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Post by MDG on Feb 16, 2024 15:53:42 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Feb 16, 2024 15:38:15 GMT -5
How much did Sinnott elevate Kirby over Giacoia? Because both of these look pretty good to me. I could also post images from the FF (90-99) when Giacoia seamlessly took over inking from Sinnott on several issues. Or the covers of those books with Giacoia, Verpooten and Sinnott all inking various issues.
This may sound kind've esoteric, and I'd have to look at things chronologically, but Sinnott seemed to be the first inker who was comfortable inking Kirby's various marks as marks and not trying to pretend they were realistic folds or shadows. He led the way for folks like Royer and Berry who "just inked what was there," even though Sinnott did add something to the faces. His approach to Kirby is all the more surprising since his own style is very realistic and really nothing like Kirby.
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Post by MDG on Feb 15, 2024 16:39:05 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Feb 15, 2024 12:36:46 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Feb 15, 2024 12:32:31 GMT -5
Your comment makes me wonder what might have happened if EC had tried a jungle comic as part of their New Direction restart. Wally Wood and Jack Kamen did their share of jungle comics elsewhere, to fine result. I'd have loved seeing Jack Davis and Will Elder bringing their talents to the genre! There were a few stories in Two-Fisted Tales that flirted with the genre.
(an aside: I love mentioning to younger folks that "jungle" used to be a pretty popular genre in movies and comics.)
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Post by MDG on Feb 14, 2024 16:43:46 GMT -5
Thanks for the votes, folks! This week, let's look for covers that show one or more characters trying to hide or conceal themselves from one or more other characters. The usual rules apply: - Post one, and only one, classic cover that fits the theme of the contest. - Cover must be from a published comic book or collected volume published before February 2014. - As a courtesy, please include the title and the issue number of the comic in case some posters cannot see your image. - Covers must be posted before voting begins. - Voting takes place next Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, beginning at 12:01 am PST and ending at 11:59 am PST. - Vote by posting the name of the poster whose cover best fits the theme or that you simply like the most in bold. - The winner of the contest is the entrant with the most votes after the voting period ends. - The winner chooses the theme for the next week's contest. - If you don't think the cover fits the theme, don't vote for it; please don't post disparaging remarks about it. - If a cover is more recent than the classic time frame, kindly point it out to the poster, who may then choose an alternate before voting begins. Have fun!
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Post by MDG on Feb 14, 2024 16:33:49 GMT -5
Well, in the past 4-5 years, I've been buying a lot more old comics, but I don't collect in any particular manner. I like going to shows mostly for the social aspect and will looks through junk bins for cheap stuff to read for fun. Mostly stuff on newsprint, so you know I'm not buying for condition.
The one thing I have been spending money on is older undergrounds, which I can justify bu knowing there's a very limited number of them (compared to superhero runs), there's a lot of stuff that hasn't been and probably won't be reprinted, the best ones are very re-readable, and I can be fairly secure that I have the biggest collection of them on the block.
I buy new work from certain creators--Deitch, Griffith, Los Bros, Clowes, Burns--and some odds and ends that look interesting if it's inexpensive.
In a couple of years, I may start selling off my silver age collection, just 'cause I see friends rakin' it in. I'd probably have to go the clean-press-slab route though, and that whole thing just depresses me.
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Post by MDG on Feb 14, 2024 13:23:40 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Feb 13, 2024 11:51:27 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Feb 13, 2024 11:49:30 GMT -5
chaykinstevens I love wacky Wood!
Also, I love these contest topics that bring out a lot of great covers from different decades and genres
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Post by MDG on Feb 13, 2024 11:40:45 GMT -5
I've got a dentist appointment at that exact time. So I'm out. A dentist who works sundays? How'd you manage that?
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Post by MDG on Feb 12, 2024 16:39:35 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Feb 12, 2024 13:37:04 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Feb 11, 2024 10:01:23 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Feb 10, 2024 15:41:04 GMT -5
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