John Byrne Sez "Avoid the Fozzie Thing!"

While I quite like the way a number of artists-Adams, Simonson, Wieringo-render the Thing, I will say that Byrne's version is probably my favorite. There's just enough of the alien about him to make him slightly startling, while, at the same time he looks so damn solid. This is a Thing who looks like he could take a punch from the Hulk, or a blow from Thor's hammer.
Byrne has his faults as an artist (inking, for instance. Man needs a good inker.), but when he was on Fantastic Four, he was a superb draftsman.
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I wonder if I still have my sketchpad?