Comments on: Late artists crackdown at DC? http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:46:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Cully Hamner http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32831 Cully Hamner Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:10:39 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32831 Aw. Thanks, Heidi. Aw. Thanks, Heidi.

]]> By: The Beat http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32830 The Beat Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:01:02 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32830 Can we just say Cully is the best? I guess I should put up a cover by Travis Charest or something. Can we just say Cully is the best? I guess I should put up a cover by Travis Charest or something.

]]> By: Cully Hamner http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32829 Cully Hamner Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:55:24 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32829 May I just say that I'm not over the moon about my cover representing this story? May I also say that I did that cover as a favor to the editor of that book (a friend of mine) who needed it turned around in 24 hours? And may I finally say that he was happy enough with the fact that I delivered a good job on such short notice that he offered me the rest of the covers on the series on the spot? May I just say that I’m not over the moon about my cover representing this story? May I also say that I did that cover as a favor to the editor of that book (a friend of mine) who needed it turned around in 24 hours? And may I finally say that he was happy enough with the fact that I delivered a good job on such short notice that he offered me the rest of the covers on the series on the spot?

]]> By: Doug http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32828 Doug Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:58:00 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32828 I first saw Frank Robbins's art on <i>Johnny Hazard</i> and really hated it. In the "Next Issue" box hyping the first Man-Bat story he drew, the editor wrote, "What? You didn't know Robbins could draw?" Eleven-year-old me replied, "No--I've seen his artwork, and I <i>didn't</i> know Robbins could draw." Somewhere in the first few Batman stories he handled, though, I had an epiphany and came to love his artwork. By the time of <i>The Invaders,</i> I was a full-fledged fan and couldn't think of anyone I'd have preferred to depict the 1940s wartime milieu. I was disappointed whenever a fill-in issue would come along without Robbins. That said, though, Marvel did sometimes put him on titles that didn't exactly play to his strengths. <i>Man from Atlantis</i> or <i>Human Fly,</i> anyone? I first saw Frank Robbins’s art on Johnny Hazard and really hated it. In the “Next Issue” box hyping the first Man-Bat story he drew, the editor wrote, “What? You didn’t know Robbins could draw?” Eleven-year-old me replied, “No–I’ve seen his artwork, and I didn’t know Robbins could draw.”

Somewhere in the first few Batman stories he handled, though, I had an epiphany and came to love his artwork. By the time of The Invaders, I was a full-fledged fan and couldn’t think of anyone I’d have preferred to depict the 1940s wartime milieu. I was disappointed whenever a fill-in issue would come along without Robbins. That said, though, Marvel did sometimes put him on titles that didn’t exactly play to his strengths. Man from Atlantis or Human Fly, anyone?

]]> By: Al http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32827 Al Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:35:38 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32827 Same here. HATED his work on Detective/ManBat for DC. I thought the pages were inked too heavy so that threre was too much density, and that everyone's faces looked squished in. Okay, now, now that he's passed away in Mexico years ago, and I am an adult and all that, he's great. But his art does (did) not appeal to a 13 year old. Same here. HATED his work on Detective/ManBat for DC. I thought the pages were inked too heavy so that threre was too much density, and that everyone’s faces looked squished in.

Okay, now, now that he’s passed away in Mexico years ago, and I am an adult and all that, he’s great. But his art does (did) not appeal to a 13 year old.

]]> By: Ian Boothby http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32826 Ian Boothby Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:12:25 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32826 I love Frank Robbins' work now too but when you were used to the clean crisp Marvel style it was jarring and yeah I remember it made me a little sick to read it at the time. I love Frank Robbins’ work now too but when you were used to the clean crisp Marvel style it was jarring and yeah I remember it made me a little sick to read it at the time.

]]> By: ookla http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32825 ookla Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:10:07 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32825 So Jim Shooter really is the new EIC at DC? So Jim Shooter really is the new EIC at DC?

]]> By: rich http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32824 rich Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:59:28 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32824 "I started reading fanzines and comics magazines and letter columns so I started hating them ..." Yeah, there is a certain joy to NOT knowing behind the scenes info. You enjoy (or avoid) comics that don't look "good", and don't worry about which creator is arguing with whom. “I started reading fanzines and comics magazines and letter columns so I started hating them …”

Yeah, there is a certain joy to NOT knowing behind the scenes info. You enjoy (or avoid) comics that don’t look “good”, and don’t worry about which creator is arguing with whom.

]]> By: Tom Spurgeon http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32823 Tom Spurgeon Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:16:04 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32823 I liked a bunch of artists when I was a little kid and then I started reading fanzines and comics magazines and letter columns so I started hating them they told me I should and now I'm old and I like them again. I liked a bunch of artists when I was a little kid and then I started reading fanzines and comics magazines and letter columns so I started hating them they told me I should and now I’m old and I like them again.

]]> By: Christopher Z. http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32822 Christopher Z. Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:45:57 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32822 Oh, and even though I hated his art at the time, I never passed on an issue of Cap or The Invaders because Robbins was the artist. Oh, and even though I hated his art at the time, I never passed on an issue of Cap or The Invaders because Robbins was the artist.

