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Post by hondobrode on Jan 3, 2015 0:23:38 GMT -5
Big Hawkman fan here and I've always loved Joe's work there. If I made a list of my favorite artists, Joe would be in the top 10 or at least 15. I didn't care for his Batman much, and his Flash had a real sense of panic to it. That in itself isn't bad I suppose. His best work was the genre IMO. Tarzan, Enemy Ace, Tor, Sgt Rock, Viking Prince, Firehair, Unknown Soldier...    |
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Post by Pól Rua on Jan 3, 2015 1:38:36 GMT -5
It's probably pretty safe to say that Chris Mooneyham would be on that list. Joe's not my favorite artist, but he is one of my favorites. It took me a while to fully appreciate his art, but I love it these days. He was still doing excellent work right up until the moment he passed away. Infact, some of his best work was done right there at the end, I loved Joe Kubert Presents. That was the thing I loved most about him. He was ALWAYS getting better. He was always pushing himself to improve his craft right up to the end. And most definitely, 'Joe Kubert Presents' is just magnificent. It's just full of wonderful treasure. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jan 5, 2015 23:22:49 GMT -5
Looking at his work, I'm not a fan of the super hero stuff. His convention sketches looked better than his finished superhero work. But there's very few in the house style whose super hero work I like at all. EDIT: Maybe I should take that back. I'm actually not seeing a whole lot of super hero interior work, or finished work for that matter, online. What I do see I do like. Just a sad sign when I couldn't even tell this was a jam piece and not all the same artist. Yeah, kind of an odd argument. I'm not actually a huge fan of his post-Silver-Age superhero stuff, either. (What I've read of it.) His strength as a figure artist is giving his characters a psychological and even spiritual depth, which works better in more grounded genres. |
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Post by MDG on Jan 6, 2015 9:41:53 GMT -5
Infact, some of his best work was done right there at the end, I loved Joe Kubert Presents. That was the thing I loved most about him. He was ALWAYS getting better. He was always pushing himself to improve his craft right up to the end. And most definitely, 'Joe Kubert Presents' is just magnificent. It's just full of wonderful treasure. I've been meaning to get 'Joe Kubert Presents'--I see there's a collected edition available, so I'll probably put that on the next Amazon order. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 7, 2015 11:46:48 GMT -5
That was the thing I loved most about him. He was ALWAYS getting better. He was always pushing himself to improve his craft right up to the end. And most definitely, 'Joe Kubert Presents' is just magnificent. It's just full of wonderful treasure. I've been meaning to get 'Joe Kubert Presents'--I see there's a collected edition available, so I'll probably put that on the next Amazon order. The collected edition is pretty great, and it even includes the letter I sent in! |
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Post by Pól Rua on Jan 7, 2015 18:08:01 GMT -5
Seriously, 'Joe Kubert presents' is just straight-up ridiculous. It's like taking a journey into an alternate world.
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Post by MDG on Jan 7, 2015 21:10:40 GMT -5
Seriously, 'Joe Kubert presents' is just straight-up ridiculous. It's like taking a journey into an alternate world. You mean a world here DC publishes good comics? |
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Post by Action Ace on Jan 7, 2015 21:13:44 GMT -5
Seriously, 'Joe Kubert presents' is just straight-up ridiculous. It's like taking a journey into an alternate world. You mean a world here DC publishes good comics? That's the world I live in, where are you at? |
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Post by Pól Rua on Jan 8, 2015 0:39:36 GMT -5
In the editorial to 'Joe Kubert presents' #1, Joe talks about the two things that spurred the creation of JKP.
The first was the influence of Paul Levitz, and the second was the fact that he wanted a comic which featured all of the great stuff he wanted to see in comics, but which he hadn't for a good long time.
'Joe Kubert presents' comes from a world where 'comics' doesn't mean ongoing 90% superhero monthlies from one or another of two publishers and 10% 'everything else'. This is a comic that comes from a world where amazing creators do the types of stories they're passionate about, from metaphysical space operas to historical nautical adventures to biographical comics to bigfoot comedy to pulp science fiction, and all points in between.
It's a story that, with the growth of publishers like Image, IDW, Dark Horse, Fantagraphics et. al. and an increasing audience that hasn't been raised on the idea that monthly superhero adventure stories is all comics are and should ever want to be, is increasingly coming true.
Which is nice.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 8, 2015 13:37:53 GMT -5
In the editorial to 'Joe Kubert presents' #1, Joe talks about the two things that spurred the creation of JKP. The first was the influence of Paul Levitz, and the second was the fact that he wanted a comic which featured all of the great stuff he wanted to see in comics, but which he hadn't for a good long time. 'Joe Kubert presents' comes from a world where 'comics' doesn't mean ongoing 90% superhero monthlies from one or another of two publishers and 10% 'everything else'. This is a comic that comes from a world where amazing creators do the types of stories they're passionate about, from metaphysical space operas to historical nautical adventures to biographical comics to bigfoot comedy to pulp science fiction, and all points in between. It's a story that, with the growth of publishers like Image, IDW, Dark Horse, Fantagraphics et. al. and an increasing audience that hasn't been raised on the idea that monthly superhero adventure stories is all comics are and should ever want to be, is increasingly coming true. Which is nice. Increasingly I find myself wishing there were more books like Joe Kubert Presents. I had originally hoped that even though he had passed away that DC would continue to publish the book by adding various other writers and artists featuring the same scope of genres and maybe reprinting some classic Kubert stories in each issue...but it was not to be. |
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Post by fanboystranger on Jan 8, 2015 14:25:01 GMT -5
In the editorial to 'Joe Kubert presents' #1, Joe talks about the two things that spurred the creation of JKP. The first was the influence of Paul Levitz, and the second was the fact that he wanted a comic which featured all of the great stuff he wanted to see in comics, but which he hadn't for a good long time. 'Joe Kubert presents' comes from a world where 'comics' doesn't mean ongoing 90% superhero monthlies from one or another of two publishers and 10% 'everything else'. This is a comic that comes from a world where amazing creators do the types of stories they're passionate about, from metaphysical space operas to historical nautical adventures to biographical comics to bigfoot comedy to pulp science fiction, and all points in between. It's a story that, with the growth of publishers like Image, IDW, Dark Horse, Fantagraphics et. al. and an increasing audience that hasn't been raised on the idea that monthly superhero adventure stories is all comics are and should ever want to be, is increasingly coming true. Which is nice. Increasingly I find myself wishing there were more books like Joe Kubert Presents. I had originally hoped that even though he had passed away that DC would continue to publish the book by adding various other writers and artists featuring the same scope of genres and maybe reprinting some classic Kubert stories in each issue...but it was not to be. I don't think there's anyone still with DC that has combination of legendary artistic skill, body of work, editorial clout, and industry connections. Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez has certainly has the skill and the body of work, but he's never seemed that interested in the editorial side of things. (Although DC has been great about getting JLGL work out over the past year.) Brian Bolland is another name that comes to mind, but you'd be lucky to get an issue a year. |
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Post by Pól Rua on Jan 9, 2015 18:45:03 GMT -5
That said, I would kill to see 'Jose Luis Garcia Lopez presents...'
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