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Post by Lolatadatodo on Dec 10, 2016 13:02:22 GMT -5
I like Frank Quitely's art. I make fun of it a lot. I call it Cabbage Patch Superman. But I've come to love the art in All-Star Superman. omg, I LOVE THAT SO MUCH. lolololololol! <3
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 10, 2016 16:23:50 GMT -5
I'm delightfully sailing through a thousand pages of Usagi Yojimbo, which I read for the very first time.
Wow... What an awesome series. And it's great to discover a posteriori how much you learn while just having fun!
I foresee a lot more Usagi books on my shelves and a lot less money in my wallet in 2017...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2016 17:46:39 GMT -5
Finished up the 1987 Doc Savage mini-series "The Silver Pyramid" from DC Comics.
It was an interesting attempt to update the characters by bringing them into the then modern era.
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Post by Spike-X on Dec 10, 2016 17:47:54 GMT -5
I'm delightfully sailing through a thousand pages of Usagi Yojimbo, which I read for the very first time. Wow... What an awesome series. And it's great to discover a posteriori how much you learn while just having fun! I foresee a lot more Usagi books on my shelves and a lot less money in my wallet in 2017... The Usagi Yojimbo Saga collections are a very affordable way to build your collection quickly.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 10, 2016 18:07:02 GMT -5
Archie's classic Christmas stories, volume 1.
Hey, it's the season to be jolly!
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Post by Cei-U! on Dec 10, 2016 21:37:31 GMT -5
Archie's classic Christmas stories, volume 1.
Hey, it's the season tbe jolly! That was my Christmas gift to my sister last year, along with a Little Lulu collection. Cei-U! I summon the jingle bells!
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Post by shaxper on Dec 11, 2016 8:29:38 GMT -5
I'm delightfully sailing through a thousand pages of Usagi Yojimbo, which I read for the very first time. Wow... What an awesome series. And it's great to discover a posteriori how much you learn while just having fun! I foresee a lot more Usagi books on my shelves and a lot less money in my wallet in 2017... It's like a drug with Usagi, isn't it? The only series of its length that I've read from beginning to end more times than I can count
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2016 12:27:29 GMT -5
I did not like his art on the X-Men. But it *can be* pretty decent on other things, imo. I didn't care for it either but it's way better than Igor Kordey who did some issues during the Morrison run. Kordey is actually a phenomenal artist. His X-Men run was terrible because Morrison couldn't hit a deadline and Kordey would have like 3 days to pencil and ink a 20 page story to make up for Morrsion's lateness. Not even Kirby could put out stuff at that rate, but Kordey did it to save his editor's ass. Check out Kordey's work on books like Secret History to get a sense of what he is really like when he doesn't have to make up for a prima donna with no work ethic as a writer. -M
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 11, 2016 12:31:27 GMT -5
I didn't care for it either but it's way better than Igor Kordey who did some issues during the Morrison run. Kordey is actually a phenomenal artist. His X-Men run was terrible because Morrison couldn't hit a deadline and Kordey would have like 3 days to pencil and ink a 20 page story to make up for Morrsion's lateness. Not even Kirby could put out stuff at that rate, but Koreey did it to save his editor's ass. Check out Kordey's work on books like Secret History to get a sense of what he is really like when he doesn't have to make up for a prima donna with no work effort as a writer. -M Seconded, and even those rushed issues by Kordey had a certain rough and organic charm that grew on me. I even preferred them to the slicker but sort of lifeless art by other artists of the same era!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2016 12:37:25 GMT -5
Here's where we had the Kordey discussion on these forums before and it includes samples of the relevant work by him... CCF thread-M
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2016 13:32:38 GMT -5
I didn't care for it either but it's way better than Igor Kordey who did some issues during the Morrison run. Kordey is actually a phenomenal artist. His X-Men run was terrible because Morrison couldn't hit a deadline and Kordey would have like 3 days to pencil and ink a 20 page story to make up for Morrsion's lateness. Not even Kirby could put out stuff at that rate, but Kordey did it to save his editor's ass. Check out Kordey's work on books like Secret History to get a sense of what he is really like when he doesn't have to make up for a prima donna with no work ethic as a writer. -M I never said Kordey was a bad artist. I am well aware of his other work which I think is good. I just said his X-men work wasn't up to par.
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 11, 2016 14:14:07 GMT -5
Kordey is actually a phenomenal artist. His X-Men run was terrible because Morrison couldn't hit a deadline and Kordey would have like 3 days to pencil and ink a 20 page story to make up for Morrsion's lateness. Not even Kirby could put out stuff at that rate, but Kordey did it to save his editor's ass. Check out Kordey's work on books like Secret History to get a sense of what he is really like when he doesn't have to make up for a prima donna with no work ethic as a writer. -M I never said Kordey was a bad artist. I am well aware of his other work which I think is good. I just said his X-men work wasn't up to par. Yes. It was an eyesore.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2016 15:09:51 GMT -5
I never said Kordey was a bad artist. I am well aware of his other work which I think is good. I just said his X-men work wasn't up to par. Yes. It was an eyesore. Thank you.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2016 23:25:35 GMT -5
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Post by Spike-X on Dec 12, 2016 23:39:13 GMT -5
"Excelsior Studios"
Holy coincidence, Batman!
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