding issue #25), I cared about all the cast members, some of whom had their own changes and developments.

One of them was inherited from the parent X-Men book. That was the mysterious green energy that saved Rémy's life, but that also threatened to kill anyone who got too close to him. She ended up being a sad person who had "died" because of her mutant powers and could not find a reason to why this had happened to her. Until she met Gambit and prepared the act that would make her death matter, while she and Rémy transcended their existence and created an entirely new form of life.

This picture is a tribute to the work of Mr. Nicieza on that series.

It is also a good excuse to draw a shirtless Gambit. Enjoy.

The X-Men, Gambit and Mary Purcell are trademarked, copyrighted and/ or registered by Marvel Comics.

Ex-girlfriend.

I kinda always knew I'd end up your ex-girlfriend.

I kinda always knew I'd end up your ex-girlfriend.
I hope I hold a special place with the rest of them.
And you know it makes me sick to be on that list
but I should have thought of that before we kissed.

You say you're gonna burn before you mellow;
I will be the one to burn you.
Why'd you have to go and pick me
when you knew that we were different, completely?

I'm another ex-girlfriend on your list
but I should have thought of that before we kissed.

Your wildness scares me,
so does your freedom.
You say you can't stand the restrictions.
I find myself trying to change you;
if you were meant to be my lover I wouldn't have to.

And I feel so mean, I feel in between
'cause I'm about to give you away
for someone else to take.
Am I making a mistake?
All the time that we spent
I kinda always knew I'd end up your ex-girl, friend.

We keep repeating mistakes for souvenirs
and we've been in between the days for years
and I know that when I see you I'm going to die.
I know I'm going to want you and you know why,
it's going to kill me to see you with the next girl
'cause I'm the most gorgeously jealous kind of ex-girl.

But I should have thought of that before we kissed.

Download for full size!

Check this at my blog and Tumblr.

Coming soon!

From the X-Men, the Phoenix! Way before Avengers vs. X-Men, one of the first encounters between the Phoenix and another ancient and immortal entity.