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Post by commond on Jan 22, 2024 7:39:32 GMT -5
Does anyone know what happened to Paul Gulacy's art style in the 2000s? I'm not ready to declare it as fugly just yet, but if the shoe fits....
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 22, 2024 8:18:52 GMT -5
Not many artists retain their brilliance as they age. Even Neal Adams work was wonky at the end.
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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 22, 2024 9:07:55 GMT -5
So which long-established pros did retain full command of their artistic skills late in their careers? The one that comes to my mind is Dan Spiegle: his work just got better and better for as long as he was in the business. Gray Morrow also seemed to keep up his abilities. Bill Everett's final Sub-Mariner work was some of his best-drawn stuff ever, but he died relatively young, before one would expect the technical skills to decline.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 22, 2024 9:43:56 GMT -5
So which long-established pros did retain full command of their artistic skills late in their careers? The one that comes to my mind is Dan Spiegle: his work just got better and better for as long as he was in the business. Gray Morrow also seemed to keep up his abilities. Bill Everett's final Sub-Mariner work was some of his best-drawn stuff ever, but he died relatively young, before one would expect the technical skills to decline. Off the top of my head, Joe Kubert and, maybe, Sam Glanzman.
Cei-U! I summon the golden oldies!
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Post by Chris on Jan 22, 2024 10:06:48 GMT -5
So which long-established pros did retain full command of their artistic skills late in their careers? The one that comes to my mind is Dan Spiegle: his work just got better and better for as long as he was in the business. Gray Morrow also seemed to keep up his abilities. Bill Everett's final Sub-Mariner work was some of his best-drawn stuff ever, but he died relatively young, before one would expect the technical skills to decline. Curt Swan Joe Kubert Maybe Jim Aparo. I'm not sure when his career officially ended, so I don't know when he was last regularly contributing work. Also, while I do think his later work is not quite as good as his earlier stuff, it's hard to say how much of that is because he was doing a monthly schedule, he was doing pencils only, and who knows how much of the blame can be attributed to incompatible or even incompetent inkers. I'm also thinking he didn't have the greatest scripts to work from by then. Don Newton, like Everett, died too young to judge. Same with Dick Dillin. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jan 22, 2024 10:53:15 GMT -5
So which long-established pros did retain full command of their artistic skills late in their careers? (...) Walt Simsonson Sergio Aragones Will Eisner
Gil Kane
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jan 22, 2024 11:10:57 GMT -5
Barry Windsor-Smith. Monsters might be his best work yet.
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Post by MDG on Jan 22, 2024 11:29:41 GMT -5
So which long-established pros did retain full command of their artistic skills late in their careers? (...) Walt Simsonson Sergio Aragones Will Eisner
Gil Kane
John Severin Kim Deitch Spain Rodriguez Bill Griffith Robert Crumb
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Post by jester on Jan 22, 2024 11:30:55 GMT -5
I'd add Sal Buscema. His work on Spectacular Spider-Man that he was doing in the late 80s/90s was some of the best of his career.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jan 22, 2024 11:37:57 GMT -5
I'd add Sal Buscema. His work on Spectacular Spider-Man that he was doing in the late 80s/90s was some of the best of his career. Geez, yes. Can't believe I forgot to mention him as I love Sal's work pretty much from the start to the present. |
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Post by kirby101 on Jan 22, 2024 12:25:32 GMT -5
Gene Colan and John Buscema.
Howard Chaykin is still turning out impressive work, in his 70s.
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Post by Calidore on Jan 22, 2024 14:09:28 GMT -5
Al Jaffee worked up until he retired at 99.
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Jan 22, 2024 14:14:58 GMT -5
Ramona Frandon's work was top notch up until she recently retired.
-M
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 22, 2024 14:20:52 GMT -5
Barry Windsor-Smith. Monsters might be his best work yet. Yeah, just ask him. |
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Post by skibum51 on Jan 22, 2024 14:57:44 GMT -5
I doubt this is the answer but it sounds vaguely reminscient of an FF story where Ben Grimm has been cured of being the Thing but has to revert back in order to save Alicia. Somewhere in the issue #60s or #70s. Thanks for the suggestion! Alas doesn't appear to be it - I found the Thing transformation stuff you referenced in issues 78 & 79, but there's no partial transformation there. I'd never read any of the old FF stuff, though, so at least got to enjoy digging back into some early issues! |
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