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Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 2:17 pm Post subject:
ahochaude wrote:
Oh. I only know Stan Lee and Todd McFarlane.
Curses on McFarlane...though he did get smacked around in the Gaiman/McFarlane lawsuit...Miracleman, hopefully soon!
Flipping through my GTO volumes now...what a hilarious manga.
For those classic comic fans, it seems that Essential Daredevil vol. 2, Essential Tomb of Dracula vol. 2, and Marvel Masterworks: Amazing Spiderman vol. 6 are out (came out just last month)... _________________
"...but it was my integrity that was important. Is that so selfish? It sells for so little, but it's all we have left in this place. It is the very last inch of us...but within that inch we are free." - V for Vendetta
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 2:41 pm Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Stan Lee is Marvel comics.
Yeah, that guy is the greatest!
bmwracer wrote:
I think McFarlane is overrated. I think the artwork by Sean Chen is excellent. His Iron Man from a few years back, was classic. And perfect.
I always thought that McFarlane had a lot of talent. I liked him best when he was doing Spider Man at Marvel. But when he moved over to Image comics, I somewhat lost interest in his work. (My Spawn comic collection stopped at issue 24) _________________
I always thought that McFarlane had a lot of talent. I liked him best when he was doing Spider Man at Marvel. But when he moved over to Image comics, I somewhat lost interest in his work. (My Spawn comic collection stopped at issue 24)
Yeah, everyone was ga-ga about McFarlane's Spidey with the big eyes and intricate, wacky webs, but the best Spidey artwork is from John Romita, Sr., IMO.
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 2:55 pm Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, everyone was ga-ga about McFarlane's Spidey with the big eyes and intricate, wacky webs, but the best Spidey artwork is from John Romita, Sr., IMO.
I thought that was a pretty nice "change" that McFarlane did with the Spider Man eyes and stuff. I guess it was something for the younger generation, or something.
I don't know if I know of John Romita's work.
I always thought that Jim Lee did an excellent job with the X-Men comic. Those were my favorite at the time. _________________
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 2:58 pm Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
I think McFarlane is overrated. I think the artwork by Sean Chen is excellent. His Iron Man from a few years back, was classic. And perfect.
Yeah, I really like Sean Chen as well. I used to read his work when he started off working on Dr. Mirage for Valiant.
McFarlane can draw a lot of things well, especially faceless people with no feet. Add in feet or a face, and his art looks very wacked out.
@aho: by Spawn issue 24 wasn't it Greg Capullo and others working more on Spawn than McFarlane was? _________________
"...but it was my integrity that was important. Is that so selfish? It sells for so little, but it's all we have left in this place. It is the very last inch of us...but within that inch we are free." - V for Vendetta
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 3:02 pm Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, everyone was ga-ga about McFarlane's Spidey with the big eyes and intricate, wacky webs, but the best Spidey artwork is from John Romita, Sr., IMO.
Romita is, of course, classic. I have to say I do like Bagley's interpretation of a more wirey Spider-man. Unfortunately his work was overlooked because of the horrible storytelling during that era (Maximum Clonage anyone?). He's changed his style quite a bit for Ultimate Spider-man (more kiddy/less detail), which is just "ok." _________________
"...but it was my integrity that was important. Is that so selfish? It sells for so little, but it's all we have left in this place. It is the very last inch of us...but within that inch we are free." - V for Vendetta
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 3:02 pm Post subject:
thetenken wrote:
@aho: by Spawn issue 24 wasn't it Greg Capullo and other working more on Spawn than McFarlane was?
Yeah, another reason why I stopped.
I followed McFarlane's work when he moved to Image, and thus my Spawn collection. As boring as the story was, I just kept on buying them 'cause at that time, McFarlane's work was the trend. After when Greg started working on Spawn, issue 24 was when I chose to quit already.
I also thought Maxx was pretty crappy too. _________________
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 3:05 pm Post subject:
Oh ok. That style looks a little familiar. I probably saw it at my friend's house or something. (That guy was a comic maniac back in the day) _________________
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 3:05 pm Post subject:
ahochaude wrote:
Yeah, another reason why I stopped.
I followed McFarlane's work when he moved to Image, and thus my Spawn collection. As boring as the story was, I just kept on buying them 'cause at that time, McFarlane's work was the trend. After when Greg started working on Spawn, issue 24 was when I couldn't handle being "devoted" to McFarlane's original project anymore.
I also thought Maxx was pretty crappy too.
Much of early image was crap, unfortunately. Not a storyline that really stands out. Only when Alan Moore retooled Supreme and Warren Ellis retooled Stormwatch did the stories get any buzz.
Actually, two early Image comics I liked were Union and Deathblow. Deathblow because Jim Lee's darker style on that was really neat, and Union because the storyline started off interesting before it disappeared. _________________
"...but it was my integrity that was important. Is that so selfish? It sells for so little, but it's all we have left in this place. It is the very last inch of us...but within that inch we are free." - V for Vendetta
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 3:11 pm Post subject:
thetenken wrote:
Much of early image was crap, unfortunately. Not a storyline that really stands out. Only when Alan Moore retooled Supreme and Warren Ellis retooled Stormwatch did the stories get any buzz.
I don't think I know of these two stories. That was probably when I stopped collecting comics. (All McFarlane's fault )
thetenken wrote:
Actually, two early Image comics I liked were Union and Deathblow. Deathblow because Jim Lee's darker style on that was really neat, and Union because the storyline started off interesting before it disappeared.
Yeah, I seen Deathblow before. I thought it was pretty cool but unfortunately (even though it was Jim Lee and all) I just couldn't get back into the comic craze that I had fallen out of. _________________
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