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Jason Fliegel
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| Posted: 19 August 2008 at 10:32am | IP Logged | 1
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If you're a fan of Don Newton, you should definitely try to pick up a copy of Back Issue #19, which has a nice retrospective on Mr. Newton's career.
Edit: And now that I post the cover, I see it also has a piece with Steve Gerber -- another creator who left us way too soon -- talking Howard the Duck with Gene Colan. I'm going to have to pull this issue off my shelf and reread it when I get home from work tonight.
Edited by Jason Fliegel on 19 August 2008 at 10:33am
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Ceasar Alvarez
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| Posted: 19 August 2008 at 3:16pm | IP Logged | 2
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Don Newton is a favorite artist of mine. I always enjoy just looking at his art, everything he drew looked great. His art has such great motion, its what I liked best about his art. Here a few examples I am proud to have.
From his Charlton days
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Ceasar Alvarez
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From his days at DC, a nice Star Hunters piece
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Ceasar Alvarez
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| Posted: 19 August 2008 at 3:25pm | IP Logged | 4
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The cover to The Comic Reader #146. One of my favorite Newton pieces.
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Carmen Bernardo
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The name does ring a bell for me, although he might've slipped under the radar at the time because his work was showcased in comics which I had not been following back then. It looks like he had a style all his own. Ironically, he was born just a few years before my dad.
Then again, looking at some of JB's fellow Charlton refugees and peers from Marvel and DC these days, I wonder if Don would've weathered the storms of today's comics industry? Somehow, I think not. Most of the artists that I grew up with have either gone into semi-retirement or have been pushed aside for newer, more "hip" talents...
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Josh Goldberg
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Some of my fondest childhood comic book reading memories are the "Batman" and "SHAZAM!" stories Don Newton pencilled. I loved his work.
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Lloyd White
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| Posted: 19 August 2008 at 5:28pm | IP Logged | 7
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That Newton Superman (boot tops aside) reminds me of the Superman Returns costume--albeit working a lot better.
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Randy Heaps
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The first script I sold to Charlton was illustrated by Pete Morisi. The cover was this wonderful art by Don Newton.
Wrote a little too fast. This was not based on my story, but another one in the same issue.
Edited by Randy Heaps on 19 August 2008 at 5:32pm
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Francesco Vanagolli
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Fantastic Superman sketch!
Glad to see there are so many Newton fans, here.
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John Mariani
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Nice to be reminded what a top artist he was.
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Jeff Marvin
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I loved the Micheline/Newton Star Hunters. This was one of the saddest casualties of the DC Implosion to me.
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Chris Hutton
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Coincidentally, I just read his 3 issues of Infinity, Inc. for the first time yesterday.
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