Number 6 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, Dan82 said: Show me someone who hates these covers and I'll show you a liar! I'm not a huge fan of moderns (except Star Wars) but it's hard to hate such beautiful work. I see a cover like this, I'm buying it, no questions asked I have over 800 modern star wars, down to just buying the action figure covers now and any that looks so nice I can't pass (like these three). Yea they sucked me in good on that but I don't care, I enjoy them and that's what counts. I wouldn’t go so far as to say I “hate” these covers. The quality of the art is indeed very nice, though as someone else noted, a couple of the faces look a bit manga. I think the issue I have with these covers is the same as with a lot of modern covers: it’s just a pretty picture of someone posing. It doesn’t convey anything about the story inside. As art prints they’re great. But I guess I’m a bit old-school and prefer comic covers that give some indication of what that particular story is about. Edited February 10, 2019 by Number 6 1950's war comics and mrc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) 44 minutes ago, Number 6 said: I think the issue I have with these covers is the same as with a lot of modern covers: it’s just a pretty picture of someone posing. It doesn’t convey anything about the story inside. And, the ability to take a -script page, break it down into panels and convey the writer’s text as kinetic sequential art is a different skill to creating a single, static cover image, and, as a reader of comics, more creatively important to me. Edited February 10, 2019 by Ken Aldred mrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 11 minutes ago, Ken Aldred said: And, the ability to take a ---script page, break it down into panels and convey the writer’s text as kinetic sequential art is a different skill to creating a single, static cover image, and, as a reader of comics, more important to me. I know when they do portfolio reviews at conventions they say NO PIN UPS Ken Aldred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 WE DONT WANNA SEE ANOTHER PIN UP OF WOLVERINE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan82 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) Pin-up / good girl art like this I love Edited February 10, 2019 by Dan82 celluloidbuff, KobaltDog and kav 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beige Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Everyone doesn't hate moderns - I'll 100% agree Marvel and DC have made some shocking comics in the last 20 yrs BUT. How about these for a counterbalance from other publishers? 100 Bullets Alias The Boys DAYTRIPPER - for me, the best modern written to date Planetary The Strain Transmetropolitan Y-The Last Man Early Walking Dead There are others - but give these a read and see what you think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrc Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 53 minutes ago, Dan82 said: Pin-up / good girl art like this I love ......Adam Hughes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Beige said: 100 Bullets Alias The Boys DAYTRIPPER - for me, the best modern written to date Planetary The Strain Transmetropolitan Y-The Last Man Early Walking Dead only one on this list I liked was Alias. 100 bullets premise was so dumb it made me puke. Like there's no way to BUY BULLETS once she runs out or nuthin. Also not a fan of random dingbat becomes super hit woman with absolutely no training. Edited February 10, 2019 by kav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, mrc said: 56 minutes ago, Dan82 said: Pin-up / good girl art like this I love ......Adam Hughes? Not Adam Hughes, just examples of pin-ups.... I think anything AH! is better than that though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan82 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) 10 minutes ago, mrc said: ......Adam Hughes? Ant Lucia Edited February 10, 2019 by Dan82 kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, Dan82 said: Ant Lucia https://www.google.com/search?q=30s+pulp+sci+fi+girls&rlz=1CASUUV_enUS769US769&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiTupy1p7LgAhXky1QKHTSiDUAQ_AUIDigB&biw=1307&bih=633 Dan82 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury Man Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I read about 9 monthlies at the moment. Problem for me is how convoluted and diluted it's all become. There was a period not long ago where we had 2 Thors, 2 Captain America's, 2 Hawkeyes, 2 Spidermen, a Hulk that wasn't Bruce Banner, an Iron Man that was replaced by Iron Heart, it's just too much. Everything is a Corps now (following the Green Lantern mode). I mean how many Flash'es are there?! How many people in the Bat Family?! Spider Verse this and Superior Spiderman that. It's sooooo crowded. Cut it out. kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beige Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 2 hours ago, kav said: only one on this list I liked was Alias. 100 bullets premise was so dumb it made me puke. Like there's no way to BUY BULLETS once she runs out or nuthin. Also not a fan of random dingbat becomes super hit woman with absolutely no training. You hated Transmet and Y-The last Man?? Seriously - like wow, they were great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Beige said: You hated Transmet and Y-The last Man?? Seriously - like wow, they were great! ugh. just seemed like stories and cliche dialogue I had read a billion times. If you want great read incognito or sleeper. Plus that sean phillips art!!!! Edited February 11, 2019 by kav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzMan Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 One of my pet peeves is that there's half a dozen different artists on a single story at times. It really bothers me when I see the varying styles of the different artists and it detracts from the story. Also, some of the art is just outright garbage. I stopped collecting ASM when this was the beautiful MJ ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, JazzMan said: Also, some of the art is just outright garbage. I stopped collecting ASM when this was the beautiful MJ ... To me, looks like one of the worst attempts at a Jack Kirby style that I've seen in ages. Edited February 11, 2019 by Ken Aldred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Namor Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 The sexy female variant cover still works on people... Marvel/DC puts out a lame comic with a scale rate writer, a scale rate artist, inking that's done on a computer - probably by an intern and the variant artist and editor probably get paid more than everyone else combined. They then solicit it through Diamond to retailers as a 1 in 25 variant to get more copies on the market and... what are you left with? A hand full of guys who want to frame it and hang it up around their house, and 90% of the print run in the 5 for $1 box, where it still doesn't sell. And they wonder why their numbers continue to dwindle... mrc, Scrooge, Ken Aldred and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Namor Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 10 hours ago, Beige said: You hated Transmet and Y-The last Man?? Seriously - like wow, they were great! I thought Transmet was good, but Y-The Last Man made me a BKV and Pia Guerra fan for life! And now it looks like it's going to be a show on FX... Beige and Ken Aldred 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Namor Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I've met and physically put money into the hands of both Stanley Lau and Adam Hughes, and I love and respect their work, but for me... nothing will ever compare to Romita Sr. as a cover artist. He could even take a no name villain and make the covers look great... badback83 and Unca Ben 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Namor Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 And interior art? There's no one doing work today that was as good as JR SR when he was on his game... there are artists I like and respect still working today... but at his best JR SR was probably (for me) the BEST, under rated great that ever worked in comics. Unca Ben and Ken Aldred 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
