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Post by MDG on Mar 19, 2024 20:34:06 GMT -5
Another name I'd list (for his comic book--not strip--work) is Frank Robbins
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Post by MDG on Mar 19, 2024 17:28:31 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 19, 2024 17:19:50 GMT -5
Barks, Eisner, Cooke, Wood, Grell, Hell...I'd put Don Newton's single story as a writer/artist above Starlin. I'm interested in hearing about this Hell guy.
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Post by MDG on Mar 19, 2024 14:34:18 GMT -5
Of this group, Simonson, but I went "Other" for: Spain, Deitch, Cooke, Los Bros, Kurtzman, Eisner, Glanzman, Justin Green, John Stanley... the list goes on.
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Post by MDG on Mar 19, 2024 14:25:22 GMT -5
I think the headscarf might have been there partly just to keep readers in suspense as to the exact appearance of the new mystery character and not necessarily meant to be part of her trademark look, or at least not necessarily something she'd wear all the time. If she was meant to be glamorous and sophisticated she might have been given to wearing all kinds of different things - always at the height of fashion, of course. In 1965, it wasn't unusual for women to wear scarfs during the day either to cover hair rollers or to keep their hair in place before going out at night. That's how I read it here.
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Post by MDG on Mar 19, 2024 11:20:16 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 19, 2024 11:16:13 GMT -5
Farrar
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Post by MDG on Mar 18, 2024 10:58:12 GMT -5
Silly moment : When Strange finds Blakes missing cane, it has been turned into a fishing rod by a couple of hobos. F'r crissake, Blake, you're a doctor! Toss the poor guys 20 bucks instead of just demanding it!
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Post by MDG on Mar 18, 2024 10:51:49 GMT -5
When I see what X-Men has become today, I wish it had never been revived. Today, it's like one of those insects who have been infiltrated by a zombie fungus. I think I agree.
My problem is that Claremont's X-Men became the model for "good" comics, which came to mean endless storylines and subplots, and a lot of telling, not showing.
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Post by MDG on Mar 18, 2024 10:46:50 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 18, 2024 6:47:51 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 17, 2024 11:02:29 GMT -5
I don't think I've ever seen a bad job by Severin, as a penciller or inker. Like Kubert, whenever I see his work, I have to ask myself why he's not one of my favorites.
However, I'm not a fan of his EC work inked by Elder.
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Post by MDG on Mar 16, 2024 8:23:23 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Mar 16, 2024 7:02:44 GMT -5
Full wraparound:
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Post by MDG on Mar 14, 2024 13:16:53 GMT -5
Have there been any increases in sales, though? I can understand them chasing that audience if it has led to an increase in sales, but part of me thinks that mindset (from the industry, not from you) is akin to Vince Russo’s strawman of “chase the casual wrestling audience”. We can only go by the circles we mix in, but as far as people I have spoken with, who came to Marvel via the MCU, when I’ve asked, not one of them has expressed any interest when I’ve encouraged them to check out the comics. One friend watched the various MCU films in order over the last 6 months or so, yet when I asked him if he’d consider checking out the comics, he wasn’t interested. Long-term fans like those on this forum will embrace overlap, but I am just wondering, if the “TV viewer who might check out a Marvel comic” is akin to Russo’s strawman. Is there any evidence of it? Asking questions as much as making statements here, always happy to learn. There might have been a "casual comics audience" at one time, but it'll be hard to serve. The first Burton Batman led to a mini-boom in interest in comics--though nowhere near what the TV show did--but it didn't last. By the time the first X-Men movie came around, there was barely a ripple in sales.
One big reason is: how many "casual readers" of any kind of magazine exist?
Another is: Is this Batman (or Thor, or Ms. Marvel, or Aquaman) the same character I just watched? It seems different.
Another is: Is this book missing pages? I don't know what's going on or what these people are talking about.
Another is: Why did that guy in the Avengers T-Shirt start hyperventilating when I folded back the cover of this comic?
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