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Jan 27 08 3:46 AM
But, I think both of the above samples were inked by Scott Williams. And while you find the X-Men #5 cover to be too busy I think it's a great composition. That's one of the Lee pieces that puts me in the mind of some of Barry Smith's best Conan work.
Count, I guess we do, one of the things that I've admired in Perez's more recent work was his ability to get some individuality into his faces. I can totally see where you're going with those facial descriptions above but keep thinking about the sixties/seventies where you could stand Steve Rogers, Clint Barton, Don Blake and Hank Pym in a row and not be able to tell which one was which. They're the stock drawings to me and even John Buscema (who I admire greatly) was doing them.
It struck me as funny, Count, that one of your complaints about classic newspaper strips is that they left a lot of empty space. You're surely not suggesting that filled-in space is a standard of quality.
Frankly, the reason I have a problem with a lot of contemporary artists (Perez included) is that they fill in ALL THE SPACE -- often to the agree that their panels and splashes have no focus.
I would add that the Count's history of graphic art -- which was no small thing to produce, so thanx from us all -- can be 'read' many ways.
While of course Brunner's luxurious and beautiful art conveys a richness that can be its own reward, I'd argue that the crude and simple lines of Herrmann's Krazy Kat (like the simple lines of Kubert in the 60s), are more effective in telling a story than every heartf-felt brush mark of many latter day stylists, Brunner included.
I never really warmed to Gene Colan, but his art did tell a story; you didn't stop to linger because Daredevil had already swung onto the next page.
Count, I honestly don't think it's an exaggeration to say that I see a lot - a LOT - of Foster & Raymond influence in some of the comic book art you posted (again, in any interview with comic book artists, you'l generally hear those two - and Gould, and Hogarth, etc., - cited.)
I just can't limit my diet to "the only Medium is Comic Books", "the only Era is '60's-'80's", and "the only Genre is Men in Tights". Call me a pig!
Well said, David - Herrmann didn't WANT his work to look like the "realistic, sweeping, superheroic" stuff seen here; neither did Segar, or Barks, etc. Doesn't make them one whit less Master Graphic Storytellers.
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