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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 25, 2020 13:02:06 GMT -5
Just awful. By Alex Maleev from Secret Invasion: Dark Realm   Looks like a low level Russian gangster in John Wick. |
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Post by tarkintino on Apr 25, 2020 14:05:35 GMT -5
Didn't really bother with Action Comics (New 52) after issue #1....until I got a run of issues for about 40c each...this is not my Superman, it's Toothyman.
Ewww. That "Superman" is quite odd-looking. Like a bad cosplayer who was completely unfit for the part, but put the costume on in any case. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 25, 2020 14:54:05 GMT -5
Just awful. By Alex Maleev from Secret Invasion: Dark Realm Namor looks more like a New Jersey thug here than an underwater king |
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 25, 2020 15:52:20 GMT -5
Just awful. By Alex Maleev from Secret Invasion: Dark Realm Reign No tats? |
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Post by rberman on Apr 25, 2020 16:29:13 GMT -5
I fully expect (and enjoy) characters going "off-model" between artists. I'm fine with Buscema's Peter Parker being a hunk instead of Ditko's autobiographical pencil necked-geek. Guys like Bill Sienkiewicz and Frank Quitely are going to make their own models for each character; that's why you hire them. If Frank Miller draws Batman as a steroid freak and Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez draws him as Adam West, it's all part of the fun.  The original printing of X-Men #165 gave Scott Summers blue highlights in his hair instead of brown; that looked weird. I can't find an online example since trade reprints have corrected the error. I've mentioned before how flustered I was as a teen when John Romita, Jr. whacked off all of Kitty Pryde's hair. But the most ridiculous Kitty ever published was this bimbo image.  Hulk of course has undergone many looks in the course of fifty years. Darwyn Cooke's The New Frontier taught me to finally love Golden Age character models. I could go on!  |
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Post by Confessor on Apr 26, 2020 17:24:26 GMT -5
Just awful. By Alex Maleev from Secret Invasion: Dark Realm Reign It's suppose to look like Brian Michael Bendis, who wrote that issue...  I agree that it looks all wrong for Namor though. |
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Post by berkley on Apr 26, 2020 17:40:12 GMT -5
To me it raises an obvious question: if realistic, non-idealised visuals don't work for these characters, why do so many people think that realistic dialogue (or what they believe is such)works for them perfectly?
I think I have at least a partial answer but I'm curious whether anyone else sees it the same way I do.
And I understand that Bendis and Maleev wouldn't concede the premise: I imagine they think this is a great look for the character!
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Post by tarkintino on Apr 26, 2020 20:31:45 GMT -5
To me it raises an obvious question: if realistic, non-idealised visuals don't work for these characters, why do so many people think that realistic dialogue (or what they believe is such)works for them perfectly? Depends on what one considers idealized in the comics' visual representation of characters. For example, in real life, we have actors portraying superheroes, with some looking as fantastic as their four-color inspirations, so expecting that in comics is not out of the ordinary. We know it can be achieved. Accepting that, the only missing element would be characters speaking/reacting like real humans and not the script of a bad cartoon. |
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Post by tarkintino on Apr 30, 2020 9:11:25 GMT -5
Ever run into some very odd version of a well known comic character not looking anything like you think they should? Yes--Frank Robbins on The Invaders. Poor Bucky looked better in one of his exploding drone plane panels illustrated by Kirby, Buscema, et al, than he did just running around courtesy of Robbins' pencils. |
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Post by beccabear67 on Apr 30, 2020 15:16:02 GMT -5
Ever run into some very odd version of a well known comic character not looking anything like you think they should? Yes--Frank Robbins on The Invaders. Poor Bucky looked better in one of his exploding drone plane panels illustrated by Kirby, Buscema, et al, than he did just running around courtesy of Robbins' pencils. I almost posted something from an issue of Daredevil by Robbins, except it sort of suited the story... Daredevil was having his senses warped and everything looking Frank Robbins actually accented that.  I did admire his work in the Johnny Hazard comics of the late '40s I was lucky enough to have.  |
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Post by Duragizer on Apr 30, 2020 16:43:11 GMT -5
Perhaps the most commented character who looks “off” is Wonder Woman, who I recall was described looking more like Big Barda.   Not gonna lie — I like this take. |
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Post by electricmastro on Apr 30, 2020 17:21:09 GMT -5
Bill Sienkiewicz‘s Batman from Batman #400 (October, 1986).  |
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Post by berkley on Apr 30, 2020 18:00:15 GMT -5
Perhaps the most commented character who looks “off” is Wonder Woman, who I recall was described looking more like Big Barda. Not gonna lie — I like this take. I like the thick, unruly hair - a feature actually more reminiscent of Thena than of Barda, apart from the colour.
But in general, I have to admit that I don't greatly care for Kirby's work at this very late stage of his career.
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Post by rberman on Apr 30, 2020 19:17:29 GMT -5
Bill Sienkiewicz‘s Batman from Batman #400 (October, 1986). Sienkiewicz having his own models is always a foregone conclusion. But I didn't realize that the hook-shouldered Batman used by McKean in Arkham Asylum came from Sienkiewicz.  |
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Post by chadwilliam on May 6, 2020 0:22:09 GMT -5
John Byrne's usually on-model when it comes to the look of characters, but this take on The Joker from 1987...   |
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