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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2016 2:43:50 GMT -5
One of my favorite contemporary comics artists if Francesco Francavilla... Whether it's stuff he did for Marvel...   DC...   Archie...   or his creator owned stuff like Black Beetle...   his stuff has a distinctive style, definite mood and tone, and incredible storytelling elements. I was also excited to hear he hinted in his New Year's tweets that Black Beetle is coming back, so the follow up mini Necrologue may finally get done this year after delays for Afterlife with Archie and some Marvel work he did. -M |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 3, 2016 5:51:51 GMT -5
I have to seriously check out DCs Grayson. Coldwater might like him too as his name is Dick
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 3, 2016 10:37:52 GMT -5
One of my favorite contemporary comics artists if Francesco Francavilla... Whether it's stuff he did for Marvel... DC... Archie... or his creator owned stuff like Black Beetle... his stuff has a distinctive style, definite mood and tone, and incredible storytelling elements. I was also excited to hear he hinted in his New Year's tweets that Black Beetle is coming back, so the follow up mini Necrologue may finally get done this year after delays for Afterlife with Archie and some Marvel work he did. -M I had no idea he did Captain America or Black Panther, what issues are those? I need them in my life. |
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Post by Warmonger on Jan 3, 2016 12:38:54 GMT -5
One of my favorite contemporary comics artists if Francesco Francavilla... Whether it's stuff he did for Marvel... DC... Archie... or his creator owned stuff like Black Beetle... his stuff has a distinctive style, definite mood and tone, and incredible storytelling elements. I was also excited to hear he hinted in his New Year's tweets that Black Beetle is coming back, so the follow up mini Necrologue may finally get done this year after delays for Afterlife with Archie and some Marvel work he did. -M Awesome, retro style. I can't stand the art in a lot of modern comics. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2016 16:36:04 GMT -5
Francavilla did art for the following Cap stuff that I know of...
Captain America and Bucky 626-628
Captain America and Black Widow 636-640
and for Panther it was Black Panther Man Without Fear 513-515, 517-518, 520-523
Black Panther:Most Dangerous Man Alive 524 (with him doing the covers for 525-529 but the likes of Shawn Martinborough and Mike Avon Oeming doing the interior art)
he also did fill ins on Fraction's Hawkeye and Bendis' Guardians of the Galaxy for Marvel if you haven't seen those either, and I believe he's ding one of the Secret Wars minis-Master of Kung Fu-but that may be just covers, not sure.
-M
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 3, 2016 20:27:06 GMT -5
Francavilla did art for the following Cap stuff that I know of... Captain America and Bucky 626-628 Captain America and Black Widow 636-640 and for Panther it was Black Panther Man Without Fear 513-515, 517-518, 520-523 Black Panther:Most Dangerous Man Alive 524 (with him doing the covers for 525-529 but the likes of Shawn Martinborough and Mike Avon Oeming doing the interior art) he also did fill ins on Fraction's Hawkeye and Bendis' Guardians of the Galaxy for Marvel if you haven't seen those either, and I believe he's ding one of the Secret Wars minis-Master of Kung Fu-but that may be just covers, not sure. -M I'll have to check those out, I have all his DC work and Life With Archie and the Black Beetle and I love his blog but I've never seen his Marvel work before. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2016 11:44:35 GMT -5
Grayson is one of my favorite books. The art really sells the book for me and I enjoy the complex stories. I can usually read a modern comic book is less than 5 minutes, but Grayson takes me a couple of reads for the story to sink in. The art is beautiful!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2016 13:07:04 GMT -5
I'm seriously checking in Grayson based on all of your recommendations!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2016 13:09:39 GMT -5
Francavilla did art for the following Cap stuff that I know of... Captain America and Bucky 626-628 Captain America and Black Widow 636-640 and for Panther it was Black Panther Man Without Fear 513-515, 517-518, 520-523 Black Panther:Most Dangerous Man Alive 524 (with him doing the covers for 525-529 but the likes of Shawn Martinborough and Mike Avon Oeming doing the interior art) he also did fill ins on Fraction's Hawkeye and Bendis' Guardians of the Galaxy for Marvel if you haven't seen those either, and I believe he's ding one of the Secret Wars minis-Master of Kung Fu-but that may be just covers, not sure. -M Thanks mrp for this information and I will try to track this down for my own sake. BTW ... Thanks for sharing those pics. They are gems in my book! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2016 18:10:14 GMT -5
I have to seriously check out DCs Grayson. Coldwater might like him too as his name is Dick
I think Janin is okay, but I have one problem with him (and a lot of modern artists working in the medium)-their line work lacks depth and texture and is way too reliant on computer coloring techniques to give the art any warmth, feeling, or tone. If you take those pages and strip away the color work, the line work is sparse, thin and hollow, the characters and spaces empty, and the whole thing feels like a void. All the texture comes from the computerized color shading and not from the linework itself, so really the colorist should be getting the lion's share of the credit for how effective the art is in comics like this, not the penciller or inker. It resembles a coloring book template where the point is to leave room for people to fill in the colors than a piece of art meant to stand on ts own merit to me. And I like Janin to a degree, but that really sparse lifeless style that is totally dependent on coloring leaves me cold most of the time. But that's just me. -M |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 6, 2016 14:46:53 GMT -5
I have to seriously check out DCs Grayson. Coldwater might like him too as his name is Dick
I think Janin is okay, but I have one problem with him (and a lot of modern artists working in the medium)-their line work lacks depth and texture and is way too reliant on computer coloring techniques to give the art any warmth, feeling, or tone. If you take those pages and strip away the color work, the line work is sparse, thin and hollow, the characters and spaces empty, and the whole thing feels like a void. All the texture comes from the computerized color shading and not from the linework itself, so really the colorist should be getting the lion's share of the credit for how effective the art is in comics like this, not the penciller or inker. It resembles a coloring book template where the point is to leave room for people to fill in the colors than a piece of art meant to stand on ts own merit to me. And I like Janin to a degree, but that really sparse lifeless style that is totally dependent on coloring leaves me cold most of the time. But that's just me. -M It tends to leave me cold most of the time too, that was my major complaint about the new James Bond book, but I really like the look in Grayson. |
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Post by earl on Jan 10, 2016 1:40:35 GMT -5
Henry Flint who mostly works in 2000 AD is an artist that I think is really good that doesn't get a whole lot of talk. Shakara! is just as mad and crazy scifi monster comic as say Kevin O'Neill's Nemesis the Warlock back in the 80s. Zombo is also a really fun read. I know he has done some of the key Dredd in the past few years too.   |
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