Elway Envy

Shortly after the Broncos captured their first Super Bowl victory I was faced with a dilemma. The Elway Covers the Cup cartoon had been pretty popular but, of course, no longer relevant. Larry Strutton, the publisher of the News at the time paid me a visit one afternoon at my Cartoon Cubicle, just a few days after I returned from covering Super Bowl XXXII in San Diego. He suggested I should revisit the Elway-Sakic cartoon. I didn’t relish digging out an idea I’ve ready printed and retooning it for publication, but I had to admit Larry had a point. So, after a few hours of swaet I came up with this Elway Reeves cartoon with Dan Reeves coveting Elway’s Lombardi trophy. Imagine my horror when the very next year Elway faced off against Reeves in Super Bowl XXXIII. I didn’t want to have to revisit it again. Thank goodness Elway made sure I didn’t have to by totally crushing the Falcons for another Super Bowl victory. This one was drawn in pen and ink and colorized in Adobe PhotoShop.