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Chad Carter
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Posted: 01 April 2008 at 6:54pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

 

IRON GIANT poster, and a DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID! I don't know too many people even know that movie exists. A little slice of genius!

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Michael Lee
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Posted: 01 April 2008 at 7:57pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply

OMG. You even have a Titanic. It really is like The Fortress of Solitude in there.

Where's the Interplanetary Zoo & the Disintgrator Pit?
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Mike Davis
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Posted: 02 April 2008 at 4:25am | IP Logged | 3 post reply

JB, is that an original 1015 Wurlitzer or the repro "One More Time" that came out about 20 years ago?
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John Byrne

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Posted: 02 April 2008 at 5:26am | IP Logged | 4 post reply

Yes.
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Steven Cassidy
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Posted: 02 April 2008 at 12:06pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply

Okay -- that's it.

I'm calling "HOME MAKOVER" and sending them these pictures !!!

haha

Very interesting combination of old and, well - not new - but, "old and pop".

 

 

 

Not wanting to hijack the thread - but, Mr Byrne, do you have any particularly significant antique or historical statues/art that can be shared in this thread?

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John Byrne

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Posted: 03 April 2008 at 5:08am | IP Logged | 6 post reply

Meanwhile, back on topic…

I already posted this in the IRON MAN movie thread, but…



Looking that these two representations of Iron Man's original armor standing next to each other, I was struck -- not for the first time -- by yet another reason why modern comics are often so late: excessive detail.

It's one thing to build an elaborate suit for an actor to wear in a movie. That's pretty much done and done. But the more complex the costumes, uniforms, et al have become in the comics, the long they take to draw. There was a time when characters like Taskmaster and Jack of Hearts were the exception. Now, it seems, even outfits that used to be simple find ways to include extraneous details (think of Batman's Adam Westian pouch belt, for instance). And with the fondness so many artists have for belts and pouches and flanges and metal technique. . . .

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John Byrne

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Posted: 03 April 2008 at 10:28am | IP Logged | 7 post reply

Cheetah joins the Ladies…




Still wondering why Donna got stiffed on her base.
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Steven Cassidy
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Posted: 03 April 2008 at 10:47am | IP Logged | 8 post reply

So - do we call those DC Women collectibles - "Busts" or "Busts'n'Butts" -- they all seem to be designed, not from the waist/chest up - but from below their thighs up. 

From here on, they shall be referred to as "DC Women B'n'Bs"

Nice sculpts, though -- I'm very tempted to collect them-----but I must be strong.  Bowen only is my rule (that I broke for the Star Trek Captains line)

 

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Chad Carter
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Posted: 03 April 2008 at 10:57am | IP Logged | 9 post reply

 

excessive detail.

PREcisely. The reason I love "retro" art so much, like D. Cooke and Mignola, is how simple the design work is ie lack of overt detail and musculature. Robots look like robots from the 1950s. Superman looks like a fairly normal guy, not a bodybuilder with a glandular problem.

The excessive OCD has to stem back to a problem in the creative culture...it isn't enough to just draw a guy in blue tights, he has to be some artist's wet/sex ideal, or rather what the artist feels is important instead of what the READER needs.

Of course, the thick-headed musclebound Superman seems to sell, so what do I know?

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John Byrne

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…the thick-headed musclebound Superman seems to sell…

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Only in this environment of diminished expectations.
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Michael Penn
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Posted: 03 April 2008 at 12:25pm | IP Logged | 11 post reply

Excellent Cheetah! Spotted in back?
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John Byrne

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Posted: 03 April 2008 at 2:19pm | IP Logged | 12 post reply

Yup.
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