Cover art drawing with overlays for an issue of Icon owned by Dwayne McDuffie

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An original ink drawing with transparent overlays for the cover of Icon #43 owned by Dwayne McDuffie. The drawing is done with black ink on white paper. It features the characters named Rocket and Icon. Rocket is standing in front of Icon and is smiling. She is wearing a jacket and headband. Icon is grimacing and showing his teeth and has his hands outstretched. He is wearing a cape. The overlay directly above the drawing has words and logos on it in black ink. In the top left corner is the DC Comics logo, Milestone Media logo, issue number and price. At the top center of the page is [OUR 250TH MILESTONE ISSUE! / ICON / SPECIAL COVER BY MOEBIUS]. Additional text on the left side of the overlay says [MCDUFFIE / BRIGHT / TANGHAL]. The top overlay has several handwritten inscriptions concerning the layout of the cover in black and red ink.

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