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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 6, 2017 13:34:10 GMT -5
I guess I have to be " that guy" and say that Steranko was never anything special to me. I liked his Cap run but never read one issue of Nick Fury.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Aug 6, 2017 15:58:59 GMT -5
I've read Nick Fury but I'm really not sure what Steranko has been up to for the last 40 years or so. There was a movie adaptation circa 1979 or so, FOOM, and Steranko's History of comics, but I really don't know what he did in the '80s, '90s, and '00s.
I will say that, at least in the classic era, Steranko was one of the best at showing not telling, while Starlin was the best at never showing anything and pages and pages and pages of characters just standing around vomiting exposition.
(Although he might have got better in the intervening years, too. I re-read Starlin's DC Comics Presents and his '70s Marvel runs semi-regularly, but I don't have a handle on what he was doing in the '90s or later. I think I quite liked Thanos Quest Infinity Gauntlet, but that has been years.)
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Post by Confessor on Aug 6, 2017 17:35:04 GMT -5
I guess I have to be " that guy" and say that Steranko was never anything special to me. Yeah, but you don't even like green space rabbits! I'm stating to think that you haven't got both oars in the water.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 6, 2017 18:02:37 GMT -5
I guess I have to be " that guy" and say that Steranko was never anything special to me. Yeah, but you don't even like green space rabbits! I'm stating to think that you haven't got both oars in the water. That reminds me of a day that I was delivering mail and , through the corner of my eye , I see a rabbit. In the middle of NYC, a rabbit. I never told anyone till today. Who would believe me ? |
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Post by kirby101 on Aug 6, 2017 18:13:43 GMT -5
Yeah, but you don't even like green space rabbits! I'm stating to think that you haven't got both oars in the water. That reminds me of a day that I was delivering mail and , through the corner of my eye , I see a rabbit. In the middle of NYC, a rabbit. I never told anyone till today. Who would believe me ? Was it a six foot white rabbit named Harvey? |
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Post by LovesGilKane on Aug 7, 2017 1:15:41 GMT -5
I am sure he meant Steranko for the first. Could be, but there's no way of knowing for sure as I am not a mind reader, I can only go by what folks put in their actual posts. -M yes, i meant Steranko for the first. thx kirby101! no mind reading required, mrp!  |
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Post by LovesGilKane on Aug 7, 2017 1:16:24 GMT -5
wow! dead-bang tie! well done, people!
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Post by tarkintino on Aug 7, 2017 12:28:58 GMT -5
Steranko without a moment's hesitation. He was a photographer's brilliance reshaping line art to be more than "Bang!" or "Thoom!" type of simplistic superhero art usually seen during the era where he made his splash. Similar to Al Williamson and Neal Adams (similar in intent and understanding of how to communicate the living image to comics its most dramatic form), Steranko was head and shoulders above most with the so-called "Marvel house style", sending whatever he touched to the master class of unforgettable art, whether it was in the service of a comic publisher or not.
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Post by LovesGilKane on Aug 7, 2017 12:35:26 GMT -5
Steranko without a moment's hesitation. He was a photographer's brilliance reshaping line art to be more than "Bang!" or "Thoom!" type of simplistic superhero art usually seen during the era where he made his splash. Similar to Al Williamson and Neal Adams (similar in intent and understanding of how to communicate the living image to comics its most dramatic form), Steranko was head and shoulders above most with the so-called "Marvel house style", sending whatever he touched to the master class of unforgettable art, whether it was in the service of a comic publisher or not. i smell a fellow lover of the nick fury hound of the baskerville's tale, here, lol. one of the singular issues which galvanized me at age 8 to train to enter comics. |
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Post by tarkintino on Aug 7, 2017 13:12:40 GMT -5
It doesn't get trippier then this   Steranko sketches were trippier than that. Even Ditko's Dr. Strange work surpassed Starlin in that department:  |
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Post by LovesGilKane on Aug 7, 2017 13:17:56 GMT -5
yes, must agree, the nick fury vs yellow claw pages, visually vs conceptually/philosophically, were much trippier.
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Post by Confessor on Aug 7, 2017 15:32:30 GMT -5
Steranko without a moment's hesitation. He was a photographer's brilliance reshaping line art to be more than "Bang!" or "Thoom!" type of simplistic superhero art usually seen during the era where he made his splash. Similar to Al Williamson and Neal Adams (similar in intent and understanding of how to communicate the living image to comics its most dramatic form), Steranko was head and shoulders above most with the so-called "Marvel house style", sending whatever he touched to the master class of unforgettable art, whether it was in the service of a comic publisher or not. i smell a fellow lover of the nick fury hound of the baskerville's tale, here, lol. one of the singular issues which galvanized me at age 8 to train to enter comics. That was a fantastic issue! Off the top of my head, it was in Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.E.I.L.D. #3, wasn't it? |
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Post by LovesGilKane on Aug 7, 2017 15:38:37 GMT -5
i smell a fellow lover of the nick fury hound of the baskerville's tale, here, lol. one of the singular issues which galvanized me at age 8 to train to enter comics. That was a fantastic issue! Off the top of my head, it was in Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.E.I.L.D. #3, wasn't it? yeppers! and yummo! and as you'd appreciate, very like 1960's subtle Hammer Horror films , ala pacing, mood, lighting, etc., with a lot of Mario Bava thrown in as well (i'm also a film nerd, natch)  |
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Post by Confessor on Aug 7, 2017 15:45:11 GMT -5
That was a fantastic issue! Off the top of my head, it was in Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.E.I.L.D. #3, wasn't it? yeppers! and yummo! and as you'd appreciate, very like 1960's subtle Hammer Horror films , ala pacing, mood, lighting, etc., with a lot of Mario Bava thrown in as well (i'm also a film nerd, natch) Totally agree about the Hammer vibe. I first encountered the story in the pages of a cheap, black & white Alan Class reprint comic in the early '80s. In some ways, the sinister, horror elements of the art are served better in B&W. You know, thinking about it, I'm pretty sure I don't own a copy of that story any more, which is kind of criminal. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 20:29:12 GMT -5
Anyone checked out Starlin's latest effort-Lazgood's Boys-it's a prose work but a prequel to Hardcore Station)? It's e-book only right now, and might be an Amazon exclusive as it is part of their Kindle unlimited program, but I saw Starlin post some art he might use for chapter illustrations ina print edition if it gets to that point. I understand there's a second Hardcore Station prose work upcoming as well.  -M |
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