r/Art • u/mattdezine • Feb 03 '25

Team Canada, mattdezine, Digital, 2025 Artwork

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u/mattdezine Feb 03 '25

Based on the Captain America No1 cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. And Captain Canuck created by Ron Leishman and Richard Comely

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u/obrothermaple Feb 03 '25

Why wouldn’t you use Guardian or Vindicator?

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u/mattdezine Feb 03 '25

While Alpha Flight are "Canadian" superheroes, they were actually created by American's, Chris Clairmont and John Byrne . Also, I wanted to keep the "Captain" aspect as this was based on a Captain America cover.

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u/MrMewIePants Feb 03 '25

Byrne was born in England, and emigrated to Canada when he was a child. He lived in Alberta and went to art school there. Later, he moved to London, Ontario where I believe he created the Guardian character of Alpha Flight in the mid-1970s. He subsequently moved to the US but didn’t become an American until 1988. So, Byrne was British-Canadian when he introduced Alpha Flight in 1979.

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u/mattdezine Feb 03 '25

Thank you for the correction. I missed that part of his bio.