Did Todd McFarlane steal Steve Geigers swag? 0

[RockMyAmadeus]

From DD #241:

 

[valiantman]

8 hours ago, divad said:

Those aren't signatures silly, I'm talking about THE signature. "Geiger and Mcleod" are just annotations.

"Shoot" signature - that's Jim Shooter

[RCheli]

That is not a McFarlane cover. Geiger did many Hulk covers around this time, and this is one of them. The faces of the people in the background look nothing like McFarlane.

[Green]

[GeeksAreMyPeeps]

1 hour ago, RCheli said:

That is not a McFarlane cover. Geiger did many Hulk covers around this time, and this is one of them. The faces of the people in the background look nothing like McFarlane.

dat @ss tho

Edited January 10, 2019 by GeeksAreMyPeeps

[Green]

I talked to Steves wife today, she said steve would contact me tomorrow. Seems like there may be a story behind this. FUN!

[divad]

9 hours ago, GeeksAreMyPeeps said:

dat @ss tho

Seriously.  and the hair. 

[RockMyAmadeus]

13 hours ago, RCheli said:

That is not a McFarlane cover. Geiger did many Hulk covers around this time, and this is one of them. The faces of the people in the background look nothing like McFarlane.

Disagree entirely. See DD #241. Geiger DID do many Hulk covers around this time...but not this one. The Hulk is what would become classic McFarlane back-lighting. 

[chrisco37]

16 hours ago, GeeksAreMyPeeps said:

dat @ss tho

 

I think that, the rubble and the Hulks eyes/grin look like classic McFarlane.   

[RCheli]

Here are other Geiger Hulk covers. Please tell me that the current one under discussion is not in the exact same style.

https://www.comics.org/issue/42860/cover/4/

https://www.comics.org/issue/42980/cover/4/

https://www.comics.org/issue/43233/cover/4/

https://www.comics.org/issue/43348/cover/4/

https://www.comics.org/issue/43480/cover/4/

https://www.comics.org/issue/43602/cover/4/

McFarlane -- though he started pencilling interiors at issue #330 -- didn't do a cover until #340, also says to me that it's Geiger. The original art to the cover has been sold as Geiger (when, if McFarlane touched it in any way, would probably increase its value 5-fold). I don't know why this is even an issue.

[Green]

30 minutes ago, RCheli said:

 

McFarlane -- though he started pencilling interiors at issue #330 -- didn't do a cover until #340, also says to me that it's Geiger. 

I agree on most points but this isnt entirely accurate. 

[RCheli]

1 minute ago, Green said:

I agree on most points but this isnt entirely accurate. 

Ack! You're right! (Tom Morgan is an odd choice of inkers for McFarlane.)

[Green]

2 minutes ago, RCheli said:

Ack! You're right! (Tom Morgan is an odd choice of inkers for McFarlane.)

It certainly doesnt strike as mcfarlane for sure....or at least the mcfarlane we have come to know. Classic pre-geiger mcfarlane lmao

[RCheli]

Just now, Green said:

It certainly doesnt strike as mcfarlane for sure....or at least the mcfarlane we have come to know. Classic pre-geiger mcfarlane lmao

Early McFarlane -- especially his stuff on Infinity Inc -- was really heavy into odd page layouts. Long, vertical panels. Floating heads. That sort of thing. I don't know if he was told NOT to do that when he started getting work at Marvel, but his style changed and his storytelling improved a lot.

[seanfingh]

One of the main crazy things is that McFarlane LOVED the shadow face thing. He did it in Infinity Inc. a lot and - just like RCheli says - at the same time he was doing lots of weird layout stuff.  So if it does play out that it is 100% Geiger, it is so ironic that it utilizes one TMac's favorite devices.

Edited January 11, 2019 by seanfingh
fix typos

[RockMyAmadeus]

2 hours ago, RCheli said:

Here are other Geiger Hulk covers. Please tell me that the current one under discussion is not in the exact same style.

https://www.comics.org/issue/42860/cover/4/

https://www.comics.org/issue/42980/cover/4/

https://www.comics.org/issue/43233/cover/4/

https://www.comics.org/issue/43348/cover/4/

https://www.comics.org/issue/43480/cover/4/

https://www.comics.org/issue/43602/cover/4/

McFarlane -- though he started pencilling interiors at issue #330 -- didn't do a cover until #340, also says to me that it's Geiger. The original art to the cover has been sold as Geiger (when, if McFarlane touched it in any way, would probably increase its value 5-fold). I don't know why this is even an issue.

As Green noted, McFarlane's first Hulk issue included the cover. 

The reason this is an issue is because this cover stands out from the rest of the Geiger run. 

THIS is Geiger:

Geiger's hulk had a generally square face.

And this:

But this...

Contains elements that are decidedly non-Geiger, including the back lit Hulk and the cross-hatching shadow on Hulk's left leg.

Too bad there's no Felix...that would clinch it.

Now...I'm not saying it isn't Geiger...but it DOES stand out from the rest of the #331-339 run, with the exception of #337, which might have McFarlane elements to it, too:

I could be totally wrong...but to my eye, it looks like Iceman, Marvel Girl, and Cyclops are McFarlane lines, especially with that flippy 80s hair that McFarlane loved on his women.

 

[Mystafo]

The Hulk's fists/fingers on the #333 definitely look like McFarlane...but I'm not very familiar with this run.

[Aweandlorder]

Mcfarlane, alongside liefeld jim lee Larsen and many others, copied his entire repertoire from AAdams

[Michael Browning]

The cover is by Geiger and McLeod. There's nothing on that cover that even remotely looks like McFarlane - especially not EARLY McFarlane. He had a distinct style from his first work on Coyote to his work at DC and then on to Marvel.

Edited January 12, 2019 by Michael Browning

[Broke as a Joke]

The cover to 330 is so bad, it's no wonder they let Geiger do the other covers up to 340.