drdroom Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 So I have one day in Glasgow while my wife transacts some business and look what I stumble onto: a whole show dedicated to the gentleman I regard as the best contemporary superhero artist Skizz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrilla1212 Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Nice! I saw the promotion for that recently, however I'm not to be in Scotland any time soon. If photos are allowed and you're inclined to take any, I'd love to see them or hear a report. Eitherway enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdroom Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 There was, of course, a near infinite selection of superb Quitely originals, many provided by the artist, including from the amazing WE3, pages from which I've never seen for sale. The Shoveler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdroom Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 (edited) Quitely's working method starts with many thumbnails right on the -script pages. Edited September 2, 2017 by drdroom typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdroom Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 For the legendary-in-my-mind 4 page security cam sequence in WE3, Quitely made a thumbnail card set to experiment with the order. He kept them in a raisin box. At one point they were thrown out, but were recovered. Here are all the thumbnails and one finished page. The Shoveler and BCarter27 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdroom Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 Something I never knew about Quitely: the influence of Dudley Watkins. Here's a Broons strip from '67 & an Oor Wullie from '51. These originals were lent by the publisher, DC Thomson & Co. The Shoveler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdroom Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 They used Chip Kidd's collection as a one stop shop to represent some other comic artists: BCarter27 and The Shoveler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdroom Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 To my astonishment, Glasgow credibly claims to have invented the comic book. The Glasgow Looking Glass was published regularly and featured comic stories in color, and with "To Be Continued" captions even, from 1825: ten years ahead of Toppfer. They claim there were also word balloons. If so, it's a real weakness of the show that they didn't exhibit any examples. The Shoveler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdroom Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 (edited) Speaking of Toppfer, his Mr. Jabot may only have second place in the first comic contest, but this must surely be the oldest Original Comic Art extant, from 1835 or maybe a little earlier. What's weird is that it's not in Jim Halperin's collection. Edited September 2, 2017 by drdroom typo The Shoveler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael (OML)1 Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 great pix -thank you for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikemice Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Wow. What a show. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irchooker Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 In 2005 I spoke with Quitely (or Vince, as the cool kids were calling him back then) and he told me he had three children and each were receiving a complete issue of WE3, as it was the work he was most proud of. So I don't imagine WE3 will come to market. He certainly threw himself into that work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquareChaos Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Great post, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspense39 Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 thanks Aaron, that Clowes bizzaro cover is great as is the Burns batman. You've made me want to give Quitely another ? look as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony_H Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Thanks for posting those well-done pics and the information from the show! It's all intriguingly informative--particularly that part about Glasgow's claim to first-comics fame. Quitely's art is indeed wonderful. We3 is one of the best graphic novels I've ever read, and I'm glad to read he's so proud of it. He should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malvin Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 8 hours ago, drdroom said: They used Chip Kidd's collection as a one stop shop to represent some other comic artists: Is that a Mazz Batman in the Who's who? wow! Malvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Very cool pics! I barely follow contemporary comics these days, so thank you for bringing this artist to my attention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdroom Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 23 hours ago, irchooker said: In 2005 I spoke with Quitely (or Vince, as the cool kids were calling him back then) and he told me he had three children and each were receiving a complete issue of WE3, as it was the work he was most proud of. So I don't imagine WE3 will come to market. He certainly threw himself into that work. Aha, I suspected something like that. Thanks for the intel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdroom Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 (edited) Something else that made an impression on me from the show were several pages of Grant Morrison scripts for All-Star Superman (ASSMAN to the cognescenti). The demands that Morrison makes on the artist are ridiculous. One page called for characters on a balcony overlooking a futuristic city... then follows a whole page description of the architectural layout of the city, the style of architecture, rivers, ring roads etc, etc. Another -script page for Batman & Robin includes an extended discourse on the comparative fighting styles of the original Robin, Spoon Greyson, and the new Robin, Damian Something-or-other. Damned if Quitely doesn't nail every detail and tonal nuance --it's really a Scorcese-DeNiro level perfect collaboration. Edited September 4, 2017 by drdroom cope with silly censoring function The Shoveler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Sid Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Thanks for this. Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
