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Post by hondobrode on Jun 17, 2019 0:09:08 GMT -5
 Would this be your definite GL and GA both or just one of the characters ? |
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 17, 2019 0:10:38 GMT -5
Definitive? How about model sheets by Jose Garcia Lopez that defined the look of the DC characters for a generation...    or the model sheets for Space Ghost by Alex Toth...   or Zartan of the Herculoids...  or even his Green Arrow model sheet from Super Friends...  Doug Wildley's model sheet for Race Bannon...  Dave Cockrum's model sheet for Colossus...  these kind of model sheets were the defining looks of the characters as they served as the basis for how every work-for-hire artist who worked on the characters after they were created drew the characters, and for how they looked on all the merchandise associated with the characters. It's harder to get much more definitive than that. -M
I was looking more for what YOUR definitive image is. If that's a model sheet, then ok.
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 17, 2019 0:13:54 GMT -5
Also definitive to me, moreso than any single cover, were the images in the Marvel Corner boxes, which identified books for me when I was flipping through the spinner racks...   it's one of the things that made the Marvel books stand out to this young reader, and the images were iconic for me. When I tried my hand at drawing or tracing as a kid, it was these images more often than note that I tried to emulate or copy. -M
I thought of those; good call.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2019 0:23:15 GMT -5
The definitive and most iconic image of Conan for me...  -M |
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Post by Duragizer on Jun 17, 2019 0:59:36 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2019 6:15:00 GMT -5
Would this be your definite GL and GA both or just one of the characters ? GL and GA! |
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Post by brutalis on Jun 17, 2019 8:31:06 GMT -5
Any image that made it onto a Slurpee cup!
Actually, while I know you are thinking more in terms of covers or advertisement art, what really comes to my mind as "definitive" character images is how I picture them within my minds eye when initially seen in my youth/teens. The "default" image visually. This means Spidey is Romita/Andru version, Supes is Swan. Bats is Aparo. DD is Colan, Cap is Sal Buscema, Thor is John Buscema, FF is Kirby, WW is Jose Delbo, IM is Tuska, Flash is Infantino and so forth and so on.
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Post by kirby101 on Jun 17, 2019 8:55:06 GMT -5
I can only assume that was the first time you saw the Silver Surfer, because, no offense to Marie Severin, that is not a great depiction.
The definitive Surfer is Kirby or Buscema
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2019 9:06:00 GMT -5
I can't remember when I first saw Silver Surfer. A late 80s reprint, I guess. A comic store in my area used to sell a lot of 60s-70s comics. So I can't be 100% sure, but I do like that image.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 17, 2019 9:13:51 GMT -5
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Post by badwolf on Jun 17, 2019 9:22:03 GMT -5
This image of Spider-Man was used on so many promotional items and tie-ins that the original cover always looks a bit funny to me.  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 17, 2019 9:23:51 GMT -5
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Post by kirby101 on Jun 17, 2019 9:25:38 GMT -5
Ditko or Romita is a quandary.   |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 17, 2019 9:27:22 GMT -5
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 17, 2019 9:28:43 GMT -5
My introduction to Conan is imprinted in my memory.  |
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