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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2023 17:20:42 GMT -5
I remember picking up the Batman: Year Two trade paperback at the used bookstore when I was just getting back into comics and really loving stuff like this:  It was funny when the light went on that it was same guy, when Spawn was all over in 1997. I do like his action figures a lot, especially recently with his Super Powers line. |
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Post by badwolf on May 8, 2023 18:20:28 GMT -5
I remember picking up the Batman: Year Two trade paperback at the used bookstore when I was just getting back into comics and really loving stuff like this: It was funny when the light went on that it was same guy, when Spawn was all over in 1997. I do like his action figures a lot, especially recently with his Super Powers line. Yeah, that's not a bad picture at all. It's not over-rendered and cluttered. |
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Post by commond on May 8, 2023 19:17:14 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure that's Alfredo Alcala inking Todd. Todd inked himself for the final part of the story. It would be interesting to see the difference.
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Post by badwolf on May 8, 2023 19:45:00 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure that's Alfredo Alcala inking Todd. Todd inked himself for the final part of the story. It would be interesting to see the difference. That explains it.. |
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Post by tarkintino on May 8, 2023 20:10:39 GMT -5
His Spidey was very distinctive while sill being recognisable His Spidey was horrible; turning a character that had a natural visual progression (because TASM is the same series in the same universe) to a healthier, stronger figure into a twisted, anatomically car-wrecked oddity was one of the worst artistic disasters dropped on any major superhero comic. Peter, Mary Jane and just about everyone else appeared like they they were permanently trapped in a carnival mirror where all figures are distorted. Moreover, Spider-Man is supposed to be uniquely athletic, buy McFarlane's ridiculous pretzel-ing of Spider-Man's body was as much a take-you-out-of-the-fiction sideshow as Superman would have been if he had been drawn in a way similar to the satirical "Strong Man" from Terrytoons / Bakshi's The Mighty Heroes:  That's how much McFarlane twisted the very image and perception of Spider-Man from where it should have been. He--like the rest of his fellows (who ended up founding Image), represented a shocking decline in comic book art. About the rest of his career...Spawn? Or is it Bat-Spectre? |
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Post by Chris on May 9, 2023 0:32:12 GMT -5
His Spidey was... a twisted, anatomically car-wrecked oddity I've got to remember that line.  |
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 9, 2023 6:23:25 GMT -5
I've never really thought about Todd McFarlane, other than in the context of being surprised he was successful enough to buy those baseballs. Spawn did nothing for me.. and his capes are ridiculous.
I've never thought his Spidey was terrible, but I'm far from an expert.. I've always enjoyed alternate takes on Spider-Man more than Peter Parker anyway.
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Post by Confessor on May 9, 2023 16:55:51 GMT -5
I've never thought his Spidey was terrible, but I'm far from an expert.. I've always enjoyed alternate takes on Spider-Man more than Peter Parker anyway. Yeah, I agree. I don't really understand all the hate for McFarlane's art. As a really big Spider-Man fan (he's my favourite superhero character ever) I always quite liked McFarlane's late 80s and early 90s work on the character. Don't get me wrong, he wouldn't be in my Top 5 Spidey artists list or anything, but I did like the wiry, slightly Ditko-esque nature of his take in the Wall-Crawler. Others' mileage obviously varies. |
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