]]> By: Christopher Z. http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32821 Christopher Z. Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:31:09 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32821 I agree with Tom now about Robbins work, but back in '75 I agreed with Cary's opinion totally. I hope my 15 year-old self would have stepped in and prevented any unpleasantness between the two. That's what Cap would have wanted. I agree with Tom now about Robbins work, but back in ‘75 I agreed with Cary’s opinion totally. I hope my 15 year-old self would have stepped in and prevented any unpleasantness between the two. That’s what Cap would have wanted.

]]> By: Tom Spurgeon http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32820 Tom Spurgeon Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:02:25 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32820 Frank Robbins was awesome! I'm going to build a time machine and go back to the '70s and convince 11-year-old me to push you down in the mud at recess. If Frank Robbins were around today he'd have done like five Warren Ellis series in a row and become a well-established fan favorite. No one did batshit-insane looking, super-hot, strong women like 1970s Frank Robbins. Frank Robbins was awesome! I’m going to build a time machine and go back to the ’70s and convince 11-year-old me to push you down in the mud at recess.

If Frank Robbins were around today he’d have done like five Warren Ellis series in a row and become a well-established fan favorite. No one did batshit-insane looking, super-hot, strong women like 1970s Frank Robbins.

]]> By: Cary Coatney http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32819 Cary Coatney Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:40:18 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32819 I remember back in the fifth grade, I was a regular reader of Captain America and a big fan of Sal Buscema's work. It was that period in the mid-seventies when Cap first hung his costume and became Nomad. Well, I guess Sal needed a breather for a few months because Frank Robbins did a couple of fill in issues and I remember hating his Robbin's work even way back when I was ten years old. It looked totally rushed and I never thought he was the right man for the job of drawing super hereos. Even the Invaders looked like crap. In fact, I nearly vomited up my 5th grade lunch peanut butter fluffernutters on my school desk because his work was such a eyesore to me and I always wondered - I wasted my 50 cent allowance on this tripe? ~ Coat I remember back in the fifth grade, I was a regular reader of Captain America and a big fan of Sal Buscema’s work. It was that period in the mid-seventies when Cap first hung his costume and became Nomad. Well, I guess Sal needed a breather for a few months because Frank Robbins did a couple of fill in issues and I remember hating his Robbin’s work even way back when I was ten years old. It looked totally rushed and I never thought he was the right man for the job of drawing super hereos. Even the Invaders looked like crap. In fact, I nearly vomited up my 5th grade lunch peanut butter fluffernutters on my school desk because his work was such a eyesore to me and I always wondered – I wasted my 50 cent allowance on this tripe?

~

Coat

]]> By: Julio Dvulture http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32818 Julio Dvulture Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:43:20 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32818 I wish comic book art was produced just like manga art: one panel at time, with a main artist and one to five assistants. Really. To the ones that say that produces a non-descript art-style, I disagree, certainly even if you compare two shonen titles like One Piece and Samurai-X they are very distinct even thought the mangakas worked together for a time. But them again even the really bad stuff sells ten times more in Japan then a comic book sells... preety much anywhere. I mean on Japan, One Piece sells millions... while on US something that sells 300,000 is laudaded as the industry savior. I mean some degree of lateness is okay... I would not complain about and extra half a month spent on research, specially if the comic books companies were more responsible and worked with a buffer. I mean they should really had at least three issues already done when launching a new title. And releasing mini-series that are already complete. Unfortunely, since the comic book industry is so small, almost pathetic when compared to other print industries, and even more when compared to other medias, but they allege and i'm inclined to believe, that they don't have the money to do that. Damn shame. I wish comic book art was produced just like manga art: one panel at time, with a main artist and one to five assistants. Really. To the ones that say that produces a non-descript art-style, I disagree, certainly even if you compare two shonen titles like One Piece and Samurai-X they are very distinct even thought the mangakas worked together for a time. But them again even the really bad stuff sells ten times more in Japan then a comic book sells… preety much anywhere. I mean on Japan, One Piece sells millions… while on US something that sells 300,000 is laudaded as the industry savior.

I mean some degree of lateness is okay… I would not complain about and extra half a month spent on research, specially if the comic books companies were more responsible and worked with a buffer. I mean they should really had at least three issues already done when launching a new title. And releasing mini-series that are already complete.

Unfortunely, since the comic book industry is so small, almost pathetic when compared to other print industries, and even more when compared to other medias, but they allege and i’m inclined to believe, that they don’t have the money to do that. Damn shame.

]]> By: Jason Green http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32817 Jason Green Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:08:23 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/02/19/late-artists-crackdown-at-dc/#comment-32817 "Stuart Immomen. Best artist working today. No missed deadlines." Not to mention his predecessor Mark Bagley, who is apparently going to be doing 16 pages <i>a week</i> for DC's upcoming weekly series "Trinity." “Stuart Immomen. Best artist working today. No missed deadlines.”

Not to mention his predecessor Mark Bagley, who is apparently going to be doing 16 pages a week for DC’s upcoming weekly series “Trinity.”

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