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The Joe Madureira variant cover for the re-launching X-Men title 'House of X' written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by Pepe Larraz has been revealed...and it may look familiar! Remember that Gambit and Rogue sketch Joe did a few months ago that took social media by storm? That sketch has been inked and coloured for the cover and it looks amazing. It's a fantastic call back to Joe Mad's Uncanny X-Men run back in the 90's and pulls all the nostalgic strings from that era. Hopefully we see more art from Joe this year!

Back in February Joe posted to twitter about a Kickstarter backer sketch reward (for backing Battle Chaser's: Nightwar) that featured 90's Uncanny X-Men characters Rogue and Gambit. Today he's posted some rough concepts of the two before he decided on the final piece. It's amazing to see Joe draw these characters again after so many years. Here's what Joe had to say on twitter: Some roughs for that Rogue and Gambit Image I posted recently. Everything starts with messy scribbles! #rogue #gambit #XMen #marvelcomics #ComicArt #90s #sketches

Rewards are still going out from the Kickstarter campaign that helped fund Battle Chasers: Nightwar. One backer reward level got you a sketch of your choice drawn by Joe Madureira. This drawing brings back all kinds of memories from Joe's run on Uncanny X-Men. During the run, Gambit and Rogue had a budding romance and now we get to see how much Joe's art has developed since those 90's stories. Here's what Joe had to say about it: What year is this again?! The 90’s are alive and well! One of my favorite #kickstarter backer reward sketchies. Most of you were babies the last time I drew these two. 😂 Thanks Kin! ❤️ #gambit #rogue #XMen #25yearsLater