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Post by MDG on Jul 27, 2023 9:38:35 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jul 27, 2023 7:53:02 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jul 26, 2023 13:14:04 GMT -5
I blame guest artist John Byrne, not exactly the most enlightened of comics creators. If regular artist Al Milgrom had drawn that scene, he might well have given the two characters, Starfox and the paramedic, entirely different poses and body language.Imagine that Milgrom doesn't have 'fox touch the doc's face. Assuming Stern's dialogue remained the same, would we even be having this discussion? Cei-U! I summon the different perspective! I have to call my pastor and ask him if hell froze over, this is the first time I heard of someone saying Milgrom could have drawn something better than Byrne. Not better--different. But does talk to the importance of the words and images being in sync and that an artist or writer can, purposefully or not, change the meaning intended by the other.
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Post by MDG on Jul 26, 2023 12:42:10 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jul 26, 2023 11:56:44 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jul 26, 2023 9:05:12 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jul 26, 2023 7:50:40 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jul 25, 2023 18:56:58 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jul 25, 2023 15:42:44 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jul 25, 2023 9:36:56 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jul 25, 2023 9:31:07 GMT -5
Jeddak
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Post by MDG on Jul 24, 2023 16:13:34 GMT -5
I was looking through the Krigstein collection I picked up and was surprised that it didn't have Master Race in it. But then I realized, if there's any story that doesn't need to be made more widely available, it's that one. I mean, I think I have it four or more times. (And at this point, between all of the different editions, I think most run-of-the-mill EC stories have been reprinted at least three times.)
So, that got me thinking: What single comics story has been reprinted the most times? The two-page intro from Batman #1? The first Spider-man story?
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Post by MDG on Jul 24, 2023 14:50:23 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jul 24, 2023 12:08:35 GMT -5
I'm not even sure what is going on here. The characters are dressed the same. Do they work together? Is this a training session? Well, that is what happens when you take things our of context. Kind of my point, in regards to the art, as you really need to see the entire work to judge it. One panel or one page is not enough when you are talking sequential art for a larger work. If it were just a single page strip, that would be different. I could pull out an individual page of Kirby, or Toth or Moebius and what is happening may be unclear, because it has been isolated from the whole work. .... I tend to more realistic and illustrative art; but, my responses to more abstract stuff has changed, over time. Everything I have seen here says Beaton is a damned fine storyteller and that is the point of her art, not to look pretty or detailed. Your mileage may vary, which is the way it should be. Everything I have read in this discussion boils down to personal taste. I don't know why the category is "Best writer/artist" and not "best cartoonist," which implies a single individual handling all parts of the story. Even better, "best book by a cartoonist" or something, which would be evaluating the book as a whole.
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Post by MDG on Jul 24, 2023 11:57:05 GMT -5
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