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DailySuperpower

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  1. I like to have 2 nonfictions, a novel, and a comic going simultaneously. My comic right now is From Hell. These are the others: Almost done with this, it's basically an intro to physics concepts but instead of standard examples(pulleys, inclined planes, etc.) it uses examples from comic books (the Atom shrinking, Spider-Man trying to save Gwen, Flash running through a solid wall, etc). This is the novel, it's very surreal, not much of a story but definitely a unique experience. I read another book by Coover that was similarly dreamlike. Just starting this one but pretty excited about it.
  2. Heading down south for a week, taking these along with Walking Dead HC 3, 4, and 5.
  3. Eeeeeeeeew Oh come on......, they do it with their feet.
  4. Scott McCloud defines art as: "Any activity which does not have the primary purpose of survival or reproduction" The world is a pretty interesting place if you experience it with this idea in mind.
  5. What is Anarchism? by Alexander Berkman. Written in the 1930s but still surprisingly relevant given the current economic situation.
  6. As an artist, it breaks my heart knowing that he directly copied a huge amount of his work, gained notoriety and wealth from it. If I were Bill Gates-style rich, I'd buy the entire lot and destroy it. To me, it has almost zero worth, and the only insight it teaches people is that copying someone else's work can be profitable. It's unfortunate that you call yourself an artist, but would destroy another person's work because you disagree with their view of art. Sometimes it's more about an original idea than an original image. Blatantly ripping off someone's work in such a huge, far-reaching manner is not art or expression for that matter. Taking an image the size of a business card and blowing it up 1000% does not constitute as an "original idea". Coming to the defense of someone who's entire reputation is based on infringing on other people's art? I'm pretty sure you're going to be in the minority on that. I'd rather be in an open-minded minority than a closed-minded majority. Have you even read this thread? Did you ever read the part of Roy's biography where his kids were looking at a Disney drawing and they challenged their dad saying " I bet you can't draw this that well, Dad." and he proceeded to create his copy of the Disney piece? That's where the "big idea" came from. That's it's origin. All the ivory tower "deconstruct modern society and shine a light on the insignificant corners of it that speak to the basics of humanity" stuff got tacked on at the end by people that had nothing to do with the creation of the art....it was really to win a bet with his kids. I did read that part and it didn't change my view of the pieces. Good ideas come from all sorts of places. That's exactly what Vanilla Ice said before Queen served him with papers. People keep bringing up music, but these are individual panels picked out of hundreds in any given book, the musical equivalent would be taking 3 seconds of a song and turning it into a slightly distorted version that runs for 5 minutes.
  7. As an artist, it breaks my heart knowing that he directly copied a huge amount of his work, gained notoriety and wealth from it. If I were Bill Gates-style rich, I'd buy the entire lot and destroy it. To me, it has almost zero worth, and the only insight it teaches people is that copying someone else's work can be profitable. It's unfortunate that you call yourself an artist, but would destroy another person's work because you disagree with their view of art. Sometimes it's more about an original idea than an original image. Blatantly ripping off someone's work in such a huge, far-reaching manner is not art or expression for that matter. Taking an image the size of a business card and blowing it up 1000% does not constitute as an "original idea". Coming to the defense of someone who's entire reputation is based on infringing on other people's art? I'm pretty sure you're going to be in the minority on that. I'd rather be in an open-minded minority than a closed-minded majority. Have you even read this thread? Did you ever read the part of Roy's biography where his kids were looking at a Disney drawing and they challenged their dad saying " I bet you can't draw this that well, Dad." and he proceeded to create his copy of the Disney piece? That's where the "big idea" came from. That's it's origin. All the ivory tower "deconstruct modern society and shine a light on the insignificant corners of it that speak to the basics of humanity" stuff got tacked on at the end by people that had nothing to do with the creation of the art....it was really to win a bet with his kids. I did read that part and it didn't change my view of the pieces. Good ideas come from all sorts of places.
  8. We can agree to disagree. There is nothing close-minded about vilifying someone who's entire career and reputation is based upon the stealing of other people's work to make a buck. It's an embarrassment, and standing up for it under the guise of being "open-minded" is insulting to most artists. End of story. Again, happy to be in the minority here as most artists take themselves way too seriously. ...
  9. As an artist, it breaks my heart knowing that he directly copied a huge amount of his work, gained notoriety and wealth from it. If I were Bill Gates-style rich, I'd buy the entire lot and destroy it. To me, it has almost zero worth, and the only insight it teaches people is that copying someone else's work can be profitable. It's unfortunate that you call yourself an artist, but would destroy another person's work because you disagree with their view of art. Sometimes it's more about an original idea than an original image. Blatantly ripping off someone's work in such a huge, far-reaching manner is not art or expression for that matter. Taking an image the size of a business card and blowing it up 1000% does not constitute as an "original idea". Coming to the defense of someone who's entire reputation is based on infringing on other people's art? I'm pretty sure you're going to be in the minority on that. I'd rather be in an open-minded minority than a closed-minded majority. Have you even read this thread?
  10. As an artist, it breaks my heart knowing that he directly copied a huge amount of his work, gained notoriety and wealth from it. If I were Bill Gates-style rich, I'd buy the entire lot and destroy it. To me, it has almost zero worth, and the only insight it teaches people is that copying someone else's work can be profitable. It's unfortunate that you call yourself an artist, but would destroy another person's work because you disagree with their view of art. Sometimes it's more about an original idea than an original image.
  11. I just spent a few minutes finding a price guide to get a ballpark on one of the two issues I need. Found this, but I'm not sure how current it is: PLAYBOY MAGAZINE Price Guide
  12. Why is there some kind of argument or disagreement here? There isn't, but someone needs to end the conversation.
  13. How do you define "grail" in the context of comic collecting